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Digitakt

Beat making powerhouse

Quick Guide

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Page 1: ...Digitakt Beat making powerhouse Quick Guide...

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Page 3: ...lity a live friendly sequencer the means to control external MIDI gear and Overbridge support Drum machines are something of an Elektron specialty With the Digitakt we show why This Quick Guide will g...

Page 4: ...used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation If this eq...

Page 5: ...e for any special indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use data or profits whether in an action of contract negligence or other action arising out of or i...

Page 6: ...stoves or any other appliance including amplifiers emitting heat 7 Do not put the PL 2S Protective Cover Elektron accessory on the unit while the unit is powered on 8 This product in combination with...

Page 7: ...dphones before activating Test mode During calibration there will be loud and unpleasant sounds on the individual outputs Disconnect these during calibration SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE POWER ADAPTER...

Page 8: ...EFFECTS 16 4 THE USER INTERFACE 17 4 1 SCREEN NAVIGATION 17 4 2 PARAMETER EDITING 18 4 3 PARAMETER VALUE JUMP 18 4 4 FUNC KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS 18 4 5 QUICK SCROLLING 18 4 6 COPY CLEAR AND PASTE 19...

Page 9: ...24 7 5 THE TRIG PAGE 25 7 6 GRID RECORDING MODE 25 7 7 LIVE RECORDING MODE 26 7 8 PARAMETER LOCKS 26 7 9 PATTERN SCALE 27 7 10 PATTERN SWING 27 8 SAMPLING 28 8 1 SAMPLING FROM EXTERNAL INPUT 28 8 2 AS...

Page 10: ...l Data is called LEVEL DATA LED indicators like the Chromatic LED are written like this CHROMATIC Menu names are written in upper case letters The SETTINGS menu is an example of that Parameter names a...

Page 11: ...me Tap Tempo Clear Paste Reload Ptn Save Ptn Fill Scale Assign Quantize Delay Reverb Master Sound Browser Quick Mute 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 Master Volume Level Data A B C D E F G H PTN BANK 8 Voice Digital D...

Page 12: ...the page is active red orange or inactive off TRIG PARAMETERS accesses parameters such as NOTE VELOCITY and other trig related parameters The secondary function accesses the QUANTIZE menu SRC takes y...

Page 13: ...the set tempo 14 BANK selects bank A H in combination with the TRIG 9 16 keys The secondary function accesses the MUTE Mode 15 PTN selects pattern 1 16 in combination with the TRIG 1 16 keys The secon...

Page 14: ...truments Use a standard MIDI cable to connect another MIDI device in the chain 5 MIDI OUT SYNC A MIDI data output Can also be configured to send DIN sync to legacy instruments Use a standard MIDI cabl...

Page 15: ...mputer and the USB connector of the Digitakt 4 If you want to use MIDI to control the Digitakt connect the MIDI OUT port of the device you wish to send data from to the MIDI IN port of the Digitakt Th...

Page 16: ...B SEND DELAY REVERB MIXER FROM EFFECT SENDS DELAY RETURNS FROM DRUM VOICES OUTPUTS L R TO MIXER FADE ENVELOPE LFO DESTINATION TO MIXER PAN DELAY SEND REVERB SEND TO MIXER REVERB RETURNS 3 2 EFFECTS SA...

Page 17: ...rn 2 The current pattern name 3 The current tempo 4 Eight track parameters They show what the DATA ENTRY knobs control and their current parameter values 5 The main volume setting of the active track...

Page 18: ...PARAMETER key PLAY to reset all the parameters in the selected parame ter page to default values Press and hold a PARAMETER key to see the exact values of the parameters 4 3 PARAMETER VALUE JUMP Pres...

Page 19: ...he various naming situations that appear when you save samples sounds projects et cetera The LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys are used to navigate between the characters Turning the LEVEL DATA knob or pressi...

Page 20: ...idge you need a Digitakt a USB cable a computer running Overbridge and a DAW N B You must have Digitakt OS 1 10 or later and Overbridge 1 20 or later to run Overbridge with Digitakt Read more about Ov...

Page 21: ...MODE You can use the TRIG keys to play any audio track sample chromatically 1 Select the audio track to play chromatically by pressing TRK one of the TRIG 1 8 keys 2 Press FUNC TRK to enter CHROMATIC...

Page 22: ...M setting open the TEMPO menu by pressing the TEMPO key Use the LEVEL DATA knob to change tempo Pressing the knob while turning it changes the tempo eight BPM at a time The ARROW keys UP or DOWN chang...

Page 23: ...ns individual track length and time signature settings To select a MIDI track to edit press and hold TRK key and then press one of the TRIG 9 16 keys 6 3 EDITING THE TRACKS The five PARAMETER keys ope...

Page 24: ...eard until the delay repeats have faded out Quickly press STOP twice to stop playback of all tracks and the fade out of the send effects If you change patterns during playback the patterns will change...

Page 25: ...ou want to add trigs by pressing and holding TRACK and then one of the TRIG keys The active track is indicated by a red TRIG key 3 Place note trigs on the sequencer using the sixteen TRIG keys To add...

Page 26: ...ER LOCKS Parameter locks enable all trigs to have their own unique parameter values The note trigs of an audio track can for example have different pitch amp or filter settings It is possible to param...

Page 27: ...me signature of the pattern If you use 17 steps or more in a pattern the PAGE key can is to toggle between the different pattern pages when in GRID RECORDING mode 1 Press FUNC PAGE to access the scale...

Page 28: ...possible but without clipping Set MON to YES to monitor the incoming audio through the Digitakt 4 Again with an eye on the audio input meter and use DATA ENTRY knob F to set THRESHOLD just above the i...

Page 29: ...ect SAMPLES and press YES 2 Use the ARROW keys to navigate to the sample you want to assign and then press YES to select the sample This is all done my different 3 Press RIGHT and then select LOAD TO...

Page 30: ...and Length How long it will loop for is set with the LEN parameter on the TRIG page The loop time is also constrained by the AMP page envelope parameter settings HLD and DEC FORWARD LOOP The sample w...

Page 31: ...played LOP Loop Position sets the position in the sample to where playback will return after reaching the Length Position defined by STRT LEN if PLAY MODE is set to FORWARD LOOP or REVERSE LOOP The sa...

Page 32: ...e Elektron power supply PSU 3b HARDWARE 128 64 pixel OLED screen MIDI In Out Thru with DIN Sync out 2 1 4 impedance balanced audio out jacks 2 1 4 audio in jacks 1 1 4 stereo headphone jack 48 kHz 24...

Page 33: ...er Lindstr m Jimmy Myhrman Jon M rtensson David Revelj Mattias Rickardsson ADDITIONAL DESIGN Johan Damerau Ufuk Demir Thomas Ekelund Simon Mattisson Olle Petersson Cenk Say nl DOCUMENTATION Erik ngman...

Page 34: ...24 Grid recording mode 25 Live recording mode 26 S SAMPLING 28 Assigning a sample from Drive 29 Sample playback 30 Sampling from external inputs 28 SCREEN NAVIGATION 17 SEQUENCER 24 Grid recording mo...

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