Ten Reason to love the Elektron Digitakt 2 [ and my favorite trick ]

@WeAreElektron recently released the Digitakt 2, an evolution of one of the most loved machine in electronic music. rather than do a full demo, I will share with you ten reason why I am really liking this box.
At the end of the video I will show you a cool trick and compare it with the Octatrack.
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00:00 Introduction
02:20 How to support me
03:08 Overview
04:47 Reason one [ 16 tracks ]
05:52 Reason two [ Lot of memory ]
06:47 Reason three [ Better sampling experience ]
08:41 Reason four [ Kits ]
10:38 Reason five [ Ctrl all and Comp settings ]
12:10 Reason six [ Euclidean sequencing ]
13:21 Reason seven [ Improved modulations ]
14:50 Reason eight [ 128 steps ]
15:31 Reason nine [ more machines and filters ]
17:00 Reason 10 and my favorite technique
20:13 Comparing DT and Octatrack
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[@OoraMusic]

What is your favorite features of DT2? Don't forget to check my patreon to support me :) www.patreon.com/ooramusic

[@AsyncLive]

I'm trying hard not to buy it. Thats why I'm looking through all the videos about it :)

[@paulburkhart2619]

My favorite feature is the expanded ram and content space. After that, it's the stereo sound. My friend got a DTII and played me a few tracks and I was sold. Sample loading with the current version of Transfer is concerning, but I was able to load samples one folder at a time without crashing. Hope they fix that soon.

[@optoproductions]

Awesome! Just opened up my package from Thomann! I didn't have the Digitakt mk1 before, but it's amazing how hands-on this thing is, and it sounds great too!

[@touchthatdial]

Love your channel. This is a great overview of the Digitakt 2. Thank you.

[@OoraMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamesorvis_mixhackers]

Nice work dude! Love your favourite trick idea when you combine with Euclidean, works so well with the Acid loops :)

[@OoraMusic]

yes it is a fun trick!

[@fabiod5879]

a little while ago I sold my DT to finance the DT2, but I won't deny that the temptation to combine an OT with my syntakt is very strong

[@paulburkhart2619]

Thank you for the video, love the "trick" at the end. I hadn't gotten to putting Euclidean sequencer patterns as trigs on the tracks, that is a VERY useful function to know.

[@OoraMusic]

You're welcome!

[@sadlantis]

Nice overview! I didn't know that random locks in grid mode was a thing - that's cool!

[@hexwavemusic]

That's in Digitakt 1 as well when they added the new machines, it's a great feature!

[@user-mt9xb7xs7e]

please make a video with Digitakt 2 and Torso S4 Sculpting Sampler!!🌻

[@OoraMusic]

definitely coming ( and already did it on patreon)

[@hexwavemusic]

This is great, glad you were sent one and are enjoying it! I've been really loving mine paired with the Perfourmer running through the Empress Reverb, I feel like I can do anything 💜 (also I have the same poster from Analog Heat+FX on my wall behind me 😎)

[@OoraMusic]

I will try it with the performer soon :)

[@hexwavemusic]

@@OoraMusic This is great news 😁💜

[@relative_vie]

never had one. always wanted one. possibly one of the best purchases I’ve made on gear in the last 4 years.

[@OoraMusic]

Right on!

[@thomasweiler5319]

Dang dude new camera or just different lighting?!? I like this look.

[@OoraMusic]

both! I am upgrading the lights and making filming easier! thanks!

[@duketranslucent3rd]

New to the channel. Great video! DT2 is the best thing since (and including) sliced bread. You gave 10 reasons why - plus there's also the new chorus effect and I believe it also has time/pitch stretching?

[@OoraMusic]

you are right!!!

[@vvcv__00]

Oora, the intro. audio clip, you did here, is brilliant! Not that i've heard nearly all of your work, but this little intro is some of your best work (for me of course). Also, just wondering if you have used it in a finished song, or if you're currently working on a piece that has the intro in it? It's simply gorgeous, man! I do, would though, really like to hear it further developed in a completed song. Please let us know if, and/or when it may be completed...my fingers are crossed.

[@OoraMusic]

Thanks mate! I am working on that track !!

[@MrVincent97133]

hi and thank you for the tuto , how to have the auto preview always activated, each time I leave the sound bank and come back to choose a sound I have to reactivate it, thank you very much

[@Lincoln6echoLSE]

Always interesting

[@OoraMusic]

thanks!

[@jean-pierremartineau4136]

Good video!

[@OoraMusic]

thanks!

[@willswitchcraft]

awesome upload..............................rad skills

[@OoraMusic]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

I just had my first proper deep session with the DT2, I'm utterly in love. Great news about Overbridge on the horizon?? Are we talking weeks until the Public Beta launches, or the full release?

[@OoraMusic]

not a clue but I heard Ricky Tinez saying that should be a matter of weeks.

[@iszyman]

Nice video man. I love my DT and think maybe an OT would be a better addition than a DT2.

[@OoraMusic]

Especially now that DT 1 cost so little!

[@MrWewanttheworld]

In Reason 2 you say you can import long samples and play them back as a backing track. How do you do it? Thanks!

[@OoraMusic]

using the transfer app!

[@ianncaianni1553]

thaank you so much!

[@OoraMusic]

my pleasure

[@Iredidv]

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been looking at a lot of vids, and would really like one. But then I have a Maschine plus, and if I see what Maschine does vs DT2, honestly I think M+ does more. It doesn’t have a few things like choose if a note is played or not, but that’s no biggie and I can do that with M+ in standalone, controlled by reason (via midi) and that way I can do Euclidean, scales, arps, note repeat and so on. Also more fx, drum synth, better audio editor and stretching, built in synths…Biggest pro is Maschine has an arrangement/ better song mode. So what can you guys say to get me along the elektron path (syntakt is on my list together with the dt2) or should I just stay with Maschine plus?

[@OoraMusic]

it is really hard to say mate. I have M+ and obviously it can be a way more capable machine, IF you like the workflow. I am an elektron guy and to me nothing beats it to me. At this point we have lot of options and you just have to find the one that resonates with you!

[@tracingtheta]

Curious to know what the semi-modular synth with the white face plate next to you is.

[@OoraMusic]

its the @intellijel cascadia

[@anonymous_friend]

Don't be tempted to overuse that sidechain compression. Be subtle, and use sparingly! 😊

[@OoraMusic]

ahah too tempting

[@nagchumpalot]

If they could just make this a keyboard sampler like the old Analog Keys form factor so I would love it.. Also a bigger screen similar to Waldorf Iridium. Just bigger! Ha ha

[@thaiboxing1658]

Du liebst gefühlt alle Geräte😂😂😂

[@chrl_nrys]

It was worth mentioning that unlike the OT slicing, you can’t set custom start and end points for each slice, so chopping things like vocal or melodic samples up that aren’t already perfectly on grid is only so useful

[@OoraMusic]

thanks for pointing that out!!

[@Aridonis]

This, and the ability to actually link two or more tracks to make samples play polyphonically, are the only two things on my wishlist honestly. But those limitations are pretty easily worked around, and I love the device so far otherwise.

[@WalkingHeadPro]

as soon as they add a midi arp/arp, manual slicing, and or polyphony, Ill buy it.

[@leftmono1016]

Manual slicing would be nice. But as an original DT user I find parameter locking start points much more creative. More work but more interesting results. Pair up the DT with a Digitone and you have arps and polyphony for pad sounds 👍

[@ryanhursh6322]

Exactly this. I won’t upgrade until they add those features. If they don’t, they’re idiots. Every other sampler does all of the things you mentioned and more.

[@Zsklar]

Has anyone figured out the issue with the +drive corrupting samples after around 9 or 10 gb has been transferred to the unit. It's VERY frustrating!!!!!!

[@OoraMusic]

oh that's scary!

[@KenithCopeland]

i really miss the digitakt (i sold it after getting my octatract). i wanted live looping cause im a guitar player first and formost and realised i could only sample>same>save> assign on the digi so i got the octa and digi got sold. but man oh man i miss its straight to the point operation. if a firmware update gave the digi the ability to sample directly to a step (with possibly pre saved trigs) without needing to name/save then i would probably ditch the octa purely for the form factor being better with the DT2

[@OoraMusic]

One can hope :)

[@JuanUys]

I wonder at what point Elektron, Polyend, OXI, Deluge, etc all have software feature parity, then it only becomes a matter of what hardware you prefer to use. Something with more performance controls and I/O might win, right?

[@artephank]

The main differentiator is workflow. MPC is probably most capable box of them all and feature/price ratio is phenomenal and still Electron is way more fun and fast to use. It it was about features only, there would be no place for those boxes since DAW has more features than any of them have.

[@OoraMusic]

I agree, we have lot of great options. Each brand has a sort of "aura" to me, Elektron has been one of my favorite since early 2000

[@Hart8]

I love how it crashes when adding or deleting samples

[@dankefurnichts]

i would have seen so badly a digitakt 2 as octatrack killer. why not make it bigger and with more ins and outs? as amazing as it is now. it still don't fit in my workflow cause i cant integrate with only 2 stereo pairs 😞

[@sossa57]

Digitakt 2 is cool but right now it's always in beta version . i will wait for quick samples transfer , slicing mode , and a better audio input

[@OoraMusic]

im afraid sample transfer is what it is

[@touchthatdial]

@@OoraMusicElektron know there are bunch of bugs with the Transfer app and seem to be on the case. Hopefully sample transfer will get better at some point soon when Transfer is updated.

[@raysubject]

those multiple clicks when you sliced that 303 loop are actually bug, they should fix it in next update :-)

[@OoraMusic]

ahah but I loved them :D

[@raysubject]

@@OoraMusic yes, sometimes clicks sre exactly what you want .. they should keep them with some optional switch 😂 Sometimes bug is actually feature - once i did beta testing for some iOS synth app and i absolutely loved FM modulation .. then dev realized it has it’s character just because of bug in code and fixed - i kept annoy him thst i want “buggy” algo back until he added it back as second option 🤣

[@chrl_nrys]

I just wish the stretch machine wasn’t borderline unusable

[@chrl_nrys]

So I suppose to add to your comparison section: the OT’s timestretch is far far better than what’s capable on the digitakt still

[@OoraMusic]

I think that octa is still better for that, but I also am not a power user of sample stretching, so for me they are both great.

[@smallcarrot6970]

its a shame u cant zoom in on the wave form or have manual chops...

[@OoraMusic]

I think it will come

[@smallcarrot6970]

@@OoraMusic all I need is a zoom for long samples lol. I don’t mind p locking the start

[@chambre466]

:)

[@OoraMusic]

:)

[@auroranamex5886]

Unlike the first iteration, I my get one later

[@OoraMusic]

fair enough!

[@Vincent-sy9sn]

Its important to point out that OT slicing allows you to choose start and end points of each slice whereas DT2 doesnt. At the moment, DT1 and 2 slice mode is still just a useful gimmick, but without the real power of a proper user choice slice ability.

[@higherself7129]

Would be cool to see the Fact sheet that Elektron gave you for this

[@OoraMusic]

they just gave me the DT at super booth, nothing more. I am not an "inner circle" collaborator, more a super fan.

[@higherself7129]

@@OoraMusic Thanks for sharing man. It was all the info about D1 that I thought was given since you didn't own it before. But then I must give respect, since you researched a machine you don't own so well. Thanks also for all your gear videos. I have new tools and inspiration thanks to your advice. All the best from Sweden