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The Digitakt II is a major update to the original design, offering more sample memory, more internal storage, 16 tracks, support for stereo samples, longer sequences, new FLTR machine options, 3 LFOs per track, new effects, and more.
“The Digitakt II improves on the original in almost every way possible,” says Eliraz.
Watch the video and share your thoughts on the new Digitakt II in the comments!
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Today, Elektron officially introduced the Digitakt II, an updated version of the drum machine and sampler.
The Digitakt II is a big update of its predecessor, offering 400mb sample memory, instead of the original’s 64mb; 20 GB of internal storage; 16 tracks, double the original; support for stereo samples; 128 steps per pattern, vs the original’s 64; new FLTR machine options; 3 LFOs per track; new effects; and more.
What they say about it:
“Send yourself to another sampling dimension, weaving splinters of sound in stereo, ripped from the moment and brought to your fingertips for marvelous audio manipulation and beat arraying. Preserve or distort reality as you so desire with 16 tracks ready for stereo or mono samples, or MIDI.
Choose from several swappable filters for each track and utilize a wide assortment of effects and modulation, pull on massive processing power, and enough memory for a lifetime of samples. And with further tasty features like a Euclidean sequence generator, an extended 128 step sequencer, kits, trig modes, an extensive sample library, and a modular workflow to play with, your sonic-montage sculpting potential will know no beat-making bounds.”
Digitakt II Overview:
Digitakt II Sonic Demos:
Features:
16 tracks, each assignable to be audio or MIDI tracks
Support for both stereo and mono audio samples
Internal sample storage increased to 20GB
400MB of RAM to support longer audio files
Up to 1024 samples per project
New modular workflow with more machine types, selectable filter modes, routing options, and more
Base-width filter per-track
Selectable Multi-Mode, Lowpass 4, Comb, EQ, or Legacy LP/HP filters per track
3 LFOs per track
Enhanced per-track effects: delay, reverb, chorus, bit reduction, sample reduction, and overdrive
Expanded Elektron sequencer with up to 128 steps per track
4 Trig modes: Tracks, Velocity, Retrigs, Preset Pool
Euclidean sequence mode
Pattern chaining and Song Mode
Stereo audio input for sampling and external audio processing
Stereo audio output + headphones output
MIDI In, Out, and Thru Ports
USB-B port for class-compliant audio interfacing, USB MIDI, and Overbridge support
The Elektron Digitakt II is available now for $999 /€1,049.
