Awesome update, but I just can't help but notice the massive price difference between the US or European price and the Australian price. Something like over $300 when accounting for the currency exchange. On Sweetwater the price is $999 USD which makes it $1536 AUD. However the price on Store DJ or just about anywhere in Australia is $1849, a $313 price increase over the exchange rate. I've noticed that with other electronic musical equipment. I've been interested in the Nektar Panorama CS12 Logic Channel Strip controller which retails for $400 in the US or $614 AUD, but that actually retails at anywhere between $795-820 AUD, around a 200 dollar price increase we in Australia have to pay. Why is this the case? I've seen various explanations like Australia is far away or is a small market compared to the US or The EU. Surely it can't be import taxes as none of these products have an Australia competitor that needs protecting. Why do we get screwed when it comes to pricing for so many electronic items, especially when it comes to music?
Hi Danny, there's no single easy answer to this, there's a variety of factors at play. Australia is indeed a tiny tiny tiny market on the other side of the planet, so that's a big one! Keep in mind, US prices don't include sales tax, Americans aren't actually paying USD$999. Our version of sales tax (GST) is included in the price, so the difference is not as it seems at first glance. You can of course choose to purchase from overseas, but please be aware you'll still be liable to pay the extra 10% GST, plus customs fees since the purchase is over AUD$1000 value, plus shipping. And of course, you'll have no local warranty support. We offer local price matching, free shipping on purchases over $100 and we have a 30-day easy return policy 🤙 hope to hear from you 🙂
@@StoreDJ_online In united states the sales tax is approximately 7%. It's not much, plus I think that if you search on a page based on the state you are in, it doesn't charge you, which is my case. greetings
Werp chops samples into 'segments' rather than actually warping them, it's a fairly novel approach to making drum-breaks and loops fit into tempos other than their native tempos. Stretch is a granular stretch mode, more similar to how Ableton Live and other software stretches audio. It's actually stretching the audio sample, not chopping it up. There are probably times where you could use either and get the same/similar result, but when used (and abused) creatively, you'll get vastly different results. Hope that helps!
All samples are converted to 16/48 this is a deal breaker for me the first thing they had to address and they haven't done it drip feeding tech conspiracy.
ehh, not quite. This still is sample based unlike the syntakt which is fully digital sounds. Both machines are similar but very different at the same time.
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why?
Awesome update, but I just can't help but notice the massive price difference between the US or European price and the Australian price. Something like over $300 when accounting for the currency exchange. On Sweetwater the price is $999 USD which makes it $1536 AUD. However the price on Store DJ or just about anywhere in Australia is $1849, a $313 price increase over the exchange rate. I've noticed that with other electronic musical equipment. I've been interested in the Nektar Panorama CS12 Logic Channel Strip controller which retails for $400 in the US or $614 AUD, but that actually retails at anywhere between $795-820 AUD, around a 200 dollar price increase we in Australia have to pay. Why is this the case? I've seen various explanations like Australia is far away or is a small market compared to the US or The EU. Surely it can't be import taxes as none of these products have an Australia competitor that needs protecting. Why do we get screwed when it comes to pricing for so many electronic items, especially when it comes to music?
I'll be waiting for a second hand one. $1849 is kinda crazy.
Hi Danny, there's no single easy answer to this, there's a variety of factors at play. Australia is indeed a tiny tiny tiny market on the other side of the planet, so that's a big one! Keep in mind, US prices don't include sales tax, Americans aren't actually paying USD$999. Our version of sales tax (GST) is included in the price, so the difference is not as it seems at first glance.
You can of course choose to purchase from overseas, but please be aware you'll still be liable to pay the extra 10% GST, plus customs fees since the purchase is over AUD$1000 value, plus shipping. And of course, you'll have no local warranty support.
We offer local price matching, free shipping on purchases over $100 and we have a 30-day easy return policy 🤙
hope to hear from you 🙂
@@StoreDJ_online In united states the sales tax is approximately 7%. It's not much, plus I think that if you search on a page based on the state you are in, it doesn't charge you, which is my case. greetings
its so much better than the first one
Very precise and accurate walk through/description. Thank you
great video, concise and straight to the point
the master overdrive is a good new feature!
actually didnt realise that was new, well spotted! Assuming it's the same as the one on the Digitone that's a great addition
It would be nice if we could utilize any unused LFOs across tracks.
good stuff 🎉 cant wait.
You're gonna love it!
What’s the difference between werp and stretch?
Werp chops samples into 'segments' rather than actually warping them, it's a fairly novel approach to making drum-breaks and loops fit into tempos other than their native tempos. Stretch is a granular stretch mode, more similar to how Ableton Live and other software stretches audio. It's actually stretching the audio sample, not chopping it up. There are probably times where you could use either and get the same/similar result, but when used (and abused) creatively, you'll get vastly different results. Hope that helps!
Great Review!!!!!!💥🚛 💨💨
Thanks Jaime!
Is there any kind of upgrade/tradein deal for existing DT owners?
Not this time sorry!
You should know this entire thing is about money and not about making sure your investment has return.
It’s a Digitakt 2, not an MK2. Otherwise, not a bad video.
All samples are converted to 16/48 this is a deal breaker for me the first thing they had to address and they haven't done it drip feeding tech conspiracy.
weird they didn't upgrade to USB C
usb B is a more robust connector
@@slakk5093 yep, 'C' is flimsy for larger audio gear that never stays put.
He's calling it Mark 2 instead of Digitakt 2.
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Elektron digitakt, look at that, I like a lil hooded rat, and that’s a fact
Most important question here is why do people wear wool beanies indoors?😅
In Canada it's called a toque, and we wear them because it costs too much to heat a big studio, lol.
haha, winter has arrived early in Melbourne and our video room actually used to be a carpark area, no heating or cooling in there 🥶
@@StoreDJ_online Winter in Melbourne seems laughable to me now I´m a Kiwi that lives in Sweden now! Truly horrid winters!🤣 Cheers for the Video.
Better than the mpc?????
MPCs are all about the pads so very different workflows and feature sets, Digitakt will be better suited to some people, an MPC to others 🙂
"Can the Digitakt II synchronize samples to your tempo, similar to Serato Sample?"
maybe I missed it - are all 16 tracks now audio or midi? or is it still tracks 1-8 are audio, 9-16 are midi?
There's 16 tracks total, each of them can either be a midi track or an audio track 🙂
@@StoreDJ_online oh man that's a huge improvement
Si basically the digitakt got syntakted.
ehh, not quite. This still is sample based unlike the syntakt which is fully digital sounds. Both machines are similar but very different at the same time.