ELEKTRON Digitakt [50/70] Direct sampling

14. SAMPLING

sample to the desired length. You can use the DATA ENTRY knobs B and D to zoom in and out to

make it easier to see where to trim the sample. Press [FUNC] + [YES] to preview the sample.

Press [YES] to trim the sample. After you have trimmed the sample, you can press [NO] to untrim the

sample if you are not happy with the result.

8. Press [YES] to save the sample.

9. Name the sample and press [YES] again to conﬁrm the save.

10. Press [TRACK 1–8] if you want to select a track to where you want to assign the sample. Press [NO] if

you don’t want to assign the sample to a track.

14.3 DIRECT SAMPLING

You can also perform sampling without using the SAMPLING menu. This is achieved by a set of key press

combinations. The sampler will use the SRC and THR settings that were last used.

1. Press [SAMPLING] + [YES] to arm the sampler. The [SAMPLING] key turns yellow.

You can also start direct sampling without arming the sampler ﬁrst. Press [FUNC] + [SAMPLING] to

manually start sampling.

2. When the incoming audio signal exceeds the set threshold level (or you manually start direct sam-

pling), the sampling starts, and the [SAMPLING] key turns red.

3. Press [FUNC] + [SAMPLING] again to stop sampling. The [SAMPLING] key ﬁrst turns dark red while

normalizing the sample, then green when it is done.

Press [SAMPLING] + [NO] to cancel at any stage of the Direct Sampling process.

14.4 ASSIGNING A SAMPLE TO A TRACK FROM THE +DRIVE

You can also assign samples from the +Drive storage in the Digitakt to the tracks.

1. Press [SETTINGS] to access the SETTINGS menu, and then select SAMPLES and press [YES].

2. Use the [ARROW] keys to navigate to the sample you want to assign, and then press [YES] to select

the sample.

3. Press [RIGHT], and then select LOAD TO PROJ and press [YES] to copy and load the sample to

the project.

4. Press [YES] to conﬁrm.

5. Press [FUNC] + [SETTINGS] to exit SETTINGS menu.

6. Press [TRACK] + [TRIG 1–8] to select the track to where you want to assign the sample.

7. Press [SRC] access the SOURCE menu, and then use DATA ENTRY knob D to select the sample you

want to load.

8. Press [YES] to load the sample to the track.

For more information, please see “15.2 SAMPLES” on page 52.

14.5 SAMPLE PLAYBACK

Once the sample is assigned to a track, it can be triggered either by the sequencer or manually by pressing

a [TRIG] key. You also have the ability to set the samples play mode and edit what portion of the sample is

played.

1. Press [SRC] to access the SOURCE page.

2. Use DATA ENTRY knob B to set the PLAY MODE behavior of the sample.

• REVERSE The sample will be played back in reverse once every time it is trigged.

• REVERSE LOOP The sample will loop continuously in reverse between Loop Position and Length.

How long it will loop for is set with the LEN parameter on the TRIG page. The loop time is also con-

strained by the AMP page envelope parameter settings HLD and DEC.