16 advanced Digitakt ideas, tips and tricks
This clip contains a bunch of ideas, tips and tricks to help you get more out of your Digitakt.
An update regarding ideas that use MIDI Loopback: After publishing this clip I was alerted to the fact that pressing the "stop" button twice on the Digitakt while a MIDI loopback is in place causes the Digitakt to freeze. Everything is back where you left it if you power down and back up, but in order to work around this I did some digging and indeed Digitakt sends a MIDI CC 120 message out the MIDI out, which if sent back in, will freeze it. I reached out to Bome and they've updated their script to filter out MIDI CC 120, and it sails smoothly past a double tap on "stop", so no worries ;) I've also heard feedback that this doesn't happen on the RK-002 - so as far as polyphony goes, you should be good to go. Regarding regular MIDI loopback, you can either use the Bome script via USB, or just create your own simple Bome (or other) script / DAW loopback that filters out MIDI CC 120, or, if you're using a regular MIDI cable, don't press "stop" twice... or just enjoy the non-loopback tricks. Remember MIDI loopbacks are "tricks" that are outside of the regular scope of how devices are intended to work, please don't blame Elektron if they don't work 100% of the time...
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Polyphonic resources mentioned:
Retrokits RK002: bit.ly/RK-002
Bome's channel rotation script: bit.ly/BomeChannelRotationScript
PolyMind Max for Live plugin: bit.ly/PolyMindMaxForLive
This is another hardware polyphony solution I haven't tried out: bit.ly/MidiDisp
Singe-cycle waveform resources:
waveeditonline.com
audionewsroom.net/2018/03/scw...
www.adventurekid.se/akrt/wave...
Here's a timeline for this clip:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Single cycle PWM
3:10 Subtractive synthesis
3:45 Samples vs. Sounds
5:00 Ideas for polyphony
9:30 More LFO ideas
10:05 FM synthesis
10:55 Granular synthesis
13:05 Wavetable synthesis
15:25 Dynamic Rathets
16:30 Waterdrop synthesis?!
17:15 Want more LFOs?
17:30 Using simple loopback
17:55 Transposing patterns
20:30 8+ bar patterns
21:20 Saveable pattern chains
21:50 More LFO destinations?
23:25 Want more ideas?
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I rarely comment on toob vids. You are a gifted communicator and i would imagine you positively empower 100x more people than your comment/count/subscriber tally suggests... no conceit, no hipster jargon, just pure, imaginative, intelligent information. thank you
@loopop
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@johncitizen8828
Жыл бұрын
Agreed - great stuff! 🎉
So good! Would love to seeore videos on the Digitakt. Like a short series or masterclass. Including tips that pertain to what's possible with the additional firmware updates in 2023
A sequel would be lovely. Excellent work!
Sequel please! This is so good. I can’t wait to sit down and try these all out. I’ll follow up with any thoughts and questions. Thanks for the great vid.
@KentuckyMusic
5 жыл бұрын
BlankFor_ms me too, was just thinking about making an advanced digitakt video myself.
@BlankFor_ms
5 жыл бұрын
In the first example of modulated ratchets (from the demo track) are the sounds repeating via retrig or looping sample?
@BlankFor_ms
5 жыл бұрын
Kentucky do it!
I would love to see a new video like this showing techniques you get from experimenting with the new firmware update. I’m sure the new base width filter, parametric EQ, and new LFO is gonna open up a whole new range of possibilities. The digitakt is such an innovative instrument. I recently watched a vid where someone was able to timestretch and pitch shift and even use slicing using the lfo and retrig
@johncitizen8828
2 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking EXACTLY this!
@sabinbadea94
2 жыл бұрын
Can you please send me the video of the guys that was able to timestratching please?! It would be amazing
@jeremiahfire1798
2 жыл бұрын
Here here
@maxspencerkarinen6463
2 жыл бұрын
@@sabinbadea94 kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHiTrNazoNycd6g.html this guy has a few tutorials, they're all great
The tip at 13.05 about the Wavetables has featured in so many of my jams, and I'd never have though of it without your vids Loopop. Thank you so much for educating us, and for providing such clear and well presented tutorials. I would love to see another advanced Digitakt tutorial :)
This is incredible! Brilliant way of teaching. Everything actually made sense, and this is my first day with my Digitakt! Please do a sequel presentation!
I just recently got a Digitakt, so these videos showcasing all the cool stuff it can do are amazing! Your videos especially are fantastic, and I'd love to see a part 2 of all the weird stuff a Digitakt can do
You are an excellent comunicator and always find the way to surprise me with clever ways to expand the creative possibilities of every device. Bravo and thank you! 💚
You have impeccable timing, Sir. I just picked up a Digitakt and was perusing KZread for some tutorials, and VIOLA! ... brand new video on the Digitakt by Loopop. Keep 'em coming, man. You're doing gods work!
Your video presentation is far and above the gold standard of all KZread musicians. Thanks so much.
Man, the wavetable synthesis and granular synthesis are amazing!
You are an absolute madman! I've had my Digitakt for 6 months now and I never would have thought that I could get my mind blown this hard, Holy Shit. Amazing stuff!
Always excellent tutorials. I need to watch and re-watch lots of these before getting the Digitakt. Thank you
Best digitakt video I ever seen. You are so talented! Thank you so much bro.
This has to be one of the best digitakt tutorials on youtube. I don't even have a digitakt but there are so many great tips in here that I think would work on my octatrack as well. Thank you for doing what you do.
This couldn't come at a better time. Have been slowly researching the DT and am getting closer and closer to pulling the trigger.Even though it has some limitations, I think that can be a positive:forcing you to experiment more. Thx for your wonderful tutorials.
im in love with the effected piano bit @11:25 it's just beautiful, you're gonna make me spend a lot of money
One of the most valuable and useful videos about Digitakt. Holy guacamole. My brain is too small to remember all these gem tricks at once, I will train hard like a synth doge to learn this device better. Great examples, video is absolutely essential for all who own or want to get Digitakt. Man, if you released only this one video, you would get into my personal Digitakt Hall of Fame anyway. Tons of respect for educating us.
You solved the PWM problem, wow! I was absolutely sure that it should be possible to do PWM sounds using Digitakt's LFO, but couldn't figure out the solution myself. Thanks for the tips!
Great work, as always it seems these days. Really wonderfully put together.
Props for bringing ‘granular’ synthesis to my digitakt repertoire o skills!👍🏼✊🏼🤟🏼
Fantastic! Your thoroughness inspires. Thank you!
Please create a sequel to this video with your other Digitakt ideas, tips, and tricks. This was wonderful, thank you!
I've rewatched this soooooo many times... awesome work 😃
This is the richest Digitakt video out there! Thanks a ton for your effort - really aswesome stuff! Informative and I understand everything because you have a great way of explaining!
I Just bought and am learning Digitakt and this video just blew my mind. Thank you!!!
your section on granular synthesis was very inspiring, thank you.
I love my Digitakt. Its like an extension of my soul. This machine is amazing! I ve never had so much fun making music.
I could spend an hour on Digitakt everyday and wouldn't 'master' the thing in 5 years. Mind blown by this metal box.
Awesome, incredible tutorial, you have opened so many new Digitakt concepts and options, that I can use. Thank You!
Wow, this opens up an amazing amount of possibilities. Thank you very much for this. And btw: I bought a Digitakt (and many other stuff over the last years) based on your (review) videos as the main resource.
Absolutely stunning- I recently bought a Digitakt and hadn't realised the amazing potential for using it for synthesis and creating really out there sounds. Thank you for your thorough tutorial.
@cjlewis79
Жыл бұрын
I just got mine today. Can’t wait to try these
That was great! Going to go through this again with my Digitakt and try em all!
Absolutely stellar video. As a Digitakt Beginner this looks like pure magic to me!
Love this, love this kind of stuff. I recently got a Digitakt... I haven't looked at your book since I grabbed it, so I'll have to check it out again!
Thank you, good sir. A sequel would be much appreciated
Wow ! The sample slot LFO tip is absolute gold 👍🏽 thanks 🙏🏽
Man the description of what a LFO is was so good, nice one
this is still the best channel about synths out there. if you have time, please make a similar tutorial for the lovely digitone. cheers.
The granular part was lovely. :0
@loopop
5 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite too!
@KentuckyMusic
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Should have put it on the waveform view for that part though ;)
@DarBertschneider
3 жыл бұрын
I would even use the track multiplier on the Track Scale settings, like X2 to have it smoother (triggered faster)
You make fantastic videos. Super thorough, insightful and helpful
Ideas for Polyphony: For a song you only need 4 Accords, sometimes 6, but not more than 8. So you can do it like you showed it, with 4 Tracks and create 8 accords with the step sequenzer. Than you can let play the sequenzer and resample it with all 8 Accords than you have all 8 Accords as a sample and you can use it with one track. you only have to change the start and endpoint of the sample for each step in the sequenzer.
Thank you so much for these helpful tipps. Your videos a always well structured and informative!
Man your tutorial videos are so great, thank you so much for such quality work !
So imaginative, absolutely nailed it!
My Digitakt wants to leave me for you.
@loopop
5 жыл бұрын
LOL no worries I’ll send it back with tips for a happy relationship ;)
@marsresendiz3075
5 жыл бұрын
😆😆
@am5790
4 жыл бұрын
lol good one my friend. But I think and you know our friend is a nobel cultured soul.
@iphoneandme
4 жыл бұрын
Bargen es.
Pro tip for dialing in the single cycle pwm: when initially setting up the sound load the same wave into a second track and set the pitch an octave up. Set the amp envelope to infinite decay and get a note droning. Now dial in your original track start and length parameters until you get a centered selection tuned to the same pitch as the drone. You now can continue your sound design with a pwm wave that has accurate pitch to the original wave. 🏄 Save the finished product as a sound easily load it up.
This is incredible as usual. I've bought Digitakt about 6 months ago but barely touched it and now getting into it, I can't comprehend how powerful this little piece of hardware is. Thanks a lot for sharing this.
Its an amazing little box and this is an amazing upload , many thanks.
Loved this! So many great ideas! I’ve been messing around with a way to get the Octatrack’s “one button remix” trick working on the Digitakt. I have done it, but it’s a pain to set up tbh. Briefly: Set up two tracks with the same sample (eg a 1 bar loop) on each. Set track 1’s trigs to FIL, track 2’s to ___FIL, use LFO on each track to cycle through the sample start (you’ll need to turn LFO retrig off for every trig except the first one so basically you are faking a sliced sample. Change track 2’s length to 15 trigs (for example) and every time you hit FILL you’ll have a juggled sample. The only time it doesn’t work is if you hit FILL just as the play point hits the trig that retriggers the LFO, then it’s stutter city ;-) Anyway - awesome video. I’m off to play with some granular samples and dynamic ratchets. Thanks again!
love that last tune ! so relaxing..
Greatest video on digitakt ever! one thing: “dynamic ratchets” aren’t ratchets, they’re a forward-looped sample with modulated sample length. If you turn retrigger on it, it actually won’t work.
oh boy! just got home with my new Digitakt a few minutes ago :) I can't wait to set it up and follow along!
Awesome video ... just what I've been waiting for and very well explained. Thanks 😎
Fantastic video! I'm watching this over and over because there's so much good stuff in here to absorb! :) Your videos make me want to go back to the instrument no matter how devoid of inspiration I currently may be!
LFO 'just a fancy way to say Automatic Knob Turner":) Love it! Techno-babble correctly distilled for everyone.
Great video sir, as always. For the wavetable synth to work smoothly one can as well take the several waves and concatenate them to make a longer sample and then the PWM should do the trick! Thanks for the ideas!
@78thandSynth
2 жыл бұрын
Would you still recommend it for first drum module/machine/groove box? Goal is to connect with Moog synths and Reaper DAW
Sequel please!! Taking into account the new Digitakt os and what is possible with all the new options. Your videos are awesome go to reference for me btw! Thank you!!
I love your videos and reviews - so succinct. What I am going to pose on Elektronauts is that Elekton truly "open the box" and allow for "normalized internal patching" of LFO's to multiple parameters w/+/- sends. If the machine can handle it with a MIDI cable, there's no logistical reason it can't be written into the OS... right? Let's put... "requestive pressure" on them to Make it so... ;)
Amazing! thank you! Sequel would be very welcome!
Thanks for another great one. Just really good stuff.
anxiously waiting on the sequel to this video!!!
Got one before I knew it had Single Cycle Wave Forms Incredible machine
2:40 Roygbiv. If you catch my drift.
@WDWRM
5 жыл бұрын
Oh shit, you're right!
@johnnymidnight2982
5 жыл бұрын
I cheered
@alterdings
5 жыл бұрын
was about to post the same thing
@LukaszBieliz
5 жыл бұрын
Holly sh... me too! 2:45 or maybe it's something wrong with us hearing boc everywhere...
@cuba1956
5 жыл бұрын
I think it's just BoC everywhere...
It's very powerful, man! Thanks for tips👍
great tutorial. Thank you & please more on difitakt and digitone !!
Thank you sir. Going to have soooo much fun with some of these :)
This dreamy house example is sooooo nice. Maybe you can make an album with just your snippets in just a couple of hours of mixing and matching.
one of the best videos on digitakt.
Simply an amazing video! Running along to get your ebook 😁. Thanks for these!
@loopop
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much!
Great tutorial, always enjoy the way you lay out the explanations. Whoever downvoted must have hit the wrong button or is just mad they don’t have a digitakt. Only thing I can think of.
Thanks so much for this video! Will put your tips to great use :)
Great channel mate glad I stumbled across you
Thank you very much, that is so instructive !
could you do a follow up for the crazy 1.3 update?
Really inspiring! Thanks
this video made me realize I absolutely should look closer at the demos on such devices.
Man this video is so great!!! thank you!
Awesome tricks, thanks for this!
This is BIG. Also if I can add - You can re-trigger each placed note when lfo is on sample slot as the instance of what You mentioned back in wavetable synthesis - that would free some buttons to rec to. Also it generates beautiful sounds when having fun with lfo multiplier, lfo speed, dep, track tempo, note lentht etc... i love the video. it opens my eyes on that midi self-routing. Thanks! wishing U best! and everyone -keep diggin' on Digitakt.
@loopop
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks and very cool!
Very clear! Keep it up man 🤘🏼
Thank you so much, this helped me out so much
This was SUPER helpful, thx!!
Hats off ! Great tutorial.
Jeez! Head spinning...nicely done.
Great advanced digitakt demo! I’ve been doing a similar thing to the waterdrop synthesis recently. Take a single cycle waveform and max the filter res and add a filter eg. This sort of acts like an exciter for the filter and changing the filter cutoff can get anything from water drops to bongo hits.
@KentuckyMusic
5 жыл бұрын
Also changing the scw adds a different type of ‘ping’ for the filter for different tones.
Very nice ideas & Video! Thanks for that! :)
This little box is amazing
Thank you for this!
I dont have a digiT but always useful to watch these vids. Your Waterdrop synthesis works same on an E2S - use the Claves Eight sample and follow your advice here.
Thanks, the piano loop granulation sounded really pleasant. I have been wanting to buy the rk for ages but forgot about it, guess 2020 is the year i will buy it :)
Great video. Thank you.
Awesome vid! Love your content :)
Those tips are insane, just when you thought you've mastered the digitakt haha
Wow ! Mind blowing tutorial
Holy moly PWM, awesome!
Amazing as usual. 100/100
Pwm trick is a game changer!!!
Thanks for the tips.