Introducing Digitakt

[LyingDalai]

@andreasroman

To get in the mood, I’ve been hanging out with a Volca Sample for a week or so now, loading it up with my favourite one shots and even a loop or two.

Man, this little thing just kickstarts ideas like the brain’s rewired to do only awesome stuff.

This little one would be perfect if only it had a save/load function to avoid regretting erasing ace patterns ^^
I can see how DT can be seen as a grown up Volca Sample, and I like this comparison better than OP-1 actually.

[Buska]

Agree! I really liked the Volca sampler when I had it but ended up selling it because of the limited pattern slots and no way to back up patterns.
DT is really like a Volca sample on steroids and that is a very good thing

[rotallytuined]

DT, OP-1, VS job done.

[papertiger]

@avantronica when you say “new app” – what does that mean? (I’ve been out of the Elektron game for a little while now, so it might be my unfamiliarity with how they refer to things these days).

I’ve also been wondering about whether organizing samples into folders will be possible on the DT, so this information is helpful. You wouldn’t happen to know how many layers down we’ll be able to go, do you? (Obviously, less is better!)

[PeterHanes]

@papertiger

when you say “new app” – what does that mean?

Introducing Digitakt

It is. A sample management application, making it easy to transfer samples from computer to Digitakt, will be available in April. It will also be compatible with the Rytm.

[papertiger]

Thanks, @PeterHanes. I missed that post (perhaps unsurprisingly!). I suppose we’ll see it when it materializes.

Something is troubling me though – I hope this app doesn’t mean that it’s not possible to simply plug the DT into a computer and have it appear as hard drive you can just drag and drop samples to (like with the OT).

[PeterHanes]

@papertiger

I hope this app doesn’t mean that it’s not possible to simply plug the DT into a computer and have it appear as hard drive you can just drag and drop samples to (like with the OT).

I can’t speak for Elektron, but I can only imagine that the AR and DT will need this app or a third party solution as exists for the AR. I doubt whether DT will appear as a USB mass storage device like the OT does.

[papertiger]

@PeterHanes

I doubt whether DT will appear as a USB mass storage device like the OT does.

Why do you have that doubt?

[PeterHanes]

@papertiger

Why do you have that doubt?

Primarily because the new app is for use with both AR and DT. If the DT were capable of appearing as a USB storage device (as OT does) there would be no need for the app.

[papertiger]

Ok I see. Thanks for clarifying, @PeterHanes. An odd design quirk for sure.

[Prints]

The more I think about it, the more I realize the main appeal of the DT to me is the visual aspect; being able to see the waveform currently used in real time. It’s something I really like about the Monologue, and is what I liked most about the sampler on the OP-1. I really like playing a key, and immediately having its waveform appear clearly on a screen. I also really like being able to immediately manipulate the starting/loop points of that waveform before my eyes. That little line that acts as a visual cue is such a small detail, but is such a great thing to have.

[Prints]

I really love all the icons as well. That one of the “cube” for the reverb seems especially TE OP-1-ish to me.

[Open_Mike]

@andreasroman

To get in the mood, I’ve been hanging out with a Volca Sample for a week or so

I’m telling your Moog…

[Cosmic]

Also driven by the fact that DT does not have additional storage i.e sd or cf card.

[Open_Mike]

@Olle

Sample transfer will not be done in the VST but a separate application.
Drag & drop, sure but to the application. It will not be mounted as a USB storage device in your OS.

[OBOLUS]

@palm

i think less is more sometimes. having too many samples at your disposal could end up being a constraint.

personally, i dont need all samples available to me at all times. it ends up eating up creative time searching through hundreds, if not thousands of samples.

i think it would have you making good choices instead of loading everything you have, and then-some, in there

I agree with this. The Digitakt is an opportunity to start fresh and not burden yourself with an old hard drive full of samples. That’s more about collecting than it is about music.

When I get my hands on this thing I will be much more interested in creating than just loading.

[papertiger]

thanks! I will confess to not having read every single post in this thread. I wish someone would take the time and pull out what’s been confirmed by Elektron staff. But that’s a lot to ask (especially since I’m unable to do it myself heheh).

[papertiger]

@obolus @palm agree with you both. I recently tried to go through my samples to decide what to load into my circuit and came away wondering why I have so many GD samples.

[Open_Mike]

@papertiger

I wish someone would take the time and pull out what’s been confirmed by Elektron staff

I do individually upon request…
I just use search this thread by user Simon, Olle, or Dataline, and then search for key words, in this case “transfer”…

[Open_Mike]

Another good way to find lots of confirmed info is simply search this thread by user, Simon, Olle, or Dataline, and use no keywords and just read all their posts…