Greetings everyone, first time Elektron buyer, long time listener.
So my new Digitakt is awesome and I love it, but my tempo, project, etc buttons are the same ones as the buttons below the knobs. Everything works fine, it just looks like they forgot to use the pictorial buttons during manufacturing. Just curious if I was the only one, and if they can be easily replaced. I did submit a ticket already.
Thanks all! Loving this machine.
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I’m almost more curious to which keys mine will have than how it will sound 
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Weird place for the power button… 
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Guys, just unpacked my lovely new Digitakt.
Wow this is a cool machine.
However i have 2 BANK buttons where i should have BANK & PTN.
Should i return it, how much will it affect my resale value if i don’t get a replacement?
Thoughts?
whew. just got mine. Buttons all pass the test!
- Open a ticket requesting a new key
- Receive said key and free shirt
- Get pliers and wrap the ends in electrical tape
- Replace key with love and care
- ???
- Profit
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Just got mine. While unboxing was praying that mine wasn’t one of those with a weird button placed upside down or some other crazy stuft. Unfortunately the NO button was placed upside down. Already submitted a ticked. For those on a similar situation was seems to be the solution for it? I guess I can get accustomed but yeeez…
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Lots of special editions DTs I’m seeing. Congrats!
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He is the 2nd one with the no button up side down. Not so special anymore 
The one I liked best so far was someone who got 2 trigs with the number 3 and no number 4.
I already got my replacement 3 in the mail but I think I might keep the consecutive 2’s on mine just so I can laugh a little bit every time I see it. Or maybe I should replace another key with the 3? It’s not like I’m actually using the numbers to know where in the pattern a note is…
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You can probably fix that yourself - Elektron’s support sent me a PDF with instructions on how to replace a key, you basically just yank it off carefully using pliers covered with something scratch-proof, or use the edge of a blade on the side of the key to lift it.
In any case, you could probably pull out they key, spin it around 180 degrees, and pop it right back in!
Not so much assembled by hand in Sweden I’m guessing. Bad robot!
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So are they labelled Made In Sweden or no?
Feel like I enter another consumer reality here - where it’s become the norm to hear about people having to take pliers to new stuff they just spent hundreds on!
With buyers like you guys what company even needs quality control?
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Not currently at home so I can’t check the label, however, I can say that I don’t mind the steps required to replace something like this. Sure, the need for replacement is caused by a quality control issue, but the steps required to replace something seem just about right. What’s wrong with a machine where you can easily replace the buttons on your own without special tools or getting it repaired? I prefer that!
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Made in Sweden!
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Ok yes. Agreed - knowing that it can be done relatively easy if the need came up is a plus. But straight out the box…?
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Cool
Didn’t the teaser have neon buttons flying through space?
Turns out it was a live feed from the assembly workshop
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My Digitakt appears to have been assembled in the Taiwanese part of Sweden.
I was having a HARD TIME figuring out how to record… I was thinking “man, this interface is really not intuitive…” turns out it’s just MINE that is confusing… lol.
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