So glad I preordered early. The wait is hopefully not long now. I have been waiting for a piece of gear with this sampling and sequencing capability for a long time. Long the immediacy of it and the sampling into it seems intuitive and easy.
Well, after several videos, I think I’m convinced. Seems like it will pair really well with OP-1. Just wish they showed some MIDI examples in a video. Or at least gave more details than “and all this works on MIDI too.” But instead of Mother32, which to me the main attraction is the sequencer (and then the patch panel), hooking up the Digitakt and doing ratcheting sequences with the Sub Phatty would be just fine.
Wow, that seems to do a lot what my MPC500 does with super intuitive workflow. Forgive my ignorance but what would the Midi tracks do? Sorry, I’m so new to all this.
@Kegeratorz from the videos and what I’ve read, mostly just 8x MIDI sequence tracks. Definitely quantized and un-quantized notes, retriggers per step, adjustable number of beats per bar. Speculation - maybe some CC messages so that you can sequence other things on your synth or drum machines.
[edit] Maybe not retrig. That was in Cuckoo’s vid. Just got to that part. So hopefully when they have details it will be more than just a basic MIDI sequencer.
I imagine the midi sequencer to be not unlike the Machinedrum / Monomachine / Octatrack - capable of not just note/gate but also of assigning and automating MIDI CCs as well. And unlike the older Elektron machines it gets the probability stuff as well.
That’s really a killer part of the other (older) Elektrons - bringing the parameter locking to MIDI CCs. Especially when you combine it with a sampling workflow and can use it to sequence external gear with wild sound variations using the MIDI CCs and sample that gear back in. Then from a single sample you can get quite a variety of synth sounds. (Octatrack is especially well suited for this, but it’s got much deeper and more complex workflows than Digitakt appears to have).
As of now it looks like there is no song mode from what I’m reading.
Not owning a Rytm or OT, only a AK, I think this box is gonna be a staple in my setup for quite some time. I was keen on the MPC Live, but I don’t have the desk space or cash for that box, and to be honest the UI and fun factor of the DT is off the charts compared to the MPC interface. That OLED is really good, the ability to zoom in on samples and see the scrubbing marker through audio real time is dope. Really happy with my snap decision to pre order a day after release. Sampling in looks like a breeze, I can sample the kicks and bass from the Keys and free up tracks for polyphonic goodness. Sampling the OP-1 Arp is gonna be really nice also. you can get al kinds of nice digital melodies from that.
Just pre-ordered mine. The screen, interface, chunkiness of it, and of course sounds / sequencing capabilities all add up to something I hope to enjoy as much as the OP-1.
Dumb question:
By Song Mode, you mean you want to program an entire song into the sequencer, so all you have to do is press Play and that’s it?
Not owning any Elektron gear i’m assuming but yes, thats my understanding. String a bunch of patterns together to play as a song.
i think they generally got rid of the song mode because you can just pattern chain anytime.
thats how other elektron stuff works anyhow.
btw this thing looks awesome, but i dunno why it makes me sad every time i see the 16 pads but only 8 sounds.
i think they generally got rid of the song mode because you can just pattern chain anytime.thats how other elektron stuff works anyhow.
can this be saved or create the chain every time?
btw this thing looks awesome, but i dunno why it makes me sad every time i see the 16 pads but only 8 sounds.
Yep, seems like a waste.
@GovernorSilverNot owning any Elektron gear i’m assuming but yes, thats my understanding. String a bunch of patterns together to play as a song.
I have an Elektron Octatrack. It has an Arranger feature, which cuckoomusic calls the “Octatrack’s song mode”. He’s right - that’s the place where one can create a song structure by specifying what patterns to play and such.
I’ve never used it, outside of an Octatrack workshop organized by an awesome power user in Milwaukee. I’ve always preferred to fire off patterns when the mood strikes, instead of programming everything in advance and playing a song exactly the same way every time. I’ve seen show in which the performer pressed Play on his sequencer and just danced to his own sequencer for the entire set, not even bothering to pretend to tweak a filter sweep or whatever - never been that kind of player.
Back to the Digitakt… I like the smaller footprint and promised polymetric support but would like to see more info on the MIDI implementation, max sample size, etc.
@GovernorSilverNot owning any Elektron gear i’m assuming but yes, thats my understanding. String a bunch of patterns together to play as a song.
I have an Elektron Octatrack. It has an Arranger feature, which cuckoomusic calls the “Octatrack’s song mode”. He’s right - that’s the place where one can create a song structure by specifying what patterns to play and such.
I’ve never used it, outside of an Octatrack workshop organized by an awesome power user in Milwaukee. I’ve always preferred to fire off patterns when the mood strikes, instead of programming everything in advance and playing a song exactly the same way every time. I’ve seen show in which the performer pressed Play on his sequencer and just danced to his own sequencer for the entire set, not even bothering to pretend to tweak a filter sweep or whatever - never been that kind of player.
Not a performer but a guitar guy that likes to write songs when time allows. Also love loops and beats, hence it’s nice to have a box that will play an entire song while I play along. Love my MPC for this and I understand I’m not using it as intended but it works. My interest peaked with the digitakt when I saw the workflow and a large screen. Was hoping this would replace the need to pay twice for the MPC live.
Hopefully Elektron will post a manual w/ MIDI implementation info. For those of us who use foot controllers, let’s see whether patterns can be triggered over MIDI - eg. what MIDI note numbers will select patterns, and start/stop them.
Apparently, pattern selection via MIDI program change will be supported. I ignored the Digitakt thread on Elektronauts for a long time because I was scared away by the 2000+ post count - I assumed it was just 2000 posts of bitching 
I’m all for allowing people to vent, but excessive venting makes it harder to find facts, lol.
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Thinking about selling my Circuit and some other gear to get this. I love sampling, and the interface and mangling on this make me very happy.
Yep me too. Circuit and Volca FM is listed. Between the OP-1, Octatrack and Digitakt id be covered!
In the Sonic State video, there’s a brief mention of USB audio recording… Anyone have any idea if it can output 8 audio tracks over USB? Or… whatever… basically, can you record the 8 tracks as stems in any way?