This may sound ineffectual but all I did to free mine up was locate the sticky edge/corner and run my fingernail down the gaps between the trigs and faceplate. They never catch anymore but if you press on the offending edge the feel is not as silky as the others , not enough to effect play though.
Ok. Iāll give that a check. Anything to fix this.
Iāve never been so close to a dream studio as I am now.
I have my Neves and API, my Dangerous Audio, my Apogees and RME, my DSI collection and my Elektron monster machine.
1 button. Haha
I know the digi is a lovely bit of kit but seriously stop w@nking over it! 
Hey man, we all have our fetishes.
Iām into synth porn
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IMO, the solution is to send it back and make them send you a new one. I think itās unacceptable to have problems like that on gear that costs $700+. Hell, Iād be pissed if I bought a $100 new piece of gear that had buttons that didnāt work right.
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Send it to where? Zzounds?
They said they wonāt take it back without a re-stocking fee.
So canāt you send it back to Elektron for them to fix it? What is the $150 fee for?
There are just too many reports of issues - it sounds like the DT was a bit rushed. I need a good hardware MIDI sequencer more than a sample machine and the Pyramid is more powerful and straightforward on the MIDI front. I got the AR Mk1 for drum machine duties and it does the job extremely well- hopefully once Elektronās marketing department deem it right for their profits they will release the proper sample transfer app for it so I can actually use my own samples in there.
Thatās BS. If itās a brand new piece of gear, and itās defective, they need to send you a new one without any additional charges. Iād demand that, or else Iād dispute it with my credit card company, and then Iād never buy another item from Zzounds ever again.
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Well said. You can also argue the re-stocking fee is not a realistic amount. It will never cost them $150 to restock it, or you could argue that since itās defective they canāt restock it. Canāt imagine any decent business selling that unit again.
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The Digitakt MIDI does feel limited. My RS7000 is my favorite. I have an M3M and MPC Live, both have some aburdity that makes them unusable. MPC has a terrible MIDI Clock. The Korg has too many strange and bizarre steps for basic sequencing. Itās almost as if the sequencer were added on in pieces that werenāt created as a whole.
I have an AR1 and I use my own samples easily. Not sure what you mean. Took a few seconds to shoot over dozens via USB MIDI dump.
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It takes over 5 minutes to upload a single drum sample over here. Iāll have to check my setup, but others are reporting the same + frequent upload failures.
Thatās what I expected but I watched the Cuckoos tutorial and he said two things were key:
Use Turbo Mode
Turn off auto channel or donāt have it set to 1
Mine transferred piles of drum samples in seconds.
At first I thought, dammit this thing doesnāt work because it happened so quickly, but then I looked, and there they were.
I use the overhub for sample transfer, as well.
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Is it faster through the Overhub than plugging directly to the computerās USB port ???
I donāt think so. I was just saying that even through the hub it was fast.
Turbo mode. Auto channel off.
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I piped up in another thread about sticky keys and the like. I was highly skeptical of the āit just sorts itself out over timeā camp - but I can confirm that a month or so later, I donāt have the problem anymore - maybe the edges of the problem keys just ablated away, who knows?
Something I now try to avoid though, is running my finger across all the keys (to quickly input 16th note high hats for example) I only did it a couple of times but it really seemed to worsen the problem.
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I tried it. Turbo Mode is not available when using USB to the computer directly. I turned off the Auto Channel and the sample upload seems a bit fasterā¦ still takes several seconds to upload a one-second sample and the c6 file browsing is pathetic- it defaults to the Documents folder every timeā¦
I do this all the time and shouldnāt be any problem when your keys are seated and spaced properly. Theyāre mechanical switches a bit like the old computer keyboards had. They should last forever and can take a beating.
Thatās so strange. I was astonished by how quickly it transferred. The complaints had my expectations very low.
Huh. I guess I didnāt have turbo set. Or perhaps I did because I had both USB and DIN.
The samples transferred quickly for me. Maybe it was a fluke
Elektron contacted me and said they will setup a repair.
So thatās good news.
Probably a good thing, because I have a new Octatrack to figure out!
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Elektron is willing to repair it ā¦ in California! Lol
How bizarre.
Arenāt these things made in Sweden?
So I have to spend $55 to ship it to Los Angeles ā¦ all the way across the continent. I live in Brooklyn.
They didnāt even send me a shipping label!!! Hahaha
Wow. This is just astonishing to me.
Brand new. I have to drop 10% of the purchase price less than 30 days later to get them to repair it.
I wonder if theyāll charge me return shipping? Hahaha Iām sure they will.
Skanky company with great gear.
Ah well.
It is what it is.