Digitakt Tutorial #1: Breakbeat Science
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มี.ค. 2018
- First Digitakt tutorial. This time we are focusing on breakbeats. I go through some various ways you can chop up and sequence an amen break and discuss the pros and cons of using the Digitakt for this purpose.
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Flohr
This video just floored a lot of Digitakters 🤪🤪
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Amen brother
Most creative DT tutorial i've seen yet. So many tools! thanks
Wow the Four Tet type sounds and the pads from an amen break is super creative. Really enjoyed this.
Creative stuff!! Love the ambient weirdness, really shows the power of this machine.
Just about to pick up a digi and as a lover of breaks this filled me with joy. Great depth and knowledge thanks!
Fantastic demo! Very psyched for the ambient demo. I'm a digit user and have employed most of these tactic here and there in my projects, but it's really wild to hear them all come together in once pattern like this. Extremely well done!
This helped me so much! You really show how deep the digitakt can be with some creative techniques.
Thank you so much for this!! Looking forward to seeing the next one, been having a lot of fun doing ambient stuff on the Digitakt as well. Can't wait to see your workflow on that.
Dude this is awesome and really inspiring! I got the digitakt a while ago and I’m still exploring it. I love how versatile this little box is!
Some of the best breakbeats I’ve ever heard in my life.
Fascinated by your efficacy with this instrument.
This video was the best display I’ve seen of Digitakt yet
That's very kind of you. I am by no means an expert but I believe in sharing what you know. Haven't been using my Digitakt much lately because I have gotten more into an Ableton Live based workflow but I have been thinking of trying to work on an all DT EP or something. Thanks for the support!
This is really excellent. It makes me happy that your process is very methodical and mathematical, it is a fitting tribute to the source material and also sets you up to play really complex material with ease. This was mind opening for me. I've been messing with my digitakt for awhile but I've never had a machine like it and there's so much to it that I get overwhelmed.
... I also lol'd at the John Cage "set the LFO to cycle through empty slots and contemplate the mysteries of the universe" quip. Subscribed.
This is a super informative Digitakt video. Thanks for making it! The jam at the end is awesome too.
Reaallly excited for the ambient tutorial!!!
yeah! I would +1 this. I am on the fence to get a DT or DN for ambient and I would absolutely love to see how you do it. Right now I am mostly iOS mobile but I want to go more hardware :) thanks for your videos, Sir! Keep them coming!
also would love to see that tutorial... this is most awesome.. a BIG help thanks
This is one of the greatest digitakt tutorials out there. Awesome performance at the end too! I seriously get jealous, this takes skill!
Thank you so much. Lately the negative comments about my vocal tic and loud breathing have been making me want to delete this tutorial and even delete my entire channel. So, it's really nice to get a comment like this. I am trying to find a way to get motivated to start making tutorials again, hopefully with some better production value, but its been really hard to feel positive about it recently. It warms my heart to know that folks like you are still getting a lot out of it and enjoying the musical performance aspects as well. Sincerest thanks!
Woah…Thanks for sharing your knowledge! The jam at the end was way sick also!
this is incredible mate
As someone that has recently invested in a Digitakt along with a few different hardware samplers with the intention of making jungle, I thank you for this video!
Great video. I bought my Digitakt only a couple of weeks ago and I've learned more from this video than all the others I've viewed so far. I'm particularly interested in working wth breakbeats so it's really inspired me. Thanks!
Thanks Mick!
You basically sold me on the Digitakt here, really enjoying it!
Thanks for the video - brilliant!
I am looking forward to the ambient digitakt tutorial vid you mentioned!
Great techniques man... please keep it going!
This is a fantastic video. Thanks so much for explaining your technique. Pretty much a must watch for any DT owner.
Sebastian Shuster Thanks Sebastian im glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for sharing your skills. It's a big help. Been subbed for a while and have wondered how you achieved the ace results. Really looking forward to the next one.
Really great tutorial, it gave me a lot of ideas to spice up my music!
I found that you can transpose a single cycle waveform by two octaves by setting end loop point at 30. So in other words, original octave is 120 +1 octave is 60 and +2 octave is 30. I found that the single cycle waveform were mainly good for bass. But with this technique you can get some lead sounds out of them as well.
Awesome vids, don't stop man!
Brilliant explanation and a great jam! thank you for taking the time. Digitakt is so deep! It's like a programming language constructing arrangements and sounds like this, but somehow it still manages to be organic, fun and inspiring. Great stuff
Thank you for the kind words. Glad you got something out of it!
Great stuff mate! Thanks for the tutorial.
This sounds so nice!
Great tutorial, thanks! Just got mine last week and still trying to wrap my head around it.
Great tutorial. Thank you!
nice ambient breakbeat at the end!)
Great video, really interesting and educating. Thanks very much for sharing this.
I love breakcore, so anything like this is fantastic. Thank you!
This b jungle lad
Nice tutorial and awesome jam, thanks! Love my Digitakt as well :)
A Man of Science at work.Amen Brother
Thanks for your Tutorial - Really helped me. You explain things really well. Thankyou.
Awesome thanks dude. Really practical and helpful and explained so well.
Great stuff , my friend !
I am going to have to watch this a few times to wrap my head around the process. I have a Digitakt and have only had the time to mess with it a handful of times. I need to get it out more and experiment with it when I can find a window of opportunity.
This was amazing good job man.
Been looking for a video explaining how to make this electronic break sound thank you
Dude you’re getting better and better with these videos
phillydam Thanks!
Thanks for sharing...love the serious no nonsense and very informative nature of this very cool tutorial.
Forbesy Thanks that means a lot.
Jesus that jam at the end
nice very nice detail love it
that was really good thanks for putting that out there
Clap, clap,clap. Very creative. Good job,
Excellent tutorial thanks !!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I was kind of getting there but through trial and error rather than logic!. Looking forward to more.
Another +1 on the ambient tuto vid!
I like how another commenter put it by saying "love to see how you do it"
because there are plenty of cool ambient vids and tutorials on the DT but I'd specifically like to hear how you'd approach things.
amazing jam!!
Great video and jam. I'd never tried resampling on the Digitakt, but after hearing that...
Great! Please make more DT tutorial like this! Ciao from Italia! Stay safe!
Dude! Mind blown!
Not sure why it took this long for the yt recommender alg to suggest this one to me. I can't wait to try these tips/tricks/ideas/recipes out on my own. Thank you!
Great video! I think I've finally decided to buy one because it looks like alot of fun
Good choice! It really is alot of fun :D
Great video!
This was brilliant. I don't even have a digitakt, but these concepts were super interesting...
Excellent !
PLEASE BRING ON THAT AMBIENT DIGITAKT TUTORIAL! PS Love your videos!
Wowwwww!! Amazing work man. Thank you so much for sharing this wealth of knowledge. Really investing into the Elektron workflow and am grateful TH-cam deep dive brought me to your channel
Thank you for the kind words!
Nice work!
Great tutorial. The granular amen sounded like karplus strong
Awesome !
That sound at 24:30 reminds me of the start if Lorn - Acid Rain. Need to watch your tutorial again when my DR arrives.
the method around 10:09 reminds me of the intro to Beep Street by Squarepusher,,, really dang cool. ty for sharing this info, super inspiring 🙏
thanks a lot, this was really useful for a beginner like me!
cool tips mate..tnxs
Sick shit ! Such a clever use of samplez and LFO !
This is so cool and useful. Thanks d00d
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Great vid
This is SO fucking amazing! Thank you mate!
vvvvvery nice!thanks a lot for this!
I think this is one of the best DT beatmaking vids, it's kinda pushing me to get one (and i've been on the edge since release day), i'm looking forward to the ambient video
Sebastian Hanley Thank you!
cool stuff.
Looking Good
Thanks for the video mate. Has convinced me to drop some coin on one :)
The jam has a vibe of the first amon tobin album
Unifono2012 Awesome! He's brilliant.
Fucking ace Man. Quality tutorial, subbed in a heartbeat
Thanks for this! Loved your track "can you think" and was wondering how you made those breakbeats sound so good! I really love my digi it's such a fun piece of gear :)
Sick!
thank you a lot!!!
badass!
pretty nice tutorial
Track 4 - very clever 😎
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How do you chopped the samples? Because yesterday, i was struggling my mind trying to get that result of the LFO - Sample method, but i didn't get anything consistent. I sliced the break in 2 ways, one way, cutting on the transient to get differents one-shots samples, and the second way, sliced the sample in 16 parts without taking care of the transient, but i didn't really like the result that i get.
Otherwise very helpfull tutorial!
your last couple videos have been super rad
I would really like to see how you got those awesome ambient/glitchy sounds on your "can you think?" video that you made a few months back if you have a chance in your next tutorial.
keep up the good work =-]
matt fallon Thanks Matt! Yeah the next tutorial will focus on those types of sounds. I can pull up that project and break down some of what is going on.
Thanks for the video. Im feeling inspired to focus a lot more time with the digitakt and just limit myself to it tbh
Nice, quality stuff, you could have split this up but it's good to have this one chunk of knowledge
Ive been thinking about getting one of these for making dnb, this is sick. Thanks for this video, its a really cool way of thinking with it.
Did you ever do the ambient video?
Nice
How did you manage to load in samples in the lower slots? when i do that it automatically adds it above.
Also what are the purple lights for? i never seen those on mine.
purple lights are pattern muted tracks
Track 2 must have taken some time to set up... good job 😎
Hey thanks a ton for this. A bunch of stuff I probably couldn’t have figured out myself. Will you please upload that ambient tutorial :) just looking forward to more awesome tips on the Digitakt
Thanks! I've actually attempted to record it twice and deleted it because I wasn't happy with it. I'll try to work on it again soon.
Excellent video! Learning a lot. just a question tho: I tried to replicate what you did at track 6 at 17:00( re-sampling track 5 at 40bpm?) but I cant get the same results. What am I missing?
I don't know what you are doing to try to recreate it so I can't really advise you. Sorry about that. If you want to send me more information send me a message.
Any trick to how to set the parameter locks for the sample startpoints to exactly 16th notes (e.g. slicing by transient such as in Ableton's Simpler)? Or is this done by ear?
Kristian Burghard there isn’t really a great easy way to do this. I wish they added an auto slice mode. One option is resampling the full beat and using the slice mode to save each hit as a separate wav, but that still relies on your ears and eyes on the waveform display. You can also play with sample start and length and look up the ratios (I believe there is a table on Elektronauts somewhere). So if you evenly divide the total number of possible start points you can do the math and get your 16th notes. But this requires that the loop is exactly the length of your pattern. You can accomplish this by using a loop where you know the BPM, pre-timestretching it on a computer, or the hard way by tuning it by ear. Ultimately this is all just a major weak point of the Digitakt and I believe the easiest solution is to work with a DAW or basic audio program like audacity or Soundforge to prepare your samples in advance which makes your life easier. Although this advice is something that has caused commenters on this video to talk shit about me. But I stand by it. Being an anti-computer DAWless purist is silly. If using a computer for certain applications makes your hardware workflow more fun and better then I recommend doing it.