True, but you lose all the lfo and velocity shenanigans you can use in combination with retrig.
This is my number one want from DT. Yea you can manually p lock the LFO to trig mode on step one, but then the alignment of the LFO is dependent on the trigs so you can’t really save to a sound and expect to have it work when you load the sound in another project or pattern. Additionally, having to manage the LFO resetting on a trig level is super annoying. If you start the pattern with that track muted, LFO out of alignment. If you live record trigs in and overwrite the alignment trig to have a tiny negative shift in micro timing, LFo is out of alignment. And so on.
Sync LFO that resets the phase on pattern start and then free runs until the user retriggers it should absolutely be an option. It exists on OT but for some reason the deceptively confusing free mode is our only option and things like p locks and LFO t leave people thinking they know what the LFO is doing but really it’s not working. To me it’s not creative and like ooh fun randomness, it’s confusing af and once you understand it tedious AF if you care about aligning the LFO to be repeatable at all. So you’re not alone man I truly feel it’s not too much to ask either. But no modern elektron gear has this feature.
Ps not to mention if you’re using retrig mode and then your carefully crafted phase reset trig all the sudden retriggers like 50 times leaving your LFO out of alignment. Seriously just add the sync LFO for the love of god!!
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Yes! Think about mutable instruments clouds or beads. One half of the density slider is evenly spaced retrigs, the other is increasingly random. Being able to hold one note and have it retrig is awesome for granular, but why tf cant the retrig parameters be modulated? And for that matter why aren’t they considered part of a tracks parameters? It and Euclidean mode settings don’t get copied with a track copy. So they’re not track parameters and can’t be targeted… except they exist in track pages and only affect the chosen track they exist within.
I rant only because we are so close to something so amazingly good for granular timestreched clouds goodness but it feels like they’ll never change or address these key concerns for that mindset.
Ohhhh nooooooo Adding an arp mode or retrigs on midi tracks would be too taxing on the cpu + freshly added DSP parallel computer which is apparently already doing too much from having to manage twice the tracks with everything else being basically the same as the OG digitakt.
Yeah they should add it, what’s the point of a second gen platform if it’s still hard limited on compute that t can’t afford a feature like this? Ohh it was never meant to do it blah blah nah if the digitakt had a poly machine where say four tracks become one or the retrig menu expanded to a DN1 style arp it would truly be so goated nobody would ever need another device. But of course that can’t happen 
ok I’m done ranting, I really do love DT2 and happily make music on it a LOT but these gripes keep me griping.
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I really like making abstract sound textures from found sound with the stretch and warp.
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Slice mode added some great control for setting markers with zoom on samples. I like using it on longer samples because of the level of control I get for the start and end points. I think having a control menu similar to the slice machine (accessed by pressing YES in the SRC page) for the oneshot machine would be cool, although it’s hardly a priority since the slice machine is right there.
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Ok but that app is way to fucking good. I downloaded it for my daughter to play with and was like “holy shit”. This thing can do a bunch of shit the DT can’t. Why is this 5 dollar app so good.
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I think Roland might be interested in making an official hardware controller for Koala, they already made a Koala controller mode for the Sp404mk2, so it’s in the realm of possibilities
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Your wishes or you have some info?
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Pure speculation, sorry…
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But Roland clearly showed their interest in Koala by adding official support in the sp404MK2, and the demand for an official koala controller is clearly there.
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1 - WIDTH paramater
2 - SLIDE trigs
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Polyphony - not as much as TV - maybe just 3 or 4 notes
Equalizer per track
FX parameters for drive, bit crusher, srr
Option to bypass the master overdrive with the inputs. I run my iPad and DN into the DT to sample, so currently the master OD just cooks everything.
Pattern swap - same as track swap but for a whole pattern
A secondary, more ambient reverb with shimmer qualities
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Stereo offset parameter for all filters
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I find myself visiting this particular forum page with annoying regularity.
I love my Digitakt II. If necessary, I would battle fiercely to keep it, but the alure of potential new features is intoxicating - particularly because it’s likely we will get new features at some point.
I was disappointed when the Tonverk came out, because it seemed to fill alot of potential DTII feature-fun. However, I don’t feel like I’m missing much from what I’ve seen / read (for my use anyway).
On the DTII, I personally hope we receive greater flexibility with effects and modulation sources. The latter was hinted at in a video with Elektron that we could see more mod sources rather than just LFOs. Anything else for me is a bonus, but bounteous feature updates would be great - even just to stop me looking at this forum page for a few days!
Anyone got any guesses as to the next update release? I’m keeping my fingers crossed for January 2026. 
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I would really appreciate a ping pong looping mode without work- arounds.
Also direct/ instant pattern changing like on some other Elektron
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There will be another machine soon with solo mode.
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Accumulator!
Hoping there will be a small update for the DT2 under the Xmas tree this year:
Maybe some additional FX (and the crossover looping!) from the TonVerk - since they are so much akin and a bit of porting over some features (or old MnM stuff) shouldn’t be too hard??? 
- to make the DT2 happy? (and myself/other Elektronauts included)
I also propose, if kindly granted the above, to challenge everybody in return as a thank you to the Elektron Team for all their hard work and dedication to spoil us sick with features/upgrades/bugfixes, for all to join in on the upcoming Elektronauts JAMuari 2026!!! Event
One little jam per day for 31 days straight! Just for fun and laughs
And for a bit of extra greasy lard, maybe throw in a list of like maybe 10 additional bonus challenges:
(open for suggestions)
- Make a tune in most ridiculous odd time signature? (time bending wizardry award) ?
- Make a tune that’s so sappy and gnarly (max lobotomy award) ?
- Best hard hitting stomper of a track (Your Face Here award) ?
- Show off your signature moves and secret sauce (end boss award) ?
- Best RAW balanced track mix, no post processing outside of the box, ?
- etc… you name it, themes, chiptune, tech stuff, + silly award names, anything goes…
(with most liked suggestions to unanimously make the final list before 31st of December 2025)
The fictional title awards to be handed/credited to the most hearted/liked tunes closing at the end on 31st of JAMuari midnight 00:00 CET as a celebration of personal achievements?!
Cheers !!!
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Hi,
I think it’s always a bit long to apply a LFO to a parameter :
You have to go to the right LFO / find the right parameter in the list…
What would be nice, is to long press the parameter you want to modulate.
A small menu appears, and you can choose the LFO it can be modulated by.
It would make the workflow much more direct and alive, imo
Actually, you could also use the long press on a parameter to be modulated by the modwheel, pitchbend… parameters .
And the feature can be added to digitakt, syntakt, digitone …
I’m new to the thread, and haven’t been reading all the propositions, maybe it has already been discussed !
Cheers
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Yeah, the models (cycles and samples) have something similar, and I know I’ve had conversations here in the past, with people who never used the models, trying to persuade them that it’s actually a really useful thing. And it can be seen on devices from other manufacturers too (modal and norand come to mind), often allowing you to also set the depth at the same point (so there’s no back and forth setting depth and offset).
Catch is, the UI is really obvious on the models (one LFO, and every parameter has a dedicated encoder). And a bit less so on the DT2, where not only do you have to include LFO params as a destination, but you have to be mindful of direction, LFO2, can modulate LFO1 but not vice versa. I think your UI suggestion probably covers that.