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I'd like to think that while on holiday, Nick Batt sees this and smiles. The Digitakt looks more capable the more I watch.

I always depend on your reviews of these products man. You always tell it like it is! Keep doing your thing!

Just picked one of these up today from my local shop, thanks so much for making these videos!!! So stoked to sample my drums with it 🥁🤓

Great tutorial Bo, I love Elektron workflow so much. this will be going next to my RYTM.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

+Dawless Jammin' thanks you will dig it

Good stuff man...I literally can't review any Elekton synths because they're so ridiculously feature rich that I'd get so many questions about why I forgot to cover a certain aspect that I'd go insane. Thank goodness for you! The long form is so useful for those who need as much info as possible! Keep it up. (Oh and I like the thumbnail artwork!)

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. And I feel you. I have yet to review the Analog Keys and Analog Rytm and Octatrack because there are so much to learn. But once you learn them they become life long friends. Or you realise the workflow is not for you and sell them! One new video on the Digitakt every day this week. Tomorrow is my first new song!

Sitting on my sofa in my beloved man cave, drinking a cup of coffee, Baloo my cat purring next to me, outside it’s cold, windy and rainy. Just a perfect day to watch BoBeats videos. Your videos bring me deep relaxation, contentment and happyness. They motivate me to tweak the gear in my little studio even more. They confirm that I have exactly the right hobby. I just wished I could beam you over from time to time, to talk shop a bit, and with that also introduce you to my Italian coffee machine and serve you some real coffee ;-)!

@BoBeats

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!! Glad to hear it!!

Super useful Bo. Just got my own Digitakt this week. Time for a deep dive!

Thanks for taking the time to make this. It is helpful in the extreme!

This is the kind of tutorial although I see it for the first time , 2 years after it was published, I still have to say excellent video and a many thanks for your contribution !!!

I'm soooo late to this party, but having only recently got my DT (late to that party too) this is a great 101. Thanks, Bo.

Inspirational as always, Bo.

Awesome video editing! Great tutorial making skills! Keep it up man!

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you my man!

really enjoying your vids man.. keep up the good work!

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

+OrdioSoul thank you sir!

Great and really helpful tutorial. Thank you!

I just wanted to thank you! I really appreciate your videos!!

@BoBeats

6 жыл бұрын

+dude abides thank you!! :-)

Nick needs a song dedicated to his love for PWM. what a hilarious pick, Thanks BoBeats tossing one up for nick. it made me laugh

thanks bo , this covered the waveform editor window thing I was asking on facebook about! well covered pal :)

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

Thanks so much for this video it's just what I need!

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

+Blade Lover glad I could help!

Thanks man, great video!

why am I learning to use something that I can't afford :((((((

@Nachtdwaler

7 жыл бұрын

Save up for it!! Of course €750 at the end of the day is still alot of money, but you get alot of bang for your buck. Sample stuff, make a track, sample the track (as he showed) into just one pattern part, and still a lot of room left for other stuff. You could make entire tracks on this thing alone. I believe the price is VERY reasonable for this little box :)

@Hhyperspace

7 жыл бұрын

Compared to other Elektron gear the price is not bad. Check out AMS they have affordable payment options w no credit.

@sp-404hypnodiqsoundjunkie8

7 жыл бұрын

powernoid that's no excuse if you really want it enough. I've recently acquired a few expensive gadgets in just this year alone that I could never ever afford up front through one of those play as pay sites. there's a few good ones out there that are reasonable and don't charge any interest fees at all. just search for them or message me if you want the one that I use. they even do pre-orders. I'm getting the Digitakt the same way.

@powernoid

7 жыл бұрын

I am saving but at this point the money is just to cover unexpected outgoings (car repair etc) and house improvements so if I drop what little cash I have on this I think I'll catch some heat from the mrs! I'll probably just wait until I comfortably afford one. needs > wants.

@sp-404hypnodiqsoundjunkie8

7 жыл бұрын

powernoid I hear you bro. At this point my girl just gave up on even trying to bother saying anything about me buying new gear I don't NEED. It's addicting, but i keep seeing "one more thing" that i might be able to use and I always tell her it could be worst, at least I'm not strung out on crack, elemayo!😂 if I want it, I'm a get it.

So nice tutorial! 👌🏻

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate!

Thx Bob!

Bo, thank you so much, your videos solidified my choice to buy a digitakt as my Elektron starter synth.

@BoBeats

6 жыл бұрын

Just remember its not actually a synth. But you can manage to get some cool synth tones out of it.

@Will21st

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, I actually wanted to correct myself. I also have a Volca keys/bass/beats so should have a lot of fun and options. :-)

@BoBeats

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You should be able to go midi out from Digitakt into Minilogue, using sync out from Minilogue into Volcas to chain them all together :)

Epic video, thanks for making these. A quick question, what cable did you use to connect your phone to the digitak to get the samples? Thank you.

Excellent vidéo ! Wanted to get a circuit but I've made up my mind and now I want a digitakt. Totally different mindset

died at pulse width modulation 😂

Bob eats sounds like an interesting Channel as well.

This was a fun Vidgeo

lmao!!! you sampled nick batt!! awesome!! good video too by the way!!

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

=D

Its really an impressive piece of gear and your video rocks man! Congrats Do you know if Overbridge will let you record separate audio tracks easily on the DAW? NI Maschine is really hard to use on any daw's... looking for a replacement.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

+Carlo Corrieri overbridge will support recording multiple tracks, but its not out yet (software)

Holy cow, that tiny screen interface reminds me of a Commodore 64. Nice groove you ended up with =)

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! =) the screen is wicked. Probably the best new feature

LOL I remember in a recent Sonic-Talk Nick Batt went on to recognise that "he seems to have become the PWM guy", greetings Bo

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah he is a living meme :)

Great vid, Bo. Can you tell me if the encoders are push down-able like on other elektron gear?

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can press them. I always say wrong and call them buttons, but thats because they ARE buttons too :D

What about simply sampling your midi synth tracks? Is there a way to start sampling when you hit play?

Hey there.. question.. am I able to connect this to my tascam DP 24 to record beats on the tracks on the tascam?

When I use the knobs to adjust the start and end of the sample, the bar moves very slowly. Why? Thanks!

Thinking about buying a digitakt and I’m debating whether octatrack is worth the extra money. Does the digitakt really only have 33 seconds of sample memory? That’s not even more then the PO33 KO

Thanks for the tutorial!!! Great!!! One question, how are the samples saved in the presest folder? Greetings

@BoBeats

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I dont quite remember exactly how and where they are saved. I believe they end up in a ”recordings” which u can access via the sample menu

You are hero

Can the line inputs provide phantom power for condenser microphones? Or are you only able to use non-powered microphones for sampling?

@BoBeats

5 жыл бұрын

No phantom power!

Great tutorial! So unlike the Octatrack, you can't record a perfect four bars of music through sheer automation? In other words, you're *always* going to need to visually examine the sample and trim it? (Not that it matters to me -- I could never get that feature to work on my OT!)

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

+schepler2 thanks mate! Yeah no record trigs. You can however set a threshhold and if you record something that is synced up or internal you will get an almost perfect loop

cool

damn that's a great tutor bro, and what microphone did you use?

@BoBeats

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think I was using the Röde Nt3

When I play project first in the grid mod, tracks with samples play something strange (just noise), when grid off (just play mod)then everything immediately fine. Did I set something wrong?

Hi there! Thanks for the vid! I was wondering if I could sample my guitar directly with a SM58 (guitar->pedalboard->amp->SM58->digitakt). Or is an interface/soundcard/preamp mandatory? Thanks a lot!

@atetraxx

Жыл бұрын

Digitakt is an interface itself so you can do that. No extra equipment required. Maybe some speakers or headphones

Bo.. What is the sample storage organization like on the Digitakt? Seems like 2000 samples will be hard to scroll through? This would be a good idea for a short tutorial for you.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Sample storage is a bit cumbersome yes, at least for the samples you record yourself. But when you import samples you can make folders and sub folders with the transfer app. A good idea for a video for sure =) thanks

Would like to see someone use an Elektron Digitakt or Akai MPC Live or Pioneer DJS1000 or Toraiz SP16 to sample from live instruments directly using a di box, miked cab or guitar amp modeller or pedalboard or via a mixer like the QSC Touchmix 16 e.g. guitar, bass, acoustic drums, synths, dj setup - cdjs and turntables, electronic drums and use those short sampled clips as stems. Basically a hardware solution to play and perform live vs using an audio interface and daw for recording in a home studio. Sophisticated live looping setup for a one man band, lol.

Second question: are the 1-16 buttons hard plastic like the previous Elektron machines? They look like soft rubber in pictures and video, yet they "click" like the hard plastic buttons.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

+schepler2 they are hard plastic

Cool video. At the begining when you say there is 33 second of sampling time, the display shows up 33'00"...it looks like there is 33 minutes not seconds,Im I wrong?

@djlotri22

7 жыл бұрын

Oh now I see how the counter works,indeed its the sec measure...Thx for the video!

hi again bo: I think I will have to watch this a few times as I missed a few things that you were doing. I am mainly wondering how do I find all the sounds, drum kits, samples, etc. that are factory presets. so I am still confused just not as bad as I was before... thanks once again for all your hard work for us all.have a good one!blessings to your family!peace!

@BoBeats

6 жыл бұрын

+barron marshall go to the src page, use the D knob (4th one) to get a list of sample splots. Select empty one. Press yes or maybe func+yes and you should see the sample directory on screen. There should be a folder called factory samples or similar. Go there. Select a sample but simply selecting it by pressing yes. Preview a sound by func+yes I think :-)

@barronmarshall2331

6 жыл бұрын

thank you for the help bo! very good of you! I did read about a third of the manual...so far. hopefully I will figure this all out soon and know it as well as my sp 404 sx? but I do sincerely thank you for your help! I wish you and yours all good things! please have a great day!

Digitakt! Looks a lot of fun you are having today Bo. Is it 33 seconds mono or stereo

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

All samples are mono, so 33 sec that can be sampled in one go, but 64 mb total ram per project

I've been using a Ronald SP-404-SX for my sampling and I love it, but the one thing it's missing is midi sync out. I've been using an Arturia Drumbrute to sync my loop pedal. If the sequencer on this thing sends a reliable midi clock, I could just sample my drum sounds into the Digitakt, sequence them on there, and have a much smaller set up. I'm looking forward to the rest of your videos. This looks like a piece of gear i'll need.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Atm the Digitakt is having some midi issues (its detailed over on Elektronauts Forum) so atm its not super reliable as slave at least. Works better as master. Had no issues syncing up the Circuit Minilogue and Moog Mother 32

@tophfingerboards

7 жыл бұрын

I'd be using it as a master. I'll check the forum out. I'm enjoying your videos man! keep it up.

Hey Bo so I guess because it is mono it doesn't matter if you record from the left or right or both inputs the sound quality is still the same, is that correct?

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

I havn't really noticed any big difference but I assume that a stereo source can yield a little different results depending on panning and such if you just record L or R and not L/R.

On the next tell us what you think about the New encoders compared to the older ones. Ya?

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

They are more sensitive, you can do fine adjustments better, but they are also more "flimsy" in the sense that you sometimes have to be super careful not to change from say midi channel 1 to 2, because 1 step is so "delicate" if that makes sense. Other than that not much to say =)

Hey Bo, thank you for your videos. I know that as a Swedish Viking, you won't say anything derisive about the Octatrack, but would you say that the Digitakt steps on the Octatrack's toes or do they occupy different spaces entirely? This question comes from a guy who still working through the learning curve of an Octatrack--alternating between wondering why I bought it instead of a drum machine and being extremely happy with the crazy sounds it comes up with.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

+Chris Anderson thanks mate! Its a difficult question. Yes they can do similar things. Yet the fader, the scenes, the much deeper sampling simply makes the Octa something very different. If you value a quick workflow and do not need all the depth of the Ocha then maybe the Digi will suffice.

@papertarrasque

7 жыл бұрын

Great! Then it's settled, I'll take both when I can afford it :o

Seems pretty straight forward great review reminds me of a little Mpc how much sample time does it have & hold in its memory

@boing7644

5 жыл бұрын

gosh I don't know, definitely not 33 seconds...

are the effects inserts or sends? Im wondering with overbrdige if you'll have access to just the send channels if there are any....

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

They are send effects. My guess is that you wont have affects available in Overbridge.

@dannyd1224

7 жыл бұрын

Speaking of effects....Do you have any hardware effects that could be controlled via midi? It would be interesting to see more of the midi capabilities/possibilities when it comes to that. Ive only seen a few vids on it....

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of doing something with Digitakt + Analog Drive that can be used via midi =)

@dannyd1224

7 жыл бұрын

dude...you stole my idea! lol go check their drive vid on youtube i just commented about that lol hope you do it! could be very cool. good marketing too ;)

Can you sample stuff by playing live on the go? Like looping style playing?

@BoBeats

2 жыл бұрын

no you cant live loop, octatrack can do this

@knutSchevik

2 жыл бұрын

@@BoBeats thanks for answering! Im just wondering whats best fpr a live set. I have the arturia drumbrute, minibrute 2s , some guitar pedals and midi keyboard + guitar. I dont know what sequencer/grovebox to add for this setup. Any suggestions?? I appreciate your videos and tips very much 😊👌

Is there any time-stretching capabilities?

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Nope

Dumb question, but can you sample the midi data from external synths with this?

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

It does not seem like it on the current OS

Peut on henrengistrer l audio pendant la lecture du preset

You can Record / Plug a Microphone directly to the Digitak ? Is it a Condeser Mic ? Waht about Phantom Power ?

@BoBeats

5 жыл бұрын

You can use a dynamic mic but the volume might be low. This is an elektret mic which means battery powered condenser: röde nt3. Works super

@cronenbergj

5 жыл бұрын

@@BoBeats Great Thanks :),,,i also thought that a regular condenser /dynamic without battery could not work .

in your oppinion wich is the best for music production : teenage engineering op-1 or digitakt? :)

@BoBeats

6 жыл бұрын

man that is hard Stefan... OP-1 is more all around... Digitakt has more options in terms of using it with a bigger system. If I would just use one of them and NOTHING else I would go for the OP-1

@Berindei_Stefan

6 жыл бұрын

BoBeats I understand and thanks for replying 😊 i tought id ask you since you have them both and know very well how to work with them 🦁

How can I hear what I’m sampling into the digitakt. Like let’s say I am sampling a drum machine... how do I hear what drum I’m sampling into the digitakt, while sampling. If any can answer that for me that would be amazing

@BoBeats

4 жыл бұрын

You just have to turn monitoring on. Its under the sampling menu ♥️

@shmookyy9381

4 жыл бұрын

BoBeats bless your soul

Can we have a metronome while sampling a guitar loop or bass?

@BoBeats

6 жыл бұрын

Yepp

lol Poor nick. But he does love his PWM lol. Another informative video.

Sonic Lab.....the show i watch when I'm bored as fuck lol....your vids too...haha

Nice. This is pretty interesting machine. What are the weakpoints of it?

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Oh there are several =) mono samples, no song mode, limited sampling capabilities etc..

Please let me know what you used in min 6:45? Thanks

@sweettea5581

7 жыл бұрын

PO-32 ?

@krakapoww

7 жыл бұрын

Tomas Barta its not the 32, i cqnt remember the nr but its called arcade

Is it possible to normalize a saved sample?

@Zeal808

3 жыл бұрын

It’s automatic

Can someone tell me how this is better than Logic Pro? I can record, edit, and save samples in Logic faster than you could name a file with this thing... and I'm not limited to 8 tracks, or 64 MB sample storage...

Is the capacity 33 seconds total for all tracks or 33 seconds/track?

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

daikuone 33 seconds are always available for the sampler. Then you have 64 additional mb of ram for the samples that you load into the digi. So the 33 s is for recording samples and 64 mb is for loading samples that you actually play

@daikuone

7 жыл бұрын

So, to be clear, with trigs, could I switch samples on the fly/ track, and play thru the whole 64mb of memory. Do you know the capacity in minutes of the 64mb? As a guitar player, want to understand my limitations for long samples.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Trigs are programmed per step, so you can change a sound per step basis to another sample. But you can only trigger 8 samples at one time since it only has 8 tracks that you can actually trigger live. But in a pattern you can program changes. I do not have any data on how long samples can be played

@foggydrifty

7 жыл бұрын

BoBeats so would it be correct to say that each 8 audio tracks can have a 33 second sample on it? Or is it a total of 33 seconds for all 8 audio tracks? Also Bo, can the samples play freely of any type of master loop length? Thanks!

@StarsandBarsRecords

6 жыл бұрын

foggydrifty Did you ever figure this out?

Bo, you just invented a new dictonary! 🙂 elektron -> English

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

Haha how is it pronounced in England?

@fimkatube

7 жыл бұрын

You make complex logic comprehensible. 👍

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

thanks =)

How is it possible you connect a microphone directly to the Digitakt?

@BoBeats

6 жыл бұрын

I just connected it using a cable :-) and this is a powered mic (röde nt3) but it works with a sm58 as well

@healthyhappyhero

3 жыл бұрын

BoBeats late to the party, but to connect a shure mic do you only need a xlr to 1/4 adapter?

Alan Watts..... Nice.

Drop that synth! Hey, I'd love to drop this synth from approximately 100 metres up. These synths are huge, heavy and cool. Peace ✌️ out people

L+R --- is it stereo?

@SirGromit

4 жыл бұрын

No, it records L and R to a mono track

i wish this unit had the headphone output on the top plate

No sample chains.... I made soooo many for the Octatrack. :(

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

+Iq Nill i think you can use that, no?

@iqnill

7 жыл бұрын

Then I'd have to set starts and ends for every hit individually... Probably easier to cut them up in software and dump into the Digitakt as sounds.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

probably!

Midi tutorial please. I'm struggling.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

murahachibu today at 12 CEST so in about 1.5 hours :-)

@murahachibu

7 жыл бұрын

BoBeats You read my mind. Woo hoo.

@BoBeats

7 жыл бұрын

murahachibu i hope it helps you out. If there is something else you want me to cover just leave a comment on that vid

@murahachibu

7 жыл бұрын

BoBeats Thanks so much. I'll definitely let you know!

If i buy anything i will just tell my wife Bo made me do it.

Bob eats

Hilarious that Elektron can't bring themselves to have a simple "record" button on their sampler like everyone else on Earth. They can't help making the simplest things confusing in their interfaces.

@luismedinarios9658

5 жыл бұрын

A simple "record" button would limit how it could be used. Digitakts workflow isn't confusing for the sake of being complicated like you could argue the octatrack is at times, its just the simplest way to get all of the features crammed into a small box with as minimal buttons as possible

Sounds good, but to much button pressing to get little effect , not a very well thought out device at all.

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