Thanks DreamXcape.
but the weird thing is that it worked once! I sampled a youtube vid with the USB-B to USB-C cable and that was the last time. hadn’t made any changes.
Now i even tried the normal USB-B to USB cable which works on PC with sampling and everything and add a USB-c converter but that didnt work neither.,
Ill check out the cable you’re suggesting.
Can you send an example?
I found one but it specifically states that the USB-C part is the Slave, where the USB part is the Host.
Now the USB part would go onto my USB to USB-B cable making the Digi the host.
USB-C is a little bit different.
For micro-USB(older phones and tablets), it’s almost impossible to find the right micro-USB to USB-B cable. Most OTG cables are micro-USB to USB-A(socket), which you extend with a standard USB cable for the connection to the DT.
For USB-C there are a lot of cables in existence with a USB-B at the other end.
But USB-C has so many options that finding the right cable could be very difficult. A wrong USB-C cable can make weird things happen.
So, while USB-C technically doesn’t have OTG, you can still search for USB-C OTG and find those adapter cables with a USB-A socket like the micro-USB ones.
I also want to make one thing very clear, because I read this many times already.
A device with a USB-B socket can NEVER be the host device without some major hardware changes, or some special hardware in the cable. A USB-B socket also does NOT deliver power.
No standards even exist to make this happen.
The only possible “double function” USB ports are the mobile versions: mini-USB, micro-USB and USB-C.
I just got my lead in the post. I can get it to send audio from the phone but unfortunately not record audio from digitakt to the phone. So i guess that’s the end of that
(BTW must remember to turn off overbridge in the settings)
Which cable are you using?
It still messes with my brain that it worked once with a standard USB-B to USB-c Cable.
during all my attempts after that one it connected to my samsung and instantly disconnected.
Im using a USB-B to USB cable in the meantime to sample from my PC but even tho i bought an USB to USB-c adapter for that cable it wont work with android.
Looking to buy a normal USB to USB-b cable with OTG now… hoping that the adapter will make sure that works with Adroid but I’m probably going to have to buy a special OTG converter piece for that as well.
Let me know when you figure things out! What cable have you gotten now?
Normal USB cables don’t have OTG, it’s the little adapters that have this.
But before you buy a cable, make sure your phone actually has OTG enabled by using an app like OTG Checker.
To make things a bit more clear:
For a phone with Micro-USB you need something like this:
For a phone with USB-C you need something like this:
Alternatively, you could use something like this when your phone has USB-C:
you’re a boss thanks!
I’ve given up. Got a usb cable, specialised for audio. Udg it’s called. Then I bought an Otg adapter to convert it to usb-C. Now when I plug it into my phone, my phone won’t make any sounds. So it must be recognizing the usb. But the Digitakt is not getting any input!
Wow but when I switch my phone’s ringtone from silent to ring it does recognize the beep on the Digi?! I must be close.
Somewhere in your phone setup, you can switch to audio over usb. Sometimes it´s hidden in the developer folder.
Yeah I found usb config… But audio is not one of the options. I’m on a Samsung s10e.
It does get my ringtone confirmation bleep. It worked once. Not sure but I think it’s just not supported.
Sample the beep, make a banger beat
yeah ahah but thats not the reason i bought 4 cables and 2 adapters…
I got this cable from Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CQT3768
I go to Video, swipe down for external audio, and it works.
I am not sure about Audio specific programs, but for the built in camera it works great.
So it’s more of a config issue it seems since you are getting “behavior” of some kind.
Good luck to all 
That’s super weird… If I record a video with my camera and play it back the Digitakt will notice. But for YouTube and Spotify it won’t.
Wow ok instant update; after trying recording a video with the standard app I switched to Spotify and it worked!!!
Can’t explain it but now it just works.
So next time it doesn’t;
Record a vid. Play it back.
Not sure if you ever got this to work but I found that getting this app to record with was what did the job for me. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd.usbaudiorecorderpro&hl=en_CA&gl=US
There’s an I/O tab in the app that makes it very clear that the phone is connected to the Elektron device. The developer talks about its driver quite a bit on the web page so maybe the magic is in that?
thanks for all your input thus far - super helpful - i’m fleshing out my query to hopefully allow more folk to tap into opportunities here if they too are a tad late to the usb-c party
With regards the Chroma Cable linked (with a 56k resistor) … that’s just a regular cable right ?! the pull up resistor is referenced for clarity, but this doesn’t imply anything OTG which you discuss above (came to ask a Q and found the topic nearly answered) … the only anxiety is why chroma PR about the normal feature is front and centre
would a common or garden (respectable but no 56k referencing) B to C cable work the same as …
c(male)------a(female) + a(male)------b(male)
I picked up a pair of ‘clones’ of the apple dongle and they’re dandy on the mac
so when i’d halfheartedly tried this with a regular a-b on an android with usb-c i wasn’t confident it’d be as seamless as it was (once a few apps were directed to the USB source)
Anyway - i was wanting to capture Syntakt direct on my Android and not having a dedicated USB interface i basically proceeded and ended up doing something a bit daft - i plugged the ST analog outs into Behr-Mixer and took its USB into the phone … oops … no need for that detour via analog - shoulda gone ST>Phone
Anyway - a cable like those suggested could be handy for the ST etc into a Mac, but i’m looking for a tidier solution than the one i already have (hate the site of dongles, i always make a cable up if i can) so not too keen on stretching teh budget that far
a few options on amazon are close to a 1/3 of the DJTT price
so these are all good wrt the lack of highlighting 56k or irrelevant OTGness
To be fair one question alludes to using with a DJ controller, so seems all good … but gonna post this anyway as a belts’n’braces question to anyone who wants to chip in
It’s possible i might stick with the dongle as it’d be occasional use anyway and it’s always around for my iLok key and more cables is not what i need
I’ve read a couple of obscure topics about difficulties of DT-USB-Android connection on the Internet, so decided to try it myself yesterday:
Well, everything worked like a charm. The OG Google OTG and even the no-name random one - both are okay.
Now I’m testing a couple of free WAV Recorder apps to record stems via USB. Seems like I won’t always need a laptop or recorder with me when I’m working or jamming on DT anymore.
I’ve also tried to pick USB audio from Behringer Xenyx (mixer with USB interface) via OTG cable - it also worked.
