Hi! I just bought a Digitakt 2 and would like to know what differences are exactly between the Digitakt 2 sequencer and the Digitone 2 sequencer. I can not find what are the same exact differences between the 2 sequencers; for example to control external gear.
Thanks
the sequencers are identical
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Welcome to the forum! For external gear, there are two main differences I’m aware of. First, the DN2 can sequence more notes per step, I believe 16 of them, while DT2 is limited to 4.
Second, the DN2 has an excellent Chord Mode that can help you generate music easily with little prior knowledge about scales and chord types. Here’s a video showing this feature in action.
For internal tracks, the DN2 also has an excellent arpeggiator that can be combined with the above chord mode to generate even more nice sequences for you. Here’s a video showing the arp features:
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Thanks a lot to both of you! I asked cause I saw there were some small differences between the two but I could not find which. Really nice tutorials btw Djst!
Cheers 
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DN2 midi sequencer can launch 16 notes per step, @Gino confirmed that. I didn’t know DT2 was limited to 4 (like dt1) but that probably makes sense as it’s honestly not much of an upgrade from dt1 when you get right down to it. So if that’s what djst and the manual says I’d go with that.
Chord mode would also be a major difference as noted above.
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A MIDI track on the DNII can hold 16 notes, and they can be slightly arpeggiatted (note length, velocity and microtiming per note). 16 CCs that can be automated with plocks and 2 LFOs only unfortunately.
A MIDI track on the DTII is rather standard for Elektron machines outputting MIDI: 4 notes, 16 CCs that can be plocked, 2 LFOs.
On both machines, you can save MIDI presets, which is a thing I had been waiting for a long time.
You can use trig conditions. But you cannot retrig nor arp notes yet, alas.
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Thanks @shigginpit and @LyingDalai for correcting me about the number of notes per step. 16 notes - I better work harder on my chord skills!
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DN2 and DT2 both have 2 LFOs on midi tracks. Did not know about midi presets, nice.
I wonder if you can CTRL-ALL midi CC’s, so they control other midi tracks that have CC’s assigned. If so, I might need to reassign my CC’s in a new order. Edit: Nah, doesn’t seem to work.
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I have rectified this, thx.