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Producers and musicians in search of a digital drum computer will be thrilled with the Elektron Digitakt, a compact drum machine that breaks your creative boundaries wide open and sets the stage for a striking encounter. The Digitakt can capture and manipulate fragments of time with its dynamic feature set and exquisite sound engine. With the latest OS update, the Digitakt has added four different machines, which add a variety of ways to playback samples.
The live-performance-friendly sequencer not only works with the onboard sounds, but provides a means to control outboard MIDI equipment. Like all other performance machines by Elektron, the Digitakt offers parameter locks, which allow any sound-shaping function to be sequenced to any point on the sequencer; this results in powerful effects that are accurately timed. What's more, any parameters that have been adjusted can be undone at the press of a button. A Song mode lets you create, edit, and play compositions made from dozens of patterns. Full Overbridge support allows for full integration with DAW environments, including a dedicated VST/AU plug-in interface.
Firmware Update 1.50
New sample playback machines
- Repitch: Automatic classic beat-matching
- Warping: Quirky old-school way of time warping
- Slice: Chop up your audio and place the pieces back in any order you like
- Oneshot: Default Machine for playing your sample forward, backward or looped
Improvements
- Added Sample Rate Reduction functionality that can be routed either post- or pre-filter
- Decreased the encoder sensitivity when changing MIDI parameters
- Improved the filter type switching to reduce the amount of unwanted audio artifacts that could occur
- Added the functionality to record loops based on the current BPM when sampling or re-sampling
- Previewing a sample or a recording while on a MIDI track is now possible by letting it be previewed on the neighboring audio track
Key Features
- Eight internal audio tracks
- Eight dedicated MIDI tracks
- One multimode filter per audio track
- One assignable LFO per track
- Delay and reverb send FX per track
- Sampling capability
- 64MB sample memory
- 1GB +Drive storage
- Two 1/4" inputs and two 1/4” balanced outputs
- Headphone Output: 1/4"
- High-speed USB 2.0 port
- MIDI In, Out, and Thru ports with DIN sync
- Overbridge support
Beat Maker / Wave Bender
A compact sampling drum machine that is capable of summoning monstrous beats or delicately layered sample-scapes before setting you up to unleash your creation using the powerful sequencer. Drum machines are something of an Elektron specialty, but this is only half of Digitakt's story. Watch it weave a spectrum of wonderful sounds into any tale. Let the machine do the talking, and see where the story leads.
Pandora's Audio Box
- With a multitude of sound-sculpting features, this is a box you should open at your own risk. Using the hi-res encoders, you can easily begin sample crafting. Using the versatile multimode and base-width filters, break the sonic ice with overdrive and various send effects, and wield two LFOs for twice the modulation.
- In addition to using eight sample tracks, you can MIDI-control and sequence up to eight external instruments too. Or, stereo process an external audio source and bolster it with some lush reverb and delay.
Song Mode Sings
- Digitakt has Song Mode at its disposal, a feature that lets you create, edit, and play compositions made up of dozens of your patterns. It’s a hugely useful feature for all kinds of scenarios and for all kinds of artists.
- Want to have a deeply customizable backing track, leaving your hands free for other sweet gear? That’s entirely possible. Extend beyond the limits of the 64-step sequencer; create entire setlists in a single song, and so much more.
Superior Sequencing
- The full-featured step sequencer lets you control both structure and sound. Press a step and tweak any parameter onto it for ultrafast and detailed sequencing. Real-time record every twist and turn you make if you like, or build your composition one tonal nuance at a time. Add some controlled randomness and logic with variety-inspiring trig conditions.
- The amount of musical content you can fit into each of the 64 microtimed steps per track is astonishing. You can choose the transport speed and number of steps per track, for some proper polymetric power. The sequencer is like a canvas. Expressively splash those colors all over it, or methodically and accurately place each fine-tuned stroke and add embellishments later.
Cover Your Tracks
Ultradurable backlit buttons let you play and control the eight dedicated tracks for internal audio and an additional eight for external MIDI gear. The bright OLED display will provide all the visual information you need as you explore the weird and wonderful depths of the machine. Tie everything together with its powerful master page. Class Compliant USB audio gives you even more connection options for a rewarding music-making experience.
Factory Force
Start creating, experimenting, and producing, straight out of the box. Digitakt comes preloaded with 400+ factory samples made up of heaps of great electronic and acoustic content. This megapalette includes 23 electronic drum kits, 42 one-shot synths, 44 synth stabs and pads, 83 single cycle oscillators and noise loops, 1 percussion kit, and 4 stellar acoustic drum kits from renowned drum-sample creators.
Overbridge
Seamless computer integration:
- Overbridge comes with the Digitakt, offering powerful tools and deep control when connecting compatible Elektron instruments to computers. And with Overbridge 2, the integration of both analog and digital instruments with DAWs is more effective than ever before.
Overbridge makes life easier for musicians:
- When the beauty of hardware meets the advantages of software, your creativity takes center stage. Experience music-making made more fluid.
To DAW or not to DAW:
- Dedicated VST and AU plug-ins connect devices as if they were software instruments, while the standalone plug-ins have built-in multitracking capabilities.
Flex some sonic muscle:
- Stream multichannel audio directly through the plug-ins. Or, use your Overbridge machine as a high-quality sound card.
Stream by stream:
- Affect digital computer audio with analog hardware processing. Or, process individual track streams from a device inside your DAW.