Backup up projects and include samples

[g0nz0uk]

Hello,

I’ve had the Digitakt a while now, I’ve been using the Transfer app to backup my projects to my computer, do all the .dtprj files include the samples I used in that particular Project? So I can send these to a friend and all is included in that single file for him to explore when he uploads it to his Digitakt?

Thanks

[h3n6]

While I don’t have a Digitakt, the comments in this thread make me think ‘yes’:

Cleaning up the +Drive, a useful method

While you can purge unused samples from the DT’s RAM per project, managing the +Drive is a different beast. What if you want/need to clear up some space, but you’re not sure which samples are used in each project and which can be safely deleted from the machine entirely? In an ideal world we’d have a sample management setup with the DT / Elektron Transfer where there’s an option to automatically keep any samples used in projects, or we’re at least warned before deleting them - but unfortunately…

[Bergfotron]

That same comment makes me think ‘no’.

[h3n6]

The first two comments in the thread above suggest that samples used are stored in the DTPRJ files and, if these are loaded onto a DT that does not have the project-specific samples on the +Drive, will ask the user if they want to load them as well.

Anyways, I have no way of testing this so hopefully someone more knowledgable can pitch in.

[DG2]

Yes, projects include all the samples used in them.

[bibenu]

You can prove it for yourself by loading some of the shared projects here

Share your patches

As the new Transfer version (1.4) makes it easier to share patches to each other, here’s a thread to drop your creation. It would be a good thing to tell the machine and OS it’s made from. Please make sure you own the rights to distribute every single patch or sample you share. @Recycle thanks for the initiative And @MattLxx for requesting a dedicated thread

[Jamaha]

Can confirm the answer is very much yes - you can get the samples from project folders after using Transfer. I had no idea this was the case though when starting that thread (will get round to editing my OP as there’s clearly better/easier ways to go about it, as people commenting made clear)