Digitakt | preview samples from a plocked start position

[johannes]

hello,

is there a way to trigger (or “preview”) a sample from a p-lock´d start position when the sequencer is stopped?
of course i can play the track and set the start point while listening, but for longer/slower sequences it could be a bit time consuming…

thanks, j

[Ymsey]

Nope sadly, as previewing ram slots

[johannes]

too bad. thanks for the reply…

[Ryan]

P-lock trigs to zero and then adjust the parameter to hear the new value?

[johannes]

iam not sure what you mean. could you please elaborate? thanks

[Ryan]

Ah, just flipping the issue 180- if the other values are p-lock for their trigs, then the knob isn’t going to affect them

[Ymsey]

There is an alternative way indeed. It could fit your need

Digitakt Unofficial Guide

A workaround for no slice mode (note this is a handy technique for other things and on other Elektron machines too, I can’t remember if I posted it before or not) As most people know holding a trig and pressing an encoder will lock the current value to that step, so in this example lets slice up a beat loop and place it evenly across 16 steps. First load up or sample a loop, tempo is irrelevant, now place a trig on step1, hold trig 1 then press the encoder for start (encoder E on SRC page) now…

[Chiron]

I was searching for a way to preview p-locked steps on my Digitakt, too. I tried the description from @Ymsey, but I don’t understand it.

Another workaround is to use “test patterns” and copy/paste the triggers as described here:

Sample Trig Preview

I usually have several extra patterns in a bank. Create a pattern just long enough to hear the sample play. Copy and paste the trig from the “real” pattern to the 1st step of the “test” pattern. Tweak away with P-locks copy and paste it back to the real pattern.

Seems to be the best solution.

It’s a pity that there is no other way to preview a single trigger with alle parameters.

[johannesdotter]

I do not know if I mean the same, but I am looking for a way to choose an alternative sample as a parameter lock, but like to flip through my samples by prelistening. Is there a way to trigger the sample while holding down plocked button?