New Elektron Digitakt II: Unboxing and First Play with the Stereo Sampler and Drum Machine

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"Elektron's new Digitakt II is here! One of Elektron's most successful drum machine samplers has grown up with a plethora of new features beat makers are going to love. Most notably the Digitakt II is a 16 track, stereo sampler with 16 MIDI tracks, 128 step sequencer, 20GB of storage, 400MB RAM with access to 1024 samples per projects. In this video we unbox the new Digitakt II and have our first play with this sampling powerhouse. All the sounds on this video are purely from the Digitakt II, no additional processing or external sound sources were used.

The Digitakt has gained almost cult like following since its release in 2017. Beat makers across the spectrum of electronic dance music have loved how immediate the original Digitakt was at sampling and performing especially with that legendary parameter locking Elektron sequencer, all in a neat little package. The original Digitakt truly fulfilled its potential to the max.

Elektron have listened and designed the new Digitakt II in a familiar shape, with all the same recognizable playfulness, but now offering so much more than before. Original Digitakt users will salivate over the new Digitakt II features with more machines, more LFOs, more filters, more effects, more everything! The new features on the Digitakt II makes it more of a groovebox; a potent addition to your studio and for performing live with.

Here's what Elektron are saying:
Send yourself to another sampling dimension. With Digitakt II, you can weave splinters of sound in stereo, ripped from the moment and brought to your fingertips for marvelous audio manipulation and beat arraying. Preserve or distort reality as you so desire with 16 tracks ready for stereo or mono samples, or MIDI. Choose from several swappable filters for each track and utilize a wide assortment of effects and modulation, pull on enhanced processing power, and enough memory for a lifetime of samples. Further tasty features like a Euclidean sequence generator, an extended 128 step sequencer, kits, trig modes, an extensive sample library, and a modular workflow to play with ensure your sonic-montage sculpting potential will know no beat-making bounds."

Introducing Digitakt II

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Pics & details previously posted here.

"We are delighted to announce the release of Digitakt II - Send yourself to another sampling dimension, weaving splinters of sound in stereo, ripped from the moment and brought to your fingertips for marvelous audio manipulation and beat arraying. Preserve or distort reality as you so desire with 16 tracks ready for stereo or mono samples, or MIDI. Choose from several swappable filters for each track and utilize a wide assortment of effects and modulation, pull on massive processing power, and enough memory for a lifetime of samples. And with further tasty features like a Euclidean sequence generator, an extended 128 step sequencer, kits, trig modes, an extensive sample library, and a modular workflow to play with, your sonic-montage sculpting potential will know no beat-making bounds.

Digitakt II is available to purchase from the Elektron website or from retailers carrying the Elektron range of products. Pricing on elektron.se is 999 USD/1049 EUR."

Digitakt II — At A Glance

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"Digitakt II offers endless drum collage with 16 audio tracks all ready for stereo or mono samples or MIDI, swappable filters, 3 LFOs per track, a 128-step sequencer, expanded memory and power, and so much more. Here, Risa T talks through a bunch of the awesome features on offer, and takes us all on some sweet sonic escapades."

Review: DIGITAKT II vs OG Digitakt // Everything new in Digitakt 2 // Detailed tutorial

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Timeline below.

Digitakt 2 - Beginner's MEGA TUTORIAL

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New Elektron Digitakt 2 Pics & Details

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Elektron Digitakt 2 Incoming

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Update2: Official announcement with videos here.

This one is making the rounds. The big reveal may be coming tomorrow per the screenshot further below, sent my way via Soviet Space Child. .

Details:

"With Digitakt II, you can weave splinters of sound in stereo, ripped from the moment and brought to your fingertips for marvelous audio manipulation and beat arraying. Enjoy easy to use sample-crafting and spectacular sequencing. Preserve or distort reality as you so desire with 16 tracks ready for stereo or mono samples, or MIDI and all kinds of modular adaptability.

Key Features

• Digital drum computer & stereo sampler
• 16 audio tracks all ready for stereo or mono samples, or MIDI
• Swappable filters: 1 Base-width filter and then 1 from Multi-mode, Low pass 4, Comb, EQ, or Legacy LP/HP
• 3 assignable LFOs per track
• Delay, reverb, chorus, bit reduction, sample reduction, and overdrive per track
• Updated modular workflow
• Euclidean sequence generator
• 128-step Elektron sequencer
• Expanded memory and power
• 4 × Trig modes
• Song Mode create, edit & play full compositions with ease"

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Bad Gear - The Dark Knight

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"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. We can all agree that Roland created a few quite respectable drum machine like the Roland TR-808 , Roland TR-909 , Roland TR-606 and Roland TR-707 . However, since then their target demographic has dwindled: analog enjoyers have joined the Cult of Uli, people willing to RTFM are using next-generation Scandinavian abaci like Elektron Digitakt or Elektron Octatrack and real musicians switched to computers decades ago.

Today we are going to talk about Roland TR-8s. This 2018 flagship rhythm performer not only boasts a design language that clearly focuses on inner beauty - it also combines the played-out sounds of the 80s with the workflow of a 90s ROMpler.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:57 Overview Roland TR8s
01:34 Sound Generators ( ACB , PCM Samples , User , FM Drum Synth )
01:55 Updates ( Roland CR-78 )
02:05 User Interface , Sound Parameters
02:20 Menu Diving
02:34 Kits, LFO
02:42 Buttons , Akai MPC - Style Pad
02:52 Sequencer , Workflow, Swing, Accents, Fills
03:29 Additional Features (Rolls, Substeps, Microtiming )
03:41 Motion Recording , Parameter Locks ,
03:57 Limitations, Melodies, 808 Bass
04:16 FX ( Roland SP-404 - Style Vinyl Effect )
04:46 What else? ( SD Card , Computer Integration, Thanks)
05:35 Hate
05:58 Jam 1 (Triple Roland TB-3 Jam)
06:53 Jam 2 ( Elektro )
07:47 Finale ( Footwork / Juke )
08:17 Verdict"

ESK - Sound Demo Seiko DS-250 + DS-310

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"A sound demo of the Seiko DS-250 digital additiv synthesizer and the programmer Seiko DS-310.
The Elektron Digitakt is used 2 times for some extra reverb or delay.
Soft Mastering."

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Destroying Chords and Arps In My Elektron DIgitakt

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"Sampled chord progressions don't need to progress anywhere, they can become pads, grains, or sample chains. In today's stream we talk about why pairing a synthesizer with your sampler is the best resource for getting a track started no matter what the genre.

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Tips & Tricks: Elektron Analog Heat +FX with a MIDI Sequencer For More Creative Control

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"We are all aware of how versatile the Analog Heat+FX dynamic sound processor from Elektron is at processing, manipulating, enhancing, and twisting sounds. The Analog Heat+FX is truly a mighty palette for processing sound; either as an end of chain mastering tool or spicing up your drum machine, synth, vocals and anything else you can throw at it. In this video we look at how to use MIDI CC via the MIDI track(s) on the Syntakt to control various effect parameters on the Heat+FX. Effectively we sequence the different type of effects and parameters, going a little nuts in the process. Whilst this is great fun, it’s also a great way of experimenting with sound design and creating new sounds!

The heart of the Heat+FX is a stereo distortion unit with 8 fully analog circuits that offers everything from clean boost to total annihilation. The additional digital effects; delay, reverb, warble, bits, chorus, compressor and bass focus offers endless possibilities to sculpt your sound even further. There are over 100 effect parameters that can be controlled via MIDI CC on the Heat+FX, and pairing it with an external MIDI sequencer opens up a huge range of creative possibilities. Any Elektron MIDI sequencer, as found on the Syntakt, Digitakt or Octatrack are all great at complimenting the Heat+FX. MIDI tracks on any Elektron sequencer can control up to 4x MIDI CC parameters per track. In this video we use 2x MIDI tracks, controlling 8 parameters across reverb, delay and chorus effects, although the potential to mangle and twist your sound is almost limitless making the Heat+FX a fantastic sound processor!"

Bad Gear - Sell Your DIGITAKT

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"Boss DR-5 - Sell Your DIGITAKT

Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. After redirecting the money for a nice 2018 weekend trip, spending a couple of years in my own private Elektron bootcamp and embracing the “limitations breed creativity” Zen I have become quite an avid Digitakt user.

However, today we are going to talk about the Boss DR-5. This 1994 drum machine looks suspiciously similar to the Swedish mono samplers so after rumors of Digitakts discontinuation started swirling a while back I might as well take a look at this cheapskate alternative.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:53 Overview Boss DR5
01:17 Technology and Sounds
02:07 Sound Editing
02:16 Remarkable Features, Kits
03:00 Real Time Recording
03:12 User Interface for Guitar Players
03:34 Guitar Input , Amp Simulator , Pitch Tracking
03:52 Chord Mode
04:03 Limitations, Polyphony
04:22 What Else??? (Build Quality, Connectivity, Pricing,...)
04:46 Hate
05:01 Jam 1 ( Acid ChillWave )
05:55 Jam 2 ( 148 bpm is the new 128 bpm )
06:52 Finale ( Electric Boogie Body Music )
07:23 Verdict"

PlayFader PlayMates - Elektron Digitakt (drums!)

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"Another example of the power of this pairing, left channel of PlayFader is laying beats while the other channel takes care of the bass."

Check out the PlayFader with the Oberheim OB-X8, and other demos here.

Elektron Digitakt w/ Original Box & Manuals

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"Excellent used condition, includes original manual, power supply, usb cable, quickstart guide and box. Plastic screen protector still in-place."

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ESK - Drums + Mixer Jamsession

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"Jamsession with an Elektron Digitakt and a Roland CR-8000 mixed together in an analog Ibanez RM-60 Mixer.
There is also reverb from a Lexicon PCM 90 (yellow FX knob on the mixer).
Furthermore I use the monitoring send as feedback line (blue FX knob on the mixer).
With mastering.

The Ibanez RM-60 is similar in design to the Boss KM-60. The Boss has more drive in the preamp and the HiPass filter in the master section can be used better in a performance.
The Ibanez Mixer on the other side has less ground noise and a monitor send.
I like both of them. Good usable for a jamsession.

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Two Gates of Nanna ~ Sin & Nebo

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Expressive E ~ Osmose
Haken Audio ContinuuMini
Elektron Digitakt
Conductive Labs The NDLR V2
Access Virus TI
Solina
Eventide Pitch Factor and 2x Time Factor
Boss MD 500
2x Strymon Cloudburst ~ Midi CC by 16n Faderbank!
Harmonic Minor Scale
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video # 2356

Elektron Digitakt

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Elektron Digitakt Out of Production?

This one is in via Soviet Space Child who spotted it online.

The Digitakt is currently out of stock on the Eletron website.

ESK - Erica Synths Syntrx as Drum FX

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"Elektron Digitakt drumbeat through the Erica Synths Syntrx analog synthesizer.
No external effects, only soft mastering."

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ENTROPYK - LIVE Acid MentaL Kor - Elektron Digitakt - analog four - Novation peak - Jimmy neutron

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This Setup Has All You Need to Make Great Music

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"In today's episode of Electron Talk, we take a look at the Octatrack, Digitakt, and Syntakt from both a music production and live performance perspective. Each of these three grooveboxes designed by Elektron is impressive on its own, but together, they offer unique features that complement each other's strengths and fill in the gaps where one may lack. However, they don't cover all the areas comprehensively, do they? That's where instruments like a vocal processor and a convenient polysynth come into the mix. Today, we will create techno from scratch, discuss sound design, and share our favorite gear for music production."

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ESK - Liveset Test

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"For a soon coming live event i made a liveset test. Used a Elektron Digitakt together with a Nord Lead A1R and a Elektron Syntakt together with a Nord Modular G2. Added for ambient sounds an iPad with Borderlands Granular App and mixed all in the A&H CQ-18T.
All recorded live, with soft mastering.

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DNB sketch on Digitakt. Octatrack + Analog Heat end of chain. #dawless #elektron

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