Sorry I thought I was on the feature requests thread…
Duplicate functionality already exists in the machine. For example, quantization. You can use the quantize screen and dial in a percentage or you could manually edit each trigs micro timing… But it’s different ways of accomplishing the same thing.
Well, sort of. The microtiming menu accessed by the arrow keys is generally used to nudge trigs out of perfect timing or position them precisely, while the quantization menu is generally used to bring loose timing back onto the grid. They aren’t used for exactly the same thing at all. The quantization menu can’t be used to make loose timing looser. Definitely not accurate to call it duplicate functionality.
It would be fine if they added what you’re asking for, I was just offering up a way to accomplish essentially what you wanted. Some folks aren’t aware that you can live record knobs.
The use case you present is personal. There is no right or wrong way to use the features.
Increasing the quantize percentage is the exact same thing as moving each trig micro timing manually. That’s what it’s doing. One is manual, one is automatic.
Your “solution” is the manual way. I’m asking for the automatic way.
I know you can record automation which sets p-locks…but it’s still manually moving the knobs.
What about recording midi LFO to the parameter lock, and then removing the midi loop? would that leave the LFO recorded parameter lock in place?
Yeah that might work - don’t have MIDI loopback setup yet so I can’t test.
Don’t want to argue, but that’s definitely incorrect. You cannot accomplish the same things using the quantize page as you can using the microtiming menu. The quantize page is not used for moving trigs off grid, unless of course they were already off grid, and quantization was applied and then dialed back. The microtiming page can be used to move trigs on grid OR off grid in a precise way. Very different purposes that both deal with the quantization of trigs. Completely inaccurate to call it manual versus automatic.
live re-triggers, when holding down a button combo (Fill+Pad) similar to how the M:S does it.
Second LFO page - It would show an image of the current LFO (Sine, etc) and the speed going over it so we can see how fast it is going and where it’s at. A visual representation to dial-in easier. Like the second page on the SRC button.
LFO - Multiple destinations for the same LFO. Have check boxes on the DEST list. I’d like to assign the same LFO to Pan and Cutoff. The Arturia Mircrofreak has absolutely spoiled me.
Solo mode - I know this was removed. But we really need one. Maybe TRK + PTN + Track. No MIDI CC support if this is what was causing issues before to have it removed.
Track transpose - Outside of selecting an audio track and holding the track number and turning the pitch knob to change all the notes, there doesn’t seem to be a simple way to transpose with the Oct+ and Oct- keys.
Individual Track Length w/ micro adjustments - If we can get micro adjusments instead of JUST full steps, we can get the Steve Reich effect going pretty easy!
I am beggin for MULTIMAP
I was wondering that the implementation of Midi Learn functionality for the Digitakt, would considerably boost its midi sequencing capabilities. I have been suggesting this to Elektron since Digitakt’s release and I would like to ask what do you guys and gals think of it?
I mean, am I on the minority here, using the digitakt as a main sequencer to my other synths? Would this feature make a big difference on your music compositions? What are your thoughts on Midi Learn on Digitakt?
This is by far the feature I would most like to see implemented on a future OS update, and thought of making this thread to spark a conversation and maybe convince Elektron that I am not the only one craving it!
In my experience with helping people with the Octatrack, the people who try to use its MIDI learn feature because they find MIDI a struggle, also struggle with MIDI learn because it involves extra connections.
I think that Elektron tried to keep the DT simple by leaving out features like MIDI learn.
I’m not sure what I would use a DT midi learn feature for in my setup.
I typically go the other way and use midi learn in my DAW to map the DT encoders on Midi A-H to things.
Also when I run the DT VST in my DAW it gives me midi learn for a lot of parameters if I want to automate the DT.
If the DT had midi learn, then I guess you could tweak something like Filter Frequency on the DT, then go to another device/DAW and easily map a knob to it?
Best regards,
Gino
I would definitely enjoy some enhancements to the midi sequencing of external devices. For me it would be some kind of midi profile or presets you could create for external devices. Mapping cc’s is boring.
Thanks for the answers guys, and dear mod @LyingDalai for correcting the location of my thread.
Hugs,
Pad
Hi there, fine Elektron people/enthousiasts (@Ess)
I heard there is a way to assign different presets to a key range in the DN, like playing a kit of presets to a single track (T1-T4) (haven’t quite yet figured out how to go about this exactly…)
And not having to go about it changing up presets on trigs manually.
I wanted to ask for a similar feature to be added to the DT.
Being able to select a set of samples (like a kit spread over 1 oct range) and record this kit to a single track like playing a sample chromaticly (using the trig buttons 1-16) but instead triggering a selection of samples assigned to that key range?
So some button to select the samples, build a kit of sorts while holding the #note in the 1 oct keyrange and assigning a different sample to each key in the range?
Select the Track (1-8) + a button to activate the kit-mode, being able to play it like the ‘chromatic mode’ and recording the beat/kit to a single Track. (ofcourse sticking to 1 sound per trig, no unison/multitimbral fancy stuff, i rather like the choke/mono track approach cancelling out previous sample when triggering the next minimal approach)
Or could someone please tell me if this feature is already in the DT somewhere and how to set it up?
A way of not having to manually program trigs to cycle through samples, and building a beat on one chosen destination/TRK would be a real timesaver!
Thank you for your consideration, cheers!
It’s called multimap on the A4 and presumably the DN too. It doesn’t exist on the DT.
I’m not sure that you can live record multimapped trigs into the sequencer though (someone will probably correct me), so I don’t think it would do what you’re looking for. unless they modified it as well.
Thanks! ‘Multimap’, that’s the word. Great feature!
I’m hoping for it
(Elektron adding DT ‘multimapping’ a kit to a 1 oct range-feature)
Not sure if already requested, but having option to place recording trigger in fhe sampling menu, so you could trigger sampling from… for example 5th (up to 16) step
How about being able to made changes or edits to a selected BANK and TRACK # in the background while your Digitakt is currently playing a TRACK… Right now the only way to make any changes to a TRACK is to have it playing. I would like to be playing BANK A TRACK 1 while making changes to BANK A TRACK 2 in the background before I decide to switch to it for playing.
Like a punch in/out trigger?
I was just thinking about recording the other day. You’re able to have it trigger recording based on a threshold but what would make it really slick is if you could set a fixed length (eg 1 bar/4 bars, etc). So your resampled loops would be automatically cut to length.