What i wish i knew before buying the Digitakt // 1 year later review.

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The Digitakt is awesome, but with that out of the way.. It's not perfect. There is a lot i wish would change in a Digitakt Firmware update but we'll see since Elektron just released one on June 9, 2020. After a year or so of using the Digitakt, i've found new flaws in it that i originally didn't know existed!
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00:00 The Latest Update
00:53 3 Big Cons
04:40 Time Stretching
06:12 Song Mode
08:14 Velo sens pads
10:28 Midi Cons
11:20 True Polyphony?
14:33 Chord mode wannabe
18:01 Wrap it up
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@TSBeebout Год назад

This video just keeps on giving. Two years later, Elektron has added all three of your most wanted features and also hired you to present them in a launch day video. Digitakt just keeps getting better and better.

@cesarsjogren Год назад

Literally came back to review those points

@StefanWolfrum Год назад

Ahhh, so my comment I just made is obsolete! 🙈 Contemplating-whether-buy-mode on. 😂 But there‘s SuperBooth ahead! Will there be new gear from Elektron? 🤔

@MatthewHyatt 4 года назад

Watched a febreeze advert for you, bro. Lol

@RickyTinez 4 года назад

Damn.. taking one for THE TEAM!!! 💪appreciate you Matt

@MatthewHyatt 4 года назад

Ricky Tinez lol. I got you dude. Appreciate you, man.

@theycallmefilip 4 года назад

Man, I got Tai Lopez. Now that's taking one for the team.

@MatthewHyatt 4 года назад

Filip Suciu I don’t even know who that is so props. Lol

@skunksmisery 4 года назад

All I ever get is "gurus' telling me that their students made beelyuns in just their first month selling shit on amazon or wherever.

@mattryan6886 4 года назад

Ricky is such a good dude. He has helped me so much in past few years with getting right gear, giving me tips for live setup, song and structure ideas. I wish so bad that I could spend a day talking with him and asking questions and picking his brain about production ideas. Thank you so much for your videos and the wealth of knowledge and wisdom you kick down for your audience

@naomisalama430 4 года назад

The missing velocity sensitive pads point is a pretty funny one for me personally, for me a big reason why I wanted Digitakt over many other products WAS that it DIDN'T have the pads. I'm so inaccurate with the pads and wanted clicky buttons like something like sp1200, and the velocity sensitivity wasn't much of an issue. I usually even turn off velocity when recording drums with my midi keyboard or midi pads (which I still suck with).

@mep6014 4 года назад

Same haha I always put my pads to full velocity anyway and adjust it afterwards...

@tomikokki7626 4 года назад

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of velocity sensitive pads for drumming, UNLESS I have something like Groove Agent where I can have truly velocity sensitive sampled kits, i.e. the velocity blends in different samples. Otherwise I always fingerdrum with locked velocity. But for arps and such velocity sensitive pads are nice (Maschine MK3 for example). But yeah, honestly really haven't been missing that feature, but for some it might indeed be a deal breaker kind of thing and I understand that.

@Kevinschart 4 года назад

i was gonna watch a movie, then i remembered it's new ricky every saturday. leggo!

@RickyTinez 4 года назад

Good pattern recognition haha. Thanks Kevin!

@bouguification 4 года назад

Ricky, I need to thank you again. I went hybrid in 2020 and bought a Digitakt and decided to treat the rest of my studio as sample material for it. I needed a stereo filter as well and got more than I expected with the Ottobit. With this minimal config, I was able to complete 6 tracks in a mere 2 months and they're out in Distrokid servers somewhere, waiting to be released. My last EP was back in '12. With all the great tools DAWs offers, in *8 years* I wasn't able to release anything I felt totally comfortable with. Your invaluable insights and advice have led me to a more straightforward approach to music, so thank you so much for helping me get back in the game.

@MatthewHyatt 4 года назад

Super rad! Drop a link to them when they’re out there.

@nico.aiff.2 4 года назад

Just got mine yesterday, I feel really inspired so far, really liking the happy accidents

@gillescafedjian1381 4 года назад

Hello, I discover your channel when I wanted to buy the Digitakt, and I bought it because of your videos. It's the only gear I never sold, I use it all time and I love it so much. It's so simple to use and there is so many tricks to make everything you want. I personnaly never use time stretch, pitch adjust with micro chopping give better results. Start point trig lock make good slices too, I like to use my ears first to make music. Stay healthy, peace !

@medenine4828 4 года назад

All I can say is love my digis and I’m totally inspired by them and the new update. I made a synth track on the digitakt today using single cycle waveforms from samples and it blew me away.

@mz8258 4 года назад

Mister Tinez I just wanted to state that I really really love your videos. Even just the way they look I don't know if you do something in the after production or if it is your camera or just how the light naturally falls because of the way your apartment is built and furnished but it just looks a certain way and I like it! And your whole manner of speaking so calmly and the way your dressed and everything just make your videos a real joy to watch. Thank you for doing that :)

@lorenzotosiart 3 года назад

Your videos are super inspiring while being very chill and enjoyable/relaxing. AND informing, such as in this case.

@pjohns92 4 года назад

Your videos are so much more natural than when I started watching last year. Love the passion

@ginoco 4 года назад

Great honest assessment! I LOVE my Digitakt, and it's very fair (and healthy) to point out it's quirks. You really know your way around it too, which makes this an especially credible critique. For me, the last 2 updates have been great with welcome practical features (scale per track, and trig preview esp.), and I totally agree that song mode is something to keep wishing for :)

@MatthewHyatt 4 года назад

Still can’t believe it hasn’t been integrated in yet. Biggest gripe for me.

@thebeatrumble 3 года назад

Watching your videos I’ve come to realize you’re really a cinematographer moonlighting as a music producer.

@stan18121991 4 года назад

Just discovered your channel, it's a real gold mine. Keep it going !

@MaximeFrjq 4 года назад

Just got mine and it's awesome, but using it is still a bittersweet experience lol. Great video!

@theway3058 3 года назад

Having used elektron gear for I think almost 15 years I will say. There’s really nothing like elektron gear. Once ya get into it creativity just flows. What I also noticed is the guys who are really good on them make insane music. I have my live and my X so akai is in the game. I’m personally really stoked there’s a company like elektron. What was hard was when they came out many years ago, utube was not a thing. So we were on our own as far as learning how to use them. Now people help each other out and show all their tricks of this brand. Love Elektron

@izraelservantofalmightygod 3 года назад

Which machine would you recommend for a Elektron newbie?

@mpmi7588 4 года назад

Whew..... thanks Ricky. I always wondered what kept me from pulling the trigger on getting one of these. Never knew about the "cant do" issues but now I know. Gracias

@Rompler_Rocco 4 года назад

That midi sequencer example was exactly what I needed, thanks!

@a_ex 4 года назад

Ricky, maaan, your rants are the best. The "everything starts off the root note" explanation was really good. I know this machine pretty well but have to admit, I did not know that.

@uweschnitzler9551 4 года назад

I really like your honest reviews...no bullshit, no marketing ...only valid information. Thanks for that Ricky !

@VinylWave11 4 года назад

I so agree. MPC is my favorite, the velocity sensitivity is a must for me. I have the MPC One, I love it. I am now considering the MPC X just because I use it that much (I am a guitarist and keyboard musician). I love synthesizers and for the 700+ I have so many synths that I want that another sampler that isn't an MPC just doesn't do it for me, I also have the MC707 and TR 8S (these are also great for my workflow).

@janoshtrenhem3573 4 года назад

please send this video to elektron !! maybe it gets them to look at those issues :D Update: Just checked the release notes of 1.20. First point under "Bug Fixes" is: Chords were not trigged when trigged manually on MIDI Tracks. Isn't that what you just described?

@751Anth Год назад

Thank you for this video Ricky! You saved my money!!!

@WillisZzz 4 года назад

Doing alright, thanks for asking! Ps, good to hear support for the MPC One; looking forward to that.

@CodyCoates 4 года назад

Literally just got the DT a week ago. Your videos have been very helpful/inspirational. It definitely has its own workflow, somewhat hindering in some aspects, but I still love it.

@internalreality 4 года назад

how is it hindering? youve only had it for a week lmao

@CodyCoates 4 года назад

I came to it from Maschine, it’s definitely not as robust for arrangements. But I also knew that coming in! It’s quicker at a lot of things, fun making beats with it.

@internalreality 4 года назад

@@CodyCoates dear Cody, you will still be learning about it after a year. I've had mine since august 2019 and i still have a feeling that i havent properly understood it. It's a powerful machine and as such it should be treated. It gets real intuitive once you memorize all the key shortcuts. What i noticed is that the Digitakt really pushes you to perform and tweak stuff live instead of pre-programming. Have fun, and let me know if you have any questions

@CodyCoates 4 года назад

@@internalreality will do, totally! I'm new to the whole reddit thing, I started following r/elektron for some inspiration. I'm digging overbridge so far, but the whole idea of me getting the digitakt was to not use a computer to make music... might need to rethink that.

@Manusmusic 3 года назад

I've had this gear for couple of weeks now and I'm so frikking happy with it. Compared to my songwriting usually I feel like I'm able to bring out ideas easier when I'm toying around with own vocal samples and crazy stuff and accidents that become the premise of a new song et cetera. Thanks for inspiring me for few months beforehand.

@dolo747 2 года назад

beat in the background throughout the video is fire 🔥

@crazylikeafox1000 3 года назад

Thanks for posting this. I would have never known about the Blackbox and was on the fence about the digitakt. I went with the Black box. It’s seems much more user friendly and being able to link patterns was key!

@landonh3535 4 года назад

I found your vids a year ago when I first got a Digitakt and needed some visual guides to truly figure it out - huge help man, thank you for those (and this video as well).

@ruethemaker5069 4 года назад

Man those captions though, lol... although I don't create the type of music you do, I do love the content.

@thagirion9761 3 года назад

Really good review. thank you, sir!

@Zeal808 4 года назад

Nice content! Fan of the channel forsure. That’s interesting what you say about the Digitak. I came from a Maschine Mkii to the elektron flow, not having all the ease of playability was a big fear of mine. I like the point you made about it being more of a programming sequencer then a instrument. Something about cold hard old skool programming grabbed my attention a few years back and the digitak is beautiful for that. I don’t know why I like that it has limitations honestly, might be nostalgic! I’m a big fan of electronic producers like: Squarepusher, AFX, Trickfinger..they all have insane programming skills that I hope to achieve. 👋

@erosxion 4 года назад

Love your videos SO MUCH and when you join us in the DELUGE universe you will be greeted with open arms and have none of these complaints.

@roccoharris 3 года назад

enrique, you just did the world a favor 'cause this really, really helped me to get a wee bit less GASsy. ;-) thanks much, man. very informative. very helpful.

@SRDhain 4 года назад

I've struggled with elektron gear in the past, such as the original monomachine & the machinedrum, and that was enough to keep me focused elsewhere for that 'multi-box' fix. However, im still hopeful there's something i can fly with (literally, as i travel a great deal, even though coronavirus has curtailed it for now), such as the model cycles or samples, as I've been watching/ reading with earnest and noticed how much easier and user friendlier the gear has become. Thank you for sharing this. Not everyone shares the downsides, perhaps for fear of being a moaner or whinge bag. But the reality is that every piece of gear has a tough spot in its UI. Sometimes it's a part of its charm. Other times it can leave it to gather dust and become a shelf ornament.

@NathanChisholm041 4 года назад

Mate just bought the Deluge few months ago and i was worried it was going to be tricky to learn but its been amazing! I haven't used the Digi in months.

@callum6224 3 года назад

The model samples is great and very portable, even without the battery handle, I just have a portable USB charger block.. thing, and a usb to 5 volt adapter and it works perfectly, for hours.

@exiles_dot_tv 4 года назад

13:00 You just need to use additional MIDI tracks. Use one Midi track to lay down chords, the next Midi track for a lower octave melody, another one for higher octave lead, etc. You have 8 Midi tracks to work with, and I rarely ever sequence 8 devices to need them all (I usually only sequence 2 devices, so that's ~4 Midi tracks each.) These allows also you to mute the solos and other melodies easier.

@josephchauvin1973 3 года назад

Exiles of the Underground #WeAreExiles THANK YOU

@sentimental7167 3 года назад

Chill room! Nice rev, thx!

@Capta1nFaz 4 года назад

Great hat man, thanks for the quality merch!

@RickyTinez 4 года назад

Glad you like it! and thank you for the support!

@jarkokoo 4 года назад

My only gripes with Digitakt are: 1) only 1gb of memory. I'm not after something like 250gb, but even 2 or 4gb would be a world of difference, or a support for SD card or an external storage. 2) the slicing, how cumbersome it is and how the combo of these 1) and 2) effectively makes me not use it for sampling. I've just put all the needed samples in it and that's it (as the 1gb is full really fast). 3) No built in distortion. This all said, it is one of, if not THE most used instrument I own and it has given me an endless stream of inspiration. And I still find new tricks from random RU-vid videos for it. Absolutely no regrets, would buy it again in an instant, if I didn't already own it. :)

@tomikokki7626 4 года назад

Hah, pretty much exactly what I would've written, if you didn't have beaten me to it. :D

@BigPlasticPlant 3 года назад

jarkokoo DT has distortion per track...

@NunyaB1s 3 года назад

This is hands down one of the best synth reviews I’ve seen. I’m getting back into music after a 16yr break and you’re making me think I should hold off on model:samples and pony up for this.

@Dubstepconcept 3 года назад

I’m in the same boat, decisions decisions!

@NunyaB1s 3 года назад

@@Dubstepconcept FWIW I went with the model:samples. My current setup is Virus B, K2661, and now the model:samples. I need groove NOW and its not like I can't sample new sounds from the kurzweil or the virus. I'd made some nice kicks on the virus "back in the day..." man 16yrs was a long time ago :-D I'm digging your "Filthy Keys" track. Reminds me a bit of skrillex and noise unit combined.

@stmemusic 4 года назад

Completely agree. I had a Digitakt for over a year and it was too much hassle to use with breaks. Having slicing (slice to pads) and timestretching would be such a plus for the Digitakt. Breaks + Random/Conditional Trigs = WIN!

@user-zr5zm6lq1q 4 года назад

Amazing Ricky!!!

@BaileyHeredge 4 года назад

It's the first bit of gear I bought and probably will always have it. It does need an arpeggiator and scale mode though

@RickyTinez 4 года назад

yea scale mode would be clutch. It has a "scale mode" where tracks can have different legnths.. haha boo

@gillescafedjian1381 4 года назад

You can easily make arps with the new step record mode :)

@DannyTaurus Месяц назад

So cool watching these early videos now that Digital II is out and I'm edging ever closer to buying one! 😜

@djpumpkinpatch 4 года назад

Great video, lots of good points here. I’m curious to know what you’d think of this plus a black box vs something like an mpc one. On specs alone the One and some other sampler gear seems to win out but I’m wondering if adding something small like the BB would be a better way to go to just bring it in when necessary to cover things the DT can’t.

@MCTTABOB 4 года назад

if you want exact slicing, you can go by the number that is displayed (offset for the start point). Sample length is always 120, so half is 60, fourth 30, eight 15, 16th at 7.5. Its a bit tedious but you can get the exact slices

@marceldesmith9958 4 года назад

Great video! The new update looks great, but I’m sure that this will be helpful to the UX/UI and product design teams!

@philipmorison7769 4 года назад

Great video thanks , just clarified a few things for me , as a contender for a new hardware sampler.

@dannyk8780 4 года назад

For what i need + workflow, you just saved me some money. Thank you!! #keepingitreal👌

@koalahabits3605 4 года назад

I feel ya man. I love my takt for the sequencing but feel limited by the sampling. Been thinking about the mc707..Have you had a play with it? The mpc one also looks sweet of course. Cheers for the vids man

@fisher7690 4 года назад

Dude I love it when you do the more hip hop beats

@dylansang1747 4 года назад

I went through a whole phase in the beginning (I've had mine since it was released) where I was trying to use stems more, and loops, and over time I realized that yeah the DT can do stuff with longer samples, but it really shines with one shots. Not just drums, but synth notes, bass notes, longer ambiences, etc. When I just embraced it for what it is, and changed how I did tracks, I got even more into it. That's when the sequencer really shines for me. But yeah, it's not the best machine if you're dealing with loops or drum breaks, at least for me.

@JUNO-69 4 года назад

So glad I went with the MPC Live as the main heart of my rig. I was pretty keen on the digitakt initially but I just didn’t gel with it at all.

@cloneroom 4 года назад

As always thanks for the words. I have really enjoyed the journey on your channel over the last few 'Lockdown' weeks. has been both informative and inspirational. A wealth of ideas and words of wisdom all wrapped up in a very slick package. Great work, would love to know your thoughts on the Electribe......so if you can ever get your hands on one and find the time to get it into your workflow...

@DawlessHouseMusic 4 года назад

1. I just woke up and thought something had gone wrong with your hair in lockdown. 2. I love Elektron but it seems a lot of synth manufacturers put in arbitrary limitations. For example, by now, 30 years after the MPC revolution, you could literally make the perfect sampler.. but nope.

@Niven42 4 года назад

I have a buddy that still uses a DSS-1 because the current scene is Nord or nothing. :(

@RickyTinez 4 года назад

yea its a bit wild.. damn sales quotas!!!

@DawlessHouseMusic 4 года назад

@@RickyTinez I bought a Blackbox recently and after the first two days of wanting to smash it, I discovered how it works and now I think it's one of the greats. I hope they can fit in more updates with bigger expansions in functionality, but that is what I like about it, the idea that a small boutique manufacturer can really push the boundaries with updates without worrying about how many of next year's model they will sell.

@amberdean1263 4 года назад

I LOVE my Digitakt. It was my first piece of Elektron gear (now also have a A4 and Rytm mk2 and returned my Octatrack because it was too convoluted.) The lack of song mode is my major pain point, but the Digitakt still acts as the core master clock of my dawless setup. From there I record into the computer through a multitrack mixer. But for the cost..... it should have a song mode. I'm currently tinkering with an Arduino-based MIDI song mode project (by sending out pattern change CCs) that I'll open-source. But I can see a Digitakt mk2 on the horizon.... :)

@awesome3dan 2 года назад

That little Arduino project sounds really interesting! Did you already finish or even open-source it, or what is the status?

@DJ_Kelpie 3 года назад

Ricky.... I need to go to bed! But I can't stop watching your videos!

@crazyFrankyy 3 года назад

Love yours channel! Thanks

@bliss3174 3 года назад

😂😂😂 almost every time rocky hits play for an outro he fucks it up lmaoo love u Ricky stay upp 🙏🏼

@oscidigi7357 4 года назад

Literally bought mine this morning, thought the OS update was a good sign but Ricky bringing things back down to earth, haha 🌎 Hope Elektron is taking notes on this, peace.

@Barefoot67 4 года назад

why the "literally"?

@emptysentiment7932 4 года назад

@@Barefoot67 because he literally did buy it this morning

@tobiascollier 4 года назад

With a quill pen on parchment

@jdssurf 3 года назад

@@tobiascollier lol

@pearsemacintyre1728 3 года назад

Hey Ricky. Great informative video, thank you. Which drum machine would recommend for making creative beats in conjuction with a DAW (in my case Logic)? I dont need to play it live or make songs entirely within it. Any suggestions would be most appreciated:)

@danielgosling9900 4 года назад

Thanks for the review dude. Your sound design vids for peak/summit are awesome btw. ever do anything more formal like workshops?

@fakshen1973 4 года назад

I really want to see you review the MPC One or MPC Live II integrating it with your Eurorack. It seems like it would be the perfect crossover platform.... plus I know how you love the MPC family... fam..

@Manusmusic 3 года назад

Oh boy I'm finally ordering one for myself. Luckily friend let me borrow his for a month. So excited to use own samples

@asundayfireofficial2774 4 года назад

I think with the Digitakt (among many other boxes and synths) you find what you really love about it and dial it in for your workflow. My DT is incredible, but I admit I leave a few features on the table because I have a few other boxes or synth that does that feature better. I personally love mine and it's the main box in my setup, but I do have songs where it's simply adding one shots and a few samples. I don't think you can ever own enough gear and it's part of the fun of the synth journey.

@ku______ 4 года назад

REEEEALLLLLY hoping the guys at elektron take note of the vid. Loving the update but the points you’ve brought forward are what grind my gears the most. 😬.

@andrewross1809 4 года назад

Loved the original Electribes for their ease of operation, but sold them for a MPC 2000xl back in the day. Miss the ER1. The new series still maintain great UI and sound.

@strike2766 4 года назад

Have you tried using the deluge synthstrom? I would love to see your play with it and to hear your take on it

@jhbrodtkorb802 2 года назад

You should make a sequel “What I wish I knew before I sold the Digitakt”. This machine is becoming a magnificent piece of art.

@goodboid 4 года назад

YOU taught me how to use my Digitakt properly! Then I bought the Akai Force. Coming from am Elektron workflow, I hated the MPC way of doing things. Couldn't understand the clunky way Akai differentiated between drum samples, plug-ins, audio tracks, keygroups and sampling. What the heck was up with treating sounds differently?? Why couldn't I mangle everything 'democratically' the way I could with the Digitakt? The MPC workflow felt like it was tied into a way of doing things back from the days when their gadgets weren't powerful enough, and their "work around" to those limitations has been baked into being the MPC workflow. Now they are stuck with it. And I feel the Force is miles ahead than the MPC in pulling in new users, but it's no Digitakt. Since then I have bought a bunch of samplers/drum machines (it's a disease). I have an Octatrack, SP16, Circuit, Force, DT, Drumbrute Impact, RS7000, I'm getting a Yamaha RM1x tomorrow (on a side note, Yamaha release a modern groove box already, stop slacking!) and there's only one gadget I will never get rid of, and that's the Digitakt. It's way too much fun to use.

@yedawg7970 4 года назад

Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed your vinyl set you did for OMF. I really dig that analog house.

@Jo-yb8cl 3 года назад

I really really love the audio you have in thr background!! Where can I listen to it?!!?

@zacharyrowden7692 4 года назад

I bought the mc 101 a few monthabago, they just added sample slicing Ina recent update and aside from the plasticy build quality and slightly awkward workflow, the thing sounds incredible and is the most powerful groove box at the size (that I've used)

@izme4700 4 года назад

Her Ricky~ I just got my Analog 4 replaced and it’s my only piece I’m trying to stay as minimal as possible that being said what do you think you would consider this option for your machine to match the A4 ? hopefully something affordable Awesome do you think that Analog Heat is worth getting? As far as a singular piece of a FX box because certainly too expensive to justify for only using it for distortion so it’s hard for me to understand why people buy those and u never see them used for sale

@michaels8597 4 года назад

Ricky..thank you..I want YOUR view on either getting the MPC5000,MPC X,or something like the Akai Z8.for live work,like when i am spinning vinyl live,making mixptapes..please..oh,and the Akai S6000 for production...I already have the Roland MV8800,yet i found it too steeped in menus/steps,to be quick enough for live work,on the fly..

@sc_hdz 3 года назад

Hi! ur videos r the best! Right now Im choosing whether to stay wth my tr8 (not S) or upgrading to the Tr8, Ive seen the video where you compare both, but what I see is that the Digitakt is a lot more open to creativity, any thoughts about this upgrade?

@jedcappelli3206 Год назад

This is a full and thorough exploration of the shortcomings of this device and I can see this video definitely answering some questions of potential buyers. That being said, I think a very common misconception about the Digitakt is when people think of it as a workstation. This is not a "Midi Production Center" and it never claimed to be. It's not a "Sampling Workstation" either. Look right on the face of the unit... "8 Voice Digital Drum Computer & Sampler" the Digitakt tells you what it's designed for before you even turn it on. Much in the same way that ingredients are listed on food packaging (size order), Elektron is trying to communicate the fact that this is first and foremost a "Drum Computer" and THEN also a "Sampler". Complaining about the way this unit handles the sequencing of chords is missing the point. It would be like complaining about the sampling time of the SP-1200 ("look at what this can do... it's so close!!! If only there was more memory!"). The SP in SP-1200 stands for "Sampling Percussion", it's designed to sample drums (which are short samples). I see the Digitakt as a modern SP, all the way down to the clicky no-velocity pads, which I love.

@youmaycallmeirene 3 года назад

Thank you for this!

@fromsoundtosea2010 4 года назад

I wish I could use the headphones outs as additional outputs in my DAW, because I like to use Digitakt as my audio interface, but I can't monitoring with headphones via Digitakt while recording with mics (there's only one master volume for both headphones and main outputs). Taking out the problem with loops, time stretching and zoom, if I could just add one CC note to a trig (in Live Recording mode) to making chords, Digitakt would be perfect for me. Anyway, I'm really thankful for this little box :) I hope to get the Octatrack soon (in Brazil it's not easy), and I think the Digitakt is a really good start to the Elektron world.

@jessepace8868 4 года назад

have you used the MPC One yet? I'm looking for a sampler/ sequencer to replace my Korg ES1.

@xisotopex 3 года назад

thanks for this vid. clarified some things for me.

@otepsia1697 4 года назад

I kept mine for about six months, then sold it and never regretted it. I bought the Synthstrom Audible Deluge, which is for me the best groovemachine on the market right now, and never felt any frustration as I did with the Digitakt.

@distillednoise 4 года назад

Totally agree, also why only 8 audio tracks? I never used the midi tracks, would have been cool to be able to choose for every track if being audio or midi. Working only with samples i would have preferred to have more audio tracks. the parameter lock to load different samples in one track is so annoying!

@SjoerdHeeringa 4 года назад

Hey Ricky, love your critical video. Just one thing; hook your DT onto your MPC and taadaa! velocity! Dunno if it works with mpc tbh, I use a maschine. Keep up da good work

@MrMarcLaflamme 4 года назад

Hey Ricky. I feel you on those gripes. I wish they added xfade loop points, zero crossing snap, ping-pong loop, and a 16 levels mode for velocity live programming (like chromatic). Here's a tip for when you lay down something totally shifted. In Step Rec mode, press Func+Left or Right and it will shift the whole sequence left or right. For the cutting off notes, you only lose the previous one when you live record and end up placing a trig right on the previous one. (so for example if your long chord started on the 1 and you riffed over it and hit on the 1, it'll disappear). To get around this you could try using a longer loop so you won't end up going over top of that initial trig. Regarding the missing notes on chord settings only being played during playback. It's because they aren't triggered by the initial trig - only calculated during playback.

@drumatic 3 года назад

Ricky, any idea if DT files will be readable on the Analog rytm mk2? I want to sell my DT since own the rytm2. Only makes sense since they use nearly same engine.

@moogish 4 года назад

I’ve been struggling to find the right hardware sequencer. This was my first plan till I found out the midi note polyphony can be an issue with synths with 6-16 note polyphony. I was told the digitakt has 8 midi tracks each supporting 4 midi notes. If 4 isn’t enough, combine 2 midi tracks to allow 8 midi notes. But what if I decided to use only polyphonic synths like pro6, rev2 & moog one? I have already maxed out my midi tracks & cant even begin to include the many monophonic synths I own 😝. I get the vibe that digitakt was meant for the all single note or 4 note paraphonic users. And that’s perfectly fine. Anyway, this is yet another great video to help people understand this machine beforehand. I almost wanna consider it as just a drum machine as you said as well.

@poisonousbirds 4 года назад

yeah bang on. RE: MIDI sequencer, I feel the same on the OT. If they had the appetite to change the paradigm but not alienate old school users, I'd gladly turn on an Alternate sequencer mode in the settings.

@huddieklein 2 года назад

Thanks so much for bringing this "True polyphony?" thing up, because it made me realise how it actually works: trigs can have 4 notes, but they share all parameters (most importantly: length). What you did there at 12:40 is record another trig on top of the trig containing the 4 chord notes. Which is why DT replaced the existing one. How should it have known you wanted to add that note to the existing trig? Overdub mode? It's a bit like having two hands on the piano, I suppose. Both hands can play four notes, and they can sound one over the other, but on digitakt those hands can not hit the keys at the same time. Like Exiles TV says; you need another midi track to make that happen. I don't see how elektron could have done this better. At heart this is still a souped up 808 style sequencer. That means there are (severe) limitations, but that's what makes the sequencer so inspiring and fun, IMO.

@reganjo1955 4 года назад

Same problem with AR with respect to slicing. Zoom in would be awesome, but we have to adapt by using short loops which usually provide adequate resolution. I would love it if the end of the sample lock would default to the next transient, if not doing it for all transients. A short decay can help but you still need to tweak it

@undrthght 3 года назад

Would love to see you review the MPC One!

@alexijohansen Год назад

great video!

@theforch 4 года назад

If you've never tried the rytm mk2 before, I couldn't recommend it enough. The analog drum sounds are super good and it has digitakt-like sampling with velocity sensitive pads.

@SolaceMusic 3 года назад

Hey I'm curious about the whole slicing thing. Couldn't you just copy the sample onto a seperate pad and edit that pad's start and end loop? With the 404 that's exactly what I do: sample a drum break and trim down to the kick, then duplicate the sample onto another pad and then have the new cloned sample start at the snare of said drum break instead

@cepheid4288 3 года назад

That's what I was thinking too

@thestinkyweasel6297 4 года назад

Would love to hear your take on the Roland MC 707

@desiolle2874 3 года назад

i would like to hear your take on it....?

@raphaelpad 4 года назад

Excellent points

@AkshayDodeja 4 года назад

Are those the iLoud micro monitors in the beginning? How do you like em?

@naomisalama430 4 года назад

You can also slice a recorded sample to different samples and change the sample, right? I'm honestly pretty happy with that way to do slicing for now, although a lack of slice mode was initially a big turn off. Although, I've owned digitakt for like a month so maybe I'll get frustrated with that given enough time. For now, I think the way digitakt "slices" it forces me to have an intention behind the move which makes me think more what I want to create before I do it. Which I think could help drive the creativity too.