Was there ever an answer on if the Digitakt came with a printed manual?
Thatās great thanks again!
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Cool 
Anyone know if when you browse/audition you can hear the audition sound in context in the sequencer if itās playing (if there are already trigs on that track)? Or is it similar to AK browser where you hear the auditioned sample outside of the playing sequence?
When you load a sound (even if the pool is starting empty) the sample should be pulled into the pool automatically and assigned the first free slot number ā¦ only one sample is stored on +drive ā¦ iirc, I read that things may be done slightly differently on DT, with perhaps more robust sample handling to account for editing when projects refer to the same original sample
This snapshot of the manual makes it sound like you might be able to create folders with the Digitakt sample transfer tool.
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sample transfer app being one. There is an app, there isnt one. Its in overbridge its not in overbridge. Now finally its an app, nonfunctional with the AR
Its been over 2 yrs and nothing for AR with any elektron sample apps to speed up the process.
Which, has me logically thinking again: elektron didnāt want to kill off the OT sales, so they decided to only let you only transfer samples at a slow snail speeds to the AR and also ake out/leave out the usb drive function and SD card functions.
That is the only logic I can think ofā¦ in this long drawn out and ever so so so boring boring story of the AR- BS-sample-transfer-gate.
Happy to hear other logical reasoning on this issue. But do not tell me elektron are busy cats, blar blar - 2 yrs is way too long.
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btw with bpm save no timestretch isnt really a big deal as you can save a loop with a certain bpm to a certain pattern.
Would be cool to sample that in realtime, would still be mono though but who cares.
Well, I guess at least that adheres to @avantronica āglass half fullā plea 
Might work for some but I donāt think Iāve ever used a looped sample (YouTube/field etc) at its original bpm. Everā¦
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I meant it more like a utility, sample part from you beat you wont be adjusting anyway so that you have more space for other sounds.
Specifically for drums also, as stereo isnt always needed.
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Ah, like resample (elements of) your pattern to free up tracks? Yeah, all good, doubt youād ever need timestrech in that situation and bpm per track is nice
I was assuming the same. And using one channel for closed and open hats frees up a channel for more cowbell
Yeah something like that, just daydreaming here how (mono) loops could be used in the DT without the use of stereofield and timestretching.
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Thatās where your issue is ā¦ if you had the will, capacity or insights youād know the matter isnāt constructed anything like that ā¦ youāve taken your own interests/wants and viewed it solely from that perspective ā¦ the crippling/sales thing is utter nonsense (and has been refuted) ā¦ you donāt need to be speaking with these guys or be inside their office to know how busy they have been, solidly, for the last two or more years
The unpleasant reality is that there are more products to develop/maintain and we know that Overbridge is consuming lots of development time, it has to have been like this because of the original delays and the current delays ā¦ if they had slack, do you think theyād be making paid OB run for their new product or helping AR owners get a few seconds back (keep in mind SDS allows you to use the device whilst loading)
It saddens me that there are these delays too, especially even on bug fixes and feature fixes (like Amp Env retrigger on AR to match filter), but itās easier to take when you accept that itās not a conspiracy
They obviously factor in development time on all the devices periodically, but itās very clear from here that they are busy and that they make the devices that they want to sell ā¦ this notion that they hold back features to protect other sales is beyond ridiculous, they donāt hold a monopoly on gear spend
The AR canāt work on the DT transfer app yet (it was always going to be a separate program) as it would need an OS upgrade and thatās not been through the external beta
Instead of bemoaning AR shortcomings here, letās leave it to DT discussions, discuss those further in the AR thread
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iāve been thinking about picking up a mpc2000 or 2000xl for stereo samples, maybe even a 500. just use digitakt sequencer
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Interesting concept of time vs man hours and so forth within the 2 yrs plus. But thatās fine, itās your opinion.
Interesting, time wise, also that you are now insinuating that the sample transfer issue is a matter of extra seconds. Now thats disingenuous. Made me laugh though.
iāve constantly refuted your tactic of using conspiracy labels as straw men or red herrings. Leaving features out is part of the companies strategy. And the strat works well.
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Agreed. Elektron are hardly likely to openly confirm it (which is fair enough, they can run things however they like) but crossover concern/weighing comparative value definitely plays a part in the design process. No doubtā¦
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Conspiracy or not there is no doubt that OS releases on existing boxes and OB has slowed to a dull crawl. This may be due to new products but does not help existing customers who keep hitting problems with existing bugs.
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this might be true but honestly are on any of the existing machines serious bugs that hesitate someone from using them?
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Anyone know if Chromatic mode works on the MIDI channels? In the manual it only mentions Chromatic mode in relation to the Audio Tracks, so Iām assuming it doesnāt work with the MIDI channels (unfortunately)ā¦
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Same as on sample tracks? Trig buttons = chromatic keys for whatever is on the midi channel for that track? Same as OT right?
Edit - I havenāt read the manual but Iād assume Chromatic mode is almost identical to OT, and will work on midi tracks tooā¦