Elektron Digitakt - Panel Layout and Connectors; Front Panel Overview; Rear Connectors Explained; Setup and Starting the Digitakt

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................8
1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL ............................................................. 8
2. THE DIGITAKT ..................................................................9
3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS ...........................................10
3.1 FRONT PANEL ............................................................................. 10
3.2 REAR CONNECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.3 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE DIGITAKT ................................................ 12
4. DIGITAKT SOUND ARCHITECTURE ............................................13
4.1 AUDIO VOICES ............................................................................. 13
4.2 EFFECTS .................................................................................. 13
5. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGITAKT DATA STRUCTURE ..............................14
5.1 +DRIVE .................................................................................... 14
5.2 DATA STRUCTURE ......................................................................... 14
5.2.1 PROJECT .................................................................................14
5.2.2 PATTERNS ...............................................................................14
5.2.3 SOUNDS .................................................................................14
5.2.4 SAMPLES ................................................................................14
5.3 ABOUT THE TRACKS ...................................................................... 15
5.3.1 THE AUDIO TRACKS ......................................................................15
5.3.2 THE MIDI TRACKS ........................................................................ 15
5.3.3 EDITING THE TRACKS .................................................................... 15
6. INTERACTING WITH THE DIGITAKT ............................................16
6.1 SCREEN NAVIGATION ...................................................................... 16
6.2 PARAMETER EDITING ..................................................................... 16
6.2.1 PARAMETER VALUE JUMP ................................................................16
6.2.2 CONTROL ALL ...........................................................................17
6.2.3 [FUNC] KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS .....................................................17
6.3 QUICK SCROLLING ........................................................................ 17
6.4 COPY, CLEAR, AND PASTE ................................................................. 17
6.5 THE NAMING SCREEN ..................................................................... 17
6.5.1 POP-UP NAMING .......................................................................... 17
6.6 OVERBRIDGE .............................................................................. 18
6.7 CLASS COMPLIANT DEVICE ............................................................... 18
6.8 BACKING UP THE DIGITAKT ................................................................ 18
6.8.1 BACKING UP PROJECTS, SOUNDS AND SAMPLES ........................................18
6.8.2 TRANSFERRING BACKED UP FILES TO YOUR ELEKTRON DEVICE ........................18
7. QUICK START .................................................................19
7.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESETS .......................................................... 19
7.1.1 USING CHROMATIC MODE ................................................................. 19
7.1.2 USING MUTE MODE .......................................................................19
7.1.3 TEMPO ...................................................................................19
7.1.4 EDITING PARAMETERS ....................................................................20
7.2 SAMPLING FROM THE EXTERNAL INPUTS ..................................................20
8. DIGITAKT CONTROLS .........................................................21
8.1 TRIG KEYS ................................................................................. 21