Elektron Digitakt

Beat making powerhouse (2017)

"Mid cost digital drum machine with sampler function, sequencer and effects processor from Sweden"

Overview

OVERVIEW Metal case with quality feel, 128 × 64 pixel OLED graphic display, 10 knobs and 16 pads/steps with no velocity (can be set to chromatic mode). The machine resolution is 48 kHz, 24-bit (both DAC and ADC).

TERMINAL CONNECTORS
- 1 × Headphones output
- 2 × ¼” balanced main output + 2 × ¼” input
- 1 × USB 2.0 port
- MIDI In/Out/Thru with DIN sync out for vintage drums with SYNC24 protocoll (909/808)
- external PSY 12 VDC with positive center

Sounds and sampling

SOUNDS preloaded with 400+ Factory Samples including:

+ 5 acoustic drum kits - 4 of which by That Sound

+ 23 electronic drum kits

+ 42 synth one shots

+ 44 synth stabs and pads

+ 83 single cycle oscillators and noise loops
The sounds are organized in eight banks of eight patterns.

EFFECTS Delay and Reverb send FX, Bit Reduction (bit crusher) and Overdrive. Delay can be synched to midi with various dividers.

SAMPLING It is possible to import own samples (wav up to 128) with 64 MB sample memory RAM (storage is 1gb in so-called drive) or direct sample from analog or internal routing (resampling) with loop mode, trimming and loop chopping.

Sequencer

SEQUENCER The first eight tracks are samplers, and these are followed by eight MIDI tracks for triggering external gear or software. Super tricky sequencer with key combo,swing mode and tricks like probability with TR classic mode or real-time with quantisation-

ENVELOPE ADSR envelope for filter and sample amplitude (+hold) parameter

FILTER Multimode digital filter resonant

LFO bipolar syncable digital modulator (with midi with dividers), shapes: tri, sin, sqr, saw, exp,rmp, rnd