— Interactive guide · OS 1.17
Digitakt II
Everything in Elektron’s manual, reorganised so you can actually find it — every key combination, parameter and workflow, searchable in a keystroke, with the community’s best videos and tips beside the sections they explain.
- chapters
- 11 chapters
- topics
- 99 topics
- key combos
- 396 key combos
- videos
- 28 videos
— Where to start
Your first hour
Plug in, play the factory patterns, tweak a sound and sample something.
- 1Setting up and powering on
- 2Play the factory patterns
- 3Play a sound chromatically
- 4Mute and unmute tracks
- 5Tempo, swing and metronome
- 6Tweak a sound
- 7Sample something in a minute
Sequencing essentials
The Elektron sequencer tricks that make patterns come alive.
- 1GRID RECORDING mode
- 2LIVE RECORDING mode
- 3Parameter locks
- 4Trig conditions and conditional locks
- 5Micro timing
- 6Retrigs
- 7Pattern length, speed and page setup
- 8Euclidean sequencer mode
Sampling & slicing
Record, trim, chop and organise your own sounds.
- 1Recording a sample
- 2Sample playback: tune, play mode, start, length and loop
- 3Slice machine
- 4Assigning a sample to a track
- 5The SAMPLES menu
- 6The +Drive library and the pool
Playing it live
Mutes, fills, perform kits and safe experimentation on stage.
— Explore the panel
What does this key do?
Tap any key or knob. Press FUNC to light up the secondary functions.
Pick a control to see what it does.
All 23 numbered controls from the manual. The orange caption under a key is what it does while FUNC is held.
Redrawn from the manual’s panel diagram (§3.1) · not to exact scale
— Contents
11 chapters, start anywhere
Start here
Connect it, power it up and make noise in ten minutes.
What the Digitakt II is · How to read this guide · Rear panel and connections · Setting up and powering on · Play the factory patterns · Play a sound chromatically · Mute and unmute tracks · Tempo, swing and metronome · Tweak a sound · Sample something in a minute · Technical specifications
Panel & controls
Every key, knob and mode — and how they combine.
Front panel tour · Navigating the screen · Editing parameters · Quick scrolling · Copy, clear and paste · Naming things · Trig keys, knobs and key behaviour · KEYBOARD mode and keyboard setup · Keyboard scales · MUTE mode · TRIG mode
How it’s organised
Projects, patterns, kits, presets, tracks and the sound engine.
Sound architecture · Projects, songs, patterns, kits, presets and samples · Audio tracks, MIDI tracks and machines · The +Drive library and the pool
Presets, kits & samples
Browse, load, edit and save sounds and kits.
The preset browser · The PRESET/KIT menu · Playing a preset · Editing a preset · Saving a preset · Assigning a sample to a track · The SETUP menu: kit and track settings
The sequencer
Patterns, recording modes, trigs, locks and conditions.
Patterns and banks · Pattern chains · Trig types · GRID RECORDING mode · LIVE RECORDING mode · STEP RECORDING mode · Euclidean sequencer mode · Micro timing · Retrigs · The QUANTIZE menu · Pattern length, speed and page setup · Parameter locks · Preset locks · Trig conditions and conditional locks · FILL mode · Copying, pasting and clearing in the sequencer · Temporary save and reload
Songs & performance
Arrange patterns into songs and play the machine live.
Song mode · Perform kit mode
Sound design
The track parameter pages, machines and modulation.
Editing track parameters · The TRIG page · The SRC page · Oneshot machine · Werp machine · Stretch machine · Repitch machine · Slice machine · Grid machine · The FLTR pages · Filter machines · The AMP page · The FX page · The MOD pages (LFOs) · Modulation destinations
Effects & mixing
Delay, reverb, chorus, compressor and the mixer pages.
Editing send FX and mixer pages · Delay · Reverb · Chorus · Compressor · Internal mixer · FX mixer · External mixer
Sampling
Record from the inputs, then load, trim and organise samples.
The SAMPLING menu · Recording a sample · Loading a sample from the +Drive onto a track · Sample playback: tune, play mode, start, length and loop · The SAMPLES menu · Transferring samples to and from a computer
MIDI, USB & integration
Computers, Overbridge, external synths and sync.
Overbridge · Outbox 8 · Class-compliant USB audio and MIDI · Playing the Digitakt II from MIDI · The MIDI machine: sequencing external gear · MIDI configuration: sync, ports and channels · SysEx send and receive · MIDI CC and NRPN reference · Setup examples · Backing up with Elektron Transfer
Settings & system
Projects, routing, personalisation, updates and resets.
Projects: load, save and manage · SONG settings menu · PATTERN settings menu · Audio routing · The PERSONALIZE menu · The SYSTEM menu · The STARTUP menu · Updating the OS
— Muscle memory
The combos you’ll use every day
Copy, paste and clear work almost everywhere. The full cheat sheet has all 396, filterable by key and printable.
Open the cheat sheet- FUNC + RECORD
- Copies.
- FUNC + STOP
- Pastes.
- FUNC + PLAY
- Clears.
- RECORD + PLAY
- Activates LIVE RECORDING mode.
- RECORD + STOP
- Activates STEP RECORDING mode.
- FUNC + TRK
- Enters or leaves MUTE mode.
- FUNC + YES
- Previews the sample.Trim screen
- FUNC + NO
- Discards the recording.Trim screen
— Watch
Learn it from the community
Introducing Digitakt II
Elektron
The official launch film — the quickest way to hear what the machine is about.
Live Dispatch: Diving into Digitakt II’s Slice Machine
Elektron
A relaxed live session from slice grids and slice-point editing to playing slices in TRIG mode.
Digitakt 2 - Beginner’s MEGA TUTORIAL
True Cuckoo
A chaptered, unhurried beginner walkthrough of the whole machine — the best first long watch.
An independent guide by boog.ie, not affiliated with or endorsed by Elektron. Digitakt is a trademark of Elektron Music Machines MAV AB. Content is written from the official Digitakt II User Manual (OS 1.17, September 2026) and Elektron’s release notes; community material is credited and linked. When in doubt, the official manual wins. Official downloads