Yes, It’s in the manual
1 Like
Thanks, I just found it. Should have checked more thoroughly before I posted. 
IUm, I would say if you’ve already started developing a track using that approach with shorter loops, i.e. 16-64 steps and your composing that way then yeah it would probably just confuse what you already have put together.
This is my 1st elektron instrument and I am used to a traditional linear recording approach/workflow. I know my tip is kind of a ‘no-brainer’ if your familar w/elektron devices but I’ve had mine for about 7 months and just finally got around to exploring chain mode and the manual doesn’t state much on what all you can do with it.
So I thought it was a good enough blurb for other newbies who may have the same question as someone who is new to the vast ‘modular-esque’ options in approach to workflow that the Digitakt offers.
Well, now that you have me thinking about this, you actually can record even with (for lack of a better term) a ‘deep pattern’ in your chain.
Just have a pattern you can play 1st in the chain so when you add your ‘deep pattern’ you just tap the corresponding trig for that pattern however many times you need it to loop to complete it’s full playback and then select whatever patterns you want to chain after it. Just remember when you record, that when that looped pattern starts to play, only input what you want to add in ‘live’ once, so you aren’t adding trigs on top of the looped pattern during that playback of the chain.
2 Likes
I didnt say it wasnt usefull just that it gets too complicated if you are using the sequencers feature set, if I were starting from scratch with an idea that required 256 steps of constant recording I would use it. Polyrythms and conditional trigs are pretty standard workflow with the Digitakt though and if you have tracks that require different numbers of repetitions to complete their cycle the point at which they come together for a master change is generally more than the screen can show, and thats before you add any other patterns to the list. Digitakt is a performance piece imo and chain mode never really sat with the intended workflow.
1 Like
Just want to let people know that I tried it out and DT does not react fast enough to do it within a few samples.
I had to delay the change around 10-20 ms or else it didnt work, which made like a small gap.
Anyway, I sold my Digitakt as I actually didnt want a sampler. I found out, hehe
Instead I am hoping to get an Analog Rytm over this weekend, which does change pattern instantly. Crossing my fingers that it is a fully functioning AR that I am going to try out tomorrow
1 Like
Cross posting this as I think it could be an important technique. I don’t feel it was clear in current documentation for DT and OB.
In a nutshell you can send notes to the VST on midi channel 16 to change patterns.
It’s starts at C0=A01, C#0=A02, D0=A03, etc.
The cool part is that you can use conditional trigs!
For example, in pattern A01 you use C#0 with a 8:8 condition to have it play it 8 times then go to A02.
I haven’t messed with other conditional logic, but Fill works nice to manually trigger a chain of pattern changes.
Best regards,
Gino
2 Likes
Im unsure if this is in the guide, i didnt see it.
You can randomise parameters, by holding down the desired parameter, say AMP. Hold AMP and press YES. This will randomise the parameter values, which can be a fun way to push your sounds in another direction.
You can do this for the ‘hidden parameters’, hold FUNC and then say Delay, Reverb or Master then YES.
6 Likes
Gino can you elaborate on this a bit more I’d like to understand how you use conditionals in the chain?
Sure.
It requires OB because the DT VST is what allows CH 16 to change patterns.
I have my DT set up so that it can send midi to itself through OB. It’s like the loopback trick, but done with software.
That’s the key requirement as you have to have the ability to set a midi track on the DT to CH 16, and have the DT “hear” it. Once you have that, it’s as easy as setting a trig to 8:8 or 4:4 in that midi track.
I’m on my phone, but when I’m on my PC I’ll add better details.
Edit: Adding some details. Let me know if this helps.
Here is a simple performance I made tonight. It plays pattern A01-8 times, then A02-2 times, then A03-8 times and loops (it goes back to A01 so the logic starts over). As phaelam mentioned you can use logic like 50%, 75% etc. if you want to have variation in which patterns play.
This is saved with the project, and its also easy to mute the CH16 midi track to stop it from changing patterns.
All I did was put a note on CH 16 like this:
I did the same thing for the other 2 patterns using C0 and D0 with 2:2 and 8:8 conditions.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Gino
2 Likes
This trick is gone with OS 1.11 isn´t?
after doing some digitakt usb sampling (say from digitakt to clouds to digitakt) some things i noticed last night that in VCV rack and overbridge -
I don’t know if this has be covered before, but anyways:
- when pressing function plus yes and play a captured sample in recorder mode, you can use overbridge to change parameters like the recorder sample window was an actual existing track.
2)in recorder mode, when overbridge changes the sample reduction or tuning on track one, with no sample loaded, its only a temporary thing. in the recorder window, function yes play, the change lasts for a couple of seconds.
-
control the digitakt play back sample knob with an lfo at high rates will allow you to reverse the sample play back window and get random chops and other weird stuff. The ram sample can also bidirectionally loop!! just keep pressing and holding function yes.
Be careful pushing the limits, because you might get a weird digitak error and OS system will freeze. DO this at your own risk! -
lfos from vcv rack can trigger and twist any knob in ram/recorder sample page
you have to be on a track that is linked to the recorder window - say track one, for example midi cc the tuning triggered by a VCV LFO. again, the system can freeze - so do this at your own risk. -
given each track is linked to the ram/recorder window and the parameters can be controlled (even reverb), I assume the sample buffer is ready there to go and linked somehow. I just need to find out a way to trig it and get some MDUW ram sampling action. Anyone have any ideas?
-
ATM: its pretty easy to just save and link the ram record to the track which is controlling the ram window. just save and load to that track. and bam, with one trig on the first step, the sample then will play with the different knobs flying around from your LFO’ed midi ccs.
-
VCV track is fantastic for usb recording, sampling, resampling and using OB. All digitak OB parameters can be controlled by vcv randoms, lfos, sequencers. Even from the digitakt midi sequencer.
5 Likes
I’ve been trying to figure out exactly this. Thank you!
General sampling tip. I imported a too-quiet sample via Transfer, and resamples it so the Digitakt would normalize the sample to a workable volume.
This brought up the noise, too. It’s a bass piano note, with a lot of hiss. I used a low-pass filter to remove the hiss. If I need the filter again, I’ll just resample it again.
4 Likes
Hi all!
I’m new here,also new to the Digitakt and I read all the thread multible times so far,learning so much as I go.
Amazing community I must say.
Amazing machine as well.
I hope I don’t bring old news to the party,as I haven’t seen it posted somewhere else.
If you press and hold the coresponding button(trg,src,filter,amp,lfo) it reveals the values you currently have inserted.
Something that you aren’t able to see normally when you scan a sample on the src screen for example.
6 Likes
USB midi to DIN midi convertor:
Just realized that DT can be used as a USB to DIN convertor. For example, in the midi config - channels page, set Track E channel to channel 11. That’s the channel to send data down from the USB. Then set Track E channel to 14. That’s the channel to send out the DT’s DIN connector.
HTH
6 Likes
Yes, I can use Pure Data to send midi notes out of the computer on the USB cable and pass those notes through the DT and into a 0-coast. The 0-coast only uses a midi DIN connector. It does not have a USB connection. The computer only has a USB connection.
1 Like
Thanks 
Was asking simply because I have issues with DT+MicroFreak: cannot send MIDI via DIN neither via USB…
Thanks again for getting back
Much appreciated.
1 Like
I got this idea from this thread, but I found a great workflow for copying kits without overwriting the sequence of the pattern you are copying to. I write a lot of tracks with the same kits and different patterns, and keeping them in sync was a pain until I learned this.
To copy the kit from Pattern X to Pattern Y, but keep the sequence data from Pattern Y:
- First, copy Pattern X with [FUNC] + [REC]
- Second, switch to Pattern Y and paste with [FUNC] + [STOP]
- Third, go to the pattern menu and do Save -> Save Kit Data
- Fourth, after saving the kit data, press [FUNC] + [NO]
You should have exactly the same kit in Pattern X and Y, but the sequence data from Y should be the same as before
24 Likes
Is there a way to clear ALL and ONLY the parameter locks?