I guess digi for digital. Does takt mean drum or something similar?
One meaning is Rytm in sweddish
Yeah. It’s short (and Swedish) for Digital Rhythm. As opposed to Analog Rytm.
I think the word “Takt” in sweddish is quite similar to the german word Takt, which has quite a few meanings (most of them music related, but also technical ones).
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My question is why diggy-takt or diggy-tone? I always wanted to say diji-takt as in digital … blah blah
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Swedish pronunciation.
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I’m with you. Diji for me too.
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Yeah, “Takt” in German means “bar” in terms of musical measure
Not only “bar”, but quite a few others, too. That’s why I linked the dictionary entry.
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Elektron have not gone the Ikea route though, that always are naming their products with the strangest Swedish names. I’m thankful for that 
As a Swede its really neat that å, ä and ö is available for naming presets and such on the Elektron machines. Not really used to that.
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I especially appreciate the Å 
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Yeah, that’s right, it can also mean discretion and elegance, but that meaning has its origin from the original musical context in the sense that a person has timing socially wise and good judgement.
Interesting that that meaning made it into English (tact / tactful) but not in the musical sense.
Okey, interesting. Had no idea that tact and tactful was English words. For a Swede it almost sounds like words that we call “svengelska”. That’s a word for when a Swede has no idea what the English word is for something and just mixes English and swedish.
Does it mean that a person has discretion and elegance in english?
Yes, in English this is what tact means.
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It means behaving appropriately in a given situation, knowing when to say/do and when not to, for the sake of not causing upset .
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