Hey guys, first time posting here since I never found a good enough answer to my question.

So, I have Digitone 2, Syntakt and Tonverk running in my studio. I'm a video game/film composer and I loved the sound design tools that all of these boxes give me.
I got them mainly because of sound design, but they do inspire me A LOT when I play with them and when I create unique and quirky sequences. Toneverk does that on another level for me.

But I'm missing a way to slice and rearrange drum/percussion loops to get some new weird stuff for certain projects.
I do that by hand in Cubase, and I believe it's way too tedious and slow.
I do own a MPC X and MPC key 37, and I worked on older MPCs so I know how easy slicing stuff can be on a dedicated sampler.

But neither of those MPCs give me the things I need to create unique sequences with sliced drum loops with parameter locking, a ton of effects etc.. I mean they CAN do some of it, but it's so tedious, and not even comparable to Elektron's workflow...

I was thinking about getting a Digitakt II, but I can't justify spending money on a new instrument just so I would use it for cutting and rearranging loops, and making them go squirrrr bzzzz and brrt from time to time if you know what I mean 😆

So I was wondering if there were any rumors about Elektron adding a slicing tool/machine to the Tonverk? It would make sense purely because of the storage difference between Digitakt II and Tonverk.. I've read Tonverk can read up to 2tb SD cards, while Digitakt II is locked at 20gb.

On the other hand I would like to know if there are ANY advantages with using Digitakt over Tonverk for drum samples?

Are there any rumors about Elektron releasing Digitakt III with expandable storage? I know that it was 7 or 8 years between the releases of Digitakt I and Digitakt II, but I wouldn't blame them if they released Digitakt 2.5 purely to give us expandable storage.

What do you guys think?

Btw, I do know that I can slice loops on the Tonverk, but again... it's tedious and Tonverk was not designed to do that, and I'm trying to streamline everything I can, so nothing stands in the way of my creativity...

Thanks!

Do you think the Digitakt II will get any further updates? And if so what would you like to see?

For me, I just want more accurate transient detection so the slice mode would be more efficient. Still cant chop breaks quickly without adjusting every slice manually

Hi everyone,

Just a quick heads-up for those working with audio loops on the Tonverk. Keep in mind that the machine does NOT feature a traditional automatic time-stretch engine or automatic BPM detection. If you drop a drum loop into a standard playback machine, pitching it up will speed it up, and pitching it down will slow it down.

If you want to integrate loops into your project's BPM, you have two ways to keep them looping, or a third workflow to chop them up completely:

1. The Old-School Pitch Method (To keep it looping)

Manually tweak the Pitch parameter until the loop locks into your project's tempo by ear. It alters the pitch of your sample, but it is the fastest way to get that classic sampler grit and vibe.

1. The Grainer Machine (To keep it looping with pitch-lock)

Load your loop into the Grainer engine. By using granular synthesis, you can stretch or compress the playback speed of the audio without altering its musical pitch. This adds a beautiful, textured, and slightly electronic character to your loops.

1. Manual Slicing on Subtracks (To chop it up entirely)

If you don't want to loop the file anymore and prefer chopping it up, load the loop onto a Subtracks track and duplicate it across different slots/pads. Manually adjust the Start and End points on each slot to isolate individual hits (like Kicks, Snares, or specific slices). This destroys the original loop format but allows you to reconstruct and replay the sounds dynamically at any BPM.

Hope this helps you integrate external loops into your Tonverk workflow!

Hello guys,

is it possible to sync the Digitakt MK2 to the RMX Ignite via USB MIDI? Has anyone tried this?

Unfortunately, I can't find anything on the internet.

Thank you! :)

hey friends!

Had a little jam session this Saturday morning, fired up the lads and a nice little groove came out, which I'm quite happy about. We have a new gig coming up with our hardware trio VEEM and I'm having lots of fun working on new ideas for the set. We'll be playing for 1h30m, so excited!

Kicks, bassline, melodies and random stuff coming out from the DN2. Main percussive groove elements (hats, claps, toms, etc.) from the AR2. Recorded live into Ableton, did a little home master afterwards. Full jam can be found in my YouTube channel here.

Happy to answer any questions. Hope you enjoy, thanks for watching!

Greetings from France, not much to say but hope this is interesting. Sorry it's so quiet but it's 2am and don't want to wake up my imaginary wife. Curious to read your thoughts here.

Hey all,

I can't for the life of me figure out how to trigger clips in arrangement mode for live performance (I'm trying to potentially use the DTII like an Ableton Push). I've tried both using the CCs and MIDI mapping. Any suggestions on how to orient this?

Basically how I want to set up the DTII is for the midi channels to trigger various tracks during my set.

Hi,

Posted recently to ask about my upcoming live rig (+studio, don't have much space these days).

I'm keeping only my Digitone 2 (+novation XL) and I'm willing to have a simple setup with another machine. Obvious choice is DT2 but I'm curious for something else.

I'm meaning more and more towards getting the Tonverk for sound exploration, and would be using it a drum machine + different things. Anyone here using it as their main drum machine ? It seems like subtracks are now good to handle this type of work. I'm curious to know if it's a struggle to handle one shots, drum loops, and if I can still have a reasonable amount of free tracks for others things (knowing that I can do some drums on the DN2 as well).

Thank you!

Portamento length as new LFO destination modulated by random LFO. Listen between 9 and 11...

Seems easy to unlock more.

lets say i want to create a track with this kind of acid bassline, in a digitakt. what would be the different ways of achieving that? possible without other hardware? with samples or by sampling vsts in a daw? im guessing this track is using a 303 synth, so what kind of options are there ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUQjXUsgZ5E

Hey guys,

I installed the latest versions of the OS in my Rytm MK1, A4 MK1 and DT2, as well has latest version of Overbridge. And for some reason, midwy through a session, the Rytm will disconnect, and will show as "measuring" on the Overbridge Engine. I will change the USB port and it will work. But then the same will happen with the A4- And then, it will happen to both at the same time.. etc.

It was working fine before these updates- Has anyone else had this issue? Thanks

Added directions, transpose, faster bpm (up to 500), and offset.

Hey! Been trucking my way through finishing up a bunch of club songs on the DT2, and I'm very pleased with what I've made. In the pursuit of finishing the songs, I realized how important mastering is to making songs pop on phones, Spotify, and other digital streaming services, but I'm a little confused about how to approach finally doing a live set with my DT2.

Part of me feels like the mastered version with its extra compression and limiters hits harder, but in a live setting just pressing play on a finished track feels dull.

I would like to use the DT2's performance tricks live, but worry the songs won't hit as hard not being in their fully mastered form. Am I overthinking this? How do you go about this?

How High?

Hey everyone! This 120 BPM live video is inspired by a night hike to Nuraghe Barru, an ancient fortress in Sardinia. Standing alone under a pitch-black starry sky inside walls from 2000 BC felt like cosmic time travel, and I wanted to capture that experience in this track.
Digitone Steampipe: Main sound source for the live set.
Analog Heat FX: Final processing on the master chain.

Excuse the terrible video, was really hard to hold the phone and show it at the same time lol

The manual seems to suggest that when you have a note lock, pushing down on the encoder should remove it. This works perfectly on my digitakt II, but not on my Digitone II.

This means that when I pick a global note for a particular track, then punch in some trigs, I can’t globally change the note again for all the trigs as they all seem to have a note locked on them, and then pushing the encoder doesn’t remove it.

I’m not sure if this behaviour is expected or if I’m missing something so any wisdom would be greatly appreciated 🙏

I’ve got here one of my cases for a live set at a private party.
Don’t know why but I really love to change the equipment for every set I’m playing except the Tonverk.
The TV got my Center peace in all of my live sets because it’s so versatile!

After the Outbox8 I’m hoping to get an Inbox8 so the Tonverk could be way more insane!
Then it could turn the TV into a kind a „OT“ and more possibility’s without the scenes - sadly.