Digitakt + 0-coast combo

Elektron Gear Digitakt
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Hello,

I’ve ordered the Digitakt and the 0-coast, sounds like a sweet combo for sound designing, sampling, sequencing and jamming.

I have a few questions :

1 - Will I be able to play chords on the 0-coast with the Digitakt keyboard ?
2 - Can I use Overbridge without Ableton to record my jams ? If so, will I be able to tweak the automations after recording or is it only possible on Ableton ?

Thanks for reading !
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  1. 0-coast is monophonic - you won’t be able to play chords on it. You’ll need to buy a polyphonic synthesiser if chords are what you need.

  2. Overbridge will just record .wavs of the Digitakt tracks, plus whatever is plugged into the inputs (such as the 0-coast). You won’t be able to tweak any automation, all you get is an audio recording - which is still very handy.

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Yes still very handy indeed :+1: thanks mate !

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Well, parameter locking is pretty close to Ableton’s automation. The Digitakt offers this for internal parameters, but also MIDI sequencer.
You can live record such parameter “automation“ by turning DT’s encoders in “live recording mode”, and adjust any value in “grid mode”.
No need for a computer.

My favorite DT+0C video:

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I realise how parameter locks work, I am posting on an Elektron forum after all. The OP was asking if they could record automation data through the standalone Overbridge app - not possible as far as I know.

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Sorry I quoted you but in reality was answering OP. They seem to be rather new to Elektron world, so I thought it was worth it to underline that you don’t need a computer to get something close to automation: Elektron sequencer works like this :slight_smile:

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love that video :slightly_smiling_face:

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Yeah I’m a new Elektron user, I’ve been jamming on Model:Samples for a week now but i’m gonna return it for a Digitakt which has more features that I actually need. :slightly_smiling_face:

I used parameter locks and loop automations on the Model:Samples, my question was more about automation for long patterns (64+) hand tweaking.
As Digitakt’s parameters are integrated and tweakable in Ableton, I thought it would be possible to modify automation curves after recording.