Exactly 
If so, Iâm not sure why Elektron have said it is impossible to implement all ten tracks on the RYTM. I would anticipate the DT being bound by the same limitations.
Higher bandwidth USB was causing noise problems (or something similar) in the analog machines so they went with a low bandwidth option that didnât create those problems. Iâm not sure where, but Iâm pretty sure I saw from an Elektron employee that higher bandwidth USB is being used on the Digitakt because it doesnât interfere with the performance of the unit
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That sounds positive for DT/OB users
search this thread for âbandwidthâ
Keep an eye out for posts from Elektron employeesâŚ
bingo:
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That response seems a bit strange - surely they must be implementing all 10 channels? Eight individual plus stereo master? There are only ten channels on offer and it seems unlikely they would implement nine.
More than 10 on offer if you count input streams from both external inputs.
Again, it all remains to be seen. But USB bandwidth is full USB 2.0 spec, and not USB 1.1 like AR/A4/AK/AH.
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which is what they did with the Octatrack back at the time. And people went crazy because of that 
really, the octatrack release was another story, and not a nice one honestly.
âŚabsolutely not to mention the Manual ( see my username) which has had to do ALOTS with the confusion people had.
The Manual was plain crap. A big junk of it totally unusableâŚspeaking of things that were not there while other features have been there but not mentioned in the manual.
not to mention the whole in big words advertised âlooper functionality thingâ.
Really, i´m not afraid to see a DT that has to grow some by some updatesâŚ
but then: shurely better for the company to hold back and release the DT when it has reached a certain stageâŚ
In any case, the state of the Manual will have its importancy !!
i´d not screw that one
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trackers rule 
Simon was sayin some of the elektron lads coded trackers back in the day
Dt feels like it was tailor made for me too, I canât wait to get it
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I really miss the old tracker style song modes of the older boxes. I have never really been able to connect with the song modes of the analog series
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Yeah sounds like we simply get 8 Mono Channels dry. So the efects get lost? Probably. Or maybe we can choose 6 Mono Channels plus one Stereo where the effects get routed to. Could live with that. Just dont want to lose the sequencing of effects parameters.
Looks like, given the responses above and word from Elektron that the DT will use higher USB bandwidth and therefore youâll be able to get 8+ tracks - the good news.
The bad news - I donât believe the DT has a dedicated FX track, so sequencing the FX parameters wonât be possible, above and beyond P-locking the send levels for each track.
yep youâre right it has no dedicated fx channel and no fx parameter sequencing
But enough midi tracks to have a simple workaround⌠i expect it to be easy to route midi from a midi channel to a sample channel / fx channel
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Easy to route MIDI to a FX channel that doesnât exist?
you have 8 sample tracks, and 8 midi tracks
midi tracks contain a sequencer (with p locks and probability trig)
probably also there are some knobs that can be assigned to external midi gear
but if you use a midi cable, and use midi out and midi in on the same Digitakt, you can send out midi information from the midi out and receive your own midi information in the midi in. This can be very interesting for fx tracks, but also for variation in the sample tracks, to create fills, or just variation. It can even be used to have multiple LFOâs on one sample track
Nothing confirmed yet, maybe it is even possible to route midi information internally without a cable. But with a cable, it almost cannot be not like this.
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same here, i love the mnmâs song mode, and when i had it, the OTâs arranger was very similar.
the one thing i really miss from the mnmâs song mode that the AR doesnât have are offsets.
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I agree, but doesnât this assume that the midi channels arenât fixed to the numbered tracks?
I donât personally expect them to be⌠it would be odd to prevent the midi tracks being assignable to a user-desired MIDI channel. But does anyone remember anything about this?
Of course there are workarounds (especially using a DAW). Iâm VERY impatient to see the manual / see more of the midi tracks.
John
Those offsets are the best. Seriously complex results from very little effort at times
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