nope. you can use a powerbank if you get a birdcord adapter. that still uses the DC port rather than the USB. usb is for midi, data & audio.
just gotta make sure your powerbank has the right specs to power an elektron.
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Thanks guys, thatâs what I thought, I couldnât find info on that, oh well, 1st world problems an that, Iâll just have to use a powerbank if I do buy one, cheers for the heads up though.
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I plugged my new DT2 into my power bank / Birdcord yesterday and it works fine.
All the DT2 power specs are the same (12A).
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Yes thatâs what I meant!
I think itâs important to put this into perspective: 650⏠in 2017 is 915 in todayâs money. Add increased manufacturing costs and you end up at what the DTII sells for today. You can blame inflation and the chip shortage for that.
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Thatâs right, money today is worth much less, and prices for anything in general have increased even besides this fact.
I wasnât comparing the price of DT1 and DT2.
I was talking about whether I want to spend ÂŁ900 today, for a sampler that doesnât have polyphony.
I have a nice collection of vintage synth samples and I enjoy creating polyphonic patches on my Deluge and playing chords. If the DT2 was polyphonic I would have one in my hands already.
I am still tempted though, as it looks like a really nice upgrade.
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DT2 offers better workarounds for playing chords. But granted, itâs still just a workaround.
Would LOVE a decent UX to share voices and play chords on DT2!
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Hi. Can you add the AliExpress link here? I have that Ripcord but this seems more neater.
Make sure you select 12V DC5.5x2.5
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XTPower XT-20000QC3 is the one I have, and it works flawlessly + came with many adapters, I donât think Iâve needed to buy a set of additional adapters.
But maybe we should continue this discussion in the appropriate place:
Yeah this was already hard to swallow with DT1 but I absolutely cannot back them up on this design decision for the DT2. Absolutely unreal that something like the lofi-12 XT can manual slice and has polyphony at 1/2 of the DT2 price but the DT2 cannot despite seemingly having this much more headroom for processing power.
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Iâm not justifying the price of a DT ii but an sp 404 does not have the elektron sequencer and thatâs what people are willing to pay more for.
DT 1 will always be a part of my setup,i love the mono drums <3
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You can sample a chord from a synth
Yes of course, just canât play chords
Now that we have 16 tracks to work with, why not dedicate 3 or 4 to sequencing (different than playing I know) each note of a chord individually? Besides notes, this also allows different per-track settings for pan, envelope times, LFO depth etc to build up big sounding chords⌠plus you can get into experimental stuff like having each track a different bar length for ever-evolving progressions.
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