ELEKTRON Digitakt [16/70] The user interface

6. THE USER INTERFACE

The screen shows all the information needed for real-time interaction and editing on the Digitakt. The eight

DATA ENTRY knob parameters shown will vary depending on the given situation. Below is the main inter-

face screen of the SRC page.

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1. The current bank and pattern.

2. The current pattern name.

3. The current tempo.

4. Eight track parameters. They show what the DATA ENTRY knobs control and their current parameter

values.

5. The main volume setting of the active track. Use the LEVEL/DATA knob to change the volume setting.

6. The current active track.

7. Track type. Audio (SMP) track or MIDI (MID) track.

6.1 SCREEN NAVIGATION

Use the [ARROW] keys [UP], [DOWN], [LEFT] or [RIGHT] to navigate menus or sub-menus.

The LEVEL/DATA knob can be used to scroll through menus and lists quickly.

[YES] is used to arm, select, enter sub-menus and tick/untick boxes.

[NO] is used to negate, deselect or go back one or more steps.

When in a menu or sub-menu, the [NO] key can be used to go back, one step at a time, all the

way to the main screen.

6.2 PARAMETER EDITING

The DATA ENTRY knobs are used to change the values of the track parameters. The positions of the pa-

rameters on the screen correspond to the physical locations of the knobs on the front panel. Some of the

parameters on the screen tell you what DATA ENTRY knob controls that particular parameter.

For example “(E)”.

• The parameters are adjusted in larger increments if you press down the DATA ENTRY knob while turning

it. This makes it quicker to sweep through the whole parameter range.

• Press DATA ENTRY knob + [NO] to reset the parameter to the default value.

• Press [PARAMETER] key + [PLAY] to reset all the parameters in the selected parameter page to

default values.

• Press and hold a [PARAMETER] key to see the values for all parameters on that page.

6.2.1 PARAMETER VALUE JUMP

Pressing [FUNC] while editing certain parameters will make the parameter values jump to appropriate

positions. The time of the Delay, for example, will jump between 16, 32, 64 and 128 and the sample tuning

will jump whole octaves.

6.2.2 CONTROL ALL

If you press and hold [TRK] and change a parameter setting, this change will aect this parameter in all

the audio tracks in the pattern.