Digitakt : A Mini Beast

Digitakt does not have the latest multi-touch LCD screen, or fancy colored pads, not even an SD card drive. It has a mechanical look to it with clicky buttons and lots of knobs. But don’t let that austere exterior fool you. This box has been around for a while, but it still stays at the top of the heap because there is so much depth to it, and it doesn’t go “out of fashion” so easily like others. Although it is fully digital, there’s a visceral and organic connection into this box that makes your music making feel more alive. It doesn’t make it easy for you with loads of features, and it is well known Elektron boxes actually frustrates you when you first pick it up. But, like learning to play any instrument, once you spend more time with it you begin to gain skills that can bring out sonic powers unlike any other boxes you’ve owned.