Thanks! To be honest, 90% of this is from stock presets. We basically designed the kick and snare from scratch, but otherwise just tweaked existing presets to taste. Perhaps we'll do a preset pack one day though when we've had more time with it. Thanks again, and sorry to fuel your GAS! It won't help if I say that the Digitone 2 is an absolute joy to work with. 🙈😂✨
Agreed 100%! It sacrifices some of the immediacy of the Syntakt but it makes up for it in other ways. We have some of our best Syntakt tracks yet to be published so I'm torn on which one I like the most. Almost feels like picking a favorite child. 🤣
Thanks Joshua! That's a good question. We have two weeks of experience with it so far and over two years with the Syntakt, so I feel we need to spend more time with the Digitone to explore its depths before drawing any conclusions. Hopefully we can do something within the next couple of months! Perhaps not as "full" as the Syntakt review though. 😊 Thanks again!
@sinewaymusic yeah it's a very capable device for sure from the looks of it, thus far i just have a ASM Hydrasynth Desktop and a Oxi One sequencer for the synth portion of my rig, but I'm leaning towards the Digitakt II for my drum computer/sampler since the MPC didn't work out, that said, if i didn't have a synth already, i probably would have just gotten a Digitone II, with some deep tweaking it seems like it can cover a lot, but just no samples unless Elektron goes nuts and adds some basic sampling capabilities 😆
@@JoshuaSimonson909 Yeah, samples will never happen on the Digitone 2, that would be insanely shocking. The transient parameter on the drum machine is pretty cool though and it can cover a wide gamut of synth drums! But it's no sampler. It's a shame the MPC didn't work out because that would have been my sampler recommendation. Or, if you want the Elektron workflow in a sampler, the Digitakt 2.
It's crazy that this was just stereo summed, this sounds really good. I really loved the "Break/Rise" sections of the song where it almost felt half time or like it went into triple meter. Really cool. I'm a big fan of the Digitone II sounds I've been hearing. I'm ready to get either a Digitakt II or Digitone II ASAP. Unfortunately my workflow usually involved sampling synths, so one won't cover the whole spectrum for me, thanks Elektron.... Haha. Probably gonna start with the DT2 because I already have synths but damn these synths sound awesome and I'd love to go crazy on synth drums on it. Yes the quest for the "perfect" groovebox continues indeed...
Thanks so much for your feedback! I'm glad you picked up the 6/4th during the breaks/buildups, that's one of the things that made this one special to me. To me, the MPC excels at sampled synths since it does polyphony, multisampling and basic synth features like some pitch LFO, portamento and pitch+amp+filter envelopes. The Elektron workflow is really special, but I wouldn't think of the Digitakt 2 as something that handles samples synths better than the MPC. The Digitone 2 is something else entirely though and I love the way it sounds and can modulate its synthesis in interesting ways. But I'm mainly a synthesis first kind of guy so I'm obviously biased. 😊
@@sinewaymusic Ah, let me restate that to be more clear. My workflow is a lot of me playing synth parts and then resampling phrases to get different results, not that I sample synths to create instruments through multisampling or something like that. I'm looking at the Elektron gear really just to cover the ground of the more intricate drum/texture sequencing that you can get with the step sequencing and parameter locks on their devices. I don't think I'll get rid of the MPC, though, because I actually do use the synths/instruments on it quite a bit, and generally find it very useful. I've done a lot of hip-hop/downtempo IDM style stuff, but I've been experimenting with some more uptempo glitch, IDM, breakbeat, etc. Would you want to hear some of the things I've been working on? I can email it over, if you'd be interested.
@remyvegamedia Please do send it over! Head over to our Patreon, I think you can find an email address there if it's not listed here. Thanks for clarifying, the way you describe the use case makes it sound like the Digitakt 2 would be the perfect solution. We do love resampling on the MPC and running them through all sorts of effects, but the Digitakt workflow leads to entirely different ideas. So yes, without trying to fuel any unnecessary consumerism, I do think you'd love the Digitakt 2. 😊
Hi there! My Digitone 2 is less than one month old and is my first Elektron device. I’m blown away! I’m pretty intrigued by the syntakt now. Wouldn’t it be a perfect match?
Hey there! I'd say it all depends. 😊 I'm personally approaching this from a point of view of preferring to work with one single device at a time. That has to do with my workflow preferences, including *where* I sit down and make music. The gist of it is that I like to avoid the mess of too many cables to hook gear together. That's also why if you watch some of our jams made on the Syntakt, you'll notice that it's very focused on melodies and harmonies. The drums play a smaller role on our style of music. But if you do enjoy working with multiple pieces of gear hooked together, then yes, the Syntakt could be the perfect drum synth companion. Another candidate is obviously the Digitakt 2, which can in theory do a much wider palette of drums + more since it's a sampler. Where the Syntakt really shines in its immediacy. Zero browsing for presets needed since you dial all sounds in on the go. Happy to answer any questions you may have. I'm also considering doing a lightweight comparison video of the two.
Yeah, that's definitely another consideration. I suspect that if you have two of them, you may split the duties and can keep better control and consistency across a live set. As in, you may be using them both a bit less on their own, but in sum they become a single unit of Elektron sequencing sweetness. :)
Still listening to this thing thinking like SpongeBob, “I don’t need it”… Maybe some day if I get tired of programming around Syntakt’s 64 steps! Great sounds. Looking forward to your comparison!
Haha, I totally feel you! I didn't *need* this either, but I'm happy that I got it. The 128 step sequencing is nice but that's probably the least important upgrade from my perspective. The key things are the additional voices, polyphony and the broader sound palette. As you know, our music is 80% synths and melodies, and only 20% drums, so for us this is very much like an upgraded Syntakt. For someone using the Syntakt more for drums, it's less of an obvious upgrade I'd say.
Hey there! I encourage you to check out some of our Syntakt jams. Particularly "Awakening" and "New Beginning" if you're interested in hearing the Syntakt used in music with a lot of harmony. It definitely can do way more than just boop and beep. Let us know what you think and thanks for stopping by! ✨
Syntakt can play chords, it just takes a couple extra steps to program. Or you can get a Midihub or similar tool that can dispatch notes to different channels if you want to play chords into it live.
Syntakt is better. I only say that because I only have a Syntakt and don’t want to buy a Digitone 2 😂🤪. Nice track 👍. What about your announced Minifreak review? Still waiting…
That's the right mindset Kay! 😂 And the Syntakt is truly special. Was just working on a couple of tracks on it today actually. Will probably record jams for both later this week. The Minifreak review... I really hope soon but there's a lot of ideas piling up at the same time at the moment so I'm hesitant to commit to a date. Also, currently my music making partner is borrowing it to dive deeper into sound design, so I'd rather not rush it. But it's definitely in the pipeline this spring! 🙏 Thanks for your patience. We've even started to release videos more frequently to try to not build too large of a queue of unfinished projects. 😂
Yes, that's fair. There are some tradeoffs, like I found myself having to manage the voice allocations across patterns to avoid unwanted clicks when a voice got "stolen", and making drums is definitely not as quick. But as someone who is pretty detail oriented in the sequencing of my music, I find the tradeoffs to be worth it so far. 😊
Digitone is nice, but I hate the sound character of the Syntakt with passion. I'm not entirely sure what specifically it is, but whenever I hear the Syntakt, it deeply annoys me.
Man, Elektron should be supporting you at this point, this is instant GAS. This sounds huge. I hope you make a preset pack.
Thanks! To be honest, 90% of this is from stock presets. We basically designed the kick and snare from scratch, but otherwise just tweaked existing presets to taste. Perhaps we'll do a preset pack one day though when we've had more time with it. Thanks again, and sorry to fuel your GAS! It won't help if I say that the Digitone 2 is an absolute joy to work with. 🙈😂✨
Amazing track and all in the box! 🔥
@@petri.. Thanks Petri! ❤️
Digitone 2 is an amazing box. It is not as immediate as the Syntakt, but is much more capable overall. Love it!
Agreed 100%! It sacrifices some of the immediacy of the Syntakt but it makes up for it in other ways. We have some of our best Syntakt tracks yet to be published so I'm torn on which one I like the most. Almost feels like picking a favorite child. 🤣
Full Digitone II review when? At any rate, this sounds great! 👀
Thanks Joshua! That's a good question. We have two weeks of experience with it so far and over two years with the Syntakt, so I feel we need to spend more time with the Digitone to explore its depths before drawing any conclusions. Hopefully we can do something within the next couple of months! Perhaps not as "full" as the Syntakt review though. 😊 Thanks again!
@sinewaymusic yeah it's a very capable device for sure from the looks of it, thus far i just have a ASM Hydrasynth Desktop and a Oxi One sequencer for the synth portion of my rig, but I'm leaning towards the Digitakt II for my drum computer/sampler since the MPC didn't work out, that said, if i didn't have a synth already, i probably would have just gotten a Digitone II, with some deep tweaking it seems like it can cover a lot, but just no samples unless Elektron goes nuts and adds some basic sampling capabilities 😆
@@JoshuaSimonson909 Yeah, samples will never happen on the Digitone 2, that would be insanely shocking. The transient parameter on the drum machine is pretty cool though and it can cover a wide gamut of synth drums! But it's no sampler. It's a shame the MPC didn't work out because that would have been my sampler recommendation. Or, if you want the Elektron workflow in a sampler, the Digitakt 2.
@@sinewaymusic yeah, that is why I'll just end up getting the Digitakt II, it'll have the money for it in a bit 👀
This is going to be awesome!
You are awesome! ✨ 🚀
It's crazy that this was just stereo summed, this sounds really good. I really loved the "Break/Rise" sections of the song where it almost felt half time or like it went into triple meter. Really cool.
I'm a big fan of the Digitone II sounds I've been hearing. I'm ready to get either a Digitakt II or Digitone II ASAP. Unfortunately my workflow usually involved sampling synths, so one won't cover the whole spectrum for me, thanks Elektron.... Haha. Probably gonna start with the DT2 because I already have synths but damn these synths sound awesome and I'd love to go crazy on synth drums on it. Yes the quest for the "perfect" groovebox continues indeed...
Thanks so much for your feedback! I'm glad you picked up the 6/4th during the breaks/buildups, that's one of the things that made this one special to me.
To me, the MPC excels at sampled synths since it does polyphony, multisampling and basic synth features like some pitch LFO, portamento and pitch+amp+filter envelopes. The Elektron workflow is really special, but I wouldn't think of the Digitakt 2 as something that handles samples synths better than the MPC. The Digitone 2 is something else entirely though and I love the way it sounds and can modulate its synthesis in interesting ways. But I'm mainly a synthesis first kind of guy so I'm obviously biased. 😊
@@sinewaymusic Ah, let me restate that to be more clear. My workflow is a lot of me playing synth parts and then resampling phrases to get different results, not that I sample synths to create instruments through multisampling or something like that.
I'm looking at the Elektron gear really just to cover the ground of the more intricate drum/texture sequencing that you can get with the step sequencing and parameter locks on their devices. I don't think I'll get rid of the MPC, though, because I actually do use the synths/instruments on it quite a bit, and generally find it very useful. I've done a lot of hip-hop/downtempo IDM style stuff, but I've been experimenting with some more uptempo glitch, IDM, breakbeat, etc. Would you want to hear some of the things I've been working on? I can email it over, if you'd be interested.
@remyvegamedia Please do send it over! Head over to our Patreon, I think you can find an email address there if it's not listed here.
Thanks for clarifying, the way you describe the use case makes it sound like the Digitakt 2 would be the perfect solution. We do love resampling on the MPC and running them through all sorts of effects, but the Digitakt workflow leads to entirely different ideas. So yes, without trying to fuel any unnecessary consumerism, I do think you'd love the Digitakt 2. 😊
Sounds good. Looking forward to the comparison with the Syntakt.
Thanks! We need more time with the Digitone 2 but hope to have a comparison ready within the next couple of months. 😊
Sounds rrally good, well done
Thanks Michele! ✨
Cool - Sounds great
Danke!
@sinewaymusic 🙂
Hi there! My Digitone 2 is less than one month old and is my first Elektron device. I’m blown away!
I’m pretty intrigued by the syntakt now. Wouldn’t it be a perfect match?
Hey there! I'd say it all depends. 😊 I'm personally approaching this from a point of view of preferring to work with one single device at a time. That has to do with my workflow preferences, including *where* I sit down and make music. The gist of it is that I like to avoid the mess of too many cables to hook gear together. That's also why if you watch some of our jams made on the Syntakt, you'll notice that it's very focused on melodies and harmonies. The drums play a smaller role on our style of music.
But if you do enjoy working with multiple pieces of gear hooked together, then yes, the Syntakt could be the perfect drum synth companion. Another candidate is obviously the Digitakt 2, which can in theory do a much wider palette of drums + more since it's a sampler. Where the Syntakt really shines in its immediacy. Zero browsing for presets needed since you dial all sounds in on the go.
Happy to answer any questions you may have. I'm also considering doing a lightweight comparison video of the two.
@ well I’m a MIDI and cable “guy” my only concern is that I think 2 Elektron sequencers are overkill. Thx for the kind reply
Yeah, that's definitely another consideration. I suspect that if you have two of them, you may split the duties and can keep better control and consistency across a live set. As in, you may be using them both a bit less on their own, but in sum they become a single unit of Elektron sequencing sweetness. :)
Still listening to this thing thinking like SpongeBob, “I don’t need it”…
Maybe some day if I get tired of programming around Syntakt’s 64 steps!
Great sounds. Looking forward to your comparison!
Haha, I totally feel you! I didn't *need* this either, but I'm happy that I got it. The 128 step sequencing is nice but that's probably the least important upgrade from my perspective. The key things are the additional voices, polyphony and the broader sound palette. As you know, our music is 80% synths and melodies, and only 20% drums, so for us this is very much like an upgraded Syntakt. For someone using the Syntakt more for drums, it's less of an obvious upgrade I'd say.
Isn’t syntakt pointless box without ability to play chords? Only capable for boop and beep mono sounds?
Hey there! I encourage you to check out some of our Syntakt jams. Particularly "Awakening" and "New Beginning" if you're interested in hearing the Syntakt used in music with a lot of harmony. It definitely can do way more than just boop and beep. Let us know what you think and thanks for stopping by! ✨
Syntakt can play chords, it just takes a couple extra steps to program. Or you can get a Midihub or similar tool that can dispatch notes to different channels if you want to play chords into it live.
Syntakt is better. I only say that because I only have a Syntakt and don’t want to buy a Digitone 2 😂🤪. Nice track 👍. What about your announced Minifreak review? Still waiting…
That's the right mindset Kay! 😂 And the Syntakt is truly special. Was just working on a couple of tracks on it today actually. Will probably record jams for both later this week.
The Minifreak review... I really hope soon but there's a lot of ideas piling up at the same time at the moment so I'm hesitant to commit to a date. Also, currently my music making partner is borrowing it to dive deeper into sound design, so I'd rather not rush it. But it's definitely in the pipeline this spring! 🙏 Thanks for your patience. We've even started to release videos more frequently to try to not build too large of a queue of unfinished projects. 😂
It adds a lot of features, but that also adds clutter and complexity compared to the Syntakt.
Yes, that's fair. There are some tradeoffs, like I found myself having to manage the voice allocations across patterns to avoid unwanted clicks when a voice got "stolen", and making drums is definitely not as quick. But as someone who is pretty detail oriented in the sequencing of my music, I find the tradeoffs to be worth it so far. 😊
Digitone is nice, but I hate the sound character of the Syntakt with passion. I'm not entirely sure what specifically it is, but whenever I hear the Syntakt, it deeply annoys me.
@@MAJEPHTIC Can't wait to release our next Syntakt jam called Analog and hearing your take on it! Hope you'll stick around for it. 😊