exactly… it would make sense if it the number of slots was defined by the available memory
It’s the same limit on the RYTM and I have been able to build full tracks on the RYTM with just samples with out issue and a good friend of mine is able to do whole live sets on his RYTM with out issue using only samples. yeah it could be a bit more, but 127 is a lot of samples.
128 for a whole album enough for you?
each one has it’s own methods… I think that using up, say, 20 slots with single cycle waveforms that are extremely small in size it’s a shame
I don’t plan to use all that many samples on a TRACK… but, as I plan on using it for live performance, it would be great to be able to have a whole set created inside a PROJECT… in wich case yes - 128 samples feels a bit limited for me
yea course I could write an album with a single sample as source but on average I use about 20 samples per tune. that’s real world use, not some “just use 1 sample to prove a point”, bull.
I been writing electronic music for 21 years so I know what I’m doing at this stage. and I use on average about 20 samples per track. so for an album and playing live I’ll be switching projects.
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That means you can do 4 albums (16X4=64Mb) with Digitakt.
But you can. Not all types of music need lots of sounds. You could do multiple techno or house albums in one project with 127 samples. Hell most electronic music you could do in one project. In some ways I think daws that allow you to have 100s of tracks and unlimited amount of sounds has spoiled music producers.
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I agree, limitations, boundaries are essential for creativity.
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I’ve done multiple 30 min to hour long live sets using the Rytm and I use a lot of samples. Long loops, lots of drums/sounds/fx etc… Probably had 20-30 sample slots to spare and never reached RAM limit. Just sayin… YMMV of course.
EXAMPLE - https://www.mixcloud.com/sammyjams/hot-science-digital-summer/
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Oh ok, I miss understood. I thought we could only store 128 total on the machine. That’s plenty fine for me then.
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it’s 128 per project. if you need to load another project, you have to stop the machine
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It’s actually even better. It’s 2048 sounds in the ‘in use’ slots, but unlimited samples. See the thread on this topic.
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Maybe in your genre 
For anyone doing anything vaguely resembling traditionally experimental pop on a tight money/time budget then a daw and the lack of limitation and abundance of choice is a godsend…
You often hear ‘yeah but look what the Beatles did on 4-track’ as kind of ‘don’t bitch about limitations’ inspirational advice, I’ve probably said it myself, but thats forgetting that the beatles had access to huge orchestras/any instrument/player they wanted, incredible sounding legit equipment and as much rehearsal/studio time as it took to nail a live take with multiple instruments recorded simultaneously etc.
DAW’s have evened out the playing field imo, that’s mostly a good thing… I can see how for some minimal genres/edm they could be more of a distraction than a necessity tho. An afternoon deciding ‘which kick drum sample shall I use’ isn’t really in anyone’s best interests
Re the DT 128 limit, I’ve never hit anywhere near that on OT but I’ve always been ‘2 or 3 songs per project’. Maybe I would’ve hit the limit if I was doing ‘1 song per bank’, 16 songs per project and using only OT for sounds. Doubtful with the stuff I do but one of those things that’ll vary massively between user/genre… There’s always resampling multiple samples down to single track stems if needed. Might take some commitment/calculation with the mono thing tho.
Either way I’d guess at Elektron increasing that DT limit at some point… Or they might be stubborn like TE on OP1. Every sample on OP1 takes up the same amount of memory + patch space regardless of length, can’t delete factory samples, can’t choose what to allocate memory to between drum/synth sampler/album etc… DT is flexible as a MF in contrast to that
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bingo.
necessity is the mother of invention
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Yes, I always remember the Elektron contest, where you only had to use one sample they provided to create a track. I used the Machinedrum for that, and that was a huge lesson for me. You certainly can create a full track out of one sample…
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I tried that too for myself, was really an eye opener. It was the cowbell one, used the MD was a lot of fun.
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Another cool video demo with really gorgeous varied sound manipulation and sequencing of Euro etc: sorry if posted previously
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127 slots, but with start points, a lot of sounds possibilities.
Question for users : I already asked, but how many different start point can you have on DT ?
120 x 100 with the 2 decimals ?
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yes, …we even could tell to each other that a Ford T would be sufficent still.
i mean it is, not ?
its this way of thinking that kept whole countrys behind others btw.
some people will even tell you that a oxcart will do to get up a sufficient economy.
and they finally would be right