Elektron Digitakt 5-stars Reviews

Definitely your buddy!

Bought it twice, sold it twice. I am gonna buy it again for sure. Now for eurorack purposes. All of the pros and cons are available after years, so my personal view: mono sampling - not good, not terrible; sequencer - best one for me with trig conditions; sound quality - nice; diving into machines, sample alteration, sample crazy demolition, track building - way to go, thumbs up.

Gold star!

Elektron super product

Wie zeker wil zijn van kwaliteit en prachtig geluid moet geen moment twijfelen.Koop een Elektron ,wat je wel moet weten de mogelijkheden zijn oneindig maar is wel een leercurve aan verbonden die zeer intuïtief is.

Als je al in het bezit bent van een Elektron ben je er direct mee weg :) :)

Amazing

Definitely a learning curve especially if you’re new to electronic music like I was when I bought it, but definitely worth learning. The workflow is amazing and once you get the basics you’ll be turning out beats in no time. I’ve had this for about two years and I’m still learning about new things you can do with it.

Fun machine

I always thougt the Digitakt was pricey. After finally saving up for one, It really does a lot despite its sample memory limitation!

I wouldn't really call it a sample machine since its tiny internal memory can barely hold a full track, but where it lacks, it makes up by being amazing at sample mangling.

Magic Box

It's been a while since I purchased a Drum Machine and it was worth the wait.

The more I learn about it, the better this little box gets.

There are a few things about the way it works that may make you scratch your head and wonder, but once you get used to the ways of Elektron--you find the benefits far outweigh any limitations.

It is not difficult to explore and you can be making music right away, following the trusty manual--but this little box is deep. I imagine there will still be new things to discover months and years from now.

Overbridge has been working flawlessly as stand alone (Win10/64) and in my DAW, Studio One 5, and really helps out a lot. Also working well in Reaper 6, but I did not test it for very long.

Quality up and down

Fantastic quality piece of equipment and the Elektron workflow is powerful and intuitive.

Keeps getting better

Had mine for some time now, and I can’t ever see myself parting with it. It’s become an incredibly flexible and powerful machine, and the sound quality is absolutely incredible. Tip: Approach it on it’s own terms and let it be what it is. Forget your expectations and enjoy the instrument for what it is.

Great sounding engine and depth that can be explored with scuba equipment.

Imagine a time with no computers at all. but everything exists as it exists today. This is now the centerpiece of not just your ideas, but he DAW.

The only con I would mention is that there is no FULL SONG MODE (patterns can be chained and thusly somewhat make a full track) , which for this price range I think that should be included, even if Elektron needs to add another +DRIVE for that purpose.

Amazing Amazing Anyways!

Creative little jewel

I'm really quite astonished at what's packed into this little box. Yes, it can be faulted - it doesn't quite have all the features you want (but bear in mind that the features you want are different from the features that the person next to you wants.)

But...the sheer tweakability and creativity is wonderful. Take time to explore. Watch the YouTube videos which loads of people have made. The Digitakt, a mic, a line-in instrument. Hours and hours of fascination.

great box

so good i bought a second one.

My new favorite instrument

I held of from getting a Digitakt for a long while. I owned the Octatrack (MK1) for a few months before selling it, as at that time I just couldn't get myself to learn it. Digitakt is a different kind of beast. not entirely, but in large capacity. It's very intuitive and in the meanwhile teaches you the Elektron workflow, so I ended up craving after Octatrack too.

The build is metal and as solid as ever, it feels like it will last for ever. The screen is bright and nicely yellow. All around a nice industrial design expected from Elektron devices.

This is more than just a drum machine/computer. You can make full tracks and even sets on the Digitakt if you dive deep enough - and that is just the thing, you can dive as deep as you wish, or stay on the surface. Either way you will get your money's worth.

Recommended.

Absolutely amazing

The Digitakt was my very first piece of hardware and i absolutely fell in love with it. The sound & the sequencer are godlike, it's not a simple drum machine, it's a monster.

A Perfect piece of HW

This is a killer piece of HW. It does everything with a perfect quality of sound. Lots of resources on internet and youtube help a lot. Perfect connectivity in MIDI and analog domains

A fantastic sampler -

A fantastic sampler - great option, great possibilities.

best buy

Although not the easiest machine to learn, def the most versatile. Very happy with this machine, still much to learn.

do your research b4 buying it

great piece of the equipment, and excellent music and production and sound design tool.

Great sound, playability and interface with other hardware synths.

Very fun little box

If you are used to electron gear and don't mind little menu diving digitakt really is so much fun. It gets really different kind of grooves and melodies out of me.

The most creative tool I own

i have never before owned something that inspires me to constantly create something new. The workflow and sound quality enable you to get creative and start making music without having to worry about limitations or breaking your flow by making you deep dive into endless menus. The only thing I would say is a limitation is that the L/R inputs sum the signal into mono and you do not have any control over gain or panning. Monitoring the inputs as stereo is only available when the digitakt is connected to overbridge which defeats the whole purpose of going DAWless. The reason it bothers me is because I want to have the digitakt as my main synth/drum machine/sampler/mixer and have the rest of the synths accompany it which I cannot do because my stereo synth is no longer stereo when I connect it to the digitakt input. Also stereo sampling would be great but I understand not wanting to destroy the sales of the octatrack. Overall one the best pieces of gear i own.

Fabulous Box Of Tricks

After the learning curve it's great - be prepared to watch plenty of videos on YouTube.

Pros:

The addition of the step sequencer function, whilst late, is very welcome.

Built very well

Midi out feature-set is outstanding

Sound quality gets better the more I learn about it.

Almost a studio must-have it's that good.

Cons: Learning curve, no mixer EQ.

Mono samples (but channels are OK to pan)

Would benefit from a SD card reader for on-the-go libraries