Digitakt 2 | All New Features + Elektron Sequencer Essentials | Digitakt II vs. OG Digitakt

Here's our video about the new Digitakt 2! Is it really that different from the Digitakt 1? Is it worth the upgrade? Let's find out.

Featured drum patterns (transcriptions available on Patreon):

The Winstons - Amen Brother
The Beach Boys - Do It Again / Air - Remember (Excerpt)
Tool - Rosetta Stoned (Excerpt)
Logic - Wake Up
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
The Knife - Heartbeats

Gear used:

Elektron Digitakt II (sent to us by Elektron)
Elektron Digitakt
Roland TR-6S
Dübreq Stylophone
NI Komplete Kontrol M32

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0:00 Introduction
0:43 Exterior
1:23 Stereo, Stems & Old Projects
2:17 16 Mono Synths
4:46 More Of Everything
6:07 Supercharged Workflow
11:28 More Sound Design Options
16:19 Drum Programming Essentials
23:42 Would I Recommend This?
26:03 End Jam

Produced by Jean-Claude Dirckx and Sophie Hoppstädter

[CaptainPikant]

A little BTS info on the end jam and two more features which we couldn't fit into the video:

All sounds in the end jam are coming from the Digitakt 2. The chords are programmed on three separate tracks. The bass synth and the chords are sidechained to the Kick. The Intern plays the vocals on a keyboard that doesn't have a DIN MIDI Out, so the MIDI signal takes a detour to a computer and from there back into the Digitakt 2. We made a single cycle waveform from one of our favourite free chiptune synths (YMCK Magical 8bit Plug 2) and mapped the keyboard's modwheel (or rather touchstrip) to an LFO that creates vibrato. The same modwheel movement also controls the delay send, which introduces a really nice echo effect during those parts and keeps the rest of the mix clean :)

There are also two handy new features which we've used extensively during testing but didn't show in the video:

When in mute mode you can prepare mutes. Hold FUNC and press STEP 1-16 to mark tracks for muting/unmuting. When you release FUNC the mutes are applied collectively.

You can save a trig with all of its parameter locks as a preset with TRIG + PRESET/KIT.

[UnconsciousChanting]

The ASMR was a friggin' GENIUS stroke. I literally LOL'd in pure joy.

[AudioPilz]

How do you manage to keep your OG Digitakt so clean? Mine looks like it was in an MMA fight...

I watched most reviews already and yours is by far the best, both in terms of explanations, real lifee user cases and music quality, thanks !

[Waldemar_la_Tendresse]

Even if I might be repeating myself with this statement: This is one of the few music channels that I would recommend without reservation, also because of its clear concept and its great way of presentation and pointed humorous interludes. And there really aren't that many of them.

[channelite]

I think this is the best Digitakt 2 video I've seen yet. Elektron should have a trade in your old Digitakt 1 deal to get a new Digitakt 2.

[Crucial_Realm]

Nice Charanjit Singh reference for the baseline demo

[ChinqMiau]

Watched dozens of Digitakt videos all week and finally found this one in suggestions. Clean, clear, concise, well thought out and presented in good tempo (pun not intended). Amazing work. Thank you!

[user]

3:47 When this started, I was like "Wait... is this..." and then I saw the pattern name was Raga :) Nice!

[estudiohighpass]

Lost it with the Charanjit Singh - Ten ragas to a disco beat 303 sequence! Great review as always!

[sinefabula]

Great video and perfect production, thanks!! Watching this after having already bought a used OG DT, but yeah I hope it will still be fine for my first box 🙃

What I really like much more about older Elektron machines is the OLED screen colour, the greenish-amber tint is so much warmer and industrial-ey and hacker-ish and whatnot.

[chromosundrift]

CaptainPikant you are so freakin good across the board. These videos demonstrate so many skills across many disciplines from the birds-eye view to every detail. Amazing. Thank you.

[JRosevelt]

That is one delicious chorus FX!!!! I'm so surprised pleasantly about the improvements. Seriously considering this!

[_c_y_p_]

Lovely video! Love the Heartbeats remake, so appropriate.

[wariusgaius]

I love the “the way you make me feel” Easter egg around 19:00.

[benjiwill]

That Trentemoller bass reference @11:40 was a nice touch! 🤩

[manifatzigula]

Top notch. It really feels like they took their favourite elements fron the ot and the md and put it intonthr syntakt. Pretty sweet.

[belle-mere]

Whenever Captain Pikant uploads I scream with rapturous delight and wake my neighbor upstairs

[PM-lygc]

Great review. A real gem like all your other uploads. The channel is a real gold mine!

[nostandingonlydancin]

The best early video. Well done, yet again 🎉