My new favorite Digitone feature: Trig Layering Tutorial

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The Elektron Digitone has a LOT of features. After owning it for about a year, I embarrassingly just discovered a new one for myself: Layering. This allows you to control the Sound of one track with the Trigs of a different track. Simple as that! I'll explore a couple of creative applications of trig layering in this video.

0:00 Intro
0:17 Jam/example
1:26 Quick track overview
2:01 Trig Layering & how it works
4:14 One step further w/ trigless trigs
6:04 Building new textures

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[TheArtistisIrrelevant]

Pretty cool trick, I've been using the Digitone for years now and I had no idea about that. Thanks for sharing!

[videosarchive]

Whoa! You just blew my mind. Thank you for sharing the knowledge and inspiration, keeping my beats fresh.

[MarcusKnappMusic]

Good tips! I'm learning a new Digitone, so I appreciate these videos. Love the jam as well!

[GuitarsAndSynths]

Great tip! I just received my new Digitone and updated the firmware for the new song mode which right now is one of my favorite features! Great to chain song patterns together for a live set. I like using mine with Overbridge so powerful. Probably my favorite new synth in long time next to the Octatrack.

[poxipaul]

Great explanation, making new ideas of using the digitone

[christdolphin]

while watching and trying to recreate @TheGuacamoleXplosion's Paul Lansky "Mild Und Leise" patch from his "Classic FM Sounds Reimagined on the Elektron Digitone" video, it occurred to me that by using trig layers, we can use all 4 tracks as segments/additive partials in a larger multi-timbral patch where each track serves as one sort of oscillator in the whole overall sound. Kind of in the way one would use the A4 as a unison mono synth with neighbor routing and such . Anyway, yes it's a very powerful option. I just havent worked out voice locking perfectly in that specific scenario yet. I assume it would be best to lock 2 per track or just lock nothing and only play 2 notes at once, or engage "Unison"?

[mellemellor]

Just want to say your videos are awesome.

[benjahman]

Initial track has real Dntel vibe, sounds dope.

[nickwatson]

Layer is amazing, i dont get why its not implemented on digitakt and syntakt too, would be great for layering drum sounds quickly.

[Two-Eyed_Boy]

Me, but a green Elektron padawan trying to explain this video to my wife. "Well, he's uh...taking a cool thing and making it cooler."

[X-]

Hope that headphone output isn't going into a audio interface as that can damage your Digitone, I have a few synths that act weird when I've done that, like the screen and lights pulsing/dimming due to a higher current being drawn

[allnz]

EPIC! I need to watch this again but I assume you can also add note trigs to a track that's being controlled by a layer to get some additional movement. And change the pitch of the trigs been fired by the layer to get a harmony going? I will try it out today! Hope all is well

[autocar]

I use that sometimes, a really cool feature :)