Hello all I want at some point to buy an analog rytm2. From what I see the sampling is the same (I think selling the digitakt and getting a digitone might be wiser while owning the Rytm) . Is there anything I that I will be missing from not having the digitakt? Is there anybody that has done this and regret it? Or is someone like you having a workflow that implement booth machines and wants to share it?
DT is smaller, so easier to bring with you on travel 
Apart from this, you shouldn’t miss much, and indeed AR + DN is an amazing combo !
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…hmmm…twisted…
for further progress…yup, add a synth to the rytm…no doubt…
but the takt is a very simple and fine machine that has quite some tricks on board u still might gonna miss while ur enjoying the rytm…because they’re quite different end of the day., when it comes to sampling…
so, if u can afford it, add the tone without selling the takt…
if not…don’t look back…only forward…and what makes more sense for u now is clearly adding a synth…
What thing am I missing that DT does and not Rytm?
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Thanks for the reply. What are the differences? What will I be missing?
No, dont keep it, you wont miss anything, did once the same, never looked back… But in the end I also sold the AR, but that’s another story…
The Rytm to me is the “big brother” version of the Digitakt (rather than the often cited Octatrack), so especially with the Rytm mk2 its feature set covers most ground of the Digitakt.
If you use the Digitakt for drums only it may be time to let it go. If you cherish the Digitakt as a sampler and for its simpler workflow and if you can find purpose for it in your setup, then by all means keep it - it’s a lovely machine.
As others have already made that point, I want to double down on how awesome I find the Digitakt form factor and how inspiring I find its workflow. It’s just that little bit more immediate than my A4/OT (but also: less powerful), which I enjoy. But I’m sure the RYTM is a joy to handle as well, so…listen to your heart / wallet, Elektronaut… 
It probably depends on what you want out of the machines, I would probably spend some time having both and deciding then decide if you can live with out the Digitakt. I think Digitakt is really good at capturing the character of other sounds while still taking advantage of many of the features. Analog Rytm has a great analog flavor but it is changing the flavor of the sounds more so with analog filters and such. So if your goal was lets say to take less stuff to a live show maybe Digitakt would do that job better but then again maybe you like the flavors that the Rytm give you. Digitakt is a bit more refined when it comes to working with samples as a pure sampler and its midi sequencer is full featured and not the sort of glued in midi sequencing found in the Model Samples, Rytm and A4.
I’ve got both, the digitakt doesn’t get used much because it’s virtually the same thing minus the analog sounds… it only has control all and smaller form factor, have put mine up for sale. but still an awesome sampler, just covers too much of the same ground
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absoLUTELY - sampling RYTM into DT would be a dream
I recently got rid of my Digitakt and got RytmMKII, for me it is much better, there are some differences but not enough to justify keeping the DT.
I guess the only thing you might miss (aside from the midi tracks) would be the DTs LEN and PLAY vs END and FIN on Rytm if you relied on those parameters possibilities a lot. It didn’t matter to me as I mostly use samples as drums or single shot melodic stuff rather than glitchy looping granular style things, even so the Rytm can still do something similar.
I think that the UI of the RytmMKII feels nicer to use, scenes and perf modes are for me much more useful than control all.
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I wanted to integrate a rythm 2 into my digitakt…but in the end I opted, combining it with a digitone… and I must say that these first days that I use them … I’m really impressed !!
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I’m somewhat in the same boat but prolly a bit too early in my skills to help… Part of me likes the form factor of the digi boxes better and they do feel a bit more “quick” to learn, but again I’m only a few months in with elektron stuff and less than 4-5 months in on making electronic music. Again I may not be experienced enough yet, but I do find the Elektron product line confusingly not black and white.
For me I think the question is DT+DN or A42+AR2 And… do I want a Octatrack2 down the road? I am currently playing with all but the Octatrack and will sell off what I don’t like. I know it’s wrong but mixing the two form factors make me uneasy… And I do like the Digi boxes for couch use! However I like the “kit” system of the big grey boxes.
For me my feature list is:
Good basic “drum machine” sample or synth.
Good sampling. for Lofi / mashup stuff
Good synth. sound engine wise I like both the A4 and DN. Not super picky.
I am in a lucky position to afford having them all for a bit to figure out what suits me but the reality is it would take a fair bit of time for a greenhorn user to nail the decision.
I do know that I would not chose the AR2 only over the DT+DN at this stage in my trip. But keep in mind I am not a power user…
-I
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To sum up:
- CTRL-AL and reload! Although Scenes and Perf offer much more precise control, I love CTRL AL mayhem
- MIDI sequencing (crude on AR)
- START+LEN on samples…
- Talking about this START parameter, you can only get integers on Rytm, while DT can go to decimals.
This two last points make granular mode more interesting on DT…
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The midi stuff. All the CCing, but if that doesn’t matter to you…I don’t think you’d miss.
It’s cute tho. I was gonna sell mine…I just can’t seem to be able 
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So i cannot loop samples on the rytm? eg single cycle waveforms
Acctually my initial thinking was to keep the digitakt for this reason. But then i thought the digitone for this things and have a fm synth.
I actually plan to get the rytm2 and later on get a 0 coast and build a small eurorack case. My initial thought was to keep the digitakt for sequencing the lfos and sampling. Then i thought i can sample on the rythm and use the digitone for sequncing and the lfos. But as i see now from the answers that there are some things that i like on the digitakt that are not on the rytm. I will keep both at least in the beginning. I acctually enjoy the digitakt more for sounddesign then for drums.
You can loop samples on Rytm, so yes single cycles can be used just fine.
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Put the DT in the cupboard for 6 months.
If you don’t get it out to use it in that time then sell it.
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