Well the Digitakt does record to mono so it kinda makes sense that the monitoring is mono too, to hear what you’re recording.
But they should have added a pure thru option with stereo because there are a great deal of use cases. The Digitakt sends MIDI it should receive audio properly.
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Great 
I am still waiting for my Digitakt to arrive, ordered it yesterday.
But yeah stereo monitoring would be super great. And also be able to route the input to the compressor so one can do full mixes with just the digitakt.
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Did you just create a support ticket on the webside or you have an email I can write to?
I created a ticket! It’s the legit way of talking with Elektron’s officials.
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I send one too.
I am thinking about getting a Digitone too. And to me it just feels weird to have to feed the sampler into the synth… Instead of feeding the synth into the sampler so you can sample it.
It just makes a lot more sense the other way around synth > sampler.
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I’ve asked for the feature too - I understand that when sampling you would want to hear exactly what the sample is going to sound like (I can imagine a scenario where users who didn’t RTFM would email support asking why their samples sound different when sampled)
But I would be more than happy if it were a project setting, something like “live mode” - that wouldn’t let you sample, but would let you input audio in stereo and (for the love of god) set the input gain, since it’s incredibly low when monitoring…
I’m not counting on any FX send but now that I’m thinking about it… if sampling was disabled in this “live mode”, maybe they can use that section (DIRECT) to add a different menu instead (maybe similar to Digitone?)
Doesnt Digitakt normalize any audio recorded to it?
They could make it so you sacrifice a track for an input, and let you use the sends and effect for that track that you sacrificed for the inputs.
well yes, but the input monitoring level is too low - specially if you want to input an external synth, for example
yes I thought of that approach too, although that sounds a bit more convoluted to implement to my ears - one idea I had was that, maybe, above the OFF sample slot, there could be a spot where you could choose audio input instead… but now that I think about it, that would mess up the 127-value limit of MIDI CC’s…
maybe it could be an option on the Project Settings - but that “Live Mode” scenario seems more feasible to me for some reason
Yeah more complicated and going into OT area
So we should probably not expect that.
Personally I would be happy to simply be able to route a stereo input to the compressor. I dont need the sends and effect really.
I wonder why there are 2 audio inputs in Digitakt…
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To sum stereo sources to mono.
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You can also use it to sample from 2 different mono sources.
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i had a Digitone before and am looking into a DT and I just kind of assumed DT would also have that fifth monitor channel. Weird! I don’t even care if it’s mono. I was looking forward to sequencing my mono synth and sending some effects to it.
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hey friends,
any news on this topic? it would be nice to ask elektron’s directly, with support from the community.
Can anyone tell me why I don’t hear what I am monitoring when an ext input into the recorder of the digi?
current settings:
Threshold - 38 (I can see input signal into the unit, and this is defo below the threshold)
Source - Right (this is correct as that’s where my signal is coming in)
Monitor - Yes
It records fine, but I want to be able to hear what I am recording before I do so.
Using the Digitakt OSX Overbridge - does this have an impact?
the fact you can’t monitor in stereo is so frustrating. I’ve always enjoyed a somewhat macgyver setup and if one could simply monitor in stereo that would open so much possibility for me and making my setup more efficient. so frustrating.
I love limitations, I intentionally create them for myself for my process but some of these oversights (if that’s the right word…) just end up being an annoyance not a creative hurdle.
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If you lower your threshold you should be able to hear the signal better.
Unless I’m mis-remembering, the Threshold value is only used to auto-trigger recordings and has no impact on the volume heard while monitoring.
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Yep the threshold is use just to start recording when it is armed.
Setting the source on EXT L+R and Monitor to yes should be enough to hear audio.
If you use mono input, wire it in Left channel. Left is always the mono channel.
Thanks - Threshold at 0 and still no monitoring.
Can’t get my head around it. I’ve had it working before, the monitoring is on, but no audio 