Making Randomised Arpeggiator Patterns on the Digitakt

I was going to hold off on doing Digitakt tutorials until I'd explored it more thoroughly, but I came across a fun little trick that I thought I'd share.

Using this trick you can put together an "arpeggiator" style pattern that plays constant 16th notes, but varies each time it repeats. In the video we look at the 3 key concepts in the Digitakt's sequencer that lets us put this pattern to use.

[blanket_of_ash]

You sir, are a bad bad man. Owned the Digitakt since it was released, and still keep learning new ways to keep things spicy. Wonderful. 👏

[raymondfranklynDJ]

More Digitakt Mr sink please. Nice tip.

[Philtho]

This is a great little trick. I've pretty much been adding this to a lot of my tracks and it really makes you learn the conditionals really well which has also leaked into evolving percussive patterns. The Digitakt is really something special.

[craig_z]

I've had this thing for a year and a half and never thought to use retrigs for anything other than percussion rolls. Respect.

[Azkyll_]

this is a mind-blowing trick omg. just tested it myself, being a complete noob with this instrument, and it really does give satisfying, evolving yet constrained patterns even at higher bpms. thank a lot for this video!

[Scyber_Official]

Whoa. I'm so glad I bought one last Cyber Monday and decided to keep it after getting frustrated with it after a month and almost sold it and so sooo glad the buyer backed out last minute and I went back to the machine and created an awesome beat within 10 minutes and then I kept sampling free drum hits and crazy loops I found online and letting it rest for a few days. Then I go back into it and push myself like I'm lifting weights at the gym - I can't use it every day but every time I go back to it, my music gets stronger.

[gordonpatchett]

Thanks a million dude. You're vids are by far the most informative I've seen on the Digitakt.

[SpikesStudio]

Just another Digitakt gem. Cant recall if id seen this before, but love the technique. 🙌

[chauncey]

You can use this idea in a similar manner where instead of using retrigs you can set the note length to really long. I have set up 2 bars or so with a different note every quarter with the length of the note to be infinity. Use the same probability trick. This way the note plays until it's taken over and it can make for some really nice drone control. There were a couple samples in the JUNO VHS sample pack that worked really well with this.

[grandmasterjo]

Wish there was actually a Randomise Pattern for the track, however the Elektron sequencer can be manipulated beyond imagination which by itself is a challenge.
Nice work 👍

[sebastianshuster]

Man! Even your random ad-hoc tutorials are amazing. You’re a deep diver dude. Thanks so much for sharing!

[DeepDoseMusic]

Your videos are exactly what I've been looking for, its brought me into the next level of trig wizardry, a lot of which I wouldn't have thought of on my own. The retrigs and probability really work hand in hand, until now I rarely used retrig. Been specifically wanting an arp on the digitakt too so this is an awesome workaround.

This video and the shaker one are top notch. Subbed

[howardanderson]

My second time around and this is just as awesome as it was the first time...great tutorial

[marcocelis]

Excellent video !!! DIGITAKT is the equivalent to a pandora box, new surprises comes with every tweak . I couldn't be more satisfy with this device.

[mudDIYwolf]

Hello Oscillatorsink!!! I enjoyed this very much, I am exually very happy you started to use the Digitakt, can't wait for the coming tutorials... thank you! Happy Sunday and cheers!

[SteveMc]

‘Overuse’ is not possible when it comes to arp-like things. Very cool technique, thanks for posting it!

[hudu]

Wow, thank you! Random arps are something I've been missing on my Digitakt

[chitlun]

Thanks for this tip Mr OS. Got mine this week and am delving into the possibilities it affords... What a truly remarkable instrument it is! I’m all over this idea man, cheers ✌️

[virtualperfectioncowboy]

great tutorial... still amazed by how much this little machine can do

[wax_in_hive]

Thank you sir! Amazing new things to do.. Very nice tip for random creativity.