I love the feel of the big clacky buttons, with their stylish backlit legending. The Digitakt itself is a thing of much loveliness, having the solid industrial (almost militaristic) feel of old-school ‘proper’ electronic devices while still feeling modern. A cute pop-open compartment holds the power adaptor and one of those nice braided USB cables. The Digitakt ships in a box that forgoes the usual cacophony of photos and specs in favour of stylish Helvetica and line drawings on flat Tiffany’s blue. Those Swedish music tech companies sure know a thing or two about making stuff desirable. There was some confusion about whether it was a replacement for the flagship Octatrack, but Elektron have since announced MkII versions of their high-end instruments: Octatrack, Analog Rytm and Analog Four. The Digitakt packs some of the Elektron magic into a significantly more compact and affordable sampling drum machine. Elektron’s new sampling drum machine is much more than just a cut-price Octatrack.Įlektron have built a loyal fanbase with hardware that lends itself to dynamic performance, and gels with those moving away from a laptop-centric worldview toward a more DIY, modular aesthetic.
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