It's amazing how even though I'm aware of what the Digitakt offers, I can't actually fathom all the possibilities until I see someone else playing with it, and then it's like a door unlocking in my mind.
Yeah. I finally got one over this last summer. Along with getting the 1.5 update out of the box, the biggest benefit has been coming to TH-cam and basically finding courses on how to utilize The Digitakt.
Oh my goodness! This is just what I was looking for😮. I am the lucky owner of an ARP 2600 and I love the subtractive approach you are using on this digital machine! I has being comparing the sound of the three oscillators in my analog machine, and I most say is impressive, absolutely impressive what you are achieving in this little digital Pandora box! Just got my DT a week ago and I’m blown away😂. It’s just so incredible to live in this moment of musical technological experimentation. I am embracing all the new technologies as much as the old. The DT gave me the opportunity of explore a new approach to Music making and I can just feel gratitude for people like you, bringing this information available. Thanks man❤
Thank you! The digitakt is such a creative instrument with so much to discover. I've done quite a few videos about it (and its sibling the Digitone). If you want to see a very different side of it, the technique I demonstrate in this video might give you some ideas: th-cam.com/video/lSlhf-B9QjY/w-d-xo.html
Have fun with your Digitakt, it's an amazing instrument! If you are looking for other digitakt tricks to try out, then there are a good few on the channel.
You had far too much fun making that! That delay and reverb at the end sounded like you could go make a cup of tea and come back and it would still be going. You've given me some great ideas for new sounds. Thanks!
Wow! That was really helpful! I've had the digitakt for several months now and that never occurred to me. This opens up a whole domain of applications for the digitakt. Thanks a lot!
accidantally patched into the inverted output and one-shot triggered thumbshape with negative polarity. bad things happen quick when voltage controlling your social media profiles.
Uhh, how is that C minor? All the white keys are C major(/A minor). All the white keys (based around F) is F lydian. All the black keys (C# pentatonic) FTW! (#lightheartedhumour) ;)
Just absolutely monstrous sounds sir! I am so floored by your work in this demonstration. You have opened another portal into this machine. Much thanks for the work that you give freely.🌟
Great video, just bought my second Digitakt this has given me a few great ideas of what to do with it, love the cross fading part, never thought of that, thanks
This is really great. Both for using this thing as a learning and experimenting with basic synthesis tool, but also for those of us who are not that into the beat making side of this box.
Great video man. Digitakt has become the focal point of my studio. It’s a great bit of kit that has so many ways it can be used. Thanks for this new idea! You have a new sub to go with your reverb :)
I am getting a digitakt in the next few weeks and was wondering about this very topic. Using the waveforms together. And watching how you did it makes me wonder about other forms of modulation. Using specific types of WAV files. For example using a waveform sample that would create an FM modulation to your signal on one of the other channels. Thanks so much for this video. Using it in this way demonstrates how creative this device can be (ie as much as your willing to allow yourself to be with it).
Interesting I don’t usually use the resample feature but I’ve had a brain wave layering all Those 8 tracks into a single sound and then resampling and saving as a patch that’s your baseline for the drums pads and vocals. I can’t wait to experiment with this feature and I’ve plenty of saws and squares. Nice review man 👍🏻
The Digitakt is amazing. If you haven't watched Cuckoo's and Red Means Recording's tutorials on it yet, I highly recommend that as a great way to get a grounding in the workflow and sound design concepts. Keep at it, you'll get there!
I was just thinking how cool if one track could modulate the parameters of another. Completely ridiculous I know. You could make crazy FM stuff, using different samples for ratios and have a ratio control just like the digitone. Here I am in dreamland.
awesome...great way to learn how to create and shape sounds on any machine. in a way you transformed a great sampler into a dreadbox/polyend medusa, wich is a great synth!
Not silly at all! Just got the digitakt 2 days ago and I am already into single cycle waveforms so I'm definitely going to make a lot of doomsday analog patches! Thank you for sharing mate! 👍🏻
On the Digitakt? Not totally sure yet (and the Digitone might get some love first), more generally? I have something new on my desk at the moment that I'll be having a jam with...
Thanks for this video ….the shortcut is on the same page as the one you assign them all you have the option right above on the top of the list of functions available ….
Yes - I realised during editing. Stupid because I knew that really and had used it earlier while I was experimenting with what I wanted to show in the video! Red light syndrome leads to memory loss!
@@OscillatorSink All good. I watched you copy, paste LFOs and realised I'd been doing it the hard way too. Great video by the way. I think the Takt is such a crazy little box. It's weird when people say it's "just a drum sampler"
I am playing around with this concept a little and realised if you use a midi lead from the midi out into the midi in of the Takt. You get a bunch of extra sequencing and cc possibilities. Ultimately you probably wouldn't use the Takt this way too much but it is a lot of fun. Thanks again for the video.
@@OscillatorSink As of late the Digitakt didn't get much attention (DrumBrute Impact). But I need to get deeper into Digitakt, thanks for the video. Your vid put the Digitakt on my radar again. I have subbed, looks like I can learn a thing or two here.
Wonderful video! Subbed. Can't wait to try this out on mine... And you don't need to lower the volume for each of the tracks to mute them... Press FUNCTION and Bank and go to the purple coloured mute mode and you can mute sounds that way.
Oh, does that mute the actual sounds rather than the sequencer? I thought all mutes work the same way, but that the different modes are 'this pattern only' or global mutes? I'll have to check.
Great pads at the end, but for a simple minded like me it looks like the return of the 1990 menu warrior. The CS1x also has some bombastic pads, hahaha. love your tuts on simple machines which I will be able to handle some day.
Wow, thanks a lot ! You're showing the way to create very interestings sounds, you didn't want to add any non looping samples as well? (piano, drums or whatever ). Can't wait for the next one !
Awesome! Elektron please make this thing monitor input in stereo through the master channel and make this product the most perfect compact box in the market hands down!
Awesome! Enough reason for Elektron te make a Monster mono synth based on what you showed here! Nothing analog, justi digital and an elektron sequencer Multiple osc's with waveform to choose from, multimode filters + a global filter, combined with excellent onboard fx, if the price is right it would be an insta buy. Anyways, you nailed this one!
I admit was first thinking you are crazy BUT (I bit my self in the but) you made a big point ones it is configured you can save it and have it compact with you ... big THANK YOU for this post
Great video - the "probably a shortcut" to selecting all those samples is readily apparent in the top of the same menu to load them, its "select all" ;)
I know. I realised during editing. I had literally used that short cut a couple of hours earlier while I was experimenting with what I wanted to show in the video. As soon as I hit record, all of the important information falls out of my brain!
I like the idea tho I’ve got 2 , 8 Oscillator Wavetable MonoSynth’s I can use that cost me under $200 for the pair of Modal CraftSynth 2’s i grabbed used. They feel like cheap plastic but actually sound good. Plugged into the L/R inputs of the Digitakt and controlled by Tracks 9 and 10 sound delicious but certainly enjoying the video’s concept.
You could happily do 3 (ish) layered mono synths and still have a track or two left over for drums. You could even make some of them duophonic in the sequencer. Exciting times!
from 18:30, when you make the crossfade thing with tracks 7 and 8, what about changing the wave form to SIN instead of TRI????? Another thing, if you make the sub one octave lower, I know it sounds really really cool, but the problem is when you go lower in the keyboard, if the digitakt goes lower than -24 then it plays the same note all the time, which could be bad, i think. those are my two cents to your amazing video. Digitakt is a very versatile toy and you showed me another face of it, thanks! :)
One thing you can try on the sub, is finding a single cycle waveform that is already down an octave. The "FM Square" in the factory samples is one such example. I tried a sine crossfade LFO when I was experimenting with this, but for whatever reason, the triangle sounded more natural - I really thought that the sine would work better too initially!
then I wasn't attentive enough when watching. don't have a DT right now so wan't sure about key combo. I'd jump to tweak TRK + filter tweaking right away after setting up the sample slots :)
It's amazing how even though I'm aware of what the Digitakt offers, I can't actually fathom all the possibilities until I see someone else playing with it, and then it's like a door unlocking in my mind.
It's DEEP. Elektron stuff always operates well at the edges.
It is amazing how I can begin my Digitakt journey in August 2021 and find such great content ready to go. Great job Oscillator Sink!
Thank you, and I hope you enjoy your Digitakt!
Yeah. I finally got one over this last summer. Along with getting the 1.5 update out of the box, the biggest benefit has been coming to TH-cam and basically finding courses on how to utilize The Digitakt.
You’re the Wizard of Osc! More ‘evil’ transformations please!
"The Wizard of Osc"!! I'm stealing that! Thanks for watching, and you can always count on my channel to contain "mis-uses" of gear!
had my digitakt for years and i love still learning new stuff! thank you
Oh my goodness! This is just what I was looking for😮. I am the lucky owner of an ARP 2600 and I love the subtractive approach you are using on this digital machine! I has being comparing the sound of the three oscillators in my analog machine, and I most say is impressive, absolutely impressive what you are achieving in this little digital Pandora box!
Just got my DT a week ago and I’m blown away😂. It’s just so incredible to live in this moment of musical technological experimentation. I am embracing all the new technologies as much as the old. The DT gave me the opportunity of explore a new approach to Music making and I can just feel gratitude for people like you, bringing this information available. Thanks man❤
Thank you! The digitakt is such a creative instrument with so much to discover. I've done quite a few videos about it (and its sibling the Digitone). If you want to see a very different side of it, the technique I demonstrate in this video might give you some ideas:
th-cam.com/video/lSlhf-B9QjY/w-d-xo.html
Fan-freaking-tastic! Just ordered my Digitakt yesterday and can’t wait to try this out.
Have fun with your Digitakt, it's an amazing instrument! If you are looking for other digitakt tricks to try out, then there are a good few on the channel.
You had far too much fun making that! That delay and reverb at the end sounded like you could go make a cup of tea and come back and it would still be going. You've given me some great ideas for new sounds. Thanks!
I really did. I actually tried yo find out how long it would last, but got bored waiting! Huge dark verbs and delays for days 😍😍😍
@@OscillatorSink Nigel Tufnel would be proud..
Wow! That was really helpful! I've had the digitakt for several months now and that never occurred to me. This opens up a whole domain of applications for the digitakt. Thanks a lot!
Have fun exploring!
“Select all” in the right menu is the shortcut you’re looking for
Yup. I realised that during editing. I'm an idiot.
You could resample your finished tone into a single tracked and keep layering! also who in their right mind would dislike this video?
There's no stopping us. Sound design Inception!
@@OscillatorSink It's just one guy layering 5 dislikes
They are just jealous and unable to oscillate properly
accidantally patched into the inverted output and one-shot triggered thumbshape with negative polarity. bad things happen quick when voltage controlling your social media profiles.
you couldnt do that because it wouldnt loop correctly
you consistently make some of the best learning content on youtube -- thank you for deep dives like this one!!
You can load all samples in a folder (well the first 128 samples ...)in a single step by choosing ''select all'' and then ''load to proj''
I've seen the polyphonic DT demos and loved them, but I honestly didn't really stop to consider how wild a monosynth it could make. Well done!
Cheers, and yup - 8 oscillators is pretty bonkers!
well done.. wasnt expecting a sine wave becoming THIS massive...
This clearly shows that knowledge is power..... there may always be workarounds as long as you know how to do it! Very impressive video! :-D
That is SO clever. Never thought of using it in such a way. The DT is such a beast of box- Great for sound design. Awesome video!
Thank you! So stoked you learnt something new about this awesome box!
The end result is lovely, thanks for taking us on the journey.
Any time! Hopefully you can join me on another soon!
Very nice!!
Thank you friend!
This is completely out of this world. Incredible idea. Thank you so much for sharing.
And thank you for watching!
That's super impressive.. giving me all kinds of ideas, your stuff on the digitakt is great!
Thank you! No go forth and explore those ideas!
Love this SO much! Additional props for “always in C minor!” And of course you can NEVER have enough delay and reverb. 👍👍👍
Haha, the funny thing is I can't even use the keyboard as an excuse here because the Keystep runs F-F. It's just always C minor. No matter what.
Dude I feel ya...my 2,600 video clips on Instagram are all in C damn minor. 😂
The heart wants what the heart wants.
C Minor: Key of Champions.
Uhh, how is that C minor? All the white keys are C major(/A minor). All the white keys (based around F) is F lydian.
All the black keys (C# pentatonic) FTW!
(#lightheartedhumour) ;)
Just absolutely monstrous sounds sir! I am so floored by your work in this demonstration. You have opened another portal into this machine. Much thanks for the work that you give freely.🌟
Thank you for checking it out! Certainly motivates me to make more videos!
Yup. I am shocked at the Digitakt and Digitone how I almost weekly learn something new on my own or folks like you! Great job
U are a genius!!!! Thank you so much, please keep posting Digitakt videos!!!
There are quite a few in the channel to go back over 😊
I’ve seen all of them already, one of those two times 😂
Great video, just bought my second Digitakt this has given me a few great ideas of what to do with it, love the cross fading part, never thought of that, thanks
Have fun with it!
Great Video - delivered some Inspiration for sure
Deep, dark and absolutely beautiful... Reverb on it is perfect from my point of view :-) Very nice job...
Nice one! Can't stop my love for this machine ;)
Damn, i'm so glad i bought this machine. such a powerfully varied little machine for a relatively low price. thanks for another good tute OS.
It's killer isn't it? Thanks for watching!
absolute manic level stuff here. GOOD JOB
Yesssss
@@OscillatorSink meant to say MANIAC, but either way for sure YESSS
This is really great. Both for using this thing as a learning and experimenting with basic synthesis tool, but also for those of us who are not that into the beat making side of this box.
That's the great thing with the Digitakt - it's happy to work on lots of different ways!
Great video man. Digitakt has become the focal point of my studio. It’s a great bit of kit that has so many ways it can be used. Thanks for this new idea! You have a new sub to go with your reverb :)
Thank you! Welcome to the channel!
I never really understand those thumbs down with vide's like this.... Just don't watch it... This is amazing!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thumbs down count as engagement, so ultimately, they help even if it doesn't feel like the nicest kind of help! I'm glad you enjoyed the video though!
@@OscillatorSink Thumb down seems so negative. There’s nothing negative about vids like these. Thumbs up ;-).
I am getting a digitakt in the next few weeks and was wondering about this very topic. Using the waveforms together. And watching how you did it makes me wonder about other forms of modulation. Using specific types of WAV files. For example using a waveform sample that would create an FM modulation to your signal on one of the other channels. Thanks so much for this video. Using it in this way demonstrates how creative this device can be (ie as much as your willing to allow yourself to be with it).
This is like the Tardis, small on the outside super massive on the inside. You are my new doctor.
Wibbly-wobbly filtery-wiltery
love the DT, an absolute monster of an instrument.
Amazing you make the Digitakt come alive, thanks for sharing my friend. 👌
Thanks for watching!
Wow, that thing is really brilliant! I promised myself not to buy more gear but it's really hard to resist...
You gave me another perspective about this machine!!! Thanks so much
It's a super instrument!
Epic, when ever you think you dived in deep there is more ....amazing thanks !!
It's a deep instrument for sure
You are a genius!! I've reopened my Digitakt for myself))
Interesting I don’t usually use the resample feature but I’ve had a brain wave layering all Those 8 tracks into a single sound and then resampling and saving as a patch that’s your baseline for the drums pads and vocals. I can’t wait to experiment with this feature and I’ve plenty of saws and squares. Nice review man 👍🏻
Woaaahh, that's super cool man!
Well done, huge sound. Thanks for sharing
And thanks for watching!
I did this on my blackbox and it worked great, with a bit less sound design options. Really cool trick
Thanks! The blackbox looks like a great bit of kit.
Damn this is sick. I just got my digitakt and was kinda lost on it but this is so cool since I have a keystep already.
The Digitakt is amazing. If you haven't watched Cuckoo's and Red Means Recording's tutorials on it yet, I highly recommend that as a great way to get a grounding in the workflow and sound design concepts. Keep at it, you'll get there!
Thanks a lot! I had never thought about this great possibility! Endless possibilities out there. Great tips. Cheers
Now go and try it out! Have fun!
cannot wait to build an 8 operator patch wow that one sounds amazing!!!!!!!
I was just thinking how cool if one track could modulate the parameters of another. Completely ridiculous I know. You could make crazy FM stuff, using different samples for ratios and have a ratio control just like the digitone. Here I am in dreamland.
Really great informative video, thanks!
Ha! Awesome 8 oscillator sound design. Made me 😊
Sometimes you just need to go really over the top!
Wow. This was amazing.
awesome...great way to learn how to create and shape sounds on any machine. in a way you transformed a great sampler into a dreadbox/polyend medusa, wich is a great synth!
Yeah - although I also quite fancy one of those too...
Excellent!!!! Thanks for sharing ✌🏼
And thank you for watching!
:0 @ 1:36... aka the moment I understood what you were doing. So glad I bought this box. Almost endless creativity.
There's a lot to explore. It might overtake the Digitone as the box I love to spend time with the most!
Great! Didn't know I had an 8 voice beast of a mono synth
Surprise!
Genius. Simple idea taken to its logical extreme. More of this kind of thing
Yessir!
Not silly at all! Just got the digitakt 2 days ago and I am already into single cycle waveforms so I'm definitely going to make a lot of doomsday analog patches! Thank you for sharing mate! 👍🏻
Great job! Looks like the Digitakt is a great machine with some hidden features.
I'm certainly having a lot of fun with it!
Cool patch. The DT is a sound design beast. Thx
Cheers!
what do you plan for your next video?@@OscillatorSink
On the Digitakt? Not totally sure yet (and the Digitone might get some love first), more generally? I have something new on my desk at the moment that I'll be having a jam with...
Sehr schön! Gut erklärt, wie immer sehr verständlich! :)
This was really useful. Thank you, brother.
WOW. I am def using this. Been jonesing for an analog four, but this might satiate me for a while
All Elektron gear is a gateway drug for other Elektron gear!
Sweet. Very nice!
Thanks for this video ….the shortcut is on the same page as the one you assign them all you have the option right above on the top of the list of functions available ….
Oh wow, that's an amazing tutorial. Thank you very much!
You're very welcome!
2:45 Re: shortcut. Press right, select all, load to project. Loving the video by the way.
Yes - I realised during editing. Stupid because I knew that really and had used it earlier while I was experimenting with what I wanted to show in the video! Red light syndrome leads to memory loss!
@@OscillatorSink All good. I watched you copy, paste LFOs and realised I'd been doing it the hard way too. Great video by the way. I think the Takt is such a crazy little box. It's weird when people say it's "just a drum sampler"
I am playing around with this concept a little and realised if you use a midi lead from the midi out into the midi in of the Takt. You get a bunch of extra sequencing and cc possibilities. Ultimately you probably wouldn't use the Takt this way too much but it is a lot of fun. Thanks again for the video.
Yeah, if you loop that midi back you can do a lot of stuff - not least you can properly sequence the "monosynth".
Interesting stuff...still pining for the TAKT..one day..
Great idea, going to try that myself!
Yesss, have fun with it!
@@OscillatorSink As of late the Digitakt didn't get much attention (DrumBrute Impact).
But I need to get deeper into Digitakt, thanks for the video. Your vid put the Digitakt on my radar again.
I have subbed, looks like I can learn a thing or two here.
Welcome to the channel, friend!
Thanks Mike for putting me onto this video! Awesome idea Osc Sink!
Nice to see you here Enrique! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Wonderful video! Subbed. Can't wait to try this out on mine...
And you don't need to lower the volume for each of the tracks to mute them...
Press FUNCTION and Bank and go to the purple coloured mute mode and you can mute sounds that way.
Oh, does that mute the actual sounds rather than the sequencer? I thought all mutes work the same way, but that the different modes are 'this pattern only' or global mutes? I'll have to check.
Amazing ! Thanks for all the insight.... really good tutorial...
Thanks for checking it out!
Great pads at the end, but for a simple minded like me it looks like the return of the 1990 menu warrior. The CS1x also has some bombastic pads, hahaha. love your tuts on simple machines which I will be able to handle some day.
wow man! awesome! thank you so much for your time creating this really useful tutorials!
And thank you so much for watching!
Wow, thanks a lot ! You're showing the way to create very interestings sounds, you didn't want to add any non looping samples as well? (piano, drums or whatever ). Can't wait for the next one !
I think adding some more conventional samples would sound amazing! I just wanted to focus on the single cycle waveforms in this video
versatile machines are the best!
I love any gear that encourages exploration!
Amen! My brother from another mother!
👊
God I love the Digitakt so much! Thanks for this 🤙
It's a wonderful instrument!
Amazing, you mad man, I LOVE IT!
I do my best! Thanks for watching!
YES, super cool!! Thanks for this awesome in-depth example. Now do a polyphonic one! :D
th-cam.com/video/8fQXK7J1txc/w-d-xo.html
OK going to need one of those fancy rk-002 things you two like...
@@OscillatorSink Looks like it, yeah :)
Love the long Reverb and Delay, it's not to much!
ADD MAOR VERBS
Absolutely brilliant! Ty
Thanks!
Flippin' Brilliant!
Cheers friend!
Awesome tip ! Thank you
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome! Elektron please make this thing monitor input in stereo through the master channel and make this product the most perfect compact box in the market hands down!
Seems like they listened to you
Awesome! Enough reason for Elektron te make a Monster mono synth based on what you showed here! Nothing analog, justi digital and an elektron sequencer Multiple osc's with waveform to choose from, multimode filters + a global filter, combined with excellent onboard fx, if the price is right it would be an insta buy.
Anyways, you nailed this one!
The model:mono maybe?
I admit was first thinking you are crazy BUT (I bit my self in the but) you made a big point ones it is configured you can save it and have it compact with you ... big THANK YOU for this post
Hey - I'm probably still a bit crazy to be honest!
@@OscillatorSink the thing is in a handy way ;)
I try to configure travel kit so I will do all the things on the fly and with the midi reconnect trick... will make it nice
was working this afternoon on a cinematic opening sound with it ... works flawless great
Great video - the "probably a shortcut" to selecting all those samples is readily apparent in the top of the same menu to load them, its "select all" ;)
I know. I realised during editing. I had literally used that short cut a couple of hours earlier while I was experimenting with what I wanted to show in the video. As soon as I hit record, all of the important information falls out of my brain!
So why a digitone? This is more than enough for my needs... Great video, thanks!
Dude! You have a face?! I really just pictured you as two hands and a synth. Amazing exploration; useful as always.
Yeah, there's my big dumb face! You're welcome to go back to just imaging disembodied hands if you prefer?
@@OscillatorSink I'm a bit partial to monster mono synths; I can live with you having a face.
it's said that youtubers that dont show their faces are not as followed as the ones showing faces :p Do you think it could be true??
I mean - this is literally my most popular video for that last 12 months... But it COULDN'T just be down to the thumbnail... Could it?...
I like the idea tho I’ve got 2 , 8 Oscillator Wavetable MonoSynth’s I can use that cost me under $200 for the pair of Modal CraftSynth 2’s i grabbed used. They feel like cheap plastic but actually sound good. Plugged into the L/R inputs of the Digitakt and controlled by Tracks 9 and 10 sound delicious but certainly enjoying the video’s concept.
Dark magic. I like it.
Epic. Flat out epic
Great! This is it! Very inspiring!
That was incredibly awesome! Thank you!
You're incredibly awesome!
Sounds HUGE, even with just the three oscillators!
You could happily do 3 (ish) layered mono synths and still have a track or two left over for drums. You could even make some of them duophonic in the sequencer. Exciting times!
from 18:30, when you make the crossfade thing with tracks 7 and 8, what about changing the wave form to SIN instead of TRI????? Another thing, if you make the sub one octave lower, I know it sounds really really cool, but the problem is when you go lower in the keyboard, if the digitakt goes lower than -24 then it plays the same note all the time, which could be bad, i think. those are my two cents to your amazing video. Digitakt is a very versatile toy and you showed me another face of it, thanks! :)
One thing you can try on the sub, is finding a single cycle waveform that is already down an octave. The "FM Square" in the factory samples is one such example.
I tried a sine crossfade LFO when I was experimenting with this, but for whatever reason, the triangle sounded more natural - I really thought that the sine would work better too initially!
Loved it, not a silly thing to do… it’s all learning ;)
Great now I need an adottional sequencer.
Funny how people back then did not know there would be coming a second LFO that can make ik even more wild
Huge thanks for that!
Thanks for checking it out!
22:11 Yeah! (My thoughts exactly.)
PTN + encoder tweaks the corresponding value across all the tracks. comes in handy when using that approach
I think it's TRK + an encoder for control all - I do it towards the end of the video when setting up the reverb and delay.
then I wasn't attentive enough when watching. don't have a DT right now so wan't sure about key combo. I'd jump to tweak TRK + filter tweaking right away after setting up the sample slots :)