Digi utilities for Elektron Digitakt

Hold "..." for a live scope, spectrum analyser and stereo X-Y view, with a tuner and track activity.

Module version 1.9.1-experimental. Base firmware: 1.53 / 1.54.

About this module

Digi utilities opens a live utility page over the main screen when you hold the "..." key. Pressing "..." on the page steps through a waveform scope, a spectrum analyser (30 Hz to 20 kHz) and a stereo X-Y view, then closes it. The waveform and spectrum views also show a tuner and activity boxes for all 8 audio tracks. The top bar, mutes, pattern and bank changes, page keys and knobs keep working while the page is open, so you can change a sound and watch it change. A short press of "..." is still the stock Song mode popup. The master EQ that earlier versions carried is now its own mod, Digi EQ.

• Waveform, spectrum and stereo X-Y (goniometer) views on one held key, over the main screen.
• Spectrum from 30 Hz to 20 kHz: 128 log columns, about 60 dB tall, with falling peaks and ticks at 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz.
• Tuner: note, octave and cents (A4 = 440 Hz), from about 12 Hz to 3 kHz.
• Activity boxes for all 8 audio tracks flash on each trig; a POLY note held on a voice keeps its box lit.
• The top bar, mutes, pattern changes, page keys and knobs keep working while the page is open.
• Song mode works as stock: a short press of "..." is the SONG MODE popup.

How to use it

1. Use a build containing digiutils and start a pattern with audio already loaded. Hold the three-dots SONG key for about half a second to open the waveform.
2. Press the three-dots key again to view the spectrum, then again for the X-Y view. Compare the plots while the same passage plays.
3. Press YES for fullscreen. Change an audio track’s level on its usual page to compare the resulting signal.
4. Press NO to close the utility page and stop playback. A short three-dots press outside the page keeps the stock SONG popup.

Controls

Hold "..."

Holding the “...” (three dots) key, without FUNC, for about half a second opens the utility page on the waveform view. A short press is the stock SONG MODE popup, so Song mode works as on the official OS (popup, EDIT, double press).

"..." on the page

Steps from the waveform to the spectrum, then to X-Y; the next press closes the page.

YES

Fullscreen on and off: the main view only, with no overlays; the top bar is hidden.

NO

Closes the page.

PTN / BANK + trig

Changes pattern; the page stays open and the green LEDs show the patterns with data.

Knobs

Edit the parameters of the page selected underneath (TRIG, SRC, FLTR, AMP or LFO) while the utility page covers it, so you can change a sound and watch it; close the page to read the values.

Mutes, page keys, PLAY/STOP, FUNC

Mutes, page keys, PLAY/STOP and FUNC combinations work as on the main screen while the page is open.

Compatibility notes

• Modwerk’s builder refuses no mod beside it: in elekloader’s check it combines with every other Modwerk mod for its OS, NEIGHBOR, DIGISLICER and SOPHIE included (SOPHIE is built for OS 1.53 only).
• Built for OS 1.53 and 1.54.
• The tuner hears the main output, so solo a track to tune it; it shows -- when there is no clear pitch or the sound is too quiet.
• With the page open, the knobs edit the page hidden behind it; close the page to read the values.
• The spectrum (6 KB) and the tuner (1 KB) each take a buffer from the firmware’s memory once; if that fails, the spectrum stays blank or the tuner is disabled. Both run in the UI task, so the screen may feel slightly slower with the page open.
• The page is built from the firmware’s Song edit screen. The author notes that a firmware path treating it as the real Song edit screen could act on it; the Song edit screen opened from the popup stays stock (checked in emulation).
• Its author reports the stand-alone 1.5d tested on a Digitakt mk1, and 1.9a not yet; it passes their emulator tests on OS 1.53 and 1.54.

Test evidence

Modwerk’s builder linked and verified a build with core 2.1 for OS 1.53 and 1.54; nothing was flashed and the evidence tier is none. Documentation captures verify the listed UI pages on OS 1.53; audio, timing and hardware remain unqualified.