Probably I should just sell my Digitakt 1, but first I want to experiment with keeping it together with my Digitakt 2.
A basic idea would be to just use the Digitakt 1’s additional tracks for my patterns/songs. But I don’t think there’s anyway to sync up pattern changes automatically and I don’t feel like doing it manually for every change.
A more creative idea I had was to use the Digitakt 1 like a pad, like an 8-voice unison or maybe 2 4-voice unisons. Like a sample version of the Swarmatron for example. Set them all to the same MIDI channel and then control that from the Digitakt 2.
Any other good ideas floating around out there? Is anyone else using both together? Or should I just sell the Digitakt 1?
There is a way, but the set-up is not automatic, you still have to do that part manually.
you could do that too, but you could also do that by resampling a bunch of tracks doing the unison pad thing thus bouncing it down to a single track.
You could use digitakt 1 for mono drum samples, as a dedicated drum machine. You could get a dj mixer and treat the digitakts like 2 turntables for a live set since in most practical situations no one listening who isn’t scrutinizing a piece of gear is going to know the difference sonically between dt and dtII. You could hold down a big stack of papers with it. You could use it as a hardware compressor for other gear. You could make a 24 voice monstrosity of sound. You could sell it and be sad that the value is so low right now. You could use all of your dtII tracks for audio and let DT1 do any midi sequencing.
There are options! But do you really need it? That’s the question.
I’m sure someone else has an opinion that they can share, we’ll see what they say.
Isn’t this done under Settings → Midi Config → Sync → Prog CH send/receive ?
I haven’t done it on the DT2 yet, but I did play with the equivalent on M:S and M:C.
I’m pretty sure with this set up right on both boxes, the ‘master’ box will tell the other to switch A01 → A02 etc so they’re always playing the same pattern number.
The MIDI tracks on one Digitakt can also be used as extra modulation, if you’re looking for uses. Sometimes I run an Elektron alongside another instrument, just to map CCs on the MIDI tracks
I would definitely give it a go. I’d do drums on 1 and stereo melodies on 2. Also. I wouldn’t want pattern changes synced. I’d run seperate pattern chains.
Then I’d sell it. Sample management bores me and having to do it twice doubly so.
