As you'll see in the video above the hard part when sampling is to make sure you have a good sound to capture!Īssigning a saved sample to a track is a doddle too as the interface gives you the option to assign to a track straight after saving the sound. The screen updates to show both a zoomed in and overview of the waveform. You can choose whether you want to monitor the source during sampling which is a nice touch and when it comes to trimming and editing the waveform Elektron have incorporated an easy way to use the push/click encoders to trim by large and small increments. Connect your hardware or source to the input(s), hit the 'Direct' button and hit 'Yes' to start recording. And while these are all designed to a high quality and sound great, the beauty of the Digitakt lies in its ability to sample sounds directly to the machine. The Digitakt ships with a wide variety of sounds, and if you discover the correct menu you'll find the factory sounds are split into drums, synth and tools (bascially noises of sorts). One way is, in Grid recording mode, to hold down the trigger (or step) of the pattern you want to lock a parameter setting to and simply move the coresponding knob. There's some smart ways you can experiment with mixing up the rhythm of certain tracks which can provide interesting results too.Įlektron's P-Lock (basically automation) is straightforward to implement. The Sequencer is fun, flexible and a joy to program on.Īdjusting tempo, swing and track meters is just a button click away. You can program beats pretty easily and switch tracks, playback and tweak sounds all simultaneously. There's two recording modes: offline (Grid Mode) and real-time (Live Mode). The Sequencer is fun and, whether you've used other hardware sequencers or not, you'll probably find it makes complete sense in no time. The info that is there is useful and will help get you started, but there's still a bit of figuring out to do yourself. That's good as the included manual for the pre-release version of Digitakt is slim. There's plenty which is possible to pick up and figure out on your own.

So how does it perform in terms of ease of use? Well, it doesn't require as much time and effort to learn as other Elektron gear. So Digitakt is essentially a drum machine / sampler / sequencer. Within no time you'll be tweaking sounds, adjusting banks, patterns and tracks. I love the ease with which parameters on the screen are mapped to the 8-endless rotary encoders. It's high-contrast, bright and super easy to read in most light conditions. The screen is one of the big talking points.

Elektron Digitakt is a user-friendly music machine.

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