Very excited for my Digitakt to arrive…
Planning to use it as a Midi sequencer for my Eurorack modular system together with drum samples. I have two midi to CV converters in my system that I want to feed with the MIDI out from the Digitakt. I have a MIDI Thru box with 1in-4out so I believe I can send 1 midi cable from the Digitakt to the thru box and get 4 different MIDI channels out to send to my modular and maybe to other gear in the future.
I’m also very curious how the midi sequencing works and if its possible to make melodies using the chromatic mode for the MIDI tracks.
The Digitakt will be a centerpiece in my setup, I would like it to be the only tool I need on deck. Just connect to a preamp and monitors sampling off turntable, CD player and Casio keyboard. I’m content.
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I hope so. I really want to see some midi demos!
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It will be replacing my current hub, which is a Zaquencer. It will also be replacing my SP-555, which means my footprint for the two previous machines will be cut in half.
I don’t yet need the 4 extra midi voices that the Digitakt will provide, but it’s nice to have them for them in queue for future machines. For now I will be controlling a Reface DX, a Monologue, a Micron, and (hopefully soon) an NF-1m.
same here >:)
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If you want DT as the brain, you might want a song mode. I had this idea :
Plug DT midi Out to its midi In, and send Program Changes just at the end of a midi track, in order to change patterns and make a song or pattern chain. 
Should work, isn’t it?
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This was discussed in the main DT thread as a “fake song mode”
just make sure to use p-locked trig that is micro timed on the last step all the way to the right.
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I can’t believe I missed posts in the huge thread ! 
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Meh, that thread is out of control.
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This thread should be kept separate from other one. It’s messy and difficult to fish for information on this product amidst all the chatter on the other thread. This one is cleaner.
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Well now that we have a manual, most questions will be answered there.
But yea. Hot Mess Express.
Back on topic, I think one of the best ways to use DT will be as a master MIDI brain for other gear. Lack of song mode, not withstanding.
Combined with the sampling and resampling capability. It’s a simplified OT with Rytm’s sequencer and MD’s CTRL ALL trickery.
Lack of compressor takes it out of contention for my biggest desire (all in one sample based sofa jammer). But hopefully that will come in an update (master mixer).
Otherwise, I don’t have a mess of MIDI gear to “brain” with DT. But if I did, I would have preordered batch#1
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For the healthiest setup :
Sorry, I couldn’t resist ! 
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Question I have here, after a quick dive through the manual I didn’t see anything. Will its MIDI out sequencing be true poly this time around? This would be the only benefit for myself over OT.
Branular synthesis.
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No. Still elektron style 4-note-almost-poly.
Bran cereal = “son” in french, which is exactly the same spelling for “son” = sound !
(Nothing related with son/daughter).
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the manual seemed alright , as expected i guess.
nice to put lfo onto midi cc , would be nice to be able to use a userwave for the lfo but if it can be plocked then it’ll be able to do weird things …
its got pattern chain , seems ok and useful.
i didnt notice any auto trim functions on sampling but i will look again.
and unsure if you can feed an audio out through it without needing to sample it (like a thru / internal input type thing).
and need to look again for pattern play direction (often forward,backwards,pendulum,random etc.). i use probability direction on the engine to add a little madness to short patterns.
On the Sonic State Digitakt preview that was up briefly, but came down Nick was using it to play a Dreadbox Erebus via Midi with the Erebus’ output going to the Digitakt audio in. So, I think we will be able to feed audio thru it without sampling. Hopefully, they put that vid back up soon!
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even after reading the manual I plan on using it as my brain alongside my RYTM. Should be a lot of fun.
I just rerouted my set-up and did the same: put a mixer in front of my OT. No more plugging and unplugging the OT’s inputs, I can instantly sample/add FX/mangle any or all instruments running through my mixer without dealing with cables…love it. As a pair of the OT’s outputs also go into the mixer, this makes it super easy to resample the OT on the fly.
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