Battery powered (or host) pad controller for DT?

Elektron Gear Digitakt
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Hi,

It’s driving me a bit crazy that I can’t find some kind of micro pad controller to input velocity sensitive finger drumming into my DT.
I’m looking for something that I can just pick up and connect to the DT, but all I find are either MIDI controllers that need a PSU or others that need a host to be powered via USB (which the DT sadly isn’t).
Will I just have to stick with bringing my Circuit? The Circuit has both battery power and DIN out, but it seems kind of a waste to keep it as a glorified MPD when I really have no other use for it.

I hope you can help me find something that I’ve missed.
Cheers.

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LaunchPad Pro USB battery pack?
If not a pad, there’s a ~perfect kb…

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Not really “micro” enough for me, but thanks for the tips.

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Well this guy uses an axoloti + nanokontrol but again, you need to plug axoloti on a PSU or a powerbank so… isn’t the best solution.

EDIT: Also you can think about a simple solution like using a powerbank with USB-powered pad controller (with separated MIDI out) like beatstep; dunno, ideas.

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THIS. I was thinking - maybe Beatstep (regular one), it’s small but usb powered. Haven’t seen one in person but it looks kinda ok.

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Not exactly what you outlined but has velocity pads and takes batteries (or usb). Handy for iOS too if you have any apple devices (wireless midi) -

Nanokey Studio -

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ive got the bluetooth one and that definitely takes batteries

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Hi mutt,
Could you explain what you mean by a powerbank?
The DT has no hosting capability.

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I have used a regular beatstep and one of those cellphone battery packs to power it, with the beatstep din midi out into the digitakt. Works nicely for a portable/space limited setup.

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Oh, cool, I will check that out!

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Sorry, found it out now.
Thanks guys, I will go for a usb powerbank and a Beatstep!

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