Digitakt : Excellent all-purpose groovebox with a sound of its own

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.