You Have To Try Drum and Bass

video upload by EZBOT

"If you like big melodic atmospheres and complex, interesting drum rhythms, then you will love drum and bass or ambient jungle. Follow along with me as we write a track from scratch with the Digitakt II, Digitone II, and the Elektron Octatrack.

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Floating 🌊 (Arturia Minifreak // Elektron Digitone // MFB Tanzbar // Roland S1 // K.O.-Sidekick)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"Four instruments, three parts played in real time, and one slightly overloaded pair of hands. 😅

The challenge for this one was simple on paper: play the PADS, BASS and LEAD in real time. No sequencers being abused here! Well… except for the MFB Tanzbär, which handles the drums. 🥁

On the MiniFreak , I use two different pad sounds: one for the first part, then a more choir-like sound for the second half.

The S-1 handles the bass, and its HOLD function was particularly useful here. It lets me keep a bass note playing while freeing one hand to do something else (change sounds, play the lead, trigger a drum break… basically trying to keep everything under control. 😅)

The Digitone is where I play the melodies, using chime sounds layered with a pad-like sound. For the outro, I switch on the arpeggiator.

And then there's the Tanzbär , which made things a little more complicated because I wanted to play with the K.O.-Sidekick effects during the performance.

I used the Tanzbär's separate outputs so that:
The main drum parts go through Sidekick Channel 1, with its compressor, EQ and Loop effect for the breaks
The hi-hats and cymbals go through Channel 2, using the compressor, EQ and Delay.

So while playing three instruments in real time, I also had to keep an eye on the drums, the Sidekick effects, sound changes and everything else happening at the same time.

Let's just say… there are a few beautiful mistakes in there. 😂

But that's the whole point of these jams: no perfect performance, just one take, a lot of things to control, and a human being trying to keep up with his own setup.

Hope you enjoy it!

As always, the performance was recorded in a single take. I mixed and mastered the individual tracks afterwards in Ableton Live, but the musical performance itself wasn't edited or fixed."

Bad Gear - He can't do this anymore...

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about Digitone II and I hope I can get through this episode without someone vibe coding a… GODDAMIT!!!"

A practical Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis tutorial using Korg Opsix.

"A practical Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis tutorial using Korg Opsix.

It's presented by synth sound designer and touring musician, Dean Walliss, who programmed some of the factory presets that shipped with the initial Opsix release, and later the v2.0 release.

Although the video features Opsix, a lot of the info applies to Yamaha Montage/MODX, Elektron Digitone, and various software FM synthesisers as well."

Playlist:

1. Part1: Practical FM synthesis tutorial using Korg Opsix.
2. Part2: Practical FM synthesis tutorial using Opsix - common ratios and waveforms.
3. Part 3: Practical FM Synthesis tutorial using Opsix - brighter, fuzzier sounds.
4. Part 4: Practical FM Synthesis - thinner and thicker sounds using a strong fundamental harmonic.

Elektron Digitone Keys Digital FM Keyboard Synthesizer

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Elektron Digitone With AC Adapter, Desktop Stand & Original Box

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Dawless techno jam / remix - Born Slippy

video upload by MIDI MINION

"Dawless techno jam - Born Slippy by Underworld Remix
Loving this setup.
The hapax really opens the whole thing up.
All mixing happens on the screen. No additional processing outside of the screen.
The Octatrack is used as a performance mixer mixing 4 different small mono synths that you can kind of see there - Behringer TD-3, Dreadbox Typhon and a Hades, and Erica DB-01.
Syntakt provides the drums (glued by an FMR Audio RNC1773 compressor).
Digitakt II provides the vocals and transition sounds.
Digitone II provides the sub, ambient sound and as a input for the Dreadbox Artemis."

Cast Away (Elektron Digitone // MFB Tanzbar // Roland S-1 // Teenage Engineering KO Sidekick EP 136)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"1 track, 3 machines, a little over 5 minutes. 🎛️

Back with the same setup as *Live at Home 2*: the Elektron Digitone, MFB Tanzbär and Roland S-1. This time, though, it's one continuous piece rather than a collection of patterns and ideas.

All three instruments are connected to the **Teenage Engineering KO II Sidekick EP-136**:
Channel 1: MFB Tanzbär - punchy analog drums
Channel 2: Elektron Digitone - all the synth parts, plus some FM percussion
AUX input: Roland S-1 - Bass

The MIDI chain is pretty straightforward: Digitone to S-1 to Tanzbär.
The Digitone sequences the S-1, while the Tanzbär runs its own internal sequencer.

Things get a little more… unpredictable during the second half of the track, where I start playing around with the Sidekick's Loop effect to create all sorts of drum breaks.

It was an absolute pleasure to play with - perhaps a little too much of a pleasure, judging by how often I kept using it! 😄

But hey, sometimes you find an effect that makes you want to keep pushing it just a little further.

Hope you'll enjoy this one!

As always, the performance was recorded in a single take. I mixed and mastered the individual tracks afterwards in Ableton Live."

landhanger #21 // Entropy (GS Music Bree6, Dreadbox Artemis & Vermona Mono Lancet '15) #dawless

video upload by landhanger

"Another jam with the Dreadbox Artemis and GS Music Bree6. Vermona Mono Lancet '15 delivers deep bass. Backed up by the Digi's and Micromonsta 2 as always...

Thanks for listening!

Current setup:
‪@WeAreElektron‬ Digitakt II: master clock, drums, samples, sequencing Mono Lancet '15
‪@WeAreElektron‬ Digitone II: synths, leads, keys, sequencing Artemis, Bree 6 and Micromonsta 2
‪@Dreadbox-synths‬ Artemis: Dark pad
‪@GSMusicArg‬ Bree6: Brassy lead with ‪@empresseffects‬ Zoia for fx
‪@audiothingies‬ Micromonsta 2: keys
‪@vermonagear‬ Mono Lancet '15: bass
‪@Endorphines‬ Golden master (pedal): end-of-chain processing"

Elektron Digitone II 16-Track Polyphonic Digital Synthesizer

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SATURDAY: Elektron Digitone 2, Outbox 8, Analog 4 and Eventide Tricera Chorus.

video upload by Acid Gray

"Digitone 2 and Analog 4 on a melancholic IDM-jam building the first track for my next album.

Digitone 2 used for pads (Swarmer machines) plus Tricera Chorus and reverb. The other tracks are used for drums and percussion.

Here Outbox 8 really shines, as you now can use the DN as synth, drum machine and external sequencer - and still go for hardware recordings.

Analog 4:
T1: Lead
T2: Bass
T3: Additional Pad
T4: Pluck

Will use the DN2 / A4 combo definitely more frequently.

Had severe issues with my BlueBox today, as no separate FX tracks were recorded, although the option was selected, so I added reverb and delay in Logic X Pro this time."

Live at Home II (Elektron Digitone // MFB Tanzbar // Roland S1 // Teenage Engineering KO Sidekick)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"It's been almost a year since I last used my Elektron Digitone. The knobs had gradually become sticky, making the instrument pretty unpleasant to use. Since this seems to be an issue other people have experienced too (and I've had similar problems with other gear), I eventually decided to buy replacement knobs and swap them myself.

And honestly, this machine is too good to stay on the shelf!

To celebrate its return, here's a second "Live at Home" session: a 14-minute live set built mainly around patterns I recorded on the Digitone before I stopped using it.

The setup:
Elektron Digitone : the heart of the setup, sequencing the Roland S-1 and sending program changes to switch its sounds throughout the set.
Roland S-1 : mainly handling the bass.
MFB Tanzbär : adding some extra analog drums, using its own internal sequencer.
Teenage Engineering KO Sidekick : processing the Tanzbär (Channel 1) and the Digitone (Channel 2), with onboard effects for breaks, transitions, and a bit of hands-on sound shaping.

The Digitone acts as the master clock, with MIDI running from the Digitone to the S-1 and then to the Tanzbär. While the Digitone sequences the S-1, the Tanzbär keeps its own patterns running in sync with the rest of the setup.

No elaborate concept this time, just a chance to revisit some old patterns, bring the Digitone back into the mix, and see where the machines take me.

As always, the performance was recorded in a single take. I mixed and mastered the individual tracks afterwards in Ableton Live, but the musical performance itself wasn't edited or fixed.

00:00 Track 01 01:21 Track 02 03:04 Track 03 05:06 Track 04 06:26 Track 05 07:55 Track 06 09:07 Track 07 10:37 Track 08 12:28 Track 09 12:52 Track 10"

Almost Bought A Digitone but Got an M-VAVE FM-1 Instead

video upload by HanzVolt

"Why dont you have one?"

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Diatonic Diamond – Generative Harmonic Sequencer

video upload by Mute State

"Find the generative harmonic sequencer here: https://www.mutestate.com/diatonicseq...
The generative harmonic sequencer creates af diatonic field of chords from a scale, moves around between the derived chords (or intervals and triads) after a set number of bars (in this case 4) a portal into another scale and key is created ... by either reinterpreting the active chord, mutating on of the notes by a semitone, or converting it into its negative counterpart using negative harmony. In this demo the sequencer controlled an Elektron digitone, a teensy based bass synth (digitaur) and an Elektron digitakt. The sequencer has seven tracks in total, a bass track, a harmony track and a melody track and finally four drum tracks. Besides midi it also has an internal sound engine."

Leviasynth Beautiful Distortion

video upload by Crybo Synth Sounds

"First patch I made on the Leviasynth. Cannot wait to really learn this synth properly.

Sounds available for the Super 6, Waldorf Iridium, Hydrasynth, Novation Peak, Minilogue XD, Digitone 2, Cobalt 8, Dub Techno Stabs pads & chords
from my hardware synths & a free Dreadbox Artemis sound pack. https://payhip.com/CryboSynthSounds"

Digitone 2 controlled by Faderfox UC4 - Full one-take performance

video upload by Sineway

"Solo Digitone II jam, mixed entirely off its own stereo outs, no other synth in the chain and no Overbridge this time. Made in the camper during summer vacation, controlled start to finish by the Faderfox UC4.

This is my first full performance running the UC4 as the only controller. I've shown it in passing before, but this is the first time it's carrying an entire jam on its own. The push-button encoders mean I don't lose the second row of controls I'm used to from the XL3, I just access them a different way. The crossfader is handling delay send throughout.

I also tried something new with track layering on this one: a couple of tracks aren't going to the main outs at all, they're routed straight into the delay and reverb sends. Same sequencer data as the dry pad and lead, just played back through a different sound on a shadow track. I'll have a short follow-up tutorial on that technique soon with a few more ways to use it."

Elektron Digitone Digital FM Synthesizer + Groovebox

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Reliq - Rlx 1.9.0: Build Your Own Hybrid Instrument

video upload by Reliq Instruments

"A single Reliq track can now play four Eurorack oscillators and an FM synth at the same time. Rlx 1.9 adds Custom Track Outputs: each of a track's eight voices can go to a different MIDI output, CV output or gate, so one track becomes an instrument you build out of the gear you already have. It also brings a redesigned Clip page, Sheet navigation, Clip Loops, freely assignable CV modulation and a Scale Detector.

Chapters
0:00 Intro, what's new in Rlx 1.9.0
0:27 Custom Track Outputs
1:10 Routing voices to CV, four Eurorack oscillators
1:55 Adding MIDI voices, an 8 voice hybrid polysynth
3:23 Drum Mode, a hybrid drum machine
5:12 Freely assignable CV for LFOs and Envelopes
6:18 The new Clip page
7:39 Scenes and scene follow-ups
8:09 Sheet navigation
9:08 Clip Loops
10:25 Scale Detector
10:56 Changelog, manual & Discord

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Slow Morning Ambient Session | Bastl Micro Granny & Elektron Digitone

video upload by Hideo Nakasako

"A slow and gentle ambient session for the morning.

For this session, I combined the warm, slightly worn textures of the Bastl Micro Granny with the clean and delicate tones of the Elektron Digitone.

The sounds slowly blend into each other, with subtle movement and small changes unfolding over time.

Nothing too busy — just texture, space, and a few sounds melting together.

I like how simple combinations of hardware can create a quiet atmosphere without needing too much.

If you have a peaceful morning, I hope you can take a little time to listen. ☕️

Recorded as a live hardware session.

Gear:
Bastl Micro Granny
Elektron Digitone"

ANTILOPE / OUTBOX8 / DIGITONE II Hypnotic Techno 131 BPM (w/ Mini-Tutorial)

video upload by Catenation

"A live hypnotic techno track featuring the Manifold Research Centre Antilope synth, sequenced and controlled via the Elektron Digitone II using the Elektron Outbox 8. Stick around after the jam for a mini-tutorial :)

Gear & Setup:
Manifold Research Centre Antilope
Elektron Digitone II
Elektron Outbox 8

00:00 Hypnotic Techno
05:47 Tutorial for Outbox8"