Elektron Digitakt

i have never before owned something that inspires me to constantly create something new. The workflow and sound quality enable you to get creative and start making music without having to worry about limitations or breaking your flow by making you deep dive into endless menus. The only thing I would say is a limitation is that the L/R inputs sum the signal into mono and you do not have any control over gain or panning. Monitoring the inputs as stereo is only available when the digitakt is connected to overbridge which defeats the whole purpose of going DAWless. The reason it bothers me is because I want to have the digitakt as my main synth/drum machine/sampler/mixer and have the rest of the synths accompany it which I cannot do because my stereo synth is no longer stereo when I connect it to the digitakt input. Also stereo sampling would be great but I understand not wanting to destroy the sales of the octatrack. Overall one the best pieces of gear i own.

This machine has a vibe to it that makes you wanna sit and make music.It also incorporates other machines perfectly,I use it with my old Roland JP8080 and the DT makes it sing.It controls up to 8 cc messages,bank and program changes and also a highly practical MIDI LFO that you can assign to any cc.
Also ties perfectly with my iPad playing the Animoog and iSem so that gives me a 11 track setup that sound more full than anything I ever had.

Even with its 8 tracks,the sound engine is so tight and the sound so full that it’s a delight.8 sounds may sound limited and yes there is no song mode.

But I can assure you I can perform a blast with just 3 patterns and 6 of these tracks.
Usability wise it’s on the easy side.Forget what you hear about Elektron.Their workflow kills and once you get the hang of “locks” in general you wish everything worked this way.

Thomman was a king delivery and price wise and really on these money there is hardly something better you can find when you want a machine to be your center hub.

Perfect!!!

I bought the Digitakt to act as both a standalone drum machine as well as for sequencing my Waldorf Blofeld Desktop until my Digitone arrives.

It's a true joy to work with it - even though it was my first time delving into the Elektron sequencing workflow and their OS (aside from watching tens of review videos online) and I haven't felt intimidated by it at all.

It's a brilliantly thought-out machine which was actually able to make me smile and grin with joy every time I've used it! Sampling from any source on it is a breeze and really-really fun!

Its possibilities for sequencing external gear are truly breathtaking - and I was truly in awe when I realized it can drive 8 voices of multitimbrality on my Waldorf Blofeld Desktop without a hiccup - all within a 45-minute mission-critical live set.

Furthermore, it has a pleasantly raunchy character to its sound. I don't exactly know how to describe it, but my Blofeld does sound quite different when passed through the Digitakt's audio ins and outs - decidedly with more bite/crunch to its sound at the expense of a bit of clarity - especially at the low end of the frequency spectrum.

Great piece of kit! I'd totally recommend - and it's a true steal for the money in terms of what it can do.

I opened the new world.

Drum machine have a lot features and I'm like an astronaut (elektronaut) discover them. Absolutely wonderful when at third use day I found out that there is a new block of menus when use Func key :)

I expect that drum machine is hardly limited with 8 tracks. But youtube and Ricky Tinez (oh thank you man!) changed my opinion: you can write to one track each new iteration of track. Of course you wouldn't be able to undo previous changes in the simple way but if you need it you can do it with a couple of manipulations.

So I'm learning further how to use it and have a great fun. Especially I think about the moment when I will feel need of Digitone and connect it to a music station with Digitakt :)

Some negative points is that software still in development and Elektron don't work simply with my Macbook. I haven't enough time to find out the correct connection way so just use zoom h4 to record the result.

But Digitakt still have a pretty place in my playground.
Thank you Elektron.

It's been a while since I purchased a Drum Machine and it was worth the wait.

The more I learn about it, the better this little box gets.

There are a few things about the way it works that may make you scratch your head and wonder, but once you get used to the ways of Elektron--you find the benefits far outweigh any limitations.

It is not difficult to explore and you can be making music right away, following the trusty manual--but this little box is deep. I imagine there will still be new things to discover months and years from now.

Overbridge has been working flawlessly as stand alone (Win10/64) and in my DAW, Studio One 5, and really helps out a lot. Also working well in Reaper 6, but I did not test it for very long.

In the time that I have had it, the Digitakt has quickly become the core of my entire setup, as it's MIDI functionality and Midi Parameter locks have completely changed the way I interact with the rest of my gear. Changing Patches and Parameters per step has really allowed me to use my synths in a way I hadn't even considered before.

Sampling on the Digitakt is easy and intuitive, and I've quickly built up a number of samples from my synths but also objects around the house, and the Digitakt's sound design possibilities allow you to push and pull your samples into weird places, which is great fun.

The build quality is great, the box is rugged, the buttons feel good to press and the encoders have no wobble whatsoever. The OLED Display is clear and bright with great viewing angles.

As of firmware v1.04 I still suffer from the occasional crash, but otherwise there are no other major problems with the OS.

The Digitakt is a great drum machine and "groovebox" and I would recommend it.