I know, song mode is for noobs, that’s why they put it on the expensive gear
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Not at all. It’s a feature for people who want it.
Features cost money. The more features, the higher the price. The less features, the lower the price.
DT has less features, like no song mode, that’s why it is lower in price.
If you want song mode, don’t buy a DT.
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Song mode is for karaoke. 
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It may have something that works like song mode. In any case, to say Song Mode would cost them extra money to implement is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in this thread.
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Price points are not about what it costs the company to actually create something. For some reason people always discuss products this way - ‘but it only costs them $10 in parts!!’ etc.
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There’s the choice in this thread for stupid things.
You can find much better.
A better reason for the lack of song mode is maybe that makes the DT a bit more complicated. 
They want minimum of submenus, direct access with buttons.
With another Elektron having song mode, you’d be able to change DT patterns.
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Really looking forward to getting an Elektron machine. I tried my friends AR last year and really fell in love with the work flow…I didn’t really get into the synth part of it, and I only had a few hours with it, but in the little time I had with it, I sort of started to understand that using it was like using an instrument… all be it a very complex instrument. Also been craving a sampler to record all the synths I have on my iPad, so… Well, can’t wait for this thing to come out.
I have zero qualms with the design of this thing. Looks like Electron is really making a new Machine, and a new sort of sampler, with all the parameter locking being used in the exact way I’ve wanted a sampler to work for over 20 years…And with a twist. cool stuff. My only addition to this conversation would be a small feature I think could be really cool- If the sample was set to loop, could they have it loop back and forth as well as forward and reverse? Sort of like Samplr for iOS? I noticed this can cut down on clicks in really small loops.
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Oh, and a quick question- I searched the forum for peoples experiences with Overbridge, and found quite a bit of problems with it in the early stages, but was wondering how Overbridge works now? Anybody want to share their experiences for a soon to be new Elektron customer? (Actually, just remembered, I had the original MD when it came out, but that was years ago)
Thanx
I finally got the money to buy the DT. I’m super excited about it and I believe it will be a great partner for the spectralis.
My only concern I have and I haven’t heard much about it, is the inclusion of trigless trigs. It’s such a remarkable feature of the other machines, I hope in the quest of simplicity or trade off for the conditional trigs, it doesnt stay out. PLEASE ELEKTRON consider keeping the Trigless Trigs! Its such a brilliant feature for dance music, such powerful modulator. I will buy the machine regardless but please consider!
Search this thread for trigless trigs. DT has them
what are trigless trigs?
I am an Elektron noob
Monomachine Manual Pg 59
MM was first Elektron to have trigless trigs.
See also:
OT Manual Pg 80
A4 Manual Pg 30
AR Manual Pg 38
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Nevermind… found this thread. Trigless trigs look very powerful indeed. Very happy the DT has them.
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Also to mention, as regards the english wording of the manual, for the sake of clarity, it should read “you need to insert a trigless trig instead”, rather than “first”, as that implies that a regular trig should be inserted second.
When in fact all that is required is a trigless trig, to then hold and make a trigless lock (a parameter lock, p-lock, for all intents and purposes) of some parameter or other without trigging the amplitude envelope.
Not sure if it was asked or answered before, but as the longest sample time in Digitakt is several minutes (64MB), how do I get a long sample (vocal or solo track for example) to play in its entirety if I put it on a pattern? How do I prevent the sample from being retriggered every time the 64 step pattern loops?
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From what I understand just use a condition trig 1/4.
So the sample will only trigger once every 256 steps…
That doesn’t sound like a very good solution. 256 steps is still limiting, especially if the tempo is high.
A better solution would be if a trig could be set to play the sample in its entirety before any other trigs on that track would register.
But thats so great!! I didn’t ear a word on all those videos on YT, and you know sometimes thats a bad sign…
Thank you Electron for such a great machine.
You’re going to hate the alternative suggestion - get an OT!
Digitakt is first and foremost a drum computer. It’s unreasonable to expect it to play long samples without a work around.
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You are correct, I hate that suggestion 
It would be nice to know official specifications regarding sample length, playback etc. Then it would be easier to decide what to buy.
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