Maybe a stupid question, but i RTFM and cant find that one answered or iam missing something obvious:
Is it possible to syncronize a recording of a sample? Lets say i got a melody programmed on an external synth, modular what ever, but the first note of it isn’t on beat 1, its later than that. So, selecting “arm” on the DT2 doesn’t help me, starting the recording manualy doesn’t help me either cause i wouldn’t get it syncronized (or i do it like in the 90ies and hit “record” on DT2 with one hand and “start” on the external synth with another). So, is there a solution or a way to start the recording on beat 1, maybe let the DT2 tell the external synth to start playing if i start the recording?
Thanks in advance!
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Are you recording from the DT Inputs?
Yes. I want to record an external Synth into the Digitakt 2. So i use the Inputs of the Digitakt 2 for that.
And your Synth is synced from the DT via MIDI?
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There should be no issue. I’ve tested it this morning. Arm it and the source should be set on Inputs. You can also set the length. Press Play.
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Yes, you can set the recording to start as soon as you press play on the DT2.
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Ah ok, just like the suggestion from Tschu above was: I just let the DT2 be the master and control the external synth, and set the DT2 to start record when i hit “play” on it?!
If so: how i set the DT2 to start record when i press play on it?
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Encoder G on the Recorder page. Labelled R.STRT on the screen.
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Thanks to everyone!
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Slightly related question about DT2.
Am I correct in understanding from the manual that it is not possible to record from the start of the bar?
Example: I want to record an external 1 bar loop from my modular. I set “R.LEN[GTH]” to 16 steps. But there’s no way to “arm” the recording to start at the start of the bar, correct? Unfortunately hitting Play the timing keeps being off with my fast loops.
Just to check I’m not missing something?
Most of my loops don’t have a measure of silence at the end of the loop, so using Threshold doesn’t work.
Anyone?
As far as i know nope
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I know this thread is a few months old, but isn’t this the right answer to your problem?
Another trick:
If you have an external sequencer running and you want to sample only the second bar of it, just activate the metronome and set a preroll of 1 bar. The sampler of the DT2 will wait for the time of the preroll start the recording.
Just turn encoder G to R.STRT on the recorder page as mentioned before
(but it doesn’t work with internal sequences unfortunately).