Chilling with Digitone (Making Ambient with Arpeggios)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- The Elektron Digitone is an 8-voice, 4-part FM synthesizer and sequencer. Let's touch it with our meat hands and see what happens.
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Halfway through this video I started poking away at my Digitone. Next thing I knew it was 2 hours later and I was lost in a reverb-drenched land of plinky FM ambient. Thanks for another fabulous video!
You are a treasure. Thank you. Please keep making Digitone videos.
Hey, Jeremy!
Just want to say that I started to make electronic music because of your videos. Thank you for that, it makes my life brighter a lot. You're a great artist, please, don't stop.
Surprising harmonies are the best harmonies. Thanks for highlighting this form of composition. All the best.
This is beautiful. Also, I'm pretty sure I can hear Riker's collar jingling as if scratching and I like that. Thanks for being a real person and making beautiful things.
Yet again, amazing sounds, from one machine! You are one talented dude. I've spent a small fortune over the years, on music nowhere near as good as your making, in the time it takes to have a coffee!!
Stay strong my friend, peace!
Hi Jeremy, you are a briliant Sound Engineer and Artist - I appreciate you. That said I'd like to see a video on making a specific song made with the Digitone. Try some liquid drum and bass, something to drive down an LA highway at night to
I really appreciate the informative and fun videos you make. It’s really nice to have a genuine human explaining their process and expressing their weirdness for us all to enjoy. Thanks.
Your videos are the main reason I've been getting more into the synth world. Super inspiring. Keep bein awesome, or maybe don't because you're also the reason every paycheck I get I somehow end up with another lil' instrument and I don't know how long I can keep that up.
Mate. These Chilling with Digitone videos have been really helpful and super fun. Thanks man
This is so helpful and a huge inspiration. You've made the clearest tutorials with the Digitone out of anybody on TH-cam. Hopefully there will be more.
Sweeeeet weird semi generative ambient stuff
I love how you top guys support each other.
@@tybowesformerlygoat-x7760 top guys? The top guys are the ones playing the huge festivals across the globe. These guys are simple advertisers/gear-pushers 😉
I get excited when I see one of your new Digitone videos pop up! Very talented I must say.
9:24 glad to hear I’m not the only one who occasionally makes a sequence and just zones out thinking: “wow, this sounds nice and soothing”
seems like completely normal thing to do
"Hi... My name is Jeremy, this is rezmeanz.. ziss.. I already screwed this up."
Hahahaha, not even 10 seconds in and i'm cracking up smiling. Thank you for not redoing the intro!
Just discovering these videos. Thanks for making them. I’m reentering the world of EMP and just got this. I was a bit lost and was starting to feel some buyers remorse and now I feel like I’m fortunate to own one of the best synths on the market...thanks to your videos.
Mine arrives tomorrow - the "chilling with" series has helped me get through this difficult time - Thank You
Same rn lol.
Really digging this machine!! You can play everything!! Good work jeremy!!
Great series, Jeremy! I would love to see it continue into a some episodes where you make a song from scratch on the Digitone. Thanks!
Thanks for this video and I appreciate your work and efforts to inform us all. Keep rocking my friend and have a wonderful day✌🏾❤️✊🏾
Thanks for being awesome and sharing. Your videos have really inspired me to make music again. I gave up on music in the 90s, even though I was signed to various major labels, the industry was very cut throat back then and I walked away. Years later, your videos have reminded me about the joy of making music again. I’m thinking of buying the op-1 but I keep holding out to see if I can find something just as good or better. Something just as capable, dawless. Would love to see you make tracks with the elektron.
Anyway, thanks for saving a dying part of myself.
I see from your channel you got the op1! Jelly dude, hope you like it
@@jammintoast I love everything about it
Thanks for this Red, been working on beast for a couple weeks now. A lot to learn :)
Jeremy, massive big up! You style of making video and story telling is super awesome.
crazy beautiful, wasnt really considering one of these until i saw your soft music, do nothing performance. youre amazing my dude, thank you for everything youre giving to the world
Wow, fantastic! This is exactly what I want to do with the Digitone! Thanks!!
Thank you Jeremy. I've had my Digitone for a few weeks and been already fooling around with doing semi generative stuff but this was still a very inspiring video and I learned a few tricks. The main reason I got this machine was mainly for doing stuff like this - it sends me into another world where chaos seems to make sense and everything falls into its right place. I would love to see you do more videos on the Digitone :-) Hope you have a good day too, cheers.
Nice sound, Jeremy, very subtle, I like it. Thx for your job, keep it up, pls
This is a great video, thanks a lot!
I've already had such a great time with this tiny box in the few hours I've owned it, and I can't even imagine what sort of rabbit hole I'm going to fall into now!
This is my Xmas holiday sorted now!
Keep on with the videos, very informative and entertaining without being over the top!
Happy Xmas!
PS: about the haters, well, have you seen what Hainbach made of it? Perfect answer to the trolls!
I love this serie of videos, thank you Jeremy
man, I love this. love your skills, those comments, the music and your teaching. could listen to this all day long😎
Courage, Jeremy! I love your videos and I hope you feel better soon. Sending hugs.
I really appreciate your honest noodling.
I'm getting even more value from my Diggitoné thanks to you, good sir.
Got laid off today. Chilling with you for a little while is exactly what I need right now. I wish I could say something that would provide you with the comfort that you provide me. Thank you for all that you do, and for sharing it with us.
I'm sorry to hear about your job :(
Great vid. Such a sweet little synth!
Sounds alot like the ambient music of Portal 2! Really love it.
This and the Digitakt are just incredible pieces of kit. Endless possibilities, only your imagination. Great inspiration RMR, thank you!
Man I always enjoy your stuff. You helped me pull the trigger on modular over the OP1.
Stay strong Jeremy, I love your content and you , keep up the good work!
This is amazing. Keep being amazing.
great video if I get the digitone this is first thing I'm doing with it. Your channel rocks!
It's like you're in my head... You always seem to post videos about gear I'm thinking about at the time you upload xD Fr, love your music and content so much... Always an inspiration. Anyone telling you to off yourself obviously is either deaf and/or daft :) Much love
Wow beautiful sounds and great ambient tutorial. OK.... damn now I want the Digitone...Lol. I have an Octatrack and a Digitakt and I was just starting to get a hold on these two wild animals......I and now seriously considering the Digitone.
Awesome, finished a track using this technique, can get lost in it for hours, thanks for the tips!!!
Just awesome. Thanks for sharing. Hang in there, man!
Great video - thankyou. I found it very clear and informative
“People are telling me to kill myself, I already want to do that” but who will I watch to see passive aggressive text over chill music :(
TH-cam tells me he uploaded this vid 45 minutes ago, but you commented 54 minutes ago...
WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?
That is a ‘no joke’ topic.
@@TD05SSLegacy Nah man, no topic is off limits to jokes.
Go to 4 chan , even there youll get more support than here
@@TD05SSLegacy Actually, levity from someone who cares is totally fine as long as it's obvious that they aren't apathetic to you.
Cool techniques, dude. Followed a very similar approach after watching Osc Sink's video on the generative patches with the NDLR. Definitely got some real mileage out of that. The Mod slots are particularly useful for modulating the Arp clock division and note position within the scale. Lots of delay and reverb for the icing and cherry on top of the ambient cake. Still working on getting a decent poly synth to help round out the pad parts.
This is good stuff. You have given me many good ideas.
You are awesome! Love the vibes of your channel. Regarding the hate comments, some people are miserable inside, don't let a single asshole get to you.
This is perfect timing - gonna see if I can pull this off on the OPZ to make use of its arp. Thanks man
Thank you for the video! Very cool ways to use the arpeggiator. I would also love to learn how to write long notes on the Digitone and change the timbre through time.
I find very interesting how you and Oscillator Sink came to 2 different results applying the same idea with different principles.
He programs the notes and patterns on the sequencer to create big drones and soundscapes, you use the arp to do more rythmic blip blopish stuff.
Both produce beautiful contemplative music.
Can't wait to try mixing the two techniques!
Nicely done Sir. Bravo.
This is lovely. I've found your videos very helpful in getting around my Digitone, just wanted to say THANK YOU. I think the Digitone is an amazing instrument. Do you have a video where you give tips on creating/tweaking drum sounds on the Digitone? The envelope and filters ar incredibly sensitive on the Digitone which is a sound designer's dream but for amateur like me puts me down many rabbit holes. My jam session last night turned to an hour tweaking one snare but that hour taught me a lot.
This is the exact moment I wanted a digitone.
Jeremy, never stop doing what you're doing. And don't listen to the haters!
As a last video I for one would love to see you make a complete track and discuss the workflow and your process and choices. Great series man 👍
Jeremy, you always find a way to make my wallet lighter and my life happier.
"metroNOME"?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
dude, Jeremy for president. seriously.
Métronomé! Love it
I read this like 5 seconds before it happened and laughed extra hard because of it.
0:50 pure gold. you've made my summer
Hey! This is like fugue machine in a box (if only the arp did midi too). And now I can only eat black spaghetti with jellybeans.
That is some delicious pasta.
Really appreciating your channel, Jeremy!
Thanks for being awesome Jeremy~!
I kind of just want to see an uncut session of just fiddling with sounds and making weird noises.
What more do you need? It's just excellent. I agree, it's cool.
Another great video!! My digitonay is arriving tomorrow.
Awesome job! Thx for the tips👍🏼
Thanks a lot for this soothing, inspiring and educative video. To me it really is filled with beauty, sincerity and sense of concision, without compromising the achievement of a magical track, that you eventually let us enjoying for a while. THANK YOU !
I'm a multi instrumentist though I'm very new to the keyboard world, my first instrument being the trumpet.
I'm more and more convinced that the digitone could help me to create organic pads, chord progression, arpeggios and beats, in a fluid workflow together with my rc505.
I have 2 questions, in case you could care for giving your insight, i would really appreciate !
1. I can't choose between getting a Digitone Keys or the original Digitone with a midi keyboard would do the job ?
With the Keys version, would it be easier to deal with arpeggio-based soundscaping like you generously made here in this video ? Knowing Elektron added a "hold button" for each of the 4 tracks, could i easily use a "hold" feature with an external midi keyboard ?
2. Can i plug a mic with my trumpet directly in the digitone ? or does it require a pre-amp / DI ?
Thanks a lot, i wish you a joyful, serene, peaceful and fun end of the year !
Jeremy. You're great and what you do is amazing. Don't let the trolls get to you!
Go away trolls!
It's sad to listen to that 0:51, no one should say somethink like that.
If you don't like this awsome content you can go watch another yt channel.
No one needs this kind of wrong "advice".
Keep making music, it's never too cold.
I think the internet is sorely lacking in resources on developing an intuition about FM synthesis beyond the beginner level. There's plenty of stuff about what FM synthesis "is", but it never goes beyond introducing the basics carriers, modulators, and algorithms. When it comes to sound design, why is one algorithm preferable to another? What is the purpose of feedback/cross-modulation in an algorithm? What is happening to the spectrum/waveform at different ratios? Basically, how does one become more intentional when using FM for sound design?
Thanks for the great videos. Your OP-1 videos inspired me to start making electronic music.
This series on the Digitone is amazing, Jeremy, but this clip in particular is great just because the ambient sound is so curiously pleasing & interesting. Reading between the lines (or perhaps the not so subtle hints in your recent videos), it sounds like things are rough for you at the moment. I don't know what you're going thru & I know it's so difficult to have even a little bit of a public presence & to present any kind of performative face when you feel terrible. I just want to thank you so much for still sharing your creativity & music with us, in whatever form you choose to, with whatever regularity. I subbed to your channel a few months ago & you've been a massive inspiration for me to get back into music & expression. No matter what happens, I hope your life works out. I'm a world away (in Australia) on the internet but I see you & appreciate you.
Thanks for spreading the good vibes, Vroenis! I second everything you've said!
This is lovely, J.
algorithms are powerful, potent, capable of much, calm but confident, strong but surprisingly gentle, warm but taciturn,
My kidney and I have come to the conclusion that this it too expensive for the both of us.
You're basically the Bob Ross of Music Production
Hey Jeremy, if youre still looking for suggestions, id appreciate a video about general workflow when it comes to elektron, and sequencers in general. Ive been used to more ‘analog’ songwriting, and after getting the digitone and an 808, ive had a lot of fun making dope sounding loops, but have always had trouble making more than a few patterns sound cohesive together. Even in this video, ive noticed ideas such as having a long tempo to create variety in the loop etc; TLDR: do you have any cohesive advice when it comes to how you organize your patterns and parts, copy pasting sequences, editing, etc?
Don’t care any asshole’s around, you’re doing a great stuff! Keep going!
Yesss soo good, thank youu! 🙏
Amazing sound design! Thanks Jeremy! (Turns on Digitone and starts to waste the rest of the day turning knobs...)
I love your channel! Thank you for making these videos. If you have time to reply to this lengthy comment I’d love it. I want to make “chill” like relaxed ambient type music like a lot of people do these days. I currently use a Mac, synth vst (Arturia V collection) and a Push 2. I want to try and go “DAWless” if possible and I’ve been considering these 3 options. Arturia minibrute 2s and drumbrute, elektron digitakt and digitone, or Op1. What would you choose? Thank you!
Your final result immediately conjured up Blade Runner 2049 for me.
really lovely video, man.
Beautiful, thank you.
It is brilliant, thanks !
I’d love to hear full tracks you’ve created with it!
"Is that an Elektron generative tune?" "YARP."
Man you just turned my Digitone into the magic ambient machine I wanted it to be from the start! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart :-) just a question: I am experimenting with arpeggio lenghts and by adding empty notes in the arpeggiator but I am not sure about the technical theory behind that. I do understand that an odd lenght give way to non repeating sequences, but how do you choose which notes to remove for example when you have 2 or 3 arpeggios and you don’t want the notes to fight each other too much?
Now i want a digitone because of you 😆
Thanks Jeremy
i just got a Digitakt II and i want to compliment it with my first outboard synth. should i get the digitone? it seems the Korg Opsix mkII is a better FM synth. but i do like the way the digitone sits next to the digitakt
I made a few of these to play in between songs in my band's set. The problem is- after I make one, I don't want to keep working. Just wanna listen to the digital squishiness. Great video.
Yeah I'm the same honestly. Just let it run and make tiny changes here and there.
Hey Jeremy,
Amazing stuff, thank you for this (and your other) videos. Not sure if this has been suggested yet and/or you'd be interested in it, but would love to see a video about the Overbridge. Kinda lost faith in that software a few years ago, when I tried it with the Analog Heat and it failed on me miserably.. like crash and burn with legit smoke, keyboards thrown n stuff.. Have they made it more reliable? Does it work ok on a PC..? ..kinda things, oooor if you've already made that video and I missed it, then I'll just shut up and pls point me to its direction.
Cheers,
Attila
Hey mate please see a GP. I love you and your videos and on the last one picked up not everything was fine. It's ok. You are not alone. I suffer from both anxiety and depression, I feel it's pretty common with people that make music. Just make a step forward please. I love you dude.
Lovely video!
This is sick. (Good sick. Like stellar; but cooler)
Thanks.
Awesome work! I think you might like Jogging House - he uses the digitone like this a lot. Thanks for your great videos on this fantastic little unit
jogging house is pure talent
Digi tone' heh. I like the patterning. It's a very interesting way to stop beat block i figure.