Digitakt Sample Chain
Renoise tool designed to export selected instrument samples into a single, monophonic WAV file, formatted as a sample chain suitable for Elektron Digitakt.
Features
- Export Modes:
- Spaced (Digitakt Grid): Exports samples into fixed-length slots, ideal for Digitakt’s sample slicing grid. You can choose from “Auto” (slot length based on the longest sample, adjusted to fit all samples into a specified number of slots) or predefined slot counts (4, 8, 16, 30, 32, 64).
- Chain (Direct Concatenation): Exports samples one after another without forced padding, creating a continuous audio stream.
- Mono Conversion:
- Average (Sum): Converts stereo samples to mono by averaging the left and right channels (default).
- Left Channel: Uses only the left channel for mono conversion.
- Right Channel: Uses only the right channel for mono conversion.
- Audio Processing Options:
- Apply Short Fade-out: Adds a small fade-out to the end of each exported sample slice to prevent clicks.
- Apply Dither (TPDF): Applies Triangular Probability Distribution Function (TPDF) dither when converting to 16-bit, which can reduce quantization noise.
- Pad each slot with 64 samples of zero: Adds a short silence at the beginning and end of each sample slot in “Spaced” mode.
- WAV Export: Exports standard 48kHz, 16-bit mono WAV files, optimized for Digitakt import.
- Duration Info: Displays the length of individual slots and the total chain duration after export.
Usage
- Select an Instrument: select the instrument containing the samples you wish to export as a chain.
- Open the Exporter Dialog:
Sample Editor>Export Digitakt Sample Chain
- Configure Export Options:
- In the dialog box, choose “Export Mode” (“Spaced” or “Chain”).
- If “Spaced” mode is selected, choose your preferred “Slot Count” (“Auto”, 4, 8, 16, 30, 32, 64).
- Select your “Mono Conversion” method (“Average”, “Left Channel”, “Right Channel”).
- Check or uncheck the options for “Apply short fade-out”, “Apply Dither”, and “Pad each slot with 64 samples of zero” as needed.
- Export the Chain:
- Click the “Export Chain” button.
- You will be prompted to choose a filename and location for your exported WAV file.
- After export, the dialog will display the duration of a single slot and the total chain duration.
edit: one bug already fixed, sorry
Fix: Add nil/empty data check in apply_fade function
