How to Digitone (Part 1): Sound Pool, Multiple Sound Tracks & Save Sounds 

Hey all - if the video is helpful I'll make more sooner rather than later. Just post a comment about a feature you'd like me to stumble through!

Digitone has a super steep learning curve. It makes me CRAZY!! So, thank you for making it more understandable and usable. MUCH APPRECIATED!!

Dude... I just recently got a Digitone last week and I am also NOT a manual type of guy. This video right here has been the single most helpful video for me to learn how to start from scratch and build amazing sounds. Keep these videos up, especially on the Digitone, because I could certainly use it! haha

I've heard that so often that people hate reading the manuals. To be honest, I can't understand why. The Elektron manuals are some of the best out there, and they really take the time to explain their devices. It was only when I started to RTFM that I understood my Octatrack. In my opinion, they're really worth it. This, in combination with videos like yours, is a good way to learn to use this awesome kind of gear. :)

Thanks for uploading this, my digitone was doing my head in. This will also help me navigate my syntakt. Thanks mate 🤙

Nice and clear tutorial. And great idea to have one book with info for all gear! No more searching for manuals (and then trying to find the one piece of info within them...) Just saved me hours of wasted time :)

This was very helpful, for my first day with Digitone. Thank you!

holy shit ive been playing this one for years and had no idea you could do this holy moly! cheers

Thanks for that, subscribing for part 2. You've got a knack for this stuff, keep up the good work :)

All of these various sound things category have had me baffled....your tutorial was so helpful....thank you for sharing this!

Liked/Subscribed. You showed me things that will work on all 3 of my machines! Thank you sir!

Your tutorial is fun to watch and very helpful. I'm more an analog, "one-knob-per-function" guy with a Moog Sub 37, Folktek Mescaline, Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms System 201, Avalon bassline, etc. But I'm very attracted to this "menu diving" Digitone. Contrary to my current methodology, I'm thrilled by the versatility and precision of parameter manipulation on this FM synthesis device that includes subtractive filtering. It looks rather logical and easy to figure out, if one is patient. I plan to order a Digitone in a few days. THANKS for making this video.

This is a really useful video - thanks!

Very Very helpfull, many thanks!!! 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏

Very helpful. Cool channel! 👍

This is a great tutorial for getting started...

That was really helpful. Thanks man!

I so needed this video. Please do more on this device. This is my first Elektron device so I've been facing a steep learning curve. The manual has been good for some things but an explanation of sound pools and why we even needed them has been difficult to find. And as for saving things, well, that's been a random hit and miss experience... more videos on the Elektron fundamentals please...!

Thank you soooooo much. You’re a savior. ❤️🙏🏻

Good video, thanks!

Great demo, thank you!

You can also save sounds to the +DRIVE. Sound Pool is just a BEST OFF, mainly used for Sound Locks on a pattern, within the same project.

Nice intro to Digitone... more menu-diving than I expected.

Thank youu! Helps a lot!

Thanks Man..... helpful 👍🏻

Thanks for this! Already lost two patches on my first day with my Digitone because there was no obvious instruction on how to save a Sound! Pattern, yes, Project, yes... Sound... no.

I did a similar demo on the sound pools. but this is way More Informative thanks. This machines work flow is really amazing.👍

Good tuto, thanks

Very helpfull just got one and I hate reading manuals Tnx a lot

Is there a way to save sounds with parameters such as 'Chord Memory' and 'Unison' engaged because whenever i try to save a sound with any of those on they are disabled.

Can you really trust a guy who has 10 projects called “new project” 😜

hey, so im stuck trying to get my midi controller to audition the sound im browsing in the sound manager. all this thru an mpc one. any ideas?

Great tutorial . Thanks

thank you sir v helpful

Thank you so much for your informative content! Very helpful to a Digitone beginner like myself. Question for anyone : is there a way to program more than 16 measures (4 pages)?

100% agree on the elektron manuals love the products tho

when naming sound/pattern etc...FUNC+PLAY [clear] will clear the naming field

Thanks for allowing me not use the Digitone manual! Although at least it's not in Swedish lol

Thanks for the tutorial, I just spent a hour trying to figure this out then gave up and found your video lol.

Is there a part 2?

thank you so much for this..best tutorial I've found on internet so far! is there a part 2? I can't seem to find it

nice one mate!

Why is it impossible for someone to answer the question 'how do I save to the sound library' (not the pool). Basically I made a sound, from scratch, I love what I've made... and then all I could find was how to save to the sound pool so I've done that but when I do this, for some reason, none of my library sounds are visible any more and I'm stuck on my sound pool sound only and this is not what i want. I want to save it as a sound preset in my library... so I can choose it at any point I want for future / separate projects. I'm baffled how no one is answering this question?? Any help would be appreciated. First things first, how on earth to I get my main preset library back as it seems to just be stuck on this sound pool?

I have notebooks too. I do read the manual, then take notes, then continue to take notes as I learn things. :)

Thanks for posting this! Very helpful. Do you know if there’s a way to pull sounds of your own from other projects into a new project? I haven’t been able to figure out how to do that. I just have a weird thing about not using factory presets, so I’d like to be able to access mine. So far I’ve just been basically saving as a new project so that I have all of my presets from the other project ready to go or just starting from scratch with brand new sounds, but neither method is ideal. What am I missing? I’d love a video explaining that. I’m sure others would too. Thanks!

I agree about the Elektron manual, Roland can make manuals nobody else, thanks for this

Simple to understand. Thank you! I just bought one and I believe to have some problems with keys note sequencer. Please....

Thanks. I think you should make a book “50 tips to avoid Elektron Manuals”. 👍

To clear the type in naming a sound. Function + clear.🌝

You have same video for sound pool creation on the Digitakt?

Nice tutorial thanks :-)

Thank God Simon....the manual is completely a convoluted circle of Confusion. Keep up the the great vids. How did you create a sequence ? Thanks Rob

thnks

Those "things" you are having trouble naming are generally called "steps", or in the Elektron parlance "trigs", not "beats" (which is a musical term that means something else).

Starts at 2:31 😀

Holy ship elektron, the idea was to experiment with fm by encouraging users to tweak.. but to discourage people to save with that many clicks?

Any alternatives to this beast? I really don't want to put $800 into this

3:27 see... already I'm tired of the menu diving... this is why I dumped my three other Elecktron devices. It's painful; I'm here watching hoping it wasn't going to be so.

Video starts at @2:27

Say no to manuals. I still find out new things about stuff I’ve had for years simply because I can’t be bothered with the manual

Thank you I just bought this thing and the manual was the worst read ever and I’m a college music professor

Elektron are one off the worst companies for making their products complicated! way to much holding 20 buttons at one to do a simple task!

why would a man use phrases such as "yay" or "woohoo"? i really wanted to give you a pass on the soy face in your intro but you really arent doing yourself any favors

Nice one mate, very helpful 👍