That little ride cymbal sample that you start at 1:36 is really damn cool. It sounds organic too, like a full recording of someone bouncing their drumstick off a ride and not just a single hit that's been delayed.
The holy Trinity in action!!! Sounds so good!!!! I’m impressed! My brain can only take one of them at a time! I tried syncing my M:C and Digitakt but I enjoy them separately for now :)
I think the term trinity has been used since time immemorial to refer to OT/A4/AR. At any rate, this is the most amazing setup possible I think. I have the OT, DNK and Model:Samples and it's like all the music I can dream of comes true, it's fascinating to sit in front of those machines. Considering how much depth comes out of each, taking your time with all three can deliver such inspiring compositions... I think I should leave my computer and go make music in fact haha. Thanks a lot for the inspiring video! Always a pleasure to see you and these in the same room :D
Thank you!! Yes, in the right hands each of these instruments could be a full setup on their own - so it’s definitely a lot of power (and responsibility) to have all three
a lovely, chilled Ulrich Schnauss vibe to the track which I really like. Very inspiring as always, thanks, I particularly like the sounds you've made on the Digitone, nice examples of the variety of sound you can get from an FM synth. 🙏🧡
I’m not familiar with Ulrich Schnauss, I’ll have to take a listen! Thanks a ton, I’m glad you like the Digitone sounds. It’s definitely felt like the most creative of the elektron boxes I’ve learned so far
@@SlowHaste particularly early Ulrich Schnauss: Far Away Trains Passing By and A Strangely Isolated Place, the later work not so much. Digitone definitely feels like a nice addition I'd consider alongside my mk1 RYTM & Octatrack, I love FM! btw thanks for the program change tip, I did not realise that will sync pattern changes, that's going to come in really useful!!
Nice… your song has indeed a beachy like feeling like a beach in the late evening on a hot day…… And my compliments for the good fades cq drops ergo trancision … Like your kind of Color you put in your music…. As always lovely greetings from Germany
Thank you very much for this video. Could you maybe elaborate more on the recording process of your octatrack beats? Do you just record through main outs or cue outs too? Do you record track by track? If so, how do you capture that octatrack performance magic? Do you have any tips and recommendations? How do you „post-process“ your octatrack-beats? I would be really intrested in your opinion. Have a nice day ! Peace
Lots of great questions! I just use the main stereo output, run it into a mixer for monitoring, and then into my audio interface. In Logic, I apply light EQ and an “exciter” plug in, but no other post-processing for these youtube videos.
It‘s still a bit difficult for me to make a good mix within the octatrack first. So I hesitate to record the whole performance at once. But performing the beat live is really where the magic happens with this device, so I would really like to do that 😁 I have to practice more and stress less about it I guess 😅 Anyway, thank you very much for your quick reply. Keep cooking 🙏
I do Genres with lots of chord changes. Most sequencers have one button or one key key change. The Elektron devices don’t seem to have that capability and are really designed for one chord EDM vamps. Any workarounds for this (short of using a keystep for sequencing duties)?
I tend to get longer chord changes out of the Elektrons by halving the speed of the sequence on one of the tracks. You get less resolution in the steps (8th notes instead of 16th notes) but usually that’s less important for a chord pattern anyways. If the resolution is important you could use trig-locks and set the frequency 1:2 and 2:2 on two steps, to alternate which happens each pass through. Combine these two you could get a chord pattern that is kinda ridiculously long. 128 bar chord loops are certainly possible (if my math checks out, could go higher tbh), if a bit tedious to set up
@@artificial-woman not sure that I was clear. If I had a 12 bar blues in A in an Elektron box, then wanted to transpose it to D, there’s no easy way to do that.
@@1dkappe Ah gotcha gotcha, my bad 😅 no unfortunately there is no way to do that to my knowledge, excluding just tuning all of your samples and synths down to match the key which would probably result in some artifacting anyways
@@artificial-woman I had a singer turn around at a gig and ask to do the song a half step down. With guitar, no problem. With my digitakt, no dice. Just about pooped my pants. 🤣
The Octatrack is a very fun, but it’s definitely the most underutilized piece of mine, at least so far. I’m working to change that and play to its strengths, but there is so much you can do with just the DT/DN combo on its own! So while I definitely highly recommend the OT - that comes with the caveat that it’s definitely not a “necessity” for most setups!
@@SlowHaste I’ve recently gone just down to the DN only and become way more creative for some reason, I’ll do the same with the DT at some point and then introduce the 2 again. I seem to be less creative with more gear. Great song btw.
I always thought if you had a Octotrack, you would be bothered with a Digitakt. These boxes all have the same height, must be satifying to line 'em up in a row.
I think if I got the OT first, I wouldn’t have added the DT. But the OT has a whole other world past the typical sequencing/sampling you’d expect - it’s definitely a goal of mine to keep exploring those possibilities!
@19:26 If you don’t know by now, you can also hold the Track Button of the Thru track and press the Play Button to open up the Thru track .. I hate this too, but it‘s better than nothing. Still closes when you press stop 3 times though. At least you dont have to press play everytine you want to hear the Thru track (only). A trig in the sequence of the Thru track is not necessary for this to work but can be used simultaneously.
That music was exactly what I needed this morning. Still in bed hungover af (I don’t even drink‽), tired and migrainy and those waves of sound, lush movement and relaxed beat feels like a massage directly in the center of my brain. Thank you Daniel!
@@SlowHaste I think I got both, didn’t get to bed until 2:30am and we still have to pack our shit back into the rehearsal space. I’ll put on some slowhaste on the drive!
Hi love this combo thanks so much and had fun trying it out last weekend. After a while the Octatrack sound just cut out and after puzzling about this I think it happened after I connected the midi cable to the Digitakt. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions or had experience of this?. When I changed projects the sound was there and later the sound came back….it was weird. I wondered if there was a setting I need to change. Thanks for the video
That little ride cymbal sample that you start at 1:36 is really damn cool. It sounds organic too, like a full recording of someone bouncing their drumstick off a ride and not just a single hit that's been delayed.
Yes the percussion in the Baths Splice pack is fantastic. If you’ve never listened to Baths or Geotic, I’d highly recommend it!
That’s a great track Daniel! Ambient and deep. Love the use of all 3 machines. Well done!!!
So happy you like it!! This was a lot of fun to put together, I love structuring a song around a specific sound
Lovely song - one of the best things I’ve heard from you, in my opinion. Great stuff.
Thank you so much! This is the first thing I’ve made in a while that I’m really into as an actual “song” haha, so it means a lot to hear that.
Very nice! Love the soundscapes!
Thank you!!
The holy Trinity in action!!! Sounds so good!!!! I’m impressed! My brain can only take one of them at a time! I tried syncing my M:C and Digitakt but I enjoy them separately for now :)
thaaaanks! it's got me feeling like a spaceship pilot or something.
I think the term trinity has been used since time immemorial to refer to OT/A4/AR. At any rate, this is the most amazing setup possible I think. I have the OT, DNK and Model:Samples and it's like all the music I can dream of comes true, it's fascinating to sit in front of those machines. Considering how much depth comes out of each, taking your time with all three can deliver such inspiring compositions... I think I should leave my computer and go make music in fact haha.
Thanks a lot for the inspiring video! Always a pleasure to see you and these in the same room :D
Thank you!! Yes, in the right hands each of these instruments could be a full setup on their own - so it’s definitely a lot of power (and responsibility) to have all three
Hmm the trinity refers to Octatrack, Machinedrum, Monomachine in my opinion :)
@@philipborlin I guess Elektron has many trinities in its history haha :D
I guess the trinity can be any 3 machines you like but the correct term is actually “dark trinity” and it refers to the mk1 models of the A4/AR/OT.
Sounds incredible! Great work!!🎹
Thanks a ton!!
a lovely, chilled Ulrich Schnauss vibe to the track which I really like. Very inspiring as always, thanks, I particularly like the sounds you've made on the Digitone, nice examples of the variety of sound you can get from an FM synth. 🙏🧡
I’m not familiar with Ulrich Schnauss, I’ll have to take a listen! Thanks a ton, I’m glad you like the Digitone sounds. It’s definitely felt like the most creative of the elektron boxes I’ve learned so far
@@SlowHaste particularly early Ulrich Schnauss: Far Away Trains Passing By and A Strangely Isolated Place, the later work not so much. Digitone definitely feels like a nice addition I'd consider alongside my mk1 RYTM & Octatrack, I love FM! btw thanks for the program change tip, I did not realise that will sync pattern changes, that's going to come in really useful!!
Nice… your song has indeed a beachy like feeling like a beach in the late evening on a hot day……
And my compliments for the good fades cq drops ergo trancision …
Like your kind of Color you put in your music….
As always lovely greetings from Germany
Thank you so much! I enjoy how performable the Octatrack can be with the transitions - a bit easy to get carried away sometimes!
Yeah these three are a power combo for sure.
Thank you very much for this video.
Could you maybe elaborate more on the recording process of your octatrack beats? Do you just record through main outs or cue outs too? Do you record track by track? If so, how do you capture that octatrack performance magic? Do you have any tips and recommendations? How do you „post-process“ your octatrack-beats?
I would be really intrested in your opinion.
Have a nice day !
Peace
Lots of great questions! I just use the main stereo output, run it into a mixer for monitoring, and then into my audio interface. In Logic, I apply light EQ and an “exciter” plug in, but no other post-processing for these youtube videos.
It‘s still a bit difficult for me to make a good mix within the octatrack first. So I hesitate to record the whole performance at once. But performing the beat live is really where the magic happens with this device, so I would really like to do that 😁
I have to practice more and stress less about it I guess 😅
Anyway, thank you very much for your quick reply. Keep cooking 🙏
I do Genres with lots of chord changes. Most sequencers have one button or one key key change. The Elektron devices don’t seem to have that capability and are really designed for one chord EDM vamps. Any workarounds for this (short of using a keystep for sequencing duties)?
I tend to get longer chord changes out of the Elektrons by halving the speed of the sequence on one of the tracks. You get less resolution in the steps (8th notes instead of 16th notes) but usually that’s less important for a chord pattern anyways.
If the resolution is important you could use trig-locks and set the frequency 1:2 and 2:2 on two steps, to alternate which happens each pass through.
Combine these two you could get a chord pattern that is kinda ridiculously long. 128 bar chord loops are certainly possible (if my math checks out, could go higher tbh), if a bit tedious to set up
@@artificial-woman not sure that I was clear. If I had a 12 bar blues in A in an Elektron box, then wanted to transpose it to D, there’s no easy way to do that.
@@1dkappe Ah gotcha gotcha, my bad 😅 no unfortunately there is no way to do that to my knowledge, excluding just tuning all of your samples and synths down to match the key which would probably result in some artifacting anyways
@@artificial-woman I had a singer turn around at a gig and ask to do the song a half step down. With guitar, no problem. With my digitakt, no dice. Just about pooped my pants. 🤣
@@1dkappe Oh no! that doesn’t sound fun at all lol, what did you end up doing to fix it?
What a nice setup you have now. I’m still having too much fun with my DN, DT and Typhon Dreadbox combo. Maybe an OT one day but not sure tbh.
The Octatrack is a very fun, but it’s definitely the most underutilized piece of mine, at least so far. I’m working to change that and play to its strengths, but there is so much you can do with just the DT/DN combo on its own! So while I definitely highly recommend the OT - that comes with the caveat that it’s definitely not a “necessity” for most setups!
@@SlowHaste I’ve recently gone just down to the DN only and become way more creative for some reason, I’ll do the same with the DT at some point and then introduce the 2 again. I seem to be less creative with more gear. Great song btw.
@@SlowHaste it is great as a stand alone synth as well
I love the arpeggiated DN patch 😊
Thanks!!
Octatrack and OP1 are my dynamic dual for jams.
I haven’t used them together but I’d love to sample some of my tape tracks from OP-1 to the OT!
@@SlowHaste they are fun- I use the Octatrack for drums and samples and OP-1 for chords and pads
I always thought if you had a Octotrack, you would be bothered with a Digitakt. These boxes all have the same height, must be satifying to line 'em up in a row.
I think if I got the OT first, I wouldn’t have added the DT. But the OT has a whole other world past the typical sequencing/sampling you’d expect - it’s definitely a goal of mine to keep exploring those possibilities!
@19:26 If you don’t know by now, you can also hold the Track Button of the Thru track and press the Play Button to open up the Thru track .. I hate this too, but it‘s better than nothing. Still closes when you press stop 3 times though. At least you dont have to press play everytine you want to hear the Thru track (only). A trig in the sequence of the Thru track is not necessary for this to work but can be used simultaneously.
I didn’t know that but that’s super useful, thank you for the tip!!
@@SlowHaste You‘re welcome 🙏
That music was exactly what I needed this morning. Still in bed hungover af (I don’t even drink‽), tired and migrainy and those waves of sound, lush movement and relaxed beat feels like a massage directly in the center of my brain. Thank you Daniel!
Glad I could soothe the brain ache!! Lack-of-sleep hangovers are definitely a thing. So are rocknroll hangovers, which perhaps you may be experiencing
@@SlowHaste I think I got both, didn’t get to bed until 2:30am and we still have to pack our shit back into the rehearsal space. I’ll put on some slowhaste on the drive!
Hi love this combo thanks so much and had fun trying it out last weekend. After a while the Octatrack sound just cut out and after puzzling about this I think it happened after I connected the midi cable to the Digitakt. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions or had experience of this?. When I changed projects the sound was there and later the sound came back….it was weird. I wondered if there was a setting I need to change. Thanks for the video
Oh damn I’m not sure! There are a lot of variables at play so it’s hard to say what the issue may be.
The holy trinity comes from the old days and was originally: Machinedrum, Monomachine & Octatrack. So there are severals, as with Rytm & A4..
Elektron is just that good - any three = biblical