Digitakt 1.03 : Bug reports

Elektron Gear Digitakt
#183

Did a little track on Sunday with Digi, Eurorack, and a Sub Phatty. Pretty stable (although I only used factory samples and didn’t sample or import anything).

I did come across a situation where Midi A wouldn’t play anything in a newly created project, it didn’t matter which channel I chose, no MIDI notes on DIN or USB. But I could not find anything wrong. Fixed it by copying the (working) Midi B channel TRK onto Midi A in the same pattern.

Also the FUNC+COG save project crashed once. Menu saving has been ok.

#184

Is the Digitakt supposed to be able to P-lock “function + all” changes in the realtime record mode? I could have sworn I did this before the last update but may be doing something stupid…

#185

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#186

At some point my MIDI control of synths stopped working and I have yet to figure out whether it is my fault. I don’t think I changed anything and it worked fine. The report of BlackDoors might suggest that it is a DT problem? With so many basic problems (eg freezes pressing a normal button combi) the trust in the machine suffers. With no option to backup things, one is also hesitant to invest too much time (unless one is just interested in doodling). This is quite different to the other machines where I could be pretty sure that it is almost always my fault when a problem occurred. I therefore also hope for the next update to raise the spirit again :slight_smile:

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#187

oy - just ran into this, too! Did you file it, or should I file it, too?

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#188

I filed it, but dont hesitate to re-file :slight_smile:

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#189

I’m getting pops and clicks from time to time. This is without anything being connected to the DT apart from headphones and power. Anyone else experience these? It is pretty much impossible for me to reproduce this so I’m not filing any tickets yet.

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#190

yes… I’m getting these too from time to time. Eliminated other possible sources, these pops are definitely coming from DT. Also not sure what’s the cause, haven’t methodically hunted for this as it’s usually happening while being in the middle of something… people have said that it happens when DT is clock-slaved, which is a thing I’ve never tried. Definitely happens when it’s not slaved.

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#191

Yeah I’m getting them with nothing connected at all. It’s also not in the samples, it happens sporadically seems. Which is bad news for us bug hunters. Could be bad news in general…

#192

IIRC I think either @Ess or @Olle replied somewhere that it may be related to grounding/electrical problems in a setup? Not sure tbh…

fingers crossed that it’s a bug in the audio engine and not hardware related.

I’ve noticed some other slowdowns with the unit as well, sometimes the UI would become a bit laggy, and at least once the MIDI clock output to Rytm seemed lagging behind - not drifting apart, more like lagging and then catching up again. So I think there might be some code which needs optimization, possibly CPU gets maxed out at times…

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#193

Hmm… I’m quite sure that isn’t the issue here. I’m using grounded outlets that have their own group in my music/hobby room. It also happens in other spots in the house where I plug it in. Doesn’t happen to any other gear.

I’ve also noticed the sluggishness in some areas. Like browsing the sounds (func+level) it feels rather lagged scrolling there. It also happens right after starting up so I think there’s no memory leak there.

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#194

hm. interesting. Last week I could swear that it was due to incoming clock on USB. The week before I tought it was the MIDI-clock-IN.

If it was a hardware related bug it would appear in every situation. I watched this only on external sync mode…

#195

Today I had a very strange experience with my DT:

Despite normal (sequencer-)function suddenly all midi-out signals on every channel and on every midi track were gone. Chromatic mode did not send any note out. I tried reboot and all possible midi-routing but nothing worked.

Then I connected my easiest midi-gear 1:1 to DT. It triggered a note (on Streichfett) but it sounds like audio out was modulated (resp. overlayed) by an LFO affecting a sub oszillator. Quite possible that is was at 50Hz. The same Issue appeared on Bass Station - no DAW connectet, no other synth online.

After factory reset the problem had gone.

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#196

Copy\paste doesn’t seem to work on MIX page. Screen shows messages “COPY PAGE MIX” and “PASTE PAGE MIX” but values stay the same.

#197

The factory reset worked for me as well to resolve the sudden death of MIDI. Really, really looking for forward to the next OS update :slight_smile:

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#198

Seeking your help: I have a kick on Track 1 and a Clap on track 4. If I play the sequencer with the kick muted, the claps sound fine, is the kick not muted, the claps are heavily distorted.

  • This is independent of the clap sample (factory or my own)

  • This does not happen with other tracks and it does not happen in another pattern.

  • The problem persists even after a resetting all parameter values across all pages to their defaults. To ensure that are no trig conditions.

How can playing one track distort playback on another track (whether intentional, or unintentional)?

#199

Midi-Trouble:

Had an LFO on a CC. Deactivated the LFO later. My Digibrick did not stop sending the CC, but not only in the initial pattern, but in every pattern. Loading an older project helped but all progress is gone.

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#200

yea LFOs keep going and sending MIDI data until a trig in a new pattern stops them. It’s the same with sounds, and also on AR and A4: when you switch kit, all old settings, sounds & fx, stay active until a trig event happens.

So it’s not a bug really, it’s just consistent with all other things. however, the continuing MIDI LFO has stumped me more than once as well. Maybe it would be better if they stopped when switching pattern…? Maybe an option…?

crazy workaround: put trigs at step one of all unused midi tracks in all patterns.

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#201

Ok so besides the odd CRASH!. this is my first bug. I record a sample, send it to a track. its sounds great, but then i try to record it into the sequence via live record or the step sequencer & oh what? no SOUND!

I’m in the middle a freaking jam here. what gives?

gonna turn this off till the next update if this is the nor.

Thank you!

#202

Mhh not 100 % sure if it was like this. It was sendig the LFO CC’s today right after startup and the initial LFO pattern was empty. But maybe I m wrong. Cant check, project overwritten. Waiting for next surprise.