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DT II

— OS history

What’s new

The Digitakt II has grown a lot since launch. Here is what each OS update added, linked to where the guide covers it. This guide is written for OS 1.17 — update with Elektron Transfer if you are behind (see updating the OS).

  1. OS 1.17

    Main outputs through Outbox 8

    • The main outputs can now be routed through an Outbox 8. In the guide →
    • FUNC + UP/DOWN jumps between channels in the Outbox 8 channel configuration menus. In the guide →

  2. OS 1.16

    Outbox 8 support

    + 1 bug fix

  3. OS 1.15A–C

    Slice fixes and production updates

    • 1.15A fixes slice locking in STEP RECORDING mode, PLAY MODE modulation and preset migration from Digitakt I; 1.15B and 1.15C only support updated production processes. In the guide →

    + 8 bug fixes

  4. OS 1.15

    The Slice machine

    • New Slice SRC machine for chopping a sample into slices. In the guide →
    • A file-system integrity check now runs at start-up. The first boot after upgrading can take up to a minute; if errors are found, back up with Transfer, format the +Drive (SETTINGS > SYSTEM > FORMAT +DRIVE, tick SAMPLES) and restore. In the guide →

  5. OS 1.10A–B

    Stability fixes

    • Fixes for kit saving, retrig locks, Overbridge sync of SRC parameters and more.

    + 21 bug fixes

  6. OS 1.10

    Comb+ filter, key tracking, mono sampling and track swap

    • New Comb+ filter machine. In the guide →
    • Configurable routing for the distortion and the base-width filter. In the guide →
    • New KEY TRACKING modulation source with four destinations, in the SOUND SETUP menu. In the guide →
    • Mono sampling, alongside stereo. In the guide →
    • A new VELOCITY TO VOL curve. In the guide →
    • Load a sample straight onto a track from the sample browser. In the guide →
    • Rename a track’s sound. In the guide →
    • Swap tracks within a pattern from the SETUP menu (FUNC + FLTR). In the guide →
    • Overdub in LIVE RECORDING mode: recording over an existing trig keeps the notes underneath. In the guide →
    • Lock every active trig on a page or track at once: hold a trig plus PAGE or TRK while turning a knob. In the guide →
    • TEMPO + YES toggles the metronome. In the guide →
    • Tap tempo from an external MIDI note on the FX control channel. In the guide →
    • Import legacy SysEx data, and re-export imported projects and presets with Transfer. In the guide →
    • New PERSONALIZE options: limit live-recorded parameter changes to existing trigs, and TRACK SELECT behaviour. In the guide →
    • Hold FUNC while scrolling the MOD destination list to snap between categories. In the guide →
    • The last-used MUTE mode (pattern or global) is remembered between power cycles. In the guide →
    • Load a kit into every empty pattern in one go. In the guide →
    • A popup confirms MIDI CC learn, and saving a sample over an existing name now asks first.

    + 51 bug fixes

  7. OS 1.03

    Overbridge

    • Overbridge support: use the Digitakt II as a plugin with multitrack USB audio. In the guide →

    + 2 bug fixes

  8. OS 1.02

    NOTE PARAM and clearer page looping

    • New NOTE PARAM setting in PERSONALIZE decides whether turning the NOTE knob follows the scale, with push-and-turn doing the other. In the guide →
    • When looping pages in GRID RECORDING mode, the top trig row blinks the master playhead and the bottom row blinks the looping page. In the guide →
    • Mixer pages show page names, and the recorder’s level meters were improved. In the guide →

    + 39 bug fixes

  9. OS 1.01

    Personalize menu, page looping and quick chains

    • Choose which pages play and loop in GRID RECORDING mode. In the guide →
    • Quick pattern chaining for patterns in the same bank. In the guide →
    • New PERSONALIZE menu, including U/D KEY MODE and switching off page auto-copy. In the guide →
    • VELOCITY TO VOL setting in the SETUP menu, which now shows kit and track settings together. In the guide →
    • AUDIO ROUTING gains INT TO MAIN, TO MAIN and TO SEND EFFECTS; PRE/POST FADER now defaults to POST. In the guide →
    • Prepared mutes light red (to mute) and orange (to unmute). In the guide →
    • Long-press NO in the sample browser to jump back to the root of the SAMPLES menu. In the guide →

    + 37 bug fixes

Full details, including every bug fix, are in Elektron’s release notes .