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Couldn't agree more with how dated, yet futuristic this product is haha. Thanks for the shoutout homie! ❤

It’s hard to understate how amazing and high quality the content of this channel is. From the writing, video editing to the music jams - it’s ticking all the boxes ;)

'limitation sparks creativity' god am i feeling that atm

memes/rumors/jokes that AudioPliz is secretly a vaporwave producer is shut down by a Cold As Ice Nordic Understatement Maximinimal Fibonaccitech jam.

'Nukes and Grannies' I died.

“How to listen to dawless jams” nearly made me spit out my coffee.

Your seamless integration of the digitakt into the narration is a testament to how fun it is to play. Bravo.

YOU'RE THE MADLAD FOR THIS HAHAHA have a good day everyone

This episode is LEGENDARY, and so are your jams! I'm loving how divided the comments are :D There's only one place left to go after the MicroKORG and Digitakt -- the teenage engineering OP-1??

Controversial episode this time XD

I love your production style so much. Great job.

Thank you for this, I was truly considering getting one earlier this week and this may not be for me, especially now that Audiopilz spiked the price up worldwide. Great video and tracks as usual 👌🏽

This video definitely needed to be made! You never truly understand a piece of gear until you understand it’s flaws. Then the creative process kicks in and you start to figure out ways around those flaws. We need a Bad Gear video now on the Octotrac.

On point as always. Love the editing. And the cold as ice track was really nice

Dude....Those demos are straight fire!!!!! Bad gear is becoming my favorite on KZfaq! Well done!

You looked pretty fleet of fingers zipping around that UI. Looked terrifying to me. I love immediacy, learning curves are not really my bag. It didn't sound to me like anything in that box was particularly special and worth the effort, but I'm always amazed by what you are able to coax out equipment in the music you create for your show. Another great vid!

I bought a digitakt because youtube influencers told me to and l will never part with it ❤️ Ready to get triggered while I program trigless trigs

Always a pleasure listening to your compositions.

AudioPilz, you rock. All the little video subreferences just tickle my funnybone. I've watched several of your videos, but this one made me subscribe. It will probably also make me buy a digitakt ( Ricky Tinez laid the groundwork, but you really sold it ).

Great episode ! We use the Takt as main sequencer for our live show, it also provides additional sounds, mostly FX ; the great thing about it is the small size and light weight, makes it easy to carry :)

I admit, I'm an Elektron virgin. My first purchase was the Model:Samples based on the strength of Stimming's review. There seems to be a special nature to the Elektron workflow and people who know it inside and out seem to love it for what it is. I haven't familiarized myself with the Model:Samples enough yet to know whether I like that workflow, but I'm pretty sure I do. The M:S is an absolutely amazing machine for its (admittedly discounted) price and you cannot go wrong with buying one for $299. I think it's a damn steal. The thing has a way of making me want to play with it and I often find myself fairly shocked at what it can do. If Elekton's more expensive stuff is as good as it seems, then I think they're probably worth buying. It seems like opinions heavily depend upon whether they like the Elektron workflow or not. I rather like it. It's one of the most intuitive instruments I've ever owned.

Thanks for this video. I was on the fence about getting the Digitakt, but after watching this video, I'm ABSOLUTELY getting one now. I just ordered it. Thanks!

Awesome video as usual! I especially love that track at the end!

I enjoyed your thoughts on this. This is maybe the 10th item I own that you've covered. lol. The Digitakt was my third Elektron box after the Analog 4 and Analog Rytm (both Mk 1). I have zero regrets about buying it even though I would have been fine to just stick with the Rytm. I had several years with the Elektron workflow so it was easy to jump onboard with the Digitakt. It's actually a lot of fun to play both drum boxes together.

Enjoyable as usual. And of course, Pilz can make an old Nokia sound like an Access Virus. Crazy talent. Thank you for doing this. Now...the Digitakt. I bought it in 2018, with a lot of love and excitement in my heart. It was finally going to be my 'go anywhere, ditch the laptop, MY sampler'. Nope. Couldn't get into it. Could barely get it to make a sound. And I've been making electronic music for over two decades. Watched some videos, read the manual, decided to just dive into it, and nothing. At some point, the Digitakt started to piss me off. Sort of like a malcontented ex: no matter how much attention you pay her/him, it's never enough. Eventually, I returned it to the retailer, even though it actually cost me shipping. Boo. I've since thought about getting it again, but each time I look lovingly at my all software studio, my Akai APC 40 MKII and my classic Roland A-49 controller, and think: oh Digitakt, there is no room for you here. Sad, because the demo tune at 6:05 is a thing of beauty. Excellent video.

Editing on this vid is great, love it bro!!

I appreciate the time you put into these videos. And that ending song’s fire 🔥

I thought I was a DT wizard until I saw you pull up a menu that I swear I never saw before 😂. Encapsulates how wonderful and yet onerous it is to truly leverage this beautiful machine. 👏

This has been a great episode! The "Eyes Wide Shut" clip. The subject, which is the controversial, Elektron Digitakt. The demonstration that shows that this thing sounds bad-ass. Sure, you have to commit to learning how to operate this magic machine, but that is part of the fun. I don't have one of my own yet, but it is just a matter of time and someone will be needing quick cash on Reverb to get me ordering...

Your videos are always such a joy to watch

I could never get the hang of this piece of gear! But, everyone has their love/hate situations when it comes to gear. Great video as usual!

Hu ho, what's up with that little peek of the volca at the end? A sequel hook for the AudioPilz cinematic universe? Amazing video by the way!

Very excited to see this make Bad Gear. I sold my MPC1000 for one of these and regretted the lost functionality....but really enjoyed the sound quality. It has a very finished, ready to release kind of sound. Respect. But I really wasn't having fun with it and needed to move on. Clicky buttons are also bad if you play in a band

Thank you very much for the shout-out! You're spot on about everything :) Excellent jams, man!

I saw the thumbnail and thought "oh NOOOOO he's gonna get fired from humanity by the general public". Great episode as always!! That last Fibonaccitech jam ended too soon. :,(

can you do a bad gear episode on my life?

OP1 next please! Anyways glad to see somebody approaching it with a critical style rather than only trying to justify the massive price. When you can for example buy a midi controller and an ipad and apps that turn it to a music making beast that can do more than a digitakt or op1 and for about half their price you really start to question... Sure these devices have that tactile feel and the aesthetics are on point but these are all computers at the end of the day and a pc/ipad can do everything a digitakt does better for a better price with the right software and midi controllers also you get a device that you can do other stuff besides music! But I also understand why elektron/teenage engineering devices are overpriced after all they appeal to a much smaller audience compared to general computers so if they wanna make money the profit has to be high per unit too.

Instant follow. Love my Digitakt and really didn't know what to expect but that was one of the most unique and slick presentations I've seen.

excellent job, loved this!

Who the hell commented “Shoddy build quality” in the text wall? I’ve got my own issues with the Digitakt but I could probably hurl that thing under a steamroller and it feels like it would still come out ok.

All of the complaints on the BAD GEAR check seemed the same, but "this was like programming a Commodore 64 with boxing gloves on." was a unique lol. Complaints aside, all my favourite youtubers love this thing, so by transitive property, I love this thing.

This show just reminds me that it’s Friday and I like it a lot. Glad to see you breaking away from 80’s mindwreckers.

As always outstanding video.Here are some ideas for future videos.Bad Daws,,bad music-audio software and bad vst.

I feel a line has been crossed with this episode. I don't even care about the Digitakt but so many do. Now, every machine is free game as the haters start to gather fresh victims to the sacrificial altar of Bad Gear. Even my sacred Rhythm Wolf is howling in terror. What if the sound of non-special audio equipment overflow the ether. ;)

What MIDI channel can we trigger you on? Love your thumbnails as always my dude. 🤣

Love the concept of this format

Wrote a comment about making vid on Digitakt two weeks ago and... such a surprise! U rly did it!

The Elektron workflow will always have its critics, for sure. Their instruments require a bit of patience, but once you get there, it's awesome. I find I don't mind the mono samples, because of the ability to change panning per step (and any setting per step). It beats other samplers hands down with its modulation and trig conditions. Given what some other companies charge for grooveboxes, its price is reasonable, given the quality of the device. I get the hate over the learning curve, and surprising limitations, but frankly they couldn't do everything. It's jumping over to the Elektron way of thinking that leads to "bad gear" quotes. Nice episode!

Nice vid, thanks - kind of tempted to buy one now! Here's one for a future vid, perhaps: MPC5000...it promises sooo much on paper and yet....plenty of complaints online about it: poorly written/unfinished OS, software bugs, terrible storage logic, random midi glitches, and lots more! Although if you obtain one for the show it will of course work perfectly! ;)

Best Bad Gear video so far. Loved it!

The most entertaining channel on KZfaq. And I love the Digitakt too but that doesn't mean it shouldn't have to go through the bad gear-treatment. Excellent!

Saw this and expected to hate it, but it's very well done all around. I'm really excited to get my Digitakt regardless of it's flaws. I love the Elektron workflow, despite its massive learning curve lol.

Great Job! It's without question my favorite instrument in my setup. It just has to be placed in the correct context. Its a sampling drum machine, with an incredible sequencer attached. Don't bother trying to do anything else with it other than maybe sequencing a mono synth. Sample into a daw or an mpc, edit your samples there, and then import them. Its entirely worth the effort. I wish it had some extra effects built in, but that's my only gripe.

"Nukes and grannies" :) And yeah, after wanting one since they first came out, I bought a used Elektron Analog Four. Wobbly knobs, flat sound, clumsy work-flow etc .... I was expecting a 10 out of Elektron, but now that I've owned one (and sold it,) I would give them a four.

ok, you got me! I've warmed to the intro jingle. It would make a cool ringtone

hahaha I love my DT but I was perversely hoping for a more cutting hatchet job, you nail all the problems in the first 2 minutes and then you're fairly kind >:)

Nice shout out to Cukoo and the gang. Those guys seem genuinely awesome and I've learned alot from them too. By the way, what's the deal with showing the Volca sample at the end of the video? I feel like there was a hidden message behind that.

Great and funny video as usual :) and thanks for the mention 🙌🏻

Your editing is off the charts. Wow.

I'm always considering selling my digitakt when i look at it on paper and how limited it is. But then i load it up and start jamming with it & quickly forget others opinions. It's FUN FUN FUN! the most fun piece of gear I own.

I can't say for sure but I do believe that not everybody will be happy about this one

I just love your videos man!!!!

Yesss. I’ve been waiting for this.

Oh cool. Now we have to start KZfaq drama.

You should do a series called Rad Gear, where you find unexpected hidden 💎 gems 💎. Like underused, rare or unexpectedly powerful for its pricepoint.

Another great vid!

I Watched till the end. I see you Volca Sample. Is that next on bad gear or better gear??? Keep up the good work!

Ohhhh daaaammmmmn. Didnt think you'd get there lol. Now I'm afraid you'll tackle the Octatrack which is far more more convoluted for people lol. But Octatrack definitely doesn't feel constrained the way the Digitakt does.

First off-- that boombap beat you threw together is dope as hell. Secondly.. I feel like the Digitakt is insanely overpriced, for what it does/can do. It's now $60 more than the Akai MPC One. It used to be about the same price until everything went up. Digitakt: - audio tracks are monophonic - midi tracks are polyphonic, but you need external hardware (and only 4 notes per track) - basically a "9-track sequencer" if you think about it-- the audio track (8 sounds, with sample locks, etc), plus 8 four-note midi tracks - Chance / Probability (HUGE plus) - mildly confusing screen - no touch-sensitive pads (same-feel step buttons, as function buttons) - step / chromatic layout (a little confusing for some) - no timestretch - 64mb of sample storage (per project) - 128 total patterns (per project) - sampling directly into it - great effects - 64-step sequencer MPC One: - way more than 64-step sequencer - drumkits alone, are essentially 128 audio tracks (polyphonic, if you want) - 128 MIDI tracks (per Sequence / Project) - 8 linear audio tracks (per Sequence / Project) - detailed, full-color screen (touch if you want... you don't need to touch it, most of the time) - touch-sensitive pads (classic 4x4 grid) - polyphonic sequencing (internally or externally), more than 4 notes - monophonic sequencing (internally / externally) - timestretch / looping mode - 2GB of onboard RAM - SD card storage (up to 512GB, I think, maybe more) - sampling directly into it - built-in plugins (quite nice-sounding!) - great effects - configurable XY fx (with touchscreen) - scale mode for melodic instruments or plugins - chord mode (plus, input your own chord sets!) - step-sequencing (not as intuitive as Elektron's, of course) I like Elektron stuff a lot. I own a Model:Samples, which satisfies my cravings for chance/probability sequencing. It has two less tracks than the Digitakt, and no sampling... but, it's only $300. Transferring samples is pretty easy, via a computer. And while I wish the font was a LOT smaller when browsing for samples... (hello Elektron??), it truly does a great job. If you're craving a Digitakt... go straight for the MPC One and save yourself a few bucks. It's totally worth it. And this is coming from a longtime Akai hater. I LOVE my One. Every time I watch videos on the Digitakt, I just don't find it worth the insanely high asking price. It should be $500, not $860. And what it does, it does well.... but... I don't know. It needs some more firmware updates to make it worth the asking price.

Another great vid. I have to say I do like the look of these things. Very pricey though, especially in my Australian South Sea disappearing Pesos.

Another great video! I wonder how long it takes to produce your videos with all the funny bits and pieces. You should make a 'making of' :)

Never been this early and my digitakt is sitting right next to me.

OOFTA. Yep... Digitakt is what revived my enjoyment of doing music at all after a long, deep, dark DAW-hole.

You convinced me, I've ordered one :) looking forward to working it out, it's going to be the brains behind my dawless setup

You are a really good composer!!! Would love to see the making of this cold ice techno part :( noo I want to be able to do something like that...

This was a very good, and fair presentation. I think a lot of us feel inspired by but also frustrated with Elektron. “The Elektron Way” is actually a thing. I have owned several pieces of Elektron gear, and the only piece I still have is the Analog Heat, which I really love both as a distortion box and stereo analog filter. It is a must for digital synthesizers. I even bring plugin synths out through Analog Heat, or take drum samples I like and resample them through Analog Heat. I got comfortable enough with Octatrack and this, but couldn’t find a way to make it fun or useful for what I do. I’m just so married to ITB drums now, and have worked for so long at how to make them not sound boring, that whenever I use hardware drum machines now.....its almost lacking for me. Enjoying your channel. Keep it up.

Meme game: ON with no OFF switch to note. As for this device, I didn't know about it when people first hated it but it does seem a careful mix of some utterly terrible cr4p and yet some nice touches.

I really love your music experiments, you are a really very good musican! Mein lieber Scholli, deine Mucke ist klasse! Keep it up. Grüße kommen aus dem Odenwald.

Now that trance jam was something else.. I would love to hear an extended edition!

would love to see this revisited after update 1.50

This machine is wonderful and I will never sell it but FU** ELEKTRON WHERE IS THE BAND-PASS FILTER ?

Great episode, as usual :) I would love to hear you opinions on Gameboy LSDJ!

Thinking of departing from my screen protector... 😉 what a smart video, love it! Soooo funny :)

Its impressive as hell you managed to point literally every negative aspect without saying once that its overpriced; only in the title.

The Digitakt is a great machine but I sold mine. Actually, I've bought and sold two. It's not because it's a bad machine, it's because in my setup it was too redundant. I have a MPC One and a TR8s and the Digitakt just wasn't needed. Also, the MPC One can do a lot of stuff that the DT can't. My main gripe about the DT is the lack of timestretch. That said, the DT is an excellent machine and I think the form factor is just about perfect. It's also a hell of a lot easier to learn and use than the Octatrack.

Great episode, good on you for keeping things surprising & unexpected. Jeremy aka @RedMeansRecording did a whole album called “Soft Music To Do Nothing To” which was a live jam with only the Digitakt, Digitone & Analog Heat & it’s one of my favourite works. I think it & also a lot of Jeremy’s RMR videos as well as the other creators you mentioned do a great job of demonstrating the strengths of Elektron gear being so different to the norm instead of behaving so similarly to common gear edit paradigms. It makes sense that some bounce off it so hard, yet so many end up really digging the creativity it offers.

Man you gotta love those crystal ice edits. Well, still gonna buy it and perhaps change it for something totally different like the subharmonicon if it doesn't work. thanks for the vid

omg man, the octatrack has a steep learning curve just like this too. I feel like I have to make videos for myself about the things I've discovered so that I could remember them later :-)

7:07 EX-CEL-LENT , you've done it again, I want this on my radio. Where to download ?

Saw the UI and was like, oh will the digitone be next? This will be a good watch for sure 👍

Just a couple days after I put mine on willhaben haha Perfect timing and great video!

I'd love to see your take on the Latronic Notron, a.k.a Darth Vader's Toilet Seat. I remember seeing one in a shop hooked up to a RedSound DarkStar...

First of all, the Fibonaccitech was perfection. One of your best yet. Secondly, you could fill a screen of gear nerds complaining about a Fender Strat, so if that's the only benchmark for "bad", then I feel like almost anything can make it into the series.

Hilarious and brilliantly done as ever! ❤️ Great compositions too. Have you tried the Elektron Model Samples? Recently got one and I love it.

I see this in my feed as I'm loading samples onto my Digitakt. Phenomenal timing.

The level of spicy memes is at an all time high here

You should check out the Model:Cycles. It's a dumbed down Digitone that has a distinct and very limited audio palette. I still struggle to get it to sound good in my setups.

your recording quality is insane!

Super well put together... (slice in Jon Stewart) Hats off to you sir.