I’d wager dt2 will get all these things and more in time. elektron os updates do seem mad slow these days tho. not a complaint, just an observation.
id love a master multimode filter or master EQ. p-lockable.
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Stability, manual slicing, setting samples to mono and bug fixes.
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chord/key detector/tuner on audio input would be clutch.
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I suspect it’s already been said somewhere but once you get the slices working with adjustable start and ends you ideally want to then assign the slices to different pads?
My po 33 KO already does this 
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answer: “Yes.”
Nobody knows for sure, but it’s likely that someone from Elektron checks in here every now and then.
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This is the difference between Elektron and their neighbours over at TE who implement some under the hood magic and automation that you aren’t constantly fighting, they streamline processes and add musicality and sparkle without you even being aware of it.
Elektron stuff feels like programming a Soviet era computer to come up with the soundtrack to the apocalypse and TE stuff feels like a waterslide to your musical vision. I’m also really high so don’t mind me.
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LOL I also call it a Soviet Era computer! I like that about it - always liked detail. And maybe this is an insight into the reason I have never liked or been attracted to TE instruments. But yeah, I think there’s a difference between having a lot of flexibility and depth vs the design just being so poor that it introduces needless issues. On the DTII I despaired to find simply poor design in an Elektron product (I was not an OG DT user so wouldn’t have known of these shortfalls in that box. I’m an OT and RYTM user).
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i’ll be frank, without the manual slicing and recording in mono, the digi isn’t worth the price at retailers. It’s a 600$ machine at best, especially since the sampling machines aren’t overly unique.
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Yes, it would indeed be better if the devices were more affordable. However, everyone is free to choose an alternative with a better price-performance ratio. Behringer, for example, offers some great options.
I also don’t believe there are 45 people sitting in Stockholm deciding, “Let’s sell it for €400 more than it’s worth.”
As for manual slicing, it was never intended as a feature. If that’s what you need, the Octatrack might be a better fit. The Digitakt was primarily designed as a one-shot sampler. It’s not a DAW like an MPC and not as complex as the Octatrack.
Regarding the issue of finding zero-crossings, it’s possible the device doesn’t have enough processing power for that. But you can always rely on your ears or handle it manually. For example, you can prepare your audio tracks in advance – Audacity and a USB cable can make that process easy.
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But didn’t the DT1 already do that on an older processor? I’m fairly sure an elektron employee said there were other reasons for not doing zero-crossing detection on the DT2.
It’s harder with stereo samples
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Think some stereo samples have zero zero crossings to detect
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Nope. The image of the waveform is only an approximate image that was generated during reading. And zooming is not possible anyway. You have to rely on your hearing.
Sounds to me like the DT1 slice machine not only implemented zero crossing detection, but it was also not optional ?
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Yes!
- ping pong loop mode - feel like this one is a must imo.
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I too wish there was a tuner instead of having to use external ones.
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I’ve had 3 octas over 10 years, and have kept the 3rd. It’s not about affordability either. It’s about perceived value. What exactly are the selling point features that would make it a 1k machine? The foundation across all elektron boxes is the sequencer while the machines and their capabilities are the main selling points. With no Octatrack 3 to ever come to market due to technical restraints, it only makes sense to port manual slicing abilities to the digitakt, otherwise the octatrack is just running down the same path that Access did with the TI2
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Easy Fade in…or out…from current level.
Maybe could be applied to multiple tracks.
And can be applied to any destination. Like an lfo but without the fixed start point.
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I suggest rather than detecting them in real time, implement a simple “snapping” when manually dialling in the loop start & end, and perhaps a “apply zero crossing snap” option for the Grid machine, which is applied only when the num slices param is modified by the user
(the one wrinkle here being that number of slices is also a mod destination for the LFOs, but who the hell is using that)
The Octatrack released in 2011 managed this OK, and on stereo samples
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