First Impression of the Digitone • Is it right for you?

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CONTENT OF THE VIDEO:

0:00 Intro
0:45 Synth Sounds
1:54 Workflow
3:45 Demo
4:52 Limitations
6:46 Outro

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First Impression of the Digitone • Is it right for you?

Hey my peeps. Here is my Digitone set up- and just my first impression of the instrument after a few weeks of using it. This is a "is it right for you" type video more so than a full on walkthrough/tutorial.

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[LiamKillen]

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[MilesKvndra]

There can only be one answer: yes. 😎

Honestly great video mate, you're definitely right regarding limitations when it comes to layering sounds. But there are some workarounds to get more sounds per trig going, Ivar Tryti has some amazing tutorials on the Digitone where he shows that

[mrnessss]

As someone just getting into Elektron gear, your channel is so awesome! I've watched a tonne of your videos and love the vibe. Thanks for all your work!

[nocallnoshow]

Great video. I looked into both, and decided to go with Digitakt as a drum-heavy component. Although I wanted a synth as well, it didn't occur to me HOW fm-ey it was until you pointed it out. I'm a bit glad I went the way I did, as I am quite limited using the OP-1 as my synthesizer. I have seen incredible complete tracks and performances done solo on the Digitone and it is quite capable of amazing things, but I think I want a little bit of a different sound.
Interestingly, there are oscillators on the Digitakt that can be modulated with LFOs to great effect, check that out of you get a chance.
Great video, looking forward to Elektron workflow content! It is new, unusual, and awesome in my limited experience.

[vksoundstudiokokow]

Liam Killen, thank you. Great review. Best options for new users to buy commercial or professional free sound packs and explore. It helps to start.

[pianoyan]

Nice - were you able to sync the digitone to the OP-1? Also, don't forget the Digitone is class compliant now, so one cable will pass audio and midi back and forwards from an iphone or ipad. Have you checked out Drambo on ios? It has parameter locks and trig conditions like Elektron boxes. In combination with the Digitone, it could solve your drum layering issues.

[Hanoveur]

I got one of these last week. You were one of my decision influencers (I’m going to trademark that).

[raphaelfuchs]

i came here to check if the digitone would be a good addition to my digitakt.
well, that conclusion was satisfying 🔥
subscribed!

[unsaame]

Didn't quite get on with the Digitakt so went back to the Octatrack; much more possibilities there if you need more than a drum/groove machine.
Regarding the Digitone, well, I finally decided to invest after watching your (and other's) video as it seems to be fitting the ambient/experimental genre quite well! That will be a nice addition to the Analog Four as well! Setup complete! :-)
Keep on with the videos!

[raise-project]

Ok I subscribed. Did I see Human Traffic influences in the movements?

[elsantoproductora]

You can use 1 track to sequence a different sound per step and create really complex and interesting arrangements. And don't forget the dgt has a 4 track midi sequencer. If you connect another drum machine and 3 synths you have a pretty powerful set. Thank for the video!!

[ambientshane]

Great content my friend. Sub. I am now in the ecosystem of elektron, just bought myself a syntakt, and now this..

[lukiiniaschacon]

Hello Liam, first of all thank you so much for the inspiration for all this years I started with my sp 404 and then got the mk2 and kept going with the music production… I have a question that maybe you can help me, I’m thinking on buying a digitone 2 or a used op1, im an artist that produces ambient music for shows and videos for this shows, I travel a lot so portability is a strong point. Between this 2 options what would you recommend? Would you recommend better the Digitakt 2 even having the sp404 mk2? Thanks a lot again hope this message don’t bother you. Keep doing what you are doing, it’s helping a lot of people.🫶🏼

[ryans]

You use the MPC one in a lot of your videos. How would this pair with the Digitone?

[DISTROTPDX]

Great video! Instant sub. I Bought both about six months ago. So much fun. No regrets at all. Got them running in to my octatrack and the octatrack loops what I’m playing on the takt and tone

[nahrky]

Interesting that the workflow resembles the one in the OP-Z (or I guess vice versa)! Really liked the explanation at ~4min, I've always been a bit befuddled by the look of the Elektron boxes so that was super helpful ^_^

[the_bluescreen]

Does it make sense to use digitone with tr-6s and launchpad pro together?? or is it too much? :D

[edgarm]

A cool extra thing about the digitone is you can use it as an effects processor for external gear. You can add reverb, digital delay, chorus, AND overdrive. All the effects are very customizable, and sound really really good. Additionally, it can work as an audio interface, which can record any external audio you have going through it (effects included) into any DAW very easily. And, yeah, paired with a digitakt, it turns into a whole new, extremely rich instrument. Have midi clock going out the digitakt, into the digitone, with the audio from digitakt going through the (now clocked) digitone effects and yeah, you can make some really cool stuff. Plus, if you run out of tracks on the digitone, you can sample them onto one of the 8 digitakt tracks 🤯 It’s a powerful combo

[DamienPasquale]

Liam your humour is frickin hilarious dude 🤣😂🤣 this is the main reason I’ve subscribed 🙌🏻🖤😉👍🏻

[thestourvalleysynthesizerc]

Digitone or Digitakt Liam if you could have only one?