Your digitakt setup

alespardo · February 4, 2018, 5:47pm

You said digi heat? The machine is analog heat

immi · February 4, 2018, 6:21pm

how is the shruthi xt?

theedgenl · February 4, 2018, 6:51pm

lol

Hans_Olo · February 5, 2018, 11:21am

This caught my attention only just now. There’s something in your drawing I’d like to better understand: the side chain split. I’ve been thinking about getting a dedicated compressor for a while, but I don’t quite understand how the routing works. Could you maybe elaborate a bit more on how you have set up things to get your compressor pumping?

starmanwarz · February 5, 2018, 5:12pm

The DT is small, but it’s mighty!

jsvegam · February 5, 2018, 6:46pm

OT
DT
Kaoss Pad 3
korg minilogue
Moog Sub37

alespardo · February 5, 2018, 11:09pm

I like it for bass moogy sounds for now.

basehead617 · February 5, 2018, 11:25pm

How are you liking the MPC Live fitting into that setup? I feel like the talk about it died off a lot after the hype leading up to the release…

starmanwarz · February 6, 2018, 8:10am

The Live is not part of the MIDI setup, for now at least. I think of them as 2 different setups, for different genres even. I mostly use the Live for long samples and recording audio tracks from my other gear.

I think that the MPC Live is amazing, it has tons of features and it’s a joy to use. I had the MPC 2500 prior to this and the workflow is like 100 times faster. I miss the buttons and interface of my 2500 but in every other area the Live is far superior. Chopping samples is such a breeze.

Overall I really like it and I’d recommend it to anyone who likes the MPC workflow and is into heavy sampling and editing. It’s an essential tool for hip hop, but not so much for other genres, there are better options for those.

Munro · February 6, 2018, 9:34pm

I hate how massive the analogue 4 mk 2 is. It’s like 3x Digitakts!!!

AdamJay · February 6, 2018, 9:35pm

I don’t understand.
2 digitakts are wider than a MKII Analog.

Munro · February 6, 2018, 9:35pm

Turn them 90 degrees and they won’t be!

AdamJay · February 6, 2018, 9:37pm

Oh, battle style!
I Dj’d that way for a time. Kept bumping the tone arm!

But still, it’s 5.5" too long with a third DT, there, sideways… and they’re 6.9" long (tall?)

starmanwarz · February 6, 2018, 9:53pm

I like its size, everything is laid out nicely

thelightshineth · February 6, 2018, 10:42pm

My Digitakt setup is… well… just the Digitakt I’ve been very pleased with how much it can do by itself and the factory samples.

My short-term plan is to experiment with and potentially incorporate:
Seekbeats (iPad)
Soundscaper (iPad)
VCV Rack (PC)

Would be cool to get into MAX/MSP down the road.

Will probably get a Digitone eventually or an A4 but those are longterm goals.

RhythmDroid · February 6, 2018, 11:07pm

I’ve probably drawn about 200 of these “ideal setup” drawings! Started 19 years ago back in college…

nightfade · February 7, 2018, 12:54am

Do you also enjoy writing lists?

RhythmDroid · February 7, 2018, 1:38am

hahaha, well, a little bit.

I just love imagining the power of various gear setups. It’s kind of a curse because I distract myself from actually sitting down and using what I’ve got.

Python · February 9, 2018, 7:37am

Hello everyone!
I’m a long time lurker and decided to make an account and post my setup. I have the digitakt for about two months now and I’m having so much fun with it. It basically made the drumbrute and beatstep pro I used before obsolete.

The laptop is there to record everything that’s being routed through the little mixer. The korg nanokontrol just keeps the microkorg at a comfortable place to play

Buska · February 10, 2018, 12:35pm

Woah hold the phone… you can seq the op1 slices via Midi? I did not know this. And what’s this op1 lfo your talking about? Is that the lfo from the DT to the op1 or the other way around?

How well do the sync? Also how does tape mode sync with the DT?

Sorry so many questions but this is intriguing stuff!!