As long as the ripchord cable is converting the power correctly it should be fine… what don’t you like about the elektron PSU? But yea I can’t speak to the actual quality of either of the zolt or ripchord, generally if you plug the wrong cable into a device you will get some nice smoke effects billowing out of it but I think on some analog gear it can effect the clock speed and stuff along those lines if your voltage is slightly off. Japanese hair driers will run hotter in the states because of voltage differences or your rice cooker will over cook rice, likewise if you take a blow drier from the states to japan it wont get as hot. The safest thing is always going to be use the thing that elektron supplied but I would think your set up would work fine.
I’d prefer to just use the ripcord over the Zolt since they’re not defunct like Zolt and also specialize in music gear. The PSU is slightly annoying for someone who’s really into carrying next to nothing when it comes to gear and that is bulk that can be narrowed down when compared to other wall power units etc. But if it’s gonna be that vs losing my device due to wrong voltage I’m gonna side with the elektron PSU
As for the Zolt. I’m wondering if the info I’ve provided is enough to tell if it’s safe voltage etc. I did run my Digitakt with it for a good 2 hours with no issues once before
Did you have a cable that was stepping up or down to 12v? If not I would not use it… I don’t know if I feel comfortable enough to give advice beyond that as I would hate if my advice had you end up with a broken machine. Personally I plan to use the PSU they gave me and when I use a battery use one with a 2 prong plug as it just seems like the safest option. Although If the voltage is right and the cable is right then I don’t know why it wouldn’t work.The output of the elektron PSU is 12v 24a so we know that is a safe number but from my understanding as long as it is getting 1a it should work and their isn’t really such thing as too many amps just wrong voltage.
Someone in the Elektron Digitakt Facebook group posted that this pack is working well, with great battery life.
I can’t find the original post because FB isn’t great at finding old posts in groups, but I believe he was at 87% battery life remaining after 3 or 4 hours of use
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The powerbank lasts for hours… It has a small vent that makes a low noise… nothing to worry if the music is playing…
Excuse my ignorance on the subject, but what specs would one be looking for when purchasing a power bank to power the Digitakt?
sounds believable… digitakt has a really small power draw I did the math a few days ago and it came out to around 100 hours on a batter with less mAh that that one. You would shouldn’t expect perfect efficiency but I think around 80% efficiency is considered a good number.
Don’t know 
As I can return stuff that I buy via amazon I looked for the option to plug in the Octatrack / Digitakt power supply and that’s it…
As this powerbank lasts for hours it does not seem to be the main point if if has 18.000 or 30.000 mhA…
How are you connecting the Digitakt to the power bank…?
with the power supply of the digitakt.
It has a euro plug and that can be plugged into the powerbank…
Hey everyone. I ended up with this & it works great…
I went through quite a bit of back and forth buying & returning different adaptors, 5v > 12v cords & power banks. In the end I went with this one because it has 12v DC out. The 5v > 12v boost cables seemed to work in some cases but not all (some didn’t output over 1A & a few others plug didn’t want to fit). Additionally the first 2 usb power banks I tried (both were 2A output) just didn’t want to work. They would be working fine, then I’d plug in the Digi & they’d turn off. I’m not sure if some of these USB only power banks have some sort of protection power off built into them or something.
So… my thought is something that outputs 12v and is built to power 12v is the best bet. I was getting nowhere until I went that route. Seems like all the posts so far giving examples of working power banks are in the same boat.
Hope this helps guys.
I bought this piece:
https://www.proshop.se/Powerbank/Sandberg-20000-Powerbank-Svart-20000-mAh/2485876
On 12v i get random power offs after a while of using Digitakt. There is 16v output on battery but i wont dare to go there.
Nothing too long yet. I plan on doing a little test some time soon though as my power bank has an LCD with a usage display. Hopefully I don’t run into any random power offs like you’re speaking of.
For anyone interested, I’ve had an ammeter across the DT’s DC input, to check the actual current requirements during use…
- When switched on, the bootup peaks at around 900mA (0.9A) for a few seconds
- During use the DT is using 425-500mA (0.5A)
- Switching patterns raises to ~550mA
- Measured with headphones attached, turning the volume up to max does not seem to affect the mA
Online battery life calcs give an estimated 12hrs use from a 10,000mAh battery @600mA
At the AC socket (UK) end, the usage is ~5.5-6.5W @240VAC during normal playback, ~10W during bootup.
As @Joshua ^^ above says, using the supplied AC power adaptor connected to an inverter is the safest method, and also retains the product warranty!
Using a 12V DC powerbank connected directly should be pretty safe though, the Elektron power supply (UK) outputs a steady 12.17VDC (@240VAC PSU input).
Using 5V-12V conversion adaptors might result in problems, the DT seems pretty sensitive to its DC supply, I experienced reboots and crashing merely by introducing measuring cables.
An 
Elektron Battery Bank Slanty Stand would be awesome tho…
I just can’t find any powerbanks like the Poweradd Pilot Pro or XTpower here in Sweden. Plenty of powerbanks with USB 1A & 2A with all kinds of capacities, none with proper DC out (or powerplug). Amazon UK do not ship these batteries to Sweden due the chemicals blablabla, the German site with the XT powerbanks don’t ship here either. We recently got some new chemicals tax thing here, or will get it soon, I haven’t read up on that stuff yet. But seems weird if that’s the reason seeing as we got powerbanks with USB outs.
I’ve tested my blofeld on a regular USB power bank and an upconverter USB to DC plug. But those cheap little plugs can really lit up your home should you not be careful with checking their AMP rating, checking if those numbers are correct, etc. Anyway, if anyone knows places selling proper DC banks like Poweradd and similar in or to Sweden (preferably withing EU), please give me a shout. I did see the Proshop thing above, but seems like the wrong bank for the Digi.
I was able to run a little test yesterday. I ran my Digi for 3 hours straight and it used 20% of the battery life. One random reset happened but I think that’s because my son came up and pushed the button on the power bank. I’m not 100% sure though as I haven’t gotten the full truth out of him just yet, he’s 4, haha.
Either way I was quite pleased with this outcome. If the bank will actually let me run the Digi for 15 hours in total that’s nuts!
Another thing to note is that the power bank never got even the slightest bit warm. Since it ran so cold I’m thinking I might even velcro it to the bottom of the Digi and snag a shorter cord so everything is a bit more compact.
I’m pretty sure the XT guys have a British website you could order from.
Thanks for sharing this good news @three.
My Sandberg will be on it’s way back soon. 15 hours sounds nuts