New Tool (3.4) Digitakt Sample Chain

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

  1. Select an Instrument: select the instrument containing the samples you wish to export as a chain.
  2. Open the Exporter Dialog:
    • Sample Editor > Export Digitakt Sample Chain
  3. 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.
  4. 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

com.david303ttl.DigitaktSampleChain.xrnx (7.4 KB)

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