Sounds kinda tedious workflow/a needless dark ages limitation to me but guess everyone has different workflow/needs different stuff/likes different environments. Would personally drive me insane to have to eat up all 8 tracks just to live record a beat using 8 slices.... On a £600 sampler..
you can use 1 track and have each trig set to a different sample slot, you can mangle them realtime, and you can recall the pattern to initial state, also you can hook up a random LFO to control the sample number, and still get variation with just one track. trig conditions + sample changes also allow you even further variation. and you’re still left with 7 other voices.
I was talking about being able to just bang a beat out with slices and record it live in to the sampler On one track. I know it’s possible to do it in the sergical ‘one step/sample at a time’ Elektron way with sample locks. Nothing wrong with that way, just always feels kind of mouse/daw-ish to me. Too much clicking/fiddling/browsing…
Someone really needs to make a kick ass controller for the IPAD.....Imagine something like Maschine running off the ipad
Apple should make an ipad ‘cheapskate musician’s edition’… Built-in decent audio/midi in/out (mini jacks are fine) + 16 little volca knobs along the top edge of screen for devs to work with ;). I’d probably buy it…
@eesn what do you mean by 'and fold those outs back into the Digitakt's analog path'
I'm intrigued.
the Audio In on the Digitakt is always audible, and it has a MIDI out and thru ports, so you can sequence MIDI, have whatever plays the MIDI come back on the DT’s audio-in and come out the DT’s audio-out. Saves you a mixer input too
Thanks, not explored the midi side of things yet. Good tip on the audio!
@lefilou I also have an Axoloti! Definitely took some time to understand the way things are route, but it’s a great little fx box/USB host for me at the moment. The only thing that kind of sucks is it has kind of low output (around -18dB) - but that’s easy to accomodate.
@lefilou you can assign different samples, or you can assign parts of the same sample to each of the trigs and change them as you like - the only thing DT hasn't got is automatic slicing - you see people complain a lot about that - personally it doesn't bother me.
On the sampling side of things, that 128 sample per project limit is bugging me a bit though… if I wanted to build a liveset of 16 patterns within a project … that’d make an average of 8 samples per pattern max.
So if I use 4 parts of the same drumbreak, does that count at 4 samples used?
Just seems odd to allow for projects of 8 banks of 16 patterns with 8 voices each all this using 128 samples.
@lefilou I also have an Axoloti! Definitely took some time to understand the way things are route, but it's a great little fx box/USB host for me at the moment. The only thing that kind of sucks is it has kind of low output (around -18dB) - but that's easy to accomodate.
I'll do a instagram vid soon and link you in :)
Nice one man, please do. The thing is I’ll most likely try to do it all in one machine, that’s my thrill. But looking forward to see what you come up with:) I’ll prob try to do another OP beat video this weekend as well
You got shares in Apple or Intua (BM3 developer) @Callofthevoid? Lol
Haha, fair comment! Been in fan boy mode on here recently
I actually loathe apple! But they’re a neccessary evil it seems…
Intua shares would probably be a pretty good investment tho Some full on mind-blowing BM3 features coming soon + mac/win versions + some stuff I can’t talk about yet Super refreshing developer showing transparency and hunger to break some tired old moulds. What’s not to like It’s guys like these and Synthstrom etc that I really wanna support atm. I feel like Elektron and TE have began to over price things recently and spread themselves thin.
Synthstrom and intua are TINY teams in comparison but with only a couple of things to focus on instead of a gazillion concerns at once. I kinda feel sorry for Elektron in a way. Mkii versions/Overbridge etc seem to have caused them to slow down and begin to tread water a little over past couple of years with their sampling/OS features… Not to mention we’re STILL waiting on OT bug fixes Interested to see what else they’re cooking and if their next big box is a return to form in terms of ‘Wow! Mind. Blown…’ Probably the most capable company out there…
Very little mentioned about the forthcoming Analog RYTM MK2…Im guessing this is a powerhouse sampling drum machine but wonder if it has the fun factor of the Digi?
Very little mentioned about the forthcoming Analog RYTM MK2....Im guessing this is a powerhouse sampling drum machine but wonder if it has the fun factor of the Digi?
I always felt like the Rytm sample functionality is pretty basic in most areas. Be surprised if they add much further sampling functionality to the rytm in case of damaging sales to OT mkii/DT… But God knows
By not releasing a legit OT2 they’ve kinda backed themselves in to a corner with their feature set hierarchy… New products have to remain missing staple sampling features from their 7 year old flagship sampler in order for it to keep its spot/price
No point on worrying what Elektron are up to in the future imo. I fully expect the OS of the Digitakt to be updated continually over the next 6 months or so, but am not relying on this and I suggest no one else should either. Is lack of Overbridge a biggie for you? Then don’t buy it now and wait until this is implemented down the line. Same goes with all their other products.
No point on worrying what Elektron are up to in the future imo. I fully expect the OS of the Digitakt to be updated continually over the next 6 months or so, but am not relying on this and I suggest no one else should either. Is lack of Overbridge a biggie for you? Then don't buy it now and wait until this is implemented down the line. Same goes with all their other products.
Not so much ‘worrying’ what Elektron are up to in future Just idle curiosity for when/if they’ll release something that I’ll lose sleep and my mind gassing over again In some ways I hope they don’t - my wallet panics every time they commence a teaser campaign
Ive been watching videos of this thing, I kind of want it now.
Is it easy to program off beat stuff like in most lofi hip hop tracks?
I keep trying to progrram drums like that on the op1 but the swing function in the drum sequencers just don’t do it right.
I would have to just play and record but i find it hard to get that perfect subtle delay.
Would the digitakt make this easier?
This is absolutely possible with MicroTiming. You can nudge every step in either direction. I forget how much, but I’m sure enough for what you’d like. You can also play live into it in unquantized mode, then use micro timing to nudge it if you feel it is a little off. It can definitely do hip hop.
Ive been watching videos of this thing, I kind of want it now.
Is it easy to program off beat stuff like in most lofi hip hop tracks?
I keep trying to progrram drums like that on the op1 but the swing function in the drum sequencers just don’t do it right.
I would have to just play and record but i find it hard to get that perfect subtle delay.
Would the digitakt make this easier?
This is absolutely possible with MicroTiming. You can nudge every step in either direction. I forget how much, but I’m sure enough for what you’d like. You can also play live into it in unquantized mode, then use micro timing to nudge it if you feel it is a little off. It can definitely do hip hop.
Yup, read about microtiming in the manual and thought about this off beat lofi vibe as well.
You can get similar stuff on the op though. If you do a simple [kick - hihat - snare - hihat] on endless in 1/8 time signature with around 55% swing.
On one track. I know it’s possible to do it in the sergical ‘one step/sample at a time’ Elektron way with sample locks. Nothing wrong with that way, just always feels kind of mouse/daw-ish to me. Too much clicking/fiddling/browsing…
Interested to see what else they’re cooking and if their next big box is a return to form in terms of ‘Wow! Mind. Blown…’ Probably the most capable company out there…