Crossfader for Elektron Digitakt

A crossfader between two groups of tracks and inputs, on LEVEL on the Internal Mixer, on the tracks you choose, or a CC.

Module version 0.1.0-experimental. Base firmware: 1.54.

About this module

Every audio track and both inputs (IN L, IN R) can go in group A, group B or neither on SETTINGS > CROSSFADER. One fader fades between the groups with an equal-power curve: at one end group A plays at its own level and group B is silent, at the other end the reverse. The fader is LEVEL on the Internal Mixer page, LEVEL on the pages of the tracks you put on FADER ON, or a CC of your choice on FX CONTROL CH. It is the last layer on each channel's level, and the delay and reverb sends follow it.

• An equal-power fade between two groups of tracks and inputs; the sends follow it.
• LEVEL is the fader on the Internal Mixer and on the tracks you choose; FUNC + LEVEL jumps to the middle.
• A CC on FX CONTROL CH moves it from a controller.
• Groups and settings are saved on the +Drive for the whole unit.

How to use it

1. Press SETTINGS, go down to CROSSFADER (the last row) and press YES.
2. Put some tracks in group A and others in group B with LEFT and RIGHT; press NO to leave.
3. Press FUNC + LFO twice for the Internal Mixer and turn LEVEL: group A fades out as group B fades in.
4. FUNC + LEVEL jumps to the middle, where both groups play at -3 dB.

Controls

SETTINGS > CROSSFADER

Each track and input in group A, B or – (neither); FADER CC (a CC number on FX CONTROL CH, or OFF); FADER ON (the tracks whose pages make LEVEL the fader, toggled with trig keys 1-16). Saved for the whole unit on the +Drive.

LEVEL (fader pages)

The crossfader, 0 (group A) to 127 (group B), equal-power. Turns as a stock knob: pushed for big steps, FUNC + LEVEL jumps to the middle, then to the end. Pushing LEVEL alone there does nothing.

Compatibility notes

• Built for OS 1.54 only, on Core 2.1.
• The groups, the fader CC and FADER ON are saved for the whole unit, not per project or pattern; the fader position is not saved.
• It is the last layer on each channel's level: track levels and the External Mixer still apply, and the delay and reverb sends follow the fade.

Test evidence

Emulator (digiemu, OS 1.54, CF01): the CROSSFADER page, groups, FADER ON, the fader on the Internal Mixer and on a FADER ON track, load measured. Before the split, the combined LF03 build passed every crossfader check on draadpiraat's Digitakt I; the hardware run of CF01 is pending.