Bad Gear - Elektron Model:Samples

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about Elektron Model:Samples. Is this entry level groovebox and sample-based drum machine the perfect introduction to the Elektron workflow? Is it "My First Elektron"?

Thanks to Klangfarbe for letting lending me one of their floor models:

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:23 Overview Elektron Model Samples
01:46 Pads (Velocity, Modulation)
02:04 Sample Player Engines, Filter, LFO
02:48 FX (Reverb, Delay)
02:53 Elektron Sequencer (Retrigger, Trig Conditions)
03:27 UI, Playing Samples Chromatically
03:38 Live Performance Features (CTRL ALL)
04:04 Elektron-Type Beats (Examples)
04:35 Sample Management, Computer Integration (or lack thereof)
04:47 Connectivity, Thanks!!!
05:10 Hate
05:35 Jam 1 (Lofi House)
06:28 Jam 2 (Dub)
07:24 Finale (Witch House x Phonk)
07:59 Verdict

[kuglepen]

You got me at the Behringer Analogtakt.

[zachariahpoltergeist]

The fact that you come up with multiple tunes AND edit together a mini music video every week is mind blowing! I sure hope YouTube is paying off for you, because man, you certainly put in the time and effort!

[joelnicholson]

Fun fact: the Akai S20 was the first sampler I ever got, and it's what started to hook me into electronic music at all ... thinking I was DJ Shadow whilst loading off a floppy disc. Happy times! Thanks for the memories.

[Pak_Industrial]

That second jam with the waldorf and the EHX canyon has got to be one of my favorite beats of yours.

[Sascha_Giebel]

Thank you so much for another awesome meme-fest !! I'm starting to get cramps in my left hand hovering over the space bar but that's a sacrifice I'm always willing to take to watch the latest episode of 'Bad Gear' 😅

[johnnycomelately]

Bad Gear has been on a roll lately!! Minilogue, Volca NoBass (🤣), Roland J-6, FL Studio, Model D, Model: Samples... gear that I've always wanted to see on this channel. Thanks Pilz 🙌

[giannni]

This was my first Elektron product too, it was amazing because I used as a master midi to control a TR-8, TD-3 and a Crave, now I own a Digitakt and its better for the studio. But Model Samples is awesome, I travel months with it on my backpack (using an external battery) lt’s lightweight and fun to jam on. Model Samples changed my life

[mikolasstrajt]

I have to admire your video editing skills and pefect choice of movie material for your "Scandinavian Witchcraft Phonk House".

[lopodyr]

It’s my first Elektron indeed… but also my favorite. It’s the one that feels more like a real instrument to me. It’s soooo fast to work with and fun to experiment with. It’s good enough that I skipped the Digitakt to get an Octatrack when I wanted to upgrade, and eneded up keeping both. The Model:Samples even replaced my OP-1 as the small, portable, inspiring music gear that gets me unstuck creatively. I love it 🥰

[HIMOMLETSGO]

thank you so much for doing my request! been waiting for this video!! love this little groovebox more than anything and the limitations/quirks inspire me even more to create and connect it to other synths!

[CatmanJimbo]

Your jams just get better and better, and I'm not even much of an electronic music guy!

[creedpowell]

seriously, your videos are some of the best out there in the synth-youtuber world. The amount of work on just the video is impressive. The humor keeps me coming back to laugh. Not to mention you write crazy tracks with each piece. Please review the Synthstrom Deluge. Someone in the EU, loan him yours.

[Lou-Edrums]

*Before watching video* i swear every time I look up a synth or hear about a new one that i should buy, it always always always shows up on this channel

[koalemos]

You really got ‘em with the poly/sample time limits. Imagine if this just did 4 voices on just one channel. Imagine if the digitone was 24 voices 😭

[LuckERadio]

These are probably the best jams you've ever done! You keep on getting better

[baxthered]

The S20 bit absolutely scared me by how close it looked to the Samples. The Comic Sans in the thumbnail startled me as well, but the jams, as well as the entire episode was unsuprisingly good. It's not about the gear, it's about the person operating the gear.

[randydean]

The Haxan footage literally made me laugh out loud. I was thinking if you'd have thrown in some of Ingmar Bergman's 7th Seal or Carl Theodore Dryer's Vampyr that this could have been the most epic bad gear review in all of Scandinavian history, but it nonetheless managed to be top notch by all other metrics!

[secretelitemusic]

I'm well hooked on the Scandi-Witchphonk groove.
I quite like the Samples, because it's really basic, and makes no claims to being the ultimate anything.
It's more of a riffmaker/ideas pad than an essential gigging tool, but I've seen and heard one used painlessly in a 30 minute live set with minimum collateral damage. One for the ker-ayzee kidz with a sense of adventure.

[OttosTheName]

If you would use this in a hospital bed I'm convinced 9 out of 10 people wouldn't believe you when you said that's not a random piece of medical equipment you snatched, but music gear.

[calebhensley]

Have not subbed to any patreon before, but I love this man's videos so much I'm seriously considering it.