Digitakt Song Mode: Elektron's Best New Feature

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Song mode is here! Lot's to play with here for sure, there is a ton of creative functionality on top of the standard use cases for this long-awaited feature to the square box Elektron lineup. I'll also briefly review the keyboard fold in this video
0:00 Intro/Navigating Song Mode
0:50 How song mode works
3:42 Song example & explanation
5:57 Creative applications
8:48 Keyboard Fold
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  • @thernandez81
    @thernandez81 Жыл бұрын

    Elektron should hire Slow Haste indefinitely

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    I humbly accept the offer

  • @BrentBlueAllen
    @BrentBlueAllenАй бұрын

    Your enthusiasm is infectious! Thanks for the walkthrough.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @jacobthewinner
    @jacobthewinner Жыл бұрын

    Great insight on song mode, your digi videos always hit the spot! 😊

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoy them, thanks!

  • @DavesMusicTube
    @DavesMusicTube Жыл бұрын

    Wow thanks dude. Excellent video! Great explanation and your tune is dope as well! Thanks

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @vinyltheif
    @vinyltheif Жыл бұрын

    That's an awesome feature! I've been pondering buying one & slowly learning about them via youtube, I'd wondered about the sequencing aspect so this rocks!

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah it’s a huge upgrade and the continued support is really fantastic!

  • @poppybrosjunior
    @poppybrosjunior Жыл бұрын

    Incredible overview and application of song mode, saved me from reading the manual =]. Subbed! Beats great too.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the sub 😎

  • @lesvolga1355
    @lesvolga1355 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!!🎉

  • @knurkas
    @knurkas Жыл бұрын

    good content mate!

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @crapinabap
    @crapinabap Жыл бұрын

    I knew you'd have the most concise explanation of the song function as soon as I saw the update announced. I wasn't wrong.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!! Words of encouragement like this genuinely keep me going & I’m glad y’all are finding this stuff useful

  • @crapinabap

    @crapinabap

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SlowHaste Please keep up the quality content. Elektron should be paying you.

  • @altogethernow
    @altogethernow11 ай бұрын

    Great video, bub.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks!!

  • @AgentsofRush
    @AgentsofRush Жыл бұрын

    Keyboard fold is sweet too👍

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes it really is!! I can’t wait to use it with the Digitone, but wanted to mess around with song mode on some old Digitakt projects first :)

  • @samuelwhite695
    @samuelwhite695 Жыл бұрын

    You're such a welcoming teacher, really learned at feel inspired

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much, I’m glad you found this useful!

  • @3clrdsqrs
    @3clrdsqrs Жыл бұрын

    Great feature and amazing explanation! It would be perfect to have parameter locks per row in addition to the mutes

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @stephensculley2522
    @stephensculley2522 Жыл бұрын

    hi, I have a dumb question. every time I try to load a song into the song list it defaults to SO1. How do I build a set in song mode? Thanks for your vid. great work. Steve

  • @sumdup
    @sumdup Жыл бұрын

    A video on how this new feature could interact (if it can) with Octatrack, or how / ways one might make them play nice together.. would be sweet!

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Great idea! I want to do an updated comparison for sure, and it would be fun to have a segment on how to use them together too

  • @ShaiUI
    @ShaiUI Жыл бұрын

    now that it has song mode, do you use the digitakt to record vocals though? I find it a bit cumbersome as recording samples on digitakt seems like a lot of menus / presses.. so instead I just record vocals with sp-404. and have the digitakt trigger my vocals off the sp-404 via midi.. but I was wondering if anyone records vocals with digitakt. not a lot of vids on it.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve personally never recorded Vox on the Digitakt - and I also haven’t really seen any vids on it, now that I think of it!

  • @ShaiUI

    @ShaiUI

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SlowHaste yeah I've noticed lots of producers don't tend to sing/rap it's all just instrumental. problem is songs aren't very memorable without vocals.

  • @astrosense4682
    @astrosense46828 ай бұрын

    hello Good morning, Do you know if it is possible in song or chain mode to use reverb, delay and LFO on all patterns and not pattern by pattern ? Thanks

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    8 ай бұрын

    Song mode just arranges the patterns, so it doesn’t really have access to control those parameters - you’d have to edit it individually for each pattern

  • @tubeMonger
    @tubeMonger Жыл бұрын

    When you use Digitakt and Digitone can you synchronize the songs from the songmode or do you have to send program changes to change the pattern from the master (for instance Digitone) to the slave (Digitakt)?

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    I haven’t yet tried it with more than one device and I’m not sure! There doesn’t appear to be an option for this within song mode, and I have a feeling it would be controlled by program changes.

  • @tubeMonger

    @tubeMonger

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@SlowHaste I think I will test this - this weekend. The songmode helps a lot even if no program changes are sent to the other device automatically. Sending program changes from MIDI out is a lot simpler than creating a song mode with a midi loop and making sure program changes are updated for both devices.

  • @tubeMonger

    @tubeMonger

    Жыл бұрын

    With prog ch send set on device 1 and prog ch receive set on device 2 and the song mode is enabled on device 1 but not on device 2, the same patterns are played on both devices. It looks like the song mode sends program changes. Edit: however if both devices have song mode enabled you can define which pattern to play (the pattern to play comes from the song mode row).

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tubeMonger cool! Thanks for the follow up :)

  • @she3po945
    @she3po945 Жыл бұрын

    Wow awesome! I’m really considering getting the Digitakt and wondering if I should get the Digitone as well?

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    If you’ve got the budget and are in the market for an fm synth, it’s a really solid choice! Although if you’re new to the elektron world, I might recommend sticking to one and really learning the workflow. After that, whichever you pick up after will be a breeze to learn!

  • @she3po945

    @she3po945

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SlowHaste Thank you for responding! 🙏 I would love to sign up for lessons once I choose one. Not an easy choice! 😅 But wow, they are epic!

  • @ruffian01
    @ruffian0111 ай бұрын

    Hi man, I have a question that many users would like to see solved. Do you know if there's an easy way to chain songs? It's taking me too much time to get from one song to another. 😕

  • @19501960
    @19501960 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, Am I restricted to the amount of songs I can have loaded ? For example a full live performance with 30 separate songs ? Tha ks

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    You can load up to 16 songs per project, you’d have to switch projects if you want more than that!

  • @19501960

    @19501960

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SlowHaste Mamy thanks for reply. Sorry for another question, but now I must ask, how many projects can i have on board the unit at the same time ? I need 30 separate songs for live work.

  • @georgekay372
    @georgekay372 Жыл бұрын

    “Now people will argue you’re just a DJ even more than before” 😂😂 But fr I’m so glad we finally got song mode on the small boxes.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahah I was proud of that one :). I am sincerely glad too, I think it will help out with practicing/writing overdubs/generally making live performances more convenient!

  • @georgekay372

    @georgekay372

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SlowHaste now I’m actually considering bringing the DT on gigs with me to fill out the band a little more. Before this, this was unthinkable for the type of stuff my band plays.

  • @michaeltrenier
    @michaeltrenier Жыл бұрын

    It’s the MPC sequencer.

  • @mikeisnottoast
    @mikeisnottoast9 ай бұрын

    Where do I listen to the track, it sounds dope.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I don’t have the full track anywhere, but there’s a jam on my instagram from April of this year

  • @automodachi
    @automodachi Жыл бұрын

    dude i can never get the link to your jams, i really want to hear that chillax one you use in the past few vids man PLEASE help a brother out when you get a minute

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ll see how I can help! Some of them aren’t released yet (or are works in progress), but comment on the vid with the jam you’re looking for so I know which one 😎

  • @automodachi

    @automodachi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SlowHaste oh yeah i just snooped the gram and camp and no luck ha

  • @lesvolga1355
    @lesvolga1355 Жыл бұрын

    Your music is mostly lo fi hip hop, right?

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t quite call it hip hop, but definitely lofi electronica!

  • @SonicVibe
    @SonicVibe Жыл бұрын

    It looks like a good device i wish it didn’t have such a pattern based workflow and needs more sample memory

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s certainly not perfect! I agree with the sample memory, it would be great if it was expandable

  • @automodachi

    @automodachi

    Жыл бұрын

    it took me like several years to really get my head around it and i’m still learning… the updates are the most substantial i’ve ever seen come out for a box like this… at first tho i was wondering if i had buyers remorse… not at all 🎉

  • @automodachi

    @automodachi

    Жыл бұрын

    the sample memory is jarring… give a soul some memory cardtron

  • @SonicVibe

    @SonicVibe

    Жыл бұрын

    And the pattern part I mean if ya add reverb it don’t carry on to the next chain so you have to do each part separately

  • @Pamaracas
    @Pamaracas Жыл бұрын

    Dumb question, can you chain songs?

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Not to my knowledge (yet)! But I could be wrong

  • @lrkx_
    @lrkx_ Жыл бұрын

    It’s almost the perfect Groovebox now…

  • @niloben659

    @niloben659

    Жыл бұрын

    no stereo sampling is a problem though

  • @TheOmniforce
    @TheOmniforce Жыл бұрын

    Good video, but a little constructive criticism - the dialogue is a bit fast.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback!

  • @agum820
    @agum820 Жыл бұрын

    regret selling mine now T-T

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m sure there are plenty of fairly priced used ones out there! I stumbled upon mine used at a guitar center for a great deal a few years back

  • @johnwalter6410

    @johnwalter6410

    8 ай бұрын

    10 Hail Marys and 1 our Father and you are forgiven,

  • @agum820

    @agum820

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@SlowHaste we are so back i forgot about this comment completely lmaoo

  • @sadlantis
    @sadlantis Жыл бұрын

    So song mode doesn't write the song for you?? Then what's the point? I thought that's why everyone wanted it :p Nicely explained Daniel. Think I'm most excited to try the folding keyboard (and those blue backlights). Having more than 1 octave to be able to play in real time will be super useful.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Who knows, maybe we’ll get that in a future update! Then the haters will really be sorry 😁.

  • @johnwalter6410
    @johnwalter64108 ай бұрын

    Your song is making me sea sick,

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden Жыл бұрын

    Dude, I know you're joking about someone being smarter that you for knowing some weird obscure tuning, but just remember there aint nobody who knows everything, no matter how smart they are!

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha yes, it’s always good to remember that!!

  • @eliasgarciasceptre
    @eliasgarciasceptre9 ай бұрын

    🫣😱😱😱

  • @HelicopterRidesForCommunists
    @HelicopterRidesForCommunists11 ай бұрын

    “Just a DJ” - yeah well not all DJs just hit play - and if you knew what good ones do you wouldn’t be saying that.

  • @SlowHaste

    @SlowHaste

    11 ай бұрын

    Oh I have mad respect for DJs!! That was more a joke at people who play sequencers who get offended when people think that they are DJs

  • @HelicopterRidesForCommunists

    @HelicopterRidesForCommunists

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SlowHaste Oh I realize you were quoting something people say sometimes - I was making that comment toward "those" people not you. lol sorry for that not coming across well enough.

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