Elektron talk: Syntakt, Digitakt, Digitone, and Octatrack - What Do We Do Now? 

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V cool seeing how you build up and practice these tracks, thanks for the insight 👍

Great performance dude! And it's good to see the three Digis together although I totally get your point about having too many tracks now and the risk of overproducing.

Looks like the Digitone knew you were speaking smack about it! “Leave me out of the new line-up… I’ll show you!”… 😂

I can definitely relate to what you said about letting your compositions stay private because it is such a daunting task to finish them in a daw. I’m the exact same way. I’ve stagnated myself almost entirely due to this. My band releases maybe 1 out of 8 songs we write just due to the process being less fun. I know if I dedicated myself to ableton like I do many other instruments, my workflow would speed up and limit that portion, but I still dislike it so much

that modular briefcase setup...looks fkn AWESOME

Hello man . I really like your videos. I probably will go with one octatrack and 2 Syntakt this month. I am really not sure about the digitone....And i am also not sure if i have to add a MKII rythm on top? It is very hard as well to get good comparison between Rythm mkII and digitakt...Your video are really great. If you have any advices it will be cool. In the past is use to have a setup with Live ableton and a soundcard,,, I have a synth lite II some line 6 racks, a Roktron reverb, a Shermann filter bank, my drums was made on Ableton that time and i out everything on a Mackie... But this time i want just machine, i was good to understand the Gear workflow that is why i prefer this time to buy only Gears. I have a mac in case of bouncing everything to build final track. If you have a good advice for my first Gear setup it will be great. Thank you again for your content. Alex

I'm having the same existential issues. Same setup, but a HydraSynth Explorer (sequenced by Digitakt) instead of the OT.

Digitone for me is so good because it can sequence my other poly synths. I use it almost more for that than its own sound.

I got syntakt 2 weeks ago to go with digitakt & digitone I'm having the same problem track overload it has slowed down worklflow at the moment.

You know your Elektron addiction has really taken hold when you look down, and see a wide slab of black boxes, stretching to your left and right. But there still is the option of stacking vertically!

I'm going to buy the template and figure out the setup. 1. OT as center. 2. Digitone. 3. Model Samples. 4. Circuit Mono Station. - CIrcuit into Digitone. - Digitone into OT. - M:S into OT. But I love Digitone Drums. Hmm.

Hey EZBot! Love your channel! I have question - hoping you can help and / or do a video on this question: I have a Digitakt (slave) going into a Syntakt (master) and I'd like to record a performance into a DAW via overbridge. I use Ableton. I notice that Ableton sending clock causes the Syntakt and Digitakt to be out of sync with one another and am having a bunch of other annoying problems. Do you have a video showing how you might multitrack a setup like this into a DAW so you can perform and keep as much separate for post production as possible? If not, can you make one please? Thank you!

Dope song

Is there any difference between ot mk1 and mk2 besides the looks? I have the chance to get an Ot mk1 and I ask myself if it’s worth buying one this time

It’s nice to have a channel doing such a good content. I’m trying to figure out what is better for me. An Analog Rytm mkt 2 or the digitakt + the syntak. I need one or the other to create my own drum samples in the studio.. I work a lot with sound design and in the DAW I usually use synth and sample layers to make my own drum sounds. When I say digitakt + syntak it’s because I’m thinking about syncing the MIDI of the two devices and layering the synth (of syntak) with samples (of the digitakt). Example: in digitakt a clap sample and in the syntak a synth model clap. I’m trying to figure out which choice has more sound design power. In the Analog Rytm mkt 2 I can resample… but in the digitakt + syntak it looks like there is a bigger range of sounds for me to tweak and experiment with. What would be your suggestion? Thank you!

Maybe one way to look at the Digitone for you now, is one 8-voice FM polysynth. Because, I don't think you'd really want to use up Digitakt voices for polysynth. And honestly, I think once you get used to the Syntakt, I suspect you might find it's a bit limited as a polysynth. That's not it's strongest feature. It's not exactly four sound devices if the Octatrack is mainly a performance mixer/fx. But, it sounds like you might prefer the soundworld of an analog poly (which you already have, the Take 5). Or, a more powerful wavetable synth; a dinky Hydrasynth Explorer with the PE might sound great, but also be a great midi controller.

Hi. Thanks for your movies. I hawe a question : how you connect yous elekron ? Midi and audio thru one by one or you hawe to using midi hub ?

Is this easy to all get connected together and sync together I have digitone key and digitakt and syntakt -- I’m thinking about the OCTATRACK Mkii

Is there a wiring schematic anywhere for this setup?

Just watching this video and I noticed something that has given me a weird theory. I think Elektron will release a 4th & final box for their second tier units, Digitakt, Digitone, & Syntakt. Just looking at the colour of the track buttons (T1 -T4) on Digitone and how they correlate to the function buttons on all 3 units… each unit is represented. Except one. The purple one! 😂 #justsayin’

Wouldn't an SP-404mk2 work better than the OT in this setup? Having 5 fx in parallel, essentially. (EQ on the input, to adjust for the sound system, 2x bus FX for live mangling, and 2x master FX/compressor/vinyl/cassette sim) ?

The music you produce is excellent, really great, I love it 🙂.I watch your videos regularly but unfortunately for me, I'm French, and my English isn't perfect. Otherwise, you would have to speak in French. I laugh!! Your tech is powerful. Peace!☮️

I’m tempted to get a Syntakt for my first Elektron box. I currently work on Maschine but am looking at other gear. Would you suggest the Syntakt for a good first box? I was previously thinking of the Rhytm mk2..

Ok stupid question. If you only use Syntakt and digitakt or maybe model samples then I don’t need a OT wright?

Mr. BOT how's that Techno template coming along? Any guess on release? Give EZdog more treats for me please.

Where is your OT template? LINK. Please.

17:39 imagine doing that kind of transition during a live performance LOL "hm" *crowd goes wild*

too bad Elektron name is gone from OT2 & ST. Looks evergreen

Hi, what do you think about the new Roland SP-404MKII?

is the pad at 24:55 from the Syntakt?

Is that vocal just created using the digi internal effects?

Do you experience a lot of bugs with the digitone?

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Digitakt is for me the Best Elektron device and since I own à Syntakt I got the same setup configuration problem to perform live. My digitakt use to be the brain….. but « only » 8 midi Channel for 16 Tracks (12 syntakt + 4 digitone). I have to choose… is there any tip configuration set up you can show us with those 3 babys?

the octa is already a sampler.. why have 2 samplers? kick the digitakt and digitone and add another syntakt to keep it at 3 machines maybe? i like what youre doin with that syntakt! i feel having a digitakt "just" for voice samples is something you could probably skip all together. and get a bitstream for your octa ,)

Just returned the Digitone this am for this reason - Loving Digitakt/Syntakt combo much more.

Can we say that Syntakt can do all (and more actually) what Digitakt can, except sampling? Thx

Just gonna be honest: It drives me *bananas* that the Syntakt doesn't have a yellow screen😫

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For me monomachine and octatrack is plenty

To many voices will damage your clear straight forward. As I said the Syntakt is meanly a copy of well known other boxes. One OT is enough.

The answer is to kick out the Digitakt and add another Digitone. I'm a simple man.

I just sold my Digitone Keys. Long live the Digitone! 🍻

Just get rid off em all and make syntakt only music 👍

It’s nice to have a channel doing such a good content . I’m trying to figure out what is better for me. An Analog Rytm mkt 2 or the digitakt + the syntak. I need one or the other to create my own drum samples in the studio.. I work a lot with sound design and in the DAW I usually use synth and sample layers to make my own drum sounds. When I say digitakt + syntak it’s because I’m thinking about syncing the MIDI of the two devices and layering the synth (of syntak) with samples (of the digitakt). Example: in digitakt a clap sample and in the syntak a synth model clap. I’m trying to figure out which choice has more sound design power. In the Analog Rytm mkt 2 I can resample… but in the digitakt + syntak it looks like there is a bigger range of sounds for me to tweak and experiment with. What would be your suggestion? Thank you!