ELEKTRON Digitakt [15/70] About the tracks

5. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGITAKT DATA STRUCTURE

5.3 ABOUT THE TRACKS

5.3.1 THE AUDIO TRACKS

The Digitakt has eight audio tracks. Each audio track contains one sample, and the parameter settings in

the PARAMETER pages TRIG, SRC, FLTR, AMP, and LFO.

To select an audio track for editing, press and hold [TRK] key and then press one of the [TRIG 1–8] keys.

5.3.2 THE MIDI TRACKS

The Digitakt has eight dedicated MIDI tracks. They are used to control external, MIDI equipped, gear.

Each MIDI track can trigger a chord of up to four notes with adjustable parameters such as velocity

and length, control pitch bend and aftertouch, as well as eight freely assignable MIDI control change

parameters (MIDI CCs). For more information, please see “12. MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS” on page

43. Any MIDI channel can be assigned to a MIDI track and several tracks can share the same channel.

If several tracks are assigned to the same MIDI channel the track with the lowest number has priority

regarding parameter conﬂicts.

The MIDI tracks function almost the same way as the audio tracks. Parameter locks, LFO modulation,

copy and paste commands are available. Each MIDI track also features micro timing, individual track

length and time signature settings. The main dierence is that the MIDI tracks do not generate any sound

and the sequencer data is instead transmitted through the MIDI OUT or USB ports.

To select a MIDI track for editing, press and hold [TRK] key and then press one of the [TRIG 9–16] keys.

5.3.3 EDITING THE TRACKS

The ﬁve [PARAMETER] keys open parameter pages that are used for editing the tracks.

• The TRIG page contains dierent parameters such as NOTE, VELOCITY, and other trig related pa-

rameters.

• The SRC page hosts the parameters that deal with sample selection and editing of samples on audio

tracks. For MIDI tracks this page has parameters such as CHANNEL, PROGRAM, and AFTERTOUCH.

• On the FLTR page, you ﬁnd parameters for the multimode ﬁlter and its ﬁlter envelope for the audio

tracks. On MIDI tracks you ﬁnd the CC value settings here.

• The AMP page for audio tracks hosts parameters for the amplitude envelope and eect sends. On MIDI

tracks you ﬁnd the CC select settings here.

• Finally, the LFO page hosts LFO parameters for the active track.

Use the DATA ENTRY knobs A-H to edit the corresponding parameters. Press and turn a knob to adjust

its parameter in larger increments. Press and hold a [PARAMETER] key to see the values for all param-

eters on that page. For more information, please see “11. AUDIO TRACK PARAMETERS” on page 36,

and “12. MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS” on page 43.