Load another track into the DAW, and see if anything comes out
From the manual:
(I find it a bit fiddly and you can switch without knowing what mode you’re in at any given time)
8.5.3 MUTE MODE
You can use MUTE mode to mute any of the 16 sequencer tracks. Unlike CHROMATIC mode, it makes no difference which track is active when you enter MUTE mode. All tracks are accessed simultaneously.
Press any of the [TRIG] keys to mute the corresponding track. Press again to unmute. The color of the [TRIG] keys indicates its tracks mute status. Unlit keys signify muted tracks. Lit keys signify unmuted tracks.
There are two different versions of MUTE mode on the Digitakt:
• GLOBAL MUTE MODE In GLOBAL MUTE mode, the muted tracks are muted in all patterns, and the trig [TRIG] keys are lit green.
Press [FUNC] + [BANK] to enter GLOBAL MUTE mode. If tracks are muted in GLOBAL MUTE mode, the tracks will flash green when the pattern plays.
Press [FUNC] + [BANK] to exit GLOBAL MUTE mode.
• PATTERN MUTE MODE In PATTERN MUTE mode, the muted tracks are muted only in the active pattern, and the trig [TRIG] keys are lit purple.
Press [FUNC] + double-tap [BANK] to enter PATTERN MUTE mode. If tracks are muted in PATTERN
MUTE mode, the tracks will flash purple when the pattern plays.
Press [FUNC] + [BANK] to exit PATTERN MUTE mode.
Start by testing the hardware for sound output, so unplug digitakt from the computer and plug headphones into the digitakt, then see if there is any audio coming from the digitakt headphone output and see if the sample you loaded can be previewed (or if any of the other internal sounds are actually working).
I’m pretty sure that if the actual files are gone, they won’t come back with OS update or factory reset because as opposed to a patch setting on a synth being restored, these are actual files (samples being audio files, not settings).
If you haven’t tried the headphone output directly from the digitakt yet, I wouldn’t try anything else before checking that. I’m assuming that you aren’t seeing any of the factory content in the physical list of samples/sounds which is why you said it’s not there but your file you loaded with transfer should definitely be there.
If you get audio from DT’s headphones, the issue is likely in the way your track is set up in logic but even if it’s not there’s probably still something else that we can verify on the device itself. Just check off the simple troubleshooting boxes first before deciding that the issue is more complicated.
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The headphones shout was a good call! I get sound with a direct plugin to the machine but, still nothing when hooking it up to Logic 11.
From what i can tell at this moment it seems i actually have presets within the Digitakt, I just need more time to navigate it and find sound banks.
And sorry about not replying earlier to the many comments, apparently i have a comment limit since I’m new to this site…which imo is daft AF but hey, their house their rules.
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OK, i’ve found the sound banks. Seems i was completely wrong with my primary complaint.
It’s a connection problem with Logic i’m having. I thought i was on track to having that sorted after going through this mans utube tutorial…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EosDRHyf0Ug....but when he got to pressing trigs and getting sound, that’s when i figured i had no sounds with the Digitakt.
So that’s where i’m at after some troubleshooting…
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The comment limit for new accounts is just a safeguard and it helps the moderators, I think it’s actually part of the forum software for the discord platform which elektronauts is built on but I’m sure they ultimately choose to leave it active. Anyways, the limit disappears quickly after you make a few posts and meet the basic criteria.
Getting sound from the digitakt is a good thing, I don’t know enough about logic to help you with the setup there but in the DT you can go to the gear (settings) menu and access SYSTEM > USB CONFIG then make sure USB AUDIO/MIDI is selected and check for audio in your DAW. If it’s already reading USB AUDIO/MIDI then try switching it off and switching it back on, then proceed with troubleshooting logic.
You’re close, and at least you made some progress.
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Yeah, more configuring to do, but off to work now, so it’s gonna have to wait till tonight/tomorrow.
Cheers for the help buddy, i’ll let u know what happens, either way 
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Hi, I’ve had the same issue with my new Digitakt II, all samples were missing even after factory reset. I contacted support and decided to send it back to Elektron to fix. Still waiting for an update…
Actually, it turns out i never had that initial problem, my issue was with how i was wiring it to Logic. My sounds/samples where there when i hooked the headphones direct to Digitakt. I’m new to hardware, so i haven’t got my head around all the ins/outs, MIDI and stuff. Still learning 
I thought about this a little more yesterday and even without overbridge you can record the master track via USB directly to a single track in your DAW. You may want to try that, just set up a track and pipe digitakt straight to it. If it still doesn’t work the issue is probably the set up in logic, if you get audio the issue might be OB or something between logic and OB isn’t working correctly. Could at least check the results of that to get a better idea unless you already managed to fix it with what we talked about before.
Got it working through Logic. I was wrong when i thought the USB connect was all it took. I moved the out from the mixer to the Digitakt, which was originally going to the imac, then the 2 audio outs from the Digitakt to the imac headphone jack, that did the trick.
I’m looking to wire the Digitakt to channel 1 on the KeyStep (KsP) Pro, use it as a drum machine, while also wiring my small euro rack (the es8) to channel 4 of the KsP so i can get the Intellijel Rainmaker working when i’ve need for it…any experience in that field?
All you need is USB to use overbridge or record to logic, audio over USB doesn’t require rhe physical l/r outs to be connected. You want to sequence digitakt with keystep pro’s drum track? You could do that if you prefer the ksp interface but my recommendation is learning how soundpool and sound locks work on the dt sequencer before making a decision because I think that it’s equally useful. Does your eurorack require a cv connection? If so, you might ultimately want to slave the ksp to digitakt, use ksp like a cv to midi converter and then sequence from the dt midi tracks. You can figure out what’s best in your setup but there are a lot of advantages to working from the interface of one box as much as possible, much easier than bouncing back and forth. What do you anticipate using as your clock source? Digitakt, logic, ksp, or other?
Well, as i said i’m new to all the hardware stuff but, ideally i’d like to work with the DT as my main drum machine and the Rainmaker through the KsP, with logics sounds for the synths/etc.
I already have the USB setup, and Overbridge/Transfer, so ok on that front.
Basically it’s just the es8/Rainmaker wiring through the KsP i’m looking for now, since i can’t do the DTs sequencer in tandem with the KsPs, apparently, but frees up another channel with the KsP, so…bright side
So, i use the ‘cv routing’ on the KsP but, wiring it to the the Rainmaker or the es8?
I think I’m not clear on what’s being sequenced and from where. For example, will logic synths be sequenced inside the program and you were going to sequence drums with keystep pro and sync the two, then you want the drums audio going through rainmaker? Or did you originally want to sequence both logic and drums externally through KSP?
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Regarding tandem use, I don’t see any problem using both sequencers together sharing clock and transport if that’s what you want, but it sounds like you’d like to use DT for drums and logic for synths and sounds, then keystep pro as a controller for notes and such. You also want to use keystep pro to control(?) or maybe sequence rainmaker, I don’t know enough about how rainmaker works but I know it processes audio with 16 delay taps and a comb filter. So, do you need to be able to assign and change the parameters of rainmaker from off of the module?
Is your intention to send only drums (digitakt) through rainmaker as an effect for processing of the audio? Or are you trying to also selectively route audio from your computer to rainmaker? Also, what do you want to record, individual tracks or a master track with the rainmaker effect baked in?
ES8 may not be necessary if you aren’t sending CV from logic to rainmaker. I think that if you just want the drum track audio that rainmaker processed, you could pipe DT’s L/R audio outs to rainmaker’s inputs and back to DT from the outputs and then in the DT mixer page turn up the L/R input volume and turn the track volumes all the way down so that when you record the master track audio from digitakt over USB, you’re basically recording the output of rainmaker.
There’s probably more than one way to do this depending on what you actually want to accomplish and since I’ve never used logic or rainmaker all I can do is go off of google and the available information. It would help to know what on rainmaker you specifically want to control and from where (ie - parameters / from keystep pro) because it might be simple or it might not be, depending on the goal.
I’m looking to use the DT as my drum machine, separate from ksP but both running together, just not linked. I think i’d be better that way because it frees up the drum channel on the KsP which gives me an extra sequencer channel instead.
I’m not looking to link the DT with Rainmaker at all, i’m just looking to have the Rainmaker wired to one channel in the KsP so when the opportunity arrises it’s there as an option.
I had the DT and the KsP running together earlier but it was giving me the KsP sound through the audio channels i created, which i thought couldn’t happen because one MIDI and the other’s audio? I was following along with this vid… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EosDRHyf0Ug&t=189s… then setting up my usual KsP template on top of it, i figured it’d be that simple, not so much.
Also, as it turns out, I don’t have enough USB 2.0 cables to go around for the DT, the KsP and the modular bit, so i’m gonna stick with the DT and the KsP for now. I know there’s probably a daisy chain option somewhere in there but, that’s not in my skill set, yet.
Ok so we still need to establish where your master midi clock source and transport start/stop are coming from. In order for the devices to start and stop together and in sync, we need clock and transport to be sent from one and passed to the others and have them just receiving, not sending.
I’m still not clear about how you want to use rainmaker, is it also a standalone sound source like a synth and not a filter/delay unit for processing audio?
Also, what are you sequencing with the keystep pro? Logic synths? If digitakt is responding to the ksp sequencer, it’s because you have DT set to receive notes and the midi channels on ksp must currently be synced with the autochannel (or default midi channels) on digitakt. You can go into the dt menu and turn off receive notes, or you can turn off the midi channels for audio tracks 1-8 and digitakt should no longer play sequences from the keystep pro. They are “audio” tracks, but they can be triggered via midi, that’s what’s happening. If you don’t want to play the digitakt chromatically with the ksp’s keys, you should probably do one or both of those. Midi tracks are like ksp sequencer channels, ksp has 4 seq channels, digitakt has 8 of those (to sequence any other synth/drum machine/etc.)
I can’t watch the video right now but I’ll try to check it out in a bit. Is everything connected by usb via the computer or do you also have any 5 pin midi cables hooked up?
I’m not worrying about the Rainmaker or the modular anymore as i don’t have the USB 2 cable to have it ALL up and running. So do u still need to know about the clock/transport start/stop? I can’t see why u would considering the DT doesn’t have clock ins/outs, and i’m not running the DT in sync with the KsP, dunno if it’s even possible.
Yeah, i’m sequencing Logic synths with the KsP, i have that set up for a year or two, and it was functioning fine, until this bleed over into the audio tracks (on Logic) of the DT.
I’ve turned off the transport receive but do i turn off the midi channels for audio tracks 1-8? Do u mean on the DT or on Logic?
Everything is connected by USB, do have the 5 pin midi cables, but can get them if it’s for the daisy chaining thing…or whatever they’re needed for lol 
(edit) In the DT/midi config/channels i found a listing of track channels 1-8, is that the correct one? I’ve turned them off and there’s no difference so can’t be right?
Also, i cacn’t see anywhere in Logic Midi or Audio setup to turn off either while inside one, like there’s no option for midi in the audio channel, or visa versa…or in Logics main Audio/Midi menu settings.
when I say clock, I mean midi clock and when I say to turn off, I’m talking about on DT.
keystep pro is sequencing logic, but is the BPM and transport coming from logic and driving KSP’s sequencer? Or do you send midi clock BPM (over USB) from the KSP and start the KSP sequencer with the play button to start the transport on your computer? (basically, do you push play in the daw or push play on the arturia)
the reason it’s important to know is you have to decide who is following who. you have 3 devices capable of providing midi clock, and one of them has to guide the other 2 or it will soon drift out of sync even if transport is synced to start all 3 at once.
depending on where you want your midi clock source to come from, it will change how the others are set up.
unless I’m not understanding correctly, you said that your keystep pro midi pattern is triggering the sounds on the digitakt, so that would indicate that the keystep pro sequencer data is telling the DT’s audio tracks (via midi) to play notes / pattern.
if that’s what’s happening, our goal is to sever the midi connection (the midi channel connection at least) between the keystep pro and the digitakt.
if keystep pro is your midi clock it will change how they need to interact. If logic is your midi clock and you aren’t using the keyboard to play DT notes, then they really only need to both be connected to logic via midi, not each other.
So u want me to turn off the midi clock on the DT?
KsP isn’t sequencing the DT, and that’s how i want it. I’m just hearing the KsP’s four channels through some of the DTs audio channels…the DT’s main channel and audio channels 4 & 10 to be exact, with the Trig 4 flashing on the DT.
The midi setting on the KsP are as follows:
- Transport send: Both Cur: Both
- Transport receive: Both Cur: Both
- Clock send: On Cur: On
- Clock receive: On Cur: On
- MIDI out 2: Out Cur: Out
There’s also knob acceleration, aftertouch curve & velocity curve, but i don’t think those are applicable.
I want the KsP to control Logics first 4 channels, with the Rainmaker wired to one of those channels, preferably the 4th. With the DT that won’t be wired to the KsP in any way.
Can u choose a way to Config it all and then give me the directions to make it happen, all this routing is blowing my brain hole! I’ll need to find a source to learn all this stuff, eventually…for now i just want it up and running, literally any configuration will do for now.
Keep in mind that I don’t know anything about logic so you will need to figure out where the configuration settings are for yourself, after looking over this briefly it seems like a good starting point as it gives you the basics for what we’re discussing about logic midi setup:
Sync multiple MIDI devices to Logic Pro for Mac - Apple Support
Both transport and midi clock will be sent from logic, so both digitakt and keystep pro will need transport send off, transport receive on, clock send off, clock receive on. Digitakt send and receive notes should be off. Logic will need to be configured to send both midi clock and transport.
You’ll interact with the keystep pro sequencer for logic synths, you’ll interact with digitakt for drums, you’ll press play in the logic window and everything will start at once.
For keystep pro menu setup, choose midi send channels:
track 1 - midi channel 11
track 2 - midi channel 12
track 3 - midi channel 13
track 4 - midi channel 14
Keystep pro has a shortcut to change the global midi channel on a per track basis without any menu diving, you have to hold down the “track” button for the track number that you want to assign a midi channel to and the display will read “global midi channel” and show the currently assigned channel, turn the encoder to select the desired midi channel for that track and I think you then have to push the encoder to register the new selection. Do this with the track button on each KSP track to set a global midi channel for each. You can also do this (set channels) by menu diving if you prefer, but the shortcut is generally helpful to know.
Logic needs to be set to receive midi notes, I don’t know how to do that, but I assume it’s easy as it’s a basic set up operation. In logic, assign midi channel 11 to logic’s first channel so keystep pro sequencer track 1 which is sending on midi channel 11 will reach it. Do the same with corresponding channels for each of logic’s first four that you want to use - logic 2 with midi channel 12, logic 3 with channel 13, 4 with channel 14. Now logic should respond with notes to both pressing of the keys on the keyboard as well as sequencer data on a per track / channel basis.
If you’ll use digitakt’s own sequencer for drums and don’t need to play it with keystep pro or send notes from logic, you want DT receive notes to be off, it will receive transport (start/stop) from logic.
I still have no idea how you want to use rainmaker so I don’t know how to tell you to configure it. It looks like a filter and delay unit to me, if that’s the case you would route audio through it using the in’s and audio would come out of the outs, I think you might use cv for an envelope follower or filter tracking but that’s for modulating parameters to follow the lead of other gear and not necessary for processing audio. If it’s an instrument with voices and oscillators then you’ll need to send control voltage from ksp to play notes and audio will come out of the outs, if it’s a filter and effects unit it doesn’t need voltages it just requires an audio input and it will process the audio.
Regardless of which, in order to record that audio back into logic you’ll need to send it out, probably via audio interface, and either pass the audio through rainmaker or conversely trigger rainmaker (if used as an instrument) and then as an input on your expert sleepers or other audio interface create a logic channel for it (channel 5 or whatever) and select the sound source as your audio interface for that logic channel. You’ll have your 4 synth channels, a channel that receives the output of rainmaker, and your dt channels. All of those should record their own audio.
I don’t know if I’m forgetting anything, it’s taking a long time to type so my level of patience for proofreading isn’t very high right now. If something specific is not working, tell me what it is specifically so I can try and address it with a shorter response.
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