Digitakt Firmware 1.50: Slices, Time Stretching, and new Machines!

[@georgekay372]

been a little burned out on making music lately but i think this update may just get me going again, i hope.

[@SlowHaste]

Seriously just go to an old project and futz around with Repitch!! It’s so much fun

[@markbelcher1777]

❤ keep the faith ❤️

[@slakk5093]

Me too buddy, me too

[@BinxKnight1488]

Yea man its tough out here

[@FANKANable]

I've watched pretty much every video made from all the Digitakt guys since the update dropped. Also spend the entire day playing with my Digitakt to the point that I have back spasms now. This update is insane and you did a great job explaining all the new features

[@SlowHaste]

Thank you! Yeah it really is a cool and long anticipated update, although I think it took everyone by surprise for sure

[@DeepDoseMusic]

Holy shit. Elektron seriously just keeps giving. 1.40 was more than I could ever ask for, I really didn't expect much else

[@SlowHaste]

Right?? I feel like it just happened, too

[@lundsweden]

Wow, just bought a Digitakt... my goodness the sound quality of this drum machine is phenomenal. I'm very impressed by the synth sounds too, the quality of the resonance for instance is far better than my model samples. The quality for the price point is amazing too. This thing is built like top notch electronics used to be built in the 70s and 80s!

[@1111undici1111]

Price will go up now due to this new firmware release, I believe.

[@DaGhost141]

@@1111undici1111 it's 950€, that's crazy. 300€ more than what I paied when I bought mine a few years ago

[@all1nz]

Amazing update. A whole new level

[@SlowHaste]

😎

[@Navaho23I]

That vocal sample at 4:00 is sublime.,

[@SlowHaste]

The Baths splice pack is sick!

[@OFFMike]

Great video

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks!

[@TRaddcliff]

4:30ish if you hold FUNC while adjusting params you will lock to whole numbers or divisions. Like wanting your sample length to be 60 or 30. 👍🏿 That way you don’t have to fiddle till you get it right. QUICK

[@SlowHaste]

Yep!! I frequently get distracted while trying to talk and program and overlook these things 😅

[@munfaija]

at 1:56 how do you clear the locks? i tried just pressin NO as it says cancel locks but it didn't clear them.

[@SlowHaste]

Actually I’ll have to check on that. I’m not sure if “cancel” means “don’t change anything” or if it means “reset the locks to default state”. At that point, I had already messed with some parameter locks and I couldn’t tell on the fly and just assumed!

[@munfaija]

Could be that they just need to be cleared by pressing the trig and the slice button

[@chitlun]

Excellent video man, cheers! Probably the most helpful one I’ve found yet. New sub for thee here ✌️

[@SlowHaste]

Awesome, thanks!! Glad it was helpful

[@BigCityRips]

Thank you for making this video! I appreciate the way you explained what each machine is doing. Also, for not playing just house music to demonstrate how the update works. Lofi and chill glitches are what I’m hear for! 🤟✌️

[@SlowHaste]

Hell yeah, glad you found it useful!!

[@Jmdeleeuw-]

They are still updating this thing? So dope, thanks Electron!

[@SlowHaste]

Isn’t it something else?? Talk about great product support

[@joetessy]

Please help! if my sample is not recorded with an exact lenght, how can I update the start/end time so it's sliced appropriately?

[@SlowHaste]

You can trim the recorded waveform using the knobs before saving it!

[@totaled_camry]

Oh man I have a Digitakt coming from Reverb tomorrow, I can't wait!

[@SlowHaste]

You’re gonna love it!!

[@TheDavidKettle]

with the slice machine is there a way to set the starting point of the sample if the samples not tight?

[@SlowHaste]

I don't think so, you'd have to edit the sample manually after recording it/before importing it

[@TheDavidKettle]

@@SlowHaste cool good to know! The beginning of Dave mech’s run through of the latest software he mentions that it’s easier to record tight bars so I’ll have to watch that again. Thanks man 🙂

[@azimpradhan]

I think you might have discovered a bug (the repitch playing samples out of tune) after coming from slice

[@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT]

musical and easy to understand, a soothing presentation

[@SlowHaste]

Thank you!

[@WHATISPOLITICS69]

i know you’re a big fan of octatrack and i know you use both, but given these major updates what to do you think the pros/cons are of octatrack vs digitakt at this point? slider, stereo sampling - any other major advantages to octatrack? (probably a new video idea for you!)

[@SlowHaste]

I think that the Octatrack still has some major advantages (scenes particularly!) but the gap is certainly narrowing! I’ll definitely be doing an updated comparison in the future

[@OFFMike]

Thanks tô both of you, i got both and it Will expend the workflow, but the OT still have cards to play. Damn good and waited update.

[@KurtLorenz]

Love to see a video about the advantages of SCENES and why you love them so much… 😀

[@SlowHaste]

@@KurtLorenz it’s the vid I posted before this one!

[@dudeseriously79]

Well, yeah this pretty much makes my mind up. I've been on the fence on getting either the Circuit Rhythm or Polyend Tracker or the Digitakt. I already own the Model Cycles and Samples so yeah. :) Sweet!

[@SlowHaste]

Digitakt all the way!! (no first hand experience with the others tbh, but you can’t go wrong staying in the elektron ecosystem)

[@chukah9484]

Wish ya added more sound variations like the amen break - wanted to see how percussion / drums sounded time stretched / pitched down to see if this update would make a digitakt worth buying when I already have an ARmkii.

[@mrp9308]

Brilliant machine had it 2 years , I’ve just discovered it doesn’t record panning from stereo outs or overbridge I thought my recordings sounded a bit flat ,at a loss now.

[@SlowHaste]

I don’t use overbridge, but I’ve read that it *does* record stereo output on overbridge!

[@mrp9308]

I don’t use overbridge neither I was just testing it for panning , I record stereo outs to mixer with as card, then in computer & panning isn’t recorded cheers.

[@SlowHaste]

@@mrp9308 that may be something you’ll need to adjust on the DAW side - the stereo outputs will definitely carry panning! If everything else is set up properly and it still doesn’t work, Elektron support may be able to help :)

[@mrp9308]

Ok thanks

[@TheButtaSpot]

How do you think it compares to the octatrack now ? I have an octatrack now and I’m wondering if I should ditch the learning curve of the octatrack and jut get a digitakt. 🥴 I feel like I personally paid for the fader 🥴 Lml

[@lundsweden]

Digitakt has overbridge, which IMO is an advantage over the Octatrack. Yeah Octa has stereo sample, crossfader and SD card storage, I don't think those difference can or will change.

[@TheButtaSpot]

@@lundsweden facts. The stereo playback of course. I’m honestly jus expanding my horizons pass the mpc so either way will do. But this update made things interesting again and cheaper 😅

[@SlowHaste]

I definitely need to spend more time with these DT machines building a song up from the bottom. But atm, I’m still more drawn to the Octatrack. Mainly because of the fader tbh (highlighted in the last vid I posted!).

[@TheButtaSpot]

@@SlowHaste yup building a song honestly has endless possibilities with the octatrack. Parts plus scenes plus song mode is crazy, still wrapping my head around it 🥴🥴 it’s fun tho.

[@bjamminsincebirth3494]

Question: I’m a SP404 MK2 owner and I was wondering if the Digitakt could be used as a Sequencer Controller for the SP?

[@SlowHaste]

I’m sure it could be! The Digitakt’s MIDI capabilities are very thorough, but unfortunately I’m not familiar with the MIDI in options for the SP.

[@tylerjones6116]

New to Digitakt. After upgrade it's not working. Any advice, thanks

[@SlowHaste]

I’d recommend getting in touch with elektron to help!

[@tylerjones6116]

@@SlowHaste Just created my ticket, thanks. Awesome video btw.

[@SlowHaste]

@@tylerjones6116 thanks for watching!

[@tylerjones6116]

@@SlowHaste I got it figured out. If anyone else is having this issue, you have to upgrade Overbridge.

[@MarcellsWorldJjr]

I love how they do these updates just like a computer always ever changing this machine. If you have one of these you should now be really inspired to make music if you're not making any just update and you have something brand new

[@SlowHaste]

It’s true! Just like a bunch of new free plugins or modules

[@mgband]

As soon as they release a DT with white text to match my ST, I will pick one up!

[@SlowHaste]

Hahah, gotta have those matching screens 😎

[@visisydandthevoid]

Well aren't you in luck now lol

[@mgband]

… and I did pick it up!

[@salami_joe]

Heya, I think the slice/repitch glitch might be due to the fact that when entering slices in the sequencer it doesn't p-lock the slice number as shown in the SRC page but actually the note value from the TRIG page. So when you go back to the repitch machine your sequence still has p-lock values for notes that might affect your sample playback? I didn't get the chance to try it out yet so it's just a theory but I remember yesterday having issues with p-locking slices because if you record a slice sequence in live record mode by playing the keyboard and then want to go back and adjust the slice value of a trig, it will sound suuuuper low because it has actually p-locked the note value at like -40 or so. Hope I was able to explain my point somewhat clearly, anyway great overview video!

[@SlowHaste]

Yeah something like that makes sense! I had thought that when you switch machines, you would lose the p-lock data from the prior machine and assumed it would just revert the slice locks to regular old trigs. Interesting either way!

[@rayrobinsoniswodwo]

Excuse my ignorance, but is this the same as granular?

[@SlowHaste]

It utilizes some common components that granular synthesis does in terms of arranging the sounds, but granular tends to work with much smaller sound samples (like, milliseconds of sound). But the way it chops/arranges stuff is kind of like “macro-granular”, if that’s a thing!

[@boorchboorch]

it's unfortunate that I bought an OT ~2weeks ago. But I dusted off my DT now. I feel like I'm way more "fluid" on DT, so i'll use OT as a performance mixer for DT now I guess

[@FANKANable]

Sync those bad boys up and become the next Aphex Twin!

[@SlowHaste]

They're definitely a joy to use together!

[@boorchboorch]

lately i've been mostly using either DT or OT on my couch since I modded them both with an internal rechargable battery! (sadly couldn't do it to ST since there's not enough free room within the box, but a powerbank and velcro works wonders!) somehow i'm obsessed with constraining "composition" to one machine at a time only (love constraints, and DT has lots lol) then "enhancing" on the table (nowadays, usually through ZOIA with a terrible mixbus patch i'm working on, if i'm not in the mood for tracking out separate channels via overbridge) but it's good to have the option to use them together. maybe someday i will!

[@lundsweden]

@@boorchboorch I'm like you, lol. My poor brain can't focus as well with a table full of gear. So I've got my Digitone and Syntakt in the wardrobe, with the Digitakt my centre of attention.

[@automodachi]

stoked

[@SlowHaste]

Rightfully so!! Such a fun tool

[@lundsweden]

Beautiful chill beats as always. I am more impressed with you as a creator, but yeah the Digitakt is a good tool that obviously works well with what you're trying to achieve.

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks so much! I appreciate that very much

[@pdm67]

There’s surely nothing stopping them having an ‘oscillator’ machine now they have the UI sorted for selecting machines. I know having single waveform samples is a workaround for this but having it in a machine would give so many more possibilities.

[@SlowHaste]

Absolutely, the introduction of Machines really opens up a whole world of possibilities.

[@shifteleven]

Oh man, and if they can combine oscillator machine with the slices, then we could play wavetables Right now, since slices happen cross points, the wavetable now would need to have each single cycle start at 0.

[@KurtLorenz]

❤

[@SlowHaste]

[@sinewaymusic]

Ah, man, why did I sell the Digitakt a second time a couple of weeks ago? 😂 My obsession with stereo sampling and battery power drew me towards the SP-404 MKII instead but now I'm sitting here lusting over all the new creative ways to mess with mono samples. Still wish the Digitakt was battery-powered and sampled in stereo though!

[@Tony2dH]

I'm still too scared to do it myself but it's possible to mod a battery pack into it. But yeah stereo would be amazing! I wonder if the hardware is technically there and it could maybe also still be coming in the next years!

[@allgonewrongful]

@@Tony2dH I bought a lead from the 'ripcord' guys. one side goes into the digitakt dc out, the other into a usb power bank. It's a good mobile digitakt solution.

[@Tony2dH]

@@allgonewrongful interesting! I'll look into that if it works well and is safe :)

[@SlowHaste]

I'm not sure that we'll ever get stereo sampling on the DT, so don't be too hard on yourself! They're not too hard to come by on the used market :)

[@DJ-Lazy-Lodger]

promising;-)

[@khairitannur]

Sells digitakt… digitakt gets everything I didn’t keep it for 😂

[@SlowHaste]

hahaha ain’t that how it goes

[@chitlun]

This update happened literally the day before I was about to list mine on Reverb… Phew!

[@djcuda]

What about digitone? Digitone never gets any love smh lol

[@SlowHaste]

I love the Digitone! They did just give it song mode, and maybe they’ve got some machines coming down the line too (one can dream)

[@IchihoBankai]

Literally bought an OT 2 days before the update. Eehhhhhhhh

[@SlowHaste]

As fantastic as this update is, there are def still things I prefer the OT for (memory, corssfader, stereo, mixing, real-time audio mangling, etc!)

[@azimpradhan]

Every one is different around these things, but if it were me, I would be consider returning OT. The digitakt is getting more and more powerful (this update and 1.40 as an example) and yet still simple enough such that you can be in the flow to just pick it up and jam. You might get there with the OT, but that requires serious time and dedication.

[@silence_castor]

SO PSYCHED

[@SlowHaste]

🤠