Digitakt 2 Fixes (almost) Everything!

[@DylanParisMusic]

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[@TheJacksonscience]

Man I love zzounds, especially their installment plans

[@DylanParisMusic]

I’m extremely biased but I also agree, they’re the best

[@Timbrrrdoodle]

Are you having trouble with clicks and pops because of the lack of zero crossing sample editing?

[@DylanParisMusic]

I haven’t encountered it yet but that’s a good callout! I can see it being an issue for looping samples, will have to test

[@sleepyron_av]

In your experience how is the stretching machine compared to the 404mk2/MPC? I’ve got all 3 and have found it to sound quite bad compared to either with a lot of wobbly ring mod type artifacts, especially when slowing samples down. I hope I’m just doing something wrong bc that’s kinda disappointing for 1k asking price :/

[@DylanParisMusic]

Honestly it seems a lot lower fidelity compared to the MPC, Maschine, or SP 404. I hope they can improve it a bit, I could also be using it wrong but I don’t have the same issues with the other devices

[@jm6734]

That thing sounds terrible. Embarrassing for a sound design device at this price. There are old samplers sounding waaay better.

[@aikighost]

Yeah I really like mine its great fun and easy to use, I really would like a proper slice mode though.

[@DylanParisMusic]

It seems overdue for sure, hopefully sometime soon, a grid machine with an easy chopping UI would make sense

[@mranalog241]

I feel the same way. The D2 solved all of the problems I had with the D1, but it’s a different set of problems! I sold my D1 due to the lack of real kits, the 8 track limit and no page looping. The D2 fixed all of this and so much more.

[@lextron-audio]

This is the easiest Elektron device to use so far.. really well designed and thought out. It’s a great sound design tool. I love it

[@DylanParisMusic]

Agreed!

[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

Interesting. Mulling this one as revisited the Digi with the Mk2 and found it just as underwhelming as my first one and incredibly limiting...wondering what I’m missing and whether I shouldn’t have returned it, but I guess it’s just not for me. Hohum :)

[@DylanParisMusic]

That’s super fair too! No need to convince yourself you like something if it doesn’t inspire!

[@Zsklar]

Haven't solved the hard drive getting corrupted! When I get past 50 percent full, all files are corrupted and can't upload anything else without reformatting the +drive. SO FRUSTRATING!

[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

Seeing this a lot, have they acknowledged it?

[@DylanParisMusic]

Whoa!! I haven’t heard of that at all, that is not good!!

[@JohnDoe-yr5tg]

Yes mine bricks after 50% can’t even delete files unreal

[@christopherinniss3535]

I had this issue and it stopped after I formatted the +drive and tried again. Good luck!

[@sarahfm7291]

updated Transfer & firmware, solved this

[@AboutHouseMusic]

Are the sample transfer speeds ever going to improve? Sounds like a massive setback.

[@DylanParisMusic]

I don’t know if they will, I hope so! I’m not usually transferring a lot back and forth but I could see it getting really annoying if I was doing it a lot

[@remyvegamedia]

Okay... So, I just watched a couple more videos on the DT2... I'm really into it... haha. Just saw how you can record samples straight in with selected length while the pattern plays. This thing is dope.

[@nagchumpalot]

Can it polyphonic midi sequence?

[@DylanParisMusic]

I think each midi track can trigger 4 simultaneous notes

[@duketranslucent3rd]

New to the channel. Nice overview but DANG the continued lack of chord support is baffling, even more so with 16 audio tracks. Surely they'll add that. Anyway keep up the great work and much love.

[@DylanParisMusic]

Thank you! I hope they add chord support for sure!

[@remyvegamedia]

Man, I'm perpetually drawn to the Digitakt for creating glitch, IDM, deep house, and deep tech.. At this point I wouldn't expect it to be a fully standalone groovebox/sampler especially with not proper chopping. It excels, to me, in being a drum and sample sequencing machine. I'd probably complete songs with keys/synth parts in Ableton. This really makes me reluctant to go for it because I feel like as cool as they are, they're overpriced because of how each of their devices is perpetually created to have minimal crossover, therefore perpetually and DELIBERATELY limited. There's nothing I've been on the brink of buying more than the Digitakt. It's just not in the "let me try it out" price range for me personally.

[@DylanParisMusic]

That makes a lot of sense and I think about that crossover thing a lot too. I don’t think it could be the only device in my kit but I could definitely imagine it being the centerpiece

[@remyvegamedia]

@@DylanParisMusicExactly man it's definitely powerful for what it does! I'm gonna get one eventually, it's just a matter of time and saving up.

[@Painsoreal]

Dope dope dope! Mine will come tomorrow 😊

[@DylanParisMusic]

Heck yeah!! I hope you have an awesome time with it!

[@Painsoreal]

@@DylanParisMusic I will 😌🤪

[@CrankyOldNerd]

thanks! finally understand the thing a bit better. some of the videos out there assume you know so much, you going through it so straight froward madeit make a bit more sense.

[@DylanParisMusic]

I’m really glad to hear that! It’s fun to go from not understanding these things at all to being able to walk through them for others

[@_c_y_p_3]

Ok I don’t have any Elektron devices but I wish they would just give every device the damn “over bridge” because I am soooo tired of hearing people talk about it. Cmon Elektron, give them over bridge or don’t and say you did, just lets get on with it.

[@MyNameJeff..]

I used to never understand why these were so popular. But as I start to get away from maschine (now only using kk with it) and even my mpc live, and using more hardware synths and my op-1 field, these things seem awesome.

[@DylanParisMusic]

I totally feel that! It is definitely more on the DAWless side of the spectrum the way a minifreak and the op1 are than an MPC or Maschine

[@MyNameJeff..]

@@DylanParisMusic Seems pretty sweet, but only have one kidney left after getting the op-1

[@Tapepusher]

Ye talk good, real good. I like the cut o’ ye gib. Ye gona go fa’, real fa’.

[@DylanParisMusic]

Thank you kindly!

[@edwardferry8247]

AI as of right now can output this. There will have to be a realisation in the music hardware business that either these devices are dramatically simplified in terms of time to output or what they output will be so unique and different that one could not think of not using them. Generic hardware isn’t going to survive this enormous wave heading toward it.

[@DylanParisMusic]

Idk man plenty of us hate AI music and will gladly reject it and clown on people who use it / gear dedicated to it

[@javonscott4777]

Bro you need to get and go deep on the Roland mv-1 people are sleeping on this hard ware it's literally built to make songs but the only thing that sells it short is the fact you can't sound design to much but I learned how to sample properly today and can show you how to do it the right way

[@DylanParisMusic]

I really loved the MC 707, probably the device I regret selling the most

[@javonscott4777]

@@DylanParisMusic the Mc707 has similar sounds but the workflow yields completely different results, the MV -1 is comparable to the Mpc but has a more straight forward and easier workflow

[@Curious_Skeptic]

Can't wrap my head around the GUI! Really? In 2024, so many are happy with these micro screen? Glad there are enough peeps with good eyesight to keep Elektron going.

[@milk_bath]

Pretty clear and easy to read for my eyes.

[@DylanParisMusic]

Definitely fair if it’s hard to read but yeah I would agree it is pretty elegant and simple with how it presents data. Many elements are icon or glyph based and most things on the screen correlate to knobs or buttons on device as well

[@christdolphin69]

couldnt be easier to navigate

[@Alckemy]

It’s pretty simple… your biggest hurdle is loading samples. A quick manual read or yt tutorial will fix that

[@rtoipbezecha4257]

I love this screen in digitakt. I have large color screens on my phone, computer or iPad, so that's enough.

[@mooted5513]

Musical toy

[@DylanParisMusic]

I’m not sure if you mean this positively or negatively cause it’s the internet, but in a positive way I agree. It makes creating music and playing with sound very fun in a childlike joyful way

[@SergeyCoder]

Don't like in such machines that you not playing music, you programming it ☹

[@DylanParisMusic]

You can definitely play it though! Everything in this beat was played in via live recording except for the two little bleeps twinkle sounds I show in the verse

[@DylanParisMusic]

You hit record and play at the same time and then you can input notes in realtime

[@SergeyCoder]

@@DylanParisMusic It’s not playing 🤷‍♂️ It’s not velocity responsive playing & no MPE support. After entering notes, you should correct each note for making it more natural & not boring. You can’t playing on it like piano, guitar, violin etc. It has more robotic & programmable workflow, not humanized & not expression based 😕

[@DylanParisMusic]

@SergeyCoder oh, super weird take my dude!

[@SergeyCoder]

@@DylanParisMusic Yeah. Will be cool to see next generations of DT that provide more powerful support in >>playing

[@koalemos1679]

Even if they put a chord machine in it, this thing needs to play chords. It's time, it's not 1996 anymore.

[@duketranslucent3rd]

100%. Ditto the Syntakt. It's not like this would even be hard (especially on the Digi). Provide a way to set a track as the "lead" track of a chord, and provide a way to set one or more other tracks as "follower" tracks. The follower tracks defer all settings barring trig note (ie pitch) to the lead track. Voila, chords - you sound design on one track, without having to manually copy each sound tweak to each other track that's part of the chord. Elektron need to support chords soon (in some way, if not this one). The Lof-fi XT has just come out and is looking a really attractive prospect at half the price and polyphonic tracks.

[@koalemos1679]

@duketranslucent3rd ok, so I bought the OG LoFi 12 and tried it out. It was dope and had a very Elektron workflow. The plastic they make their stuff out of feels mega cheap though so I sent it back. If I did't plan to gig or anything, I'd buy anything Sonicware but I don't know how much abuse one of those boxes could handle.

[@duketranslucent3rd]

@@koalemos1679 Yeah I was put off the OG Lofi for the same reason (that and only four tracks). However I've heard some good noises about the sturdiness of the XT over on the Elektronauts thread about the device. Perhaps have a read of that. Not Elektron quality but supposedly not bad. Not got my hands on one yet myself so can't confirm.

[@damelos4039]

Dylan, timestamps are your friend. Please use them. You cover a lot of territory.