Theyāve clearly spread themselves too thin, and are failing in all aspects. This is how empires fall.
Indeed I have the Black one too (Monologue), so you could say itās some kind of new dark trinity.
Besides that I could not resist to order the Make Noise 0-coast 
The Digitakt is such a joy to play with, despite itās not so smooth introduction.
I still trust on it Elektron will get things solved and even surprise us with new updates during this year.
Do not forget the updates we got for the AR en A4/AK conditional trigs etc. and even the OT got this functionality by surprise!! So letās hope some kind of magic will happen with the Digitakt as well.
Although the Digitakt needs some important fixes and I think it really needs an EQ per track, I spend more time with it in 2017 than with the OT and the AR (both MK1)
For my Live set-up it will be my bass station:
Samples from TT 303, Korg Volca FM, Korg Monologue and Make Noise 0-coast
AR = drums station OT all other fx, soundscapes, synthloops etc.
Panda Bear on the DT:
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Bought a cheap DT today.
As happy OT user I always was convinced DT would be redundant.
Sometimes things just happen 
Excited to try the often praised faster workflow
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Iām so pleased to have a DT again; this thing is too much fun. Paired with my Gotharman Anamono X, it just makes that synth so much better. It kind of blew my mind how immediately I was setting up CCās to control different parameters on the Anamono X. The DTās streamlined, deceivingly simple nature just makes it such a joy to work with.
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I am constantly surprised by how great the digitakt is compared to my initial impressions of it- as I had originally thought of it merely as āthe discount Elektron boxā
100% agree with you
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Suggestion: How about the ability to rotate a pattern? That is, offset all trig positions by a negative or positive integer that isnāt remembered by the Digitakt - the trigs are shifted and permanently re-homed to their new positions (on a per individual track basis).
Use Case: You played a sequence on one sample perfectly, but didnāt precisely honour the metronome, so the distances between trigs are perfect, but the pattern as a whole is offset relative to the rest of the track. Rotate your way to success instead of rerecording.
FN+ left or right doesnāt do this anymore? It did on the OT.
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The Elektron sequencer already does that when in step recording mode. It works on all machines Iāve checked (DT, DN, A4/MK2, AR/MK2, OT/MK2).
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Oh, fuckinā A man. Guess I should read the manual more closely.
ā¦itās never too late 
Itās an endless source of suprises.
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Howās it coming along after a month, is it much faster? Are you finding it redundant at all? Does it sound better or is it hype? OT user considering adding a DT when the price is right
I bought another oneā¦ itās great to have one again. Got rid of the mpc live that replaced my first DT.
Itās now sitting next to the DN and the two work so nice together.
This is going to be the heart of my setup moving forward 
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Difficult, but I try to answer 
Iām not that audiophile, but I canāt hear a difference in the general playback of a sample. Canāt hear an influence of the machine, as I canāt hear any difference on the OT (didnāt actually compare, itās just my feeling). For sampling, DT seems to sound fat and loud, but I guess thatās only because it normalizes everything sampled.
Britcrusher was a bit strange, itās better now with the update. For me the Filter is really nice, as it is on the OT. They sound different but both very nice. I prefer overdrive, Delay and Reverb sound on the DT. The latter one sounding more lush and hifi somehow. All in all, I think it sounds great. And there are great and useful factory samples (especially drums and SCW). Better sounding as OT?
Effects yes, rest hype (my opinion). But OT has many more fx of course!
Iām used to the OT, I use it for over three years, so Iām still more confident operating on the OT generally.
However, I can see that the Interface of the digitakt has its advantages. Itās cleverly structured and very inspiring. I like the form factor and the 2 rows of sequencer buttons. It feels that in general most used things are reachable faster. The main difference. Fewer features! That makes it more concentrated on certain things and that makes the whole workflow experience pretty nice.Sampling is fast, but I donāt think basic sampling is much faster compared to OT, but I never understood the complaints about OT here. It was a two buttons shortcut. And OT gives you much more possibilities of course.
There is a nice trig page on the DT, with note selection, velocity, trig condition etc. i love this page. Trig conditions are nicer to set on the DT workflow wise. Controll all feature is not only useful for performance but also speeds up things if you want to tune down all your tracks at once for example.
Setting sample/loop start and end points of preloaded samples is a mess on the DT. They forgot the zoom in the sample editor which is not understandable to me. Big fail.
Thatās difficult. It adds a nice workflow and inspiring interface. And I like the fx. But! With some little exceptions, everything I do on the DT is doable on the OT. Other way aroundā¦, of course not.
So it would never be a replacement. Itās a nice addition however. It inspires me at the moment, itās fun and small and nice But when I think about performing live, Iād rather need a second OT instead.
And it might be that the fun and inspiration I experience is because it is new and shiny to me. I could have done all the tracks on the OT, with not a lot of workarounds.
Iām still not sure if I keep it. I really like the new hardware so I come back eyeing towards OT mk2.
But once OB comes, the DT will be of great use for me, cause I use Ableton a lot still, and having a small Elektron sampler/drummachine with individual tracks output over usb should be very useful for me. That will never happen to our current OTās unfortunately.
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How does it go after a month, is it much faster?
Itās not my first groove machine;I started with the first smart groove box and the concept appealed to me more.There! it is less generalist but just as intuitive. So at beginning, handling anchor loop was fast.
Then the workflow pushed me into unfinished test that I liked. Time was long, I didnāt find a coherent continuation to my composition.3 months later I targeted the subtlety of the sequencer with the Plock.The process for my ultimate groove was to place a long sample in first to juggle (with his own start or other) with a second sample (a one shot) to create a smart track more elegant.
So faster yes !!but more precise in my work and very comfortable on the futur evolution.
Do you find it redundant at all?
Not at all. It is a sampler of very good quality and different from what has already been done.I pair it with another sampler and so I can juggle or create a remix.
Does it sound better or is it hype?
His buggle ring 
The factory bank is way too hype for me but I use it to surround my compositions or put forward my samples. I am delighted.
The OT user is considering adding a DT when the price is correct -
Is it the process???Really 
I do not have an octatrack but an equivalent gear and less effective.If elektron was sending me a flight tiket for testing an Octatrack for demo maybe Iāll go to checkout
In hindsight, I think that getting to my end with a small equipment, is more difficult but the result is worth it.
Cheers for the answers but the questions were kind of meant to be from an OT users perspective. Was thinking of adding a DT at the time but right now Iām having to sell OT so thatās off the cards for a while. Struggled a bit deciphering some of your answers there, Iām assuming English is not your first language?
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throw a heat on itā¦ then its over bass boss
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I ended up buying a Rytm II. I would love to have a Digitakt and a Digitone, but I wonāt buy either without a songmode (or something equal).
My search for an answer yielded only my question. From 2017 no less!
I know the Syntakt does, and the OT doesnāt.
But does the Digitakt?
Thanks!
ps. @Meriphew but now you can!