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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@poxipaul Жыл бұрын

Great explanation, making new ideas of using the digitone

@GuitarsAndSynths Жыл бұрын

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.

@videosarchive8058 Жыл бұрын

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

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Helll yeah, glad to hear that!

@MkUltra612 Жыл бұрын

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

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton!

@TheArtistisIrrelevant Жыл бұрын

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

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!! Super fun to mess around with

@Two-Eyed_Boy Жыл бұрын

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."

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

It’s all so cool!!!

@allyouracid 10 ай бұрын

Just tried it out and it's amazing. I also like the fact that you can add extra notes on the track which is being layered to.

@SlowHaste 10 ай бұрын

yes, I'm glad you tried it out!

@cohaagenup Жыл бұрын

This was really cool, thank you!

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@brawnibeats Жыл бұрын

Great Tip!

@mellemellor Жыл бұрын

Just want to say your videos are awesome.

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton for watching!

@db_illin Жыл бұрын

Super helpful!

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@autocar5804 Жыл бұрын

I use that sometimes, a really cool feature :)

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it? So happy to have found it

@peladoclaus Жыл бұрын

Also this track is bomb AF

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

:) thank ya!

@christdolphin69 Жыл бұрын

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"?

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think 2 voices per track would be the way to go! I’d love to experiment with that, there’s so much you could do with slowly evolving patches

@nickwatson2217 Жыл бұрын

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

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Yeah it really would!

@inkajoo Жыл бұрын

Probably because no voice page.

@nickwatson2217 Жыл бұрын

@@inkajoo theres two unused knobs available on the trig page… it could even be lockable!

@all1nz Жыл бұрын

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

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

I would think so! I’m assuming it would prioritize any more info entered on the track being controlled. There’s always the possibility of adjusting the ratios/algorithm/levels for harmonization as well! Such a cool tool, the Digitone is full of secrets

@NathanielPaffettLugassy Жыл бұрын

Mark, additional trigs and parameter locks on the track that is being layered will trigger. You can also transpose the track and that will affect the note being played. You can think of the first layer (T1) being a MIDI sequencer for the second layer (T2). One way I use this is to play chords on one track and layer that with an arpeggiated sound.

@NathanielPaffettLugassy Жыл бұрын

Just a speed tip, you don’t need to place trigless trigs if you want to record parameter automation on a track. Just REC-PLAY and twiddle away. :)

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

@@NathanielPaffettLugassy yes that’s correct! It works just how any other live-record knob twiddling would

@X-101 Жыл бұрын

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

@SlowHaste Жыл бұрын

Nope, it’s not!