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Thanks for not putting the sample in early! 😂 watched something the other day which did, dozed off throughout and woke up in a crazy weird mindset.

It’s already cool as hell how easy it is to sample, but how this thing can still perform while it’s doing it is wild; on the program side it’s not impressive but from a functional perspective, that essential actions are still available to the performer is genius. Such an organic and simplified process for multi instrument jam, not having to bounce between a looper and the Digitakt is wonderful. Love this box. I think you’ve convinced me to get the BlackBox too, how well they work together is so nice, complex loopers are the same price as a used one anyway. I have to say, on an editing note, I watch this at 1.8x zoom.. especially the walkthrough parts are nice to have a tighter shot to see the screen and lock in a visual reference for later.

Great video. 😊 The circuit is a such a creative bit of kit. This is taking it to the next level!!!❤

Hi, that's a very interesting workflow, you have great feel and this is much more up my street than the typical EDM style Digitakt content. I'm particularly interested as a fellow bass/guitar player who recently got a DT2. Is it fair to say you could get a similar result by running the HX Stomp direct into the DT2 via USB, set the DT2 to sample a set number of bars, put a trig on 1, pan etc? But as you say at the end, what you lose is the immediacy of live looping. Reason I ask is I'm aiming at a similar end result but can't afford a BlackBox at the moment. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing this!

Amazing video ! Love it ! Can I sync my MPC Live2 with my digitakt2 to do the same thing I love the elektron sound with the finger drumming of the MPC

Good explanations. Although I don't own the device, I'm always curious about the limitations and workarounds on various devices. Nice to be forced into creativity to get past a limitation. Also, I guess it's good that you have the Blackbox, as you could slice samples there. I still wish on the BB they would make a few things easier with the slicing, like allowing to hide or disable unwanted slices or using the knobs to move slice points. Oh well, nothing is perfect. Thanks for the video.

Does the velocity data get added to the sequence as well? Just asking since the digitakt isn’t velocity sensitive and you usually have to go in after the fact to alter the values per track. Thank you!

Seems to be really dropping in price. I have just bought one in UK for £200 $250 new. Looking forward to getting to grips with it. I have tried with ableton but my lack of music production knowledge means I’m out of my depth. Play a bit of bass guitar and just getting the Japanese instachord guitar.

once he said pro tools i left , i felt i am in 1075

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Since Digitakt is monophonic, if you param lock samples/sounds as streps on the same track, they will, in effect, be a choke group. Not so great for finger drumming, but for step sequencing it works.

this has me wondering if this was achievable on the mk1 digitakt because it was one of my only (small) gripes with the digitakt, i loved it but sometimes i wanted "nicer" pads to play on. i have a similar set up once i got a octatrack and by the looks of it the set up is a little easier the the DT2. great video mate, nicely done once again

dope shit like this

lack of looping capabilities on digitakt sucks so much. sure i could pair it with an octatrack but i am not jeff bezos

Hello All, i thought about this combo and came to following question: The price of the Digitakt and the 1010 ist the same as for the octatrack. Should i buy the octatrack or has this combo advantage over it? Thanks for all ideas and best regards Daniel :)

Awesome demo! Layout recommendation: mirror layout on 2 Xjams. Check out Nular's post in the "Share your pad layout!" thread on r/FingerDrumming, and also the XpressPads "Finger Drumming Demo Reel" video and his other videos with double pad / launchpad setups. I'm currently rocking 2 Xjams oriented vertically and positioned above an Xkey 37, with the left pad on each Xjam aligned with the F keys for maximal melodic phrasing options on each hand (working on leveling up to do stuff like in GLASYS's "Finger Twisters" video.)

the black box is grey

just annoys me that the digitak 2 has no live looping function. how they didnt add that into the latest digitakt is beyond me :(

Wow. Thank you for that looping tip.

😂 I'm engaged and you're a dreamboat, I'm sure. Keep up the good work my friend. Love your videos and glad you decided to be vulnerable and show your face. 👏🏻

Great stuff as usual. I've thought of starting a channel to record my own meanderings, though all I have is an iPhone camera at the moment. I just got the Zoom L-6 mixer, so curious how well it could record the audio. It's funny, but there's a void of content out there of people just showing their creative workflow outside of a few styles and people are hungry for it. Plenty of polished jams shown, but people like to know how to make the sausage. :)

Do u have a drum sample pack

I gotta try out this layout

I use it with my THR, which has a noise gate option (which I normally don’t really like, but in this case is indeed very helpful). Problem I keep running into is that my projects have to many samples so there’s not much room for recording. Use it at home for jamming, don’t know if I’d use it live though…I often trim the recorded parts to correct the timing…so far for live looping 😂

I’m a guitarist, been using this for a while now in combo with a Yamaha THRII30 for home jamming. It’s perfect. Output goes to the aux in of the THR, line out of the THR goes back to the input of the CR. Recording time is limited though, depending on how many samples are in your project. Great stuff indeed. Thinking about hooking a midi pedalboard up with it…

Hi! i'm gonna engage then! you inspired me to do this kind of Solo impro thing. I have a EP133, a loop pedal and a guitar amp simulator (soon the HX stomp thanks to you, sorry I can't use affiliate link because i'm not in the US...) and i do exactly the same kind of stuff you're doing. I added a Roland S1 synth to the setup controlled by the EP133, it's a lot of fun! i just have to set the key and the scale on the EP 133 and then Synth it is! it's really cool, With the EP-133 pounch in Effect on the drums, my guitar, and the synth, there is a lot i can do. I actually did my first solo show in Paris last week that's thanks to you! Try to add a synth, i'm pretty sure you can set key and scale on the digitakt too. And remember, when in doubt, use the arpeggiator

Very nice tune... maybe you can create a second part to it. Like a chorus?

I always find it funny when people who demonstrate anything with an Elektron box, they have to smash the stop button or any other button multiple multiple times, ha.

You have no need to worry about the ”face” when you have one of the coolest voices on youtube

do u have a way to use song mode w the digitakt to change which pad on the blackbox is playing when the pattern changes?

never knew you could do that thing where you press key 9-16 to define the rate of the retrig!

Cool 🎉

I can't believe how much I'm fighting the GAS for the blackbox. Right now trying to see if I can accomplish similar with loopy pro on the iPad instead. Excellent video as always TJ, looking forward to more

Hey, love your videos! May I ask what framerate you used to record and export your video? Seems like you've got the flicker issue with the Blackbox buttons sorted. As for suggestions, since I also like to use the BB and elektron together (syntakt in my case), I've found the Retrokits RK-TRS-X adapter and a short TRS cable makes the cabling much neater and nicer, more portable too. I also really like using a midi controller to control the looping on the BB, which could be drum pads, or could even be a MIDI track on the DT2. You seem to do just fine with the BB interface, so certainly not necessary, but I find it really enjoyable. You could even use a foot controller!

A cool extension to this video might be a live performance breakdown of an arrangement with multiple parts (verse, chorus etc.), perhaps utilizing the song mode of the BlackBox (assuming that it can be conveniently used in a context of live performance which I'm not sure about, and that's why I'm even suggesting the video idea :) ).

I'm so glad I found this channel. I was always groove box/DAW-less curious, but never really pulled the trigger. For a few reasons. I used simple one button loopers in the past, but I never got into multitrack guitar loopers like RC300/600 etc. Instead, I quickly transitioned to Ableton/Bitwig live performance workflow, and as a result I don't think I can live without the ability to mix my recorded guitar parts on the fly (which most of the "regular guitar loopers" even the advanced ones, can't really do). I'm also a minimalist so, whenever I see a modular synth or multiple synths and groove boxes chained together, I immediately lose interest. Your channel hits my sensibilities perfectly because: You're primarily a guitar player (so am I), and DAWless folks often don't feature guitar in their workflow, so it's very hard to evaluate which groovebox suits the "live guitar performance" use case best. You keep your setups relatively minimalist. So, when it comes to ideas, the most logical niche you can try to hammer is "can you guitar loop with X + X". That's why I found your channel (the Circuit video), and given that a large percentage of DAWless jam enthusiasts focus on keys and electronic music, your heavy use of guitar is unique. P.S. Even though I spend 99.9% of my guitar time behind a computer these days, and Bitwig is so much more powerful than the BlackBox, after your videos I'm seriously considering getting it anyway...

You're a stud. Your channel will skyrocket now. Awesome video buddy! The digitakt is very tempting. I own a blackbox and love it

This is great, thanks for these much needed looping+groove box insights for guitarists! As I use Ableton Live, recently got a Move and hoping to work out a way to use in this kind of way… if you ever got one would be a really appreciated and much needed video! The sampling method into the Move for guitar seems cumbersome and wondering if the black box might be a short term solution until some updates. Still hopefully it could be a future goer. Minus the audio track function (or lack of) the rest of its workflow is allot of fun!

banging video once again dude. haha and its silly but true, put your face in the video adds a level of "trust' from viewers. love seeing these set up videos and how you utilise a few pieces of gear very well. keep em coming, keeeeep them coming

😂 dude - I literally spit out my coffee when you said "sorry" - that's exactly why I don't want to show my face - I would feel sorry 😂 but come on man - you're absolutely ok in the "face"-area 😂 EDIT: your guitar playing is so clean and on point - so.. yeah... - for me personally the better choice as to have a nice face....right? guys? girls? anyone? 😂

Would love to see a live guitar riff chopped up on the DT and sequenced in a new unique pattern, sort of taking advantage of the DT's capabilities with the different machines. Then a lead guitar part on top of that would be way cool. Thanks for sharing your setup and workflow, its very inspiring!

emulating your setup. bought everything used on reverb otherwise would have used your links. could you help me out with which cables i need to purchase to get everything plugged up and running? much appreciated

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So it quaantizes your recording? I can never use loopers because my timing is bad

Where was this video all my life. I use Novation Launchpad + Ableton (Bitwig since migrating to Linux) which is obviously a lot more powerful, but I was looking for a DAWless option and this seems more compelling than your standard guitar looper. Using just circuit seems a bit hack-y, and obviously less powerful than a DAW, but also closer to what I'm used to. I assume it's possible to map a record function on Circuit to a button on a midi foot controller, and use that instead of the tuner to effectively trigger recording?

thanks so much for this - hooked the xjam up with the Blackbox and now my setup is complete. I even mapped the orange Bank to clear pads - don't know if there's an easier way but man ... that looper-workflow with Synths is just barrier-blowing 😂 Like&Sub 🎉

Hell yeah ❤