RAM Record and Playback for Elektron Digitakt

RAM-R1 records a temporary mono take from the master mix or inputs when triggered. RAM-P1 plays that shared take using the native sample controls.

Module version 1.3.1. Base firmware: 1.53 / 1.54.

About this module

RAM-R1 records a temporary mono take from the master mix or inputs when triggered. RAM-P1 plays that shared take using the native sample controls.

• Select RAM-R1 or RAM-P1 and confirm with YES.
• Set the recording length in sequencer steps; capture is capped at 33 seconds.
• Read the shared take’s status.
• Takes play back at the level they were recorded at, and BR acts on them as on a normal sample.

How to use it

1. Select an audio track, press FUNC + SRC, choose RAM-R1 and confirm with YES. Set RLEN with A and SRCE with C.
2. Use MAIN to capture other playing tracks, or select an input and feed it audio. Place a trig on RAM-R1 and start the pattern.
3. After the take finishes, select another audio track and choose RAM-P1 through FUNC + SRC. Place a trig after recording ends, or trigger it manually.
4. Use RAM-P1’s TUNE, PLAY, STRT, LEN and LOOP controls to manipulate the take. STOP finalizes a partial recording; select ONESHOT to return either track to normal sample use.

Controls

FUNC + SRC

Select RAM-R1 or RAM-P1 and confirm with YES.

RAM-R1 A — RLEN

Set the recording length in sequencer steps; capture is capped at 33 seconds.

RAM-R1 B — TAKE

Read the shared take’s status.

RAM-R1 C — SRCE

Choose MAIN, IN L, IN R or IN LR.

RAM-R1 H — RLEV

Set recording gain.

RAM-P1 SRC controls

Tune, playback direction, bit reduction, start, length, loop and level.

Compatibility notes

• There is one shared mono take; MAIN and IN LR average the two channels.
• A new capture replaces the old take. A record trig received while recording is ignored.
• Capture is capped at 33 seconds. RAM playback is suppressed during recording and resumes on a new playback trig.
• A finished take is normalized in place to full scale (×1 to ×64) over about one second after a long take; RAM-P1 plays it with a matching per-take gain, so it sounds at the recorded level. A trig with STRT inside a long take in that second can briefly play quieter until the pass reaches it.
• RAM-P1 makes a take louder than 1.1.1 did: 1.1.1 played takes about 17 dB below their recorded level.
• The take is discarded on power-off or project load; machine assignments and settings are saved.
• This release has no public panel command to save the RAM take as a sample.
• Machine Pages conflicts with DigiChain; combinations using that framework need compatibility review.

Test evidence

Runs on Core 2.1. Emulator regressions on OS 1.53 and 1.54, an emulator CPU-load comparison with stock, and Modwerk source-build parity with the native build are in TESTING.md. sumedho reports this Core 2.1 build fully tested and working on a Digitakt 1, OS 1.53 and 1.54, for about one to two hours including project save/reload and a power cycle (2026-10-14).