i feel i already have the answer due to not seeing anything regarding this, but im looking to automate recording on the Digitakt 2.
so rather than having to time things perfectly to press record, i want to be able to arm it, so when it clocks back around to the start [or even to a different bar] it then auto records for however long you had set the record length
if this isnt a feature, then ill do a feature request with elektron themselves, but just wanted to ask first incase any updates recently have stuffed what would be a really useful feature for everyone.
since it has the settings when you can set length etc, it makes sense to have something to make loops easier on such a vast machine
Why not just let the sequencer run while in live record mode and just start playing when the loop comes around? It’s not as though it’s actually recording anything until you input trigs or start twisting knobs.
I don’t personally think it’s that inconvenient. You don’t have to perfectly press record when you do it this way, just count along with it or watch the page lights.
There’s also a preroll but I don’t really use it, I like hearing what I’m recording over and not just a cold open (personally speaking).
thats a good shout.
but this is really for when playing live rather than just studio work, mainly. if you have arming capabilities, then youll spend less time trying to make sure things have gone well, but know its recorded. so can do the set a bit more, but have this recording ready in a channel thats just been made. it expands the playing capabilites in a big way.
but i will look at the technique you mentioned, though i will put a request in
Explain your use case a little more? Are you talking exclusively about resampling or sampling from the inputs, as opposed to recording sequencer events? I may not be understanding what you wanted to do.
the use case is mainly for when performing live, but for use any time
so say i am currently playing a live set, whether including a second box, or even only using the digitakt.
in the record page, you could set when the recording starts, on what beat & for how long. so when that time comes along & its been armed, it will auto record whilst you are currently playing something. then you can set the channel it goes to & be on your way with a perfect looped sample without stopping the music or doing very fine start/end points, its a perfect 8/12/16/24/32 etc loop/sample
its really to make sampling cleaner when in a zone of making something without stopping & without having to edit or make sure that your timing is perfect to record, since human error & timing arent the best
It makes sense, I misunderstood this as to mean recording to the sequencer as opposed to sampling. It’s just a difference of the words used but I can see your point of how that would be useful.
I’m just drawing from other discussions on this forum, but I don’t believe that the sample recorder and the sequencer are connected in any meaningful way, meaning that I don’t think the recorder is connected to clock which is why it needs to be triggered by gate or manually started.
It may or may not be possible with firmware, but I thought it was more of a design limitation. Definitely submit a request, but I might try to also ask them if it’s even possible to implement.
nae worries.
people have different words or meanings to things, plus i can sometimes be a bit off when describing something.
but still, thank you for the tip from before
i did put in a request with Elektron, but always worth others doing the same, since i, & i guess many others, would find it useful.
firmware limitations could be the key as to why not, but even [as a person that does programming] i feel it could be done with some basic if statements [obviously would be more than just that] - to make sure that if it hits X time then it will record Y until we get to Z using the settings made by W.
but i know thats way easier to explain rather than ‘just doing it’
I think the previous discussion I referred to of how the recorder works was more to the effect of hardware limitation rather than firmware, that’s what I meant by a design limitation, but I’d have to dig up the topic and I don’t have the time to search for it right now. Hopefully they will say differently.
Also, I totally understand about recording modes vs sampling as I would normally think of it in terms of a recording, but elektron usually differentiates between them. The language they use for what you’re talking about is defined as sampling in the manual so I’m just in the habit of calling it whatever the manual calls it to try not to confuse anyone but again, I do get what you’re saying, it’s just semantics and not a problem with what you’re saying.
appreciate the thread! having the digitakt 2 act as more of a sampling looper is something I’ve always desired with both iterations of the device.
they’ve moved more towards that realm with being able to set r.len and r.strt. I still dream of a day where they bring over the record trig functionality from the Octatrack (maybe something they are considering with the new trig menu!) and the ability to assign a sample to a track pre recording so that it’s already sequenced on record finish.
