So, there are guys like Dave here playing techno in proper way, working the sound, yet you still see posers most of the time on main stages, just waving hands to the music playing out of USB sticks and people praising them.
No need to think about it. These "djs" are nobodys who have nothing to do with music and creativity. Can you see how Dave here enjoys it? It's all about that man. The rest don't matter.
Its allways a pleasure to hear your sets,a lot of work around to get there, sample choices and so on, good vibes and groovy, hope to see you one of these days in Portugal,cheers Dave.And keep grooving.
Thanks for checking out my set Nuno. Would love to play there. Later this year I'm going to write to bookers. I'll add Portugal to the list. Who knows :)
You are a fine rep. for Elelektron machines ! - I just found you, as i got the Digitone last week - and was looking for tips´n tricks on youtube - and WOUW - you have the coolest briefcase I ever seen ! - No more Euro-rack nonsense ! (with a grain of salt - i LOVE modular synths aswell - but i dont have THAT kind of time - im a Bassplayer by trade soooo.... ;-) Just a couple of OverBridged Elektro´s and a couple of A&H´s and Voila ! Im a fan ! - so cool ,-
Thanks Mikkel :) glad you enjoy the vids. I plan on creating a series of Digitone tutorials as well. But first digitakt tutorials. First is to be released today at 14:00. Cheers!
Großartig! Really Great! The Xone Mixer is on my wishlist. I dont have DT/DN yet, but i plan it, until then my MPC Live and Akai Force are testing the Xone DB4 :-)
Love to see a set up vid including the sample selection, where they are from, BPM of set, how you are using each of the boxes as far as sound, and how you arrange banks patterns for your live performances.
ok this is super cool!!! this is pretty much what I wanna do with a modular setup!! good job, also feels like a super transportable rig!!! dope as hell and congratulations with the superb job!!!!
Cool stuff like always! Would be cool if you would show how you set up things. I mean like switching patterns on the digitakt for example or balancing loudness of patterns....always wondering about that...
That‘s nice ;) Got any experience doing this with the a4/rytm? I hate not having one single masterpage for all channels or am i missing something? Sry for bad english btw :)
Echoing what other's have said, but Dave, this is SO GOOD!! You've totally nailed the energy and flow, plus it's oozing groove. As a fellow DT/DN owner you really inspire me to push these little black boxes to the limit. How did you write this set? Did you compose as one whole piece to be played as a set?
Cheers A B, really appreciate the kind words :) I create grooves as I call them. Which most of the time consist of one pattern on DT and DN. I mix, morph and arrange the grooves entirely live. So there's a lot of improvisation going on in that aspect. I go a bit more into detail what my live workflow is in a video I uploaded a couple of months ago. You can find it on my channel. Cheers!
It's on the master output to add very mild saturation / warmth. I now removed it from the chain though since I use 2 DT and DN now. So it doesn't fit in the case anymore. Must admit I'm not really missing it for the master output saturation as I produce my grooves in a way that already has enough crunch.
You really do great stuff. Big respect for playing them live that good! Do you actually use any compression or stuff? or is the sound just coming from the synths through the mixer to the speakers? for real... this shit is real dopeness!!!!
Thank you! Everything comes out of the samplers and FM synth, through the mixer and then into the analog heat which subtly adds a bit of warmth and if I want I can add a bit of saturation with it as well. The samplers do have a master compressor which I mostly use as a limiter to control peaks. :) Thanks for the kind words !
You very clearly know your gear very well :) Did you use the Digitone for the chord stabs and are you just using the analogue heat on the end beaf up a bit?
Digitone is mostly used for stabs and pads indeed. Some come from a digitakt though. I'm still exploring the DN for other uses as well. Such a great little synth. The AH has multiple purposes at the moment ever since I've routed it as a send return. I expect to release a new video about the DB4 next Sunday where I explain this :)
@@Davemech - Aarh okay great. I'll be looking foward for that then :) Yes, I haven't had my Digitone for so long, but someone can definetly take it places that are deep. It's deep, but yet it's simple. But yeah I liked the sound of your chord stabs. Haven't really been trying that out myself yet, though it should've been one of the first things for my to try out. I'm sadly a master at procrastination haha, but I'm working on that (at least).
Very cool set. Probably too clean for my taste, but the performance level has set a bar for me. I also like your grooves. You've got some swing from garage which I praise as insanely funky music. The way you transition between tracks is also incredible. It could be mistaken for DJing, which is good and bad at the same time. If I'd be playing in a small basement club (my fav kind of gig) I'd play with distortion and loudness. There's just no way record could sound that dirty, which is a part of a performance for me. Feedback loop with most energetic dancers is what would make or brake a gig for me Again I would steal as much knowledge as I can from your videos
Thanks for the kind words mic. I actually reintroduced Elektron analog heat on the master out of my live setup to add a bit of grit and to control utmost peaks like a psuedo compressor. I do like a cleanish sound but also love a bit of subtle analog grit. Thanks again 👍🏻 club gigs are indeed the best :)
Great! I now have 2 digitakts and Digitones. I mix between them and combine the patterns between them as well. With 1 DT and 1 DN having a db4 or something else that can loop will get you there as well. Have fun :)
Great set Dave! I was wondering how do you mix the tracks with the 2 Digitakt's? Do you have one track on the first one and the next track on the second one and then you mix it with your mixer or do the Digitakt's run simultaneously?
Thank you Thanos. I have grooves on each and mix between them but also combine their sounds to morph them into new stuff live.it gives me a lot of flexibility.
@@Davemech ah cool! So you don't really have different tracks on each but you just switch patterns and ideas between the two? Did I get it right? This way the whole set up sounds much more cohesive.
@@ethermod307 Well, yes and no haha. There are different grooves in each DT. Not really full tracks. I arrange everything live. So I do mix between the two, from groove to groove, but combine them too that way. So put simply, if you would call it tracks then each DT contains their own tracks and I mix between the two. But I arrange and mix a bit more fluent than that live. The DB4 plays an important part in this as well. Hope this makes sense.
@@Davemech I’m not blaming, sorry. This is awesome! I’m just saying (maybe in the future), it would be great if you made a “cut in” rectangle showing the close up of the controls at all times.
No worries :) I meant to say that this was not my recording so I had no say in camera angles etc. Check out my channel to see me operate my machines with clear angles and in HD 👍🏻
So, there are guys like Dave here playing techno in proper way, working the sound, yet you still see posers most of the time on main stages, just waving hands to the music playing out of USB sticks and people praising them.
ill second that !
I’ll third it 👍🏿
fourth it (to the max)
No need to think about it. These "djs" are nobodys who have nothing to do with music and creativity. Can you see how Dave here enjoys it? It's all about that man. The rest don't matter.
This is exactly the kind of techno I like. Hypnotic, mental, smooth, no agression although energetic, just right up my street. I LOVE IT
Awesome thank you kindly 😊
There should be at least a million viewers here!
This set was SOLID.
Wow man. Nobody operates the digitakt and digitone as well as you do. Congrats. I have those machines as well and you're such an inspiration
Your comment made my day. Thank you :) ❤️
Great set - love this
Thanks !
Its allways a pleasure to hear your sets,a lot of work around to get there, sample choices and so on, good vibes and groovy, hope to see you one of these days in Portugal,cheers Dave.And keep grooving.
Thanks for checking out my set Nuno. Would love to play there. Later this year I'm going to write to bookers. I'll add Portugal to the list. Who knows :)
You are so talented man. I wish I hadn’t sold all my gear because this makes me want to get back to the grind on making a live set.
Thank you ❤️
Go for it! Don’t wait, before you regret you never jumped back in 🙏
always, very very nice job
Thank you! Cheers!
One of the nicest things Ive listen to in a while.
Awesome to hear Ellis, thank you
The way you "ebb and flow" through this set is magical! 👏👏
Thanks mate, really appreciate your positivity regarding my music. Keeps the flow going :)
Now this is Techno. Amazing and inspiring. Great stuff.
Cheers Kyle!
The best performer with a Hardware Setup!
Don't know about that haha. Glad you like it man
You are a fine rep. for Elelektron machines ! - I just found you, as i got the Digitone last week - and was looking for tips´n tricks on youtube - and WOUW - you have the coolest briefcase I ever seen ! - No more Euro-rack nonsense ! (with a grain of salt - i LOVE modular synths aswell - but i dont have THAT kind of time - im a Bassplayer by trade soooo.... ;-) Just a couple of OverBridged Elektro´s and a couple of A&H´s and Voila ! Im a fan ! - so cool ,-
Thanks Mikkel :) glad you enjoy the vids. I plan on creating a series of Digitone tutorials as well. But first digitakt tutorials. First is to be released today at 14:00. Cheers!
Master of the Machines!
top stuff dude, so great to see you rocking these machines
just got a Digitone yesterday so it's really inspiring to see that you can play a whole set with it!
Digitone is an amazing synth. Even moreso with the latest update :) Enjoy!
great
realy nice Sound! Love your Digitakt Tutorials 👌🏻
Thank you!
Amazing!
so good
Cheers Jordan
This set is unreal Dave!!!
Cheers Maxi, glad you like it!
more sets pls
great performance, especially it's live!!!
Thank you Michal!
so much sense..top
So cool. Great sounds!
Großartig! Really Great! The Xone Mixer is on my wishlist. I dont have DT/DN yet, but i plan it, until then my MPC Live and Akai Force are testing the Xone DB4 :-)
Thank you! Yeah done db4 is incredible. Nothing like it :)
Fantastic
Cheers Marc :)
great, this is very nice
Well done! appreciate your vid!
Love to see a set up vid including the sample selection, where they are from, BPM of set, how you are using each of the boxes as far as sound, and how you arrange banks patterns for your live performances.
A video like that is the pipeline. I'm also going to do a series with DT tutorials so you get a more in depth look into how I work with it.
insane flow
❤❤❤❤❤Brett👌👌👌👌
ok this is super cool!!!
this is pretty much what I wanna do with a modular setup!! good job, also feels like a super transportable rig!!! dope as hell and congratulations with the superb job!!!!
Thank you ! ❤️
Top quality choons 🖤
Great set
Cheers Alex :)
Cool stuff like always!
Would be cool if you would show how you set up things. I mean like switching patterns on the digitakt for example or balancing loudness of patterns....always wondering about that...
Writing this down as a potential future video! Cheers
That‘s nice ;)
Got any experience doing this with the a4/rytm? I hate not having one single masterpage for all channels or am i missing something?
Sry for bad english btw :)
great stuff!!
Tip top as usual Dave! I don't usually make YT comments, but this set is REALLY nice.
Thank you !
goeie set David, hoop vette reacties ook, well deserved!! rock on!!!
Dank je Juriaan, waardeer ik zeer!
Nicely done :)
The beer must have been warm by the time you got to drink it!
Haha :)
You werking that setup efficiently bro
Thanks Nelson :)
Amazing Good! 😀 👊
Echoing what other's have said, but Dave, this is SO GOOD!! You've totally nailed the energy and flow, plus it's oozing groove. As a fellow DT/DN owner you really inspire me to push these little black boxes to the limit.
How did you write this set? Did you compose as one whole piece to be played as a set?
Cheers A B, really appreciate the kind words :)
I create grooves as I call them. Which most of the time consist of one pattern on DT and DN. I mix, morph and arrange the grooves entirely live. So there's a lot of improvisation going on in that aspect. I go a bit more into detail what my live workflow is in a video I uploaded a couple of months ago. You can find it on my channel. Cheers!
ahhhh that sudden cut hurt
Always wondered why people self harm ;)
top man
@28:25 cheers, u deserve it :) much love \o/
Top!
Where's the Analog Heat in the signal chain? What's it doing?
It's on the master output to add very mild saturation / warmth.
I now removed it from the chain though since I use 2 DT and DN now. So it doesn't fit in the case anymore. Must admit I'm not really missing it for the master output saturation as I produce my grooves in a way that already has enough crunch.
The real deal
Would you add a kaoss pad 3+ in there?
Nah :) db4 has an effect section per channel. More than enough.
So much tension from 26’...
Thank you, really appreciate it FacMusic :)
Exelente !!!!
You really do great stuff. Big respect for playing them live that good!
Do you actually use any compression or stuff? or is the sound just coming from the synths through the mixer to the speakers?
for real... this shit is real dopeness!!!!
Thank you! Everything comes out of the samplers and FM synth, through the mixer and then into the analog heat which subtly adds a bit of warmth and if I want I can add a bit of saturation with it as well.
The samplers do have a master compressor which I mostly use as a limiter to control peaks. :)
Thanks for the kind words !
You very clearly know your gear very well :)
Did you use the Digitone for the chord stabs and are you just using the analogue heat on the end beaf up a bit?
Digitone is mostly used for stabs and pads indeed. Some come from a digitakt though. I'm still exploring the DN for other uses as well. Such a great little synth.
The AH has multiple purposes at the moment ever since I've routed it as a send return. I expect to release a new video about the DB4 next Sunday where I explain this :)
@@Davemech - Aarh okay great. I'll be looking foward for that then :)
Yes, I haven't had my Digitone for so long, but someone can definetly take it places that are deep. It's deep, but yet it's simple. But yeah I liked the sound of your chord stabs. Haven't really been trying that out myself yet, though it should've been one of the first things for my to try out. I'm sadly a master at procrastination haha, but I'm working on that (at least).
Very cool set. Probably too clean for my taste, but the performance level has set a bar for me. I also like your grooves. You've got some swing from garage which I praise as insanely funky music. The way you transition between tracks is also incredible. It could be mistaken for DJing, which is good and bad at the same time. If I'd be playing in a small basement club (my fav kind of gig) I'd play with distortion and loudness. There's just no way record could sound that dirty, which is a part of a performance for me. Feedback loop with most energetic dancers is what would make or brake a gig for me
Again I would steal as much knowledge as I can from your videos
Thanks for the kind words mic. I actually reintroduced Elektron analog heat on the master out of my live setup to add a bit of grit and to control utmost peaks like a psuedo compressor. I do like a cleanish sound but also love a bit of subtle analog grit.
Thanks again 👍🏻 club gigs are indeed the best :)
Hi Dave, Im planing a live set with 1 digitone and 1 digitakt, how do you transition between tunes? or is it that why you got two digitakts? thanks
Great! I now have 2 digitakts and Digitones. I mix between them and combine the patterns between them as well. With 1 DT and 1 DN having a db4 or something else that can loop will get you there as well. Have fun :)
Great set Dave! I was wondering how do you mix the tracks with the 2 Digitakt's? Do you have one track on the first one and the next track on the second one and then you mix it with your mixer or do the Digitakt's run simultaneously?
Thank you Thanos. I have grooves on each and mix between them but also combine their sounds to morph them into new stuff live.it gives me a lot of flexibility.
@@Davemech ah cool! So you don't really have different tracks on each but you just switch patterns and ideas between the two? Did I get it right? This way the whole set up sounds much more cohesive.
@@ethermod307 Well, yes and no haha. There are different grooves in each DT. Not really full tracks. I arrange everything live. So I do mix between the two, from groove to groove, but combine them too that way. So put simply, if you would call it tracks then each DT contains their own tracks and I mix between the two. But I arrange and mix a bit more fluent than that live. The DB4 plays an important part in this as well. Hope this makes sense.
Stuff )
Would be much better if we could see what you're doing with your fingers :)
Blame the camera quality ;) not my cams
@@Davemech I’m not blaming, sorry. This is awesome! I’m just saying (maybe in the future), it would be great if you made a “cut in” rectangle showing the close up of the controls at all times.
No worries :) I meant to say that this was not my recording so I had no say in camera angles etc. Check out my channel to see me operate my machines with clear angles and in HD 👍🏻
Nice German sounding techno
i belive Dave IS german,- ;-)
I liked even before the video has started, but now I want to give you more likes, should I dislike it and like again? ;-)
Haha , make multiple accounts? ;)
Ja rond de 30 minuten man.
Thanks voor de complimenten man :) waarder ik zeer
ledge
Hello Dave, why no more Facebook?