SH-KAA. Shhhu-Taa. Tushashukata. SHKTAA. Shka. Shaker.

Although I don't have a Digitakt, this technique is genius! I try so hard to humanize my synths

A video on shakers...I guess I'll check a little bit of it out. Three hours later, can't stop playing with my Digitakt and shakers.

Thanks for the tutorial! The retrigger trick is awesome! I've used retriggers for triplets, but never thought of using it to play normal 16ths over two steps. Also thanks for showing how the LFO Hold mode thing works, I'm definitely gonna make use of that. Maybe I'll replace some hihats with shakers on future tracks, too :P. Great tutorial!

Cool Idea using the Retrigger as a Gap Filler for a Probability Trig. Will definitely make use of this one day! ;-) Cheers

Just used this technique for claps, worked a treat, cheers!

Waiting for the "Shukata" branded merch drop now....

Its nice to get drums a-grooving, shaker and cymbal parts are a "secret sauce" to get some groove, but not a secret anymore! I also like adding shaker sounds into almost any style, there's something nice about the style. Some people overdub acoustic shakers over their electronic beats, which I might try out!

I just got my Digitakt the other day and I was using similar technique with the LFO to try to get my hats humanized, but not nearly as clever as yours. Thank you! Perfect timing for my learnings!

Just watch all your digitakt videos and want more! Specially tutorials and tips and tricks, great stuff!

Smart work. Love the OR logic you can apply for the trill step (trill OR ordinary) using re-trig on previous step. Clever.

3 years later, big cheers to you sir - gap filler ftw!

This is so useful. Always struggle with this kind of sound in Ableton/Logic so it's amazing to hear how well the Digitakt can handle it.

Cooler than anyone would expect a video on shakers to be. Thanks!

brilliant as always - definitely like the perceived unpredictabilty, makes the pattern more interesting.

Bravo! I’m heading straight to my Digitakt to do this right away!

Amazing to know this feature! thanks a lot!

Making the sample play in forward and reverse would be a cool addition to this too.

This is an amazing idea, will try tonight. Thanks for all the inspiration you offer.

You had me at the Zappa quote!

this was the video i didn't know i needed! thank you!

Thanks for the tutorial man, awesome work!

Great input man!

Terrific stuff, really thoughtful, not just how to make shakers sound "proper", but ideas to take elsewhere ... your previous MonoSynth and Randomised Sequencing have also been stimulating. As a fan of shakey things, I've used Shimmer Shake Strike by Session Audio as a VST, but this is a fun alternative. Keep playing!

Man, always inspiring and useful videos .. cheers.

very useful information on this video, I use most of these techniques myself - but I never thought of using 1/8 retrigs to fill for conditional trig gaps. great idea! thanks for sharing :)

that's a real nifty tip right there! going into my mental memoirs :) thanks manne!

This digitakt thing is growing on me. Quite interesting way to sound design. Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks. Very inspirational.

thank you so much! answered all the questions i had

Shakers make the world go round 😁 old drum and bass musicians would take a tambourine/shaker loop and pitch it to match the tempo. It would never be perfectly on time, therefore it would be more human. Seriously, hand percussion of all kinds is my favorite thing. Now that the world is in our computers, the boundaries are the places where the computers can't yet replace us 😄✌️

Super useful. Thanks! 👏

love the retrig to replace the trill when it doesn't happen, I had not thought of that!

Brilliant little trick! Thanks!

Wow this is golden!!!!!!

Great tips, thank you for sharing sir!

This is great!

Thanks for the tip! Really useful at the moment.

Awesome trick!

Verry usefull tsjutsjorial! Maybe a little lfo on the filter for timbre variation? And maybe some swing ... You got me inspired! Thanks a lot Mr. Sink!

Wow, I can't wait to try this out. What a great technique.

Fantastic tutorial!

Brilliant video, thanks so much.

Epic mate thank you

You are the only other person I have seen rank the shaker as a number one instrument. I believe it is actually a difficult instrument (along with tambourine) to play tightly with a band. It is of utmost importance in a band because it provides the subconscious groove that everyone else adds to. If the shaker is off the crowd will feel it, but won’t necessarily pinpoint the shaker, just feel off. I equate it to this: there is a canvas. The shaker is the thread count of the canvas. The rest of the instruments paint their color atop that canvas. I totally agree with you that the shaker played live, that every shake is unique and nuanced. I hear a new universe being created and burning out right as a new one is birthed. Also you’re the only other musician that I’ve heard refer to the Zappa “eyebrows” approach. That’s how I treat every sound. If it doesn’t make my eyebrows raise I scrap it. You got a new subscriber!

Great video, powerfull tips.

Great Zappa quote. Don Buchla had a module called "source of uncertainty".

Thank you, bro! Really cool tip!

great video, great tips! keep em coming :)

Nice one!

That is one great tip. Thank you!

Really nice tip. Thanks! One pointer that became obvious as I tried to replicate your shaker movement - the outcome is (obviously) quite dependant on the shaker sample chosen. Some of my initial shaker samples were already quite short/tight - so I was unable to get the sliding attack with those. Thanks again, I'll be using technique on loads of tracks - always trying to get the best upper perc grooves I can achieve.

You should make yourself Shakshukah now! It's the perfect meal for this kind of sounds... But seriously, it's a small thing that can liven up a track. It also works great on percussive melodic lines. I think that it's the first thing I look for in a module\instrument, if I can modulate its envelope. One of the things I wish I could do with the Neutron...

Excellent tip, thank you.

so awesome thx!

Great ideas, thanks so much!

Genius. Thanks 🙏

Great video - thanks so much!

Could have taken it one step further with advanced scale mode and made the shaker track 14 or another non-16 step length so that your retrigged steps shuffle through the pattern. As long as master length is set to inf or something long.

You might be selling me on getting a Digitakt, too. Have to save up more for it than for the 2S you convinced me to buy.

it's trill city up in here!

You should check out the "Kayamb", great shaking instrument from the island I'm from (Réunion). I think you'd like it very much :)

Great video. Love the drum sounds used in this video. Any ideas on what kit it is or the source of the drums? Cheers dude

Shaker wizard! 😁 Thank you!

Thanks!

"whats missing is the eyebrows" :) :) thanks for bringing some FZ into this. a big presence in my musical appreciation life.

great!

cool trick, congratulation thx

Awesome idea for making use of the retrigger. Great video, thanks for sharing! 🤘

really cool.

completely deadpan "its trill city up in here" hahahah

This is great. Add second LFO to amp decay? And if only we could add per-step modulation to micro-timing..

Similar human feel can be achieved putting a random LFO for decay. Or even motion recording it with your hands.

LOVE!!!!! does it also work with closed/open hi hat variations?

That loop gives me Dorian Concept vibes

@Oscillator Sink that is a great tip, have you try to set the LFO to modulate the start point of the sample ?

Thank you as always....you are so responsible for many brilliant ideas...that said....Im gonna say..OK so last night Geosynth's (Jamie's) 😂talk he blamed you for idea for his thumb nail to video?....now I understand why....very happy bank holiday?? Cheers?!!😂 😎

Great video! Noob question here, if I make changes to the shaker sample how do I save that specific sample so I can pull it up for any project, would be good to not have to do all of these steps every time. Obviously there are some steps that have to be done like the retrigs etc,Cheers!

lol i can't over how the captions keep saying "dick attack"

Random waves are the best. Thanks for this cool little tutorial!

Hey Man, That's a great sound, do you think you could do something similar on Volca Drum?

Did you record your own shaker and sample it into the digitakt? Or just a stock shaker? If you do sample direct into your digitakt, what kind of microphone do you use?

Minipops 67 is the perfect example of a good shaker carrying a song. Wowee.

Kool-a-Shaker ❤

This looks and sounds really awesome! I'm trying to reproduce, but unsuccessfully... What sample is used for the basis?

Omg just watching properly and YES YES YES THEY ARE AWESOME!!! MINE TO😉 any party anywhere😂 yep love em so the egg ones well if you dance with one😂 best instrument until some one invents my MIDI SHOES😬😕please genius'😂

Shuffering Shuckataaaa--sh!

Sorry no time for a comment. _runs off to find the shakers folder buried somewhere_

This is a good video but I hope anyone that’s owns a Digitakt has already been using these techniques, using the LFO, probability, and retriggerer for variation are core functions of the machine. Sounds good on a shaker, Digitakt can groove so hard and so easily.

🍯🍯🍯

Shakaar

Its a mystery why we spend so much time trying to make a robot play a real re sampled instrument in a way that feels human ? I my self have poured years into doing this only now I’m I questioning it. I remember loving the idea of sequencers banging away and during the rave era it really worked on me and many others but now I just want feel like in the 70s and before. Funny how I used to think music pre 80s was so sloppy now I can’t enjoy sequencers like I used to.

Chicken shake!

i work with volume LFO

Nice, but not so secret ;)

Love Eggs ???

chicken shake

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