Bad Gear - Elektron Digitone
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Elektron Digitone. Does this digital synth sibling of the Digitakt and Syntakt finally make FM synthesis accessible to synth noobs? Does the awesome Elektron sequencer of this FM groovebox / drum machine make a difference and why is it technically less powerful than classic 80s synths like the Yamaha DX7?
Thanks to Klangfarbe for helping me out with one of their Digitone floor models
www.klangfarbe.com/
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:15 Overview Elektron Digitone
01:36 Audio Engine, FX
01:52 Arpeggiator
01:59 Resonant Filters
02:11 FM Engine (and Elektrons modern twist on it)
03:20 Envelopes
03:33 Initial Onset
03:42 LFOs
03:49 Rant
04:18 Trademark Elektron Features ™ (Microtiming, Conditions, Parameter Locks)
04:55 Limitations (Polyphony, Pattern Length,...)
05:19 FW Update Issues (might only be the Digitone I have here)
05:29 More Limitations (Velocity, Data Management, missing Digitakt Features)
05:53 External In, Midi Tracks, Preset System
06:06 DX7 Compatibility (or lack thereof), Sound Quality
06:24 What else???, Thanks
06:42 Hate
07:06 Jam 1 (Techno)
08:00 Jam 2 (Downtempo, LoFi)
08:55 Finale (Drum and Bass)
09:28 Verdict
I don’t understand how you can crank out a video of this quality every single week. There’s some dark magic here.
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz dark magic confirmed.
@Synth Cat we need a crossover. 1st loopop and later bad gear.
coz @@AudioPilz...is ticking ALL the boxes
He's definitely not using bad gear
hahahah yes! so happy to have made it into one of these. Great job 😂
And that will teach you a lesson for pronouncing it “diggy” like Elektron wants instead of “digit” like it looks 😁
Hey Ricky, thank you!!! We both got ambushed by YTs closed captions;)
Those closed captions did you dirty Ricky! :D
uproarious laughter
Fan of both of you blokes.
In all honesty, the FW update not working was my mistake. It was late, I was tired and I hate updating stuff 😂😂😂
Fail 2: Syn 1 Page 2 hosts - of course - ratio offset and NOT initial onset time
Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz
You really give sense to the phrase "nothing is bad if it's in the right hands"
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.....and the opposite is also true. The best gear in the world doesn't make a hack any better 😂 It's why I stick to a DAW 😂
@@ericparker163 not sure garageband is considered a DAW…….🤣🤣
@@TechnoAssassin-vx6zf Korg Gadget but who's counting?
At this point you should just rename the show to All Gear. You make every instrument overview entertaining. And obviously your producing skills are top notch. 👍.
Thank you so much!!! Gear - The Show
@@AudioPilz More likely to get sent gear by the manufacturers too! 🤔😉
@@AudioPilz Bad (A$$) Gear
@@AudioPilz ”Welcome to Gear - The Show. The show about the world’s most used audio tools.”
@@AudioPilz Why not GAS?
I’ve been waiting for this one. It did not disappoint. As usual, made me want to buy gear I don’t need.
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Everybody needs Digitone
Me too. LOL
havent watched the video yet...but OH NO HE DIDNT
Guilty, Your Honor;)
@@AudioPilz fun video as always!
dnb bit sounded legit!
he did!
Did he though? The worst he had to say about it seems to be that beer costs a lot where the company is based. (Fair cop there. Sweden is pricey. )
It's a very acquired taste, I found electron through the model samples, fell in love with it and instantly saved up for the octatrack which currently is my main source of music production, looking into getting the digitone or digitakt soon!
By now we know that most of this BAD GEAR isn't actually that bad.
By now we all know this doesn't matter one bit. This channel is essential Friday night viewing.
Simply brilliant and very funny 😁
Thank you so much!!!
Your jams always sound so sweet. Wish you released albums with your short song snippets. I’d listen to all 15 seconds of them on loop for real.
He's got extended versions on his Patreon, dunno how extended they are tho
Thanks! There are actually full tracks and extended jams on my Patreon (end of plug;)
Another fantastic video to round out a Friday. Masterful work as always my man.
Thank you so much!!! Have a nice one!
Superb video as always, which deserves several views to fully appreciate all of the content you pack in. I especially enjoy the episodes featuring the gear I have, and I think you're spot on with the conclusions for the Digitone. Would love to see a Soma Lyra-8 bad gear episode one day.
Thanks! Great suggestion!
I think the Soma Pipe would be even better for this show.
Always entertaining and informative. Dude's channel is being slept on.
Thank you so much!!!
Loved the Bob Moog FM Bell 'quote', he was quite the potty mouth, who knew. Always been tempted by the Digitone... Great show as always, thank you.
Thank you! Didn't expect it to be an actual Bob Moog quote...
That fake Bob Moog quote was today's meme winner.
What an honour to finally have some bad gear of my own ❤️
Bad Gear High Five!!!
Same! I've a Digitone Keys that I really want to be better at using. So often I just say "f it i'll just play with my Virus again" but I did buy the DK for a reason, and that reason was not to collect dust 🙂
You just come up in my recommendations and I absolutely love that intro! 🧡
Thank you!!!
This lovecraftian creature of a techstep neurofunk mockup sounded so good, it almost made me think that this electron thingy is actually decent
Thank you so much!!!
Memes in the last few have been next-level. How is that possible that you’re *still improving* at your memekraft? I’ve had to rewatch them at 50% in order to catch everything without interrupting *the workflow.*
Thank you so much!!!
Man, your jams are so good.
Thank you!!!
I'm so happy you make often drum&bass jams! Much love!
Thank you!!!
This is the only channel where I know I have to be ready to pause instantly, dozens of times through the video, but its' so worth it. I love these videos...
Thank you so much!!!
Oh man, the Critical Drinker vibes... THE WORKFLOW! I love it :)
Sure that was intended by our favorite music gear content creator.
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Only one person picked up on the 'THE MESSAGE' reference??? He referenced it twice!
The best moment in 0:57 is the captions combined with your facial expression. I can feel that pain. Gold.
Wow, I missed the Bad Subs on those frames, hah.
Even funnier that the comment right below yours (ephemeral, I know) is Ricky checking in.
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Just want to say thank you for the warning at the beginning. Very considerate
Thank you!!!
Epic. I find myself constantly pausing your videos to appreciate the cut scenes / animations etc - you’ve both discouraged and forced me to buy gear over the past few months, hats off my man. Perhaps a future episode on AKAI Force or Cobalt8, both of which have been expensive book ends in my studio since buying…!
Thank you so much! Great suggestions!!!
Really enjoyed this one. I wasn’t a big fan of my digitone until I started using it alongside the digitakt. Such a powerful combo.
Thanks! Agreed, great combination!
I like your editing. Well done man.
Thank you!!!
Your jams are just incredible! Also another synth from my collection
Thank you so much!!!
You did it. Thanks! Love this piece of bad gear and keep coming back to it myself.
Thank you so much!!!
this is my favorite synth soundwise and for live performances!
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I think you might be an official Synthfluencer now x
Wasn't the OP-1 episode the official gateway to influencerdom?
@@AudioPilz o I think it's been a long time coming, the key is making all our wallets hurt xx
One of the few if not only show I look forward to every Friday.
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Hey :) I discovered you about 2 years ago when I was searching info on the digitone / digitakt and I ended up buying a digitone. I love it ! I do not use it as a drum machine tho so it's funny to see you have a complete different usage
Keep up the good work !
Thank you so much!!!
I love the "noised" piano, filled the sonic pallete nicely.
Happy to hear that!!! Thanks!
Your ability to get great sounds of a wide range of gear is only surpassed by your video editing and meme sourcing. One of the top couple of synth channels I immediately have to watch every episode of, regardless of what is being covered, kudos.
Thank you so much!!!
...aaaand what a finale! Luvly track, Sir 😊
Thank you so much!!!
I admire your skills and especially your creative talents. Well done. Only channel I have the alert bell on for!
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz I even say it along with you when I watch…”Welcome to Bad Gear the show about the world’s most hated audio tools” and “at first glance the _____ is ticking all the boxes”.
You are my favorite synth youtuber - deserve much more attention.
Thank you so much!!!
Well, it’s official, with this episode all my gear has gotten the Bad Gear treatment. I’m quite pleased.
Congratulations!!!
Never stop being amazing my man, love your videos as usual 🎉
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I need that "Work-Flow" for the mechanized spontaneity. Awesome sounding thingies in your clip! As always...
Thank you!!!
I can’t get rid off the feeling that by buying a Swedish hardware you finance the whole system of social security. I’m also looking at you, teenage engineering……
By buying Red Bull you're financing ours;)
This is honestly probably in a 2-way tie for most consistently enjoyable synth I’ve ever used. I always feel good after using it lol. You also got some of the best results from it that I’ve heard!
I actually like some of the limitations sometimes, because too many options is sometimes overwhelming, and this still has a lot to keep things interesting in other ways. I also really like to pair it up with a sampler (1010 Blackbox) and a small monosynth (such as a Pittsburgh Modular SV-1) and have it do all the sequencing and FM sounds
Yeah, I enjoyed it quite a bit!!!
grossartiges review,grossartiges Digitone
Vielen Dank!!!
Another bangers video, and that editing wuhu!
Thank you so much!!!
Ah yes, FM. The second-to-last boss in the world of synthesis before additive.
Granular: "Am I a joke to you???"😥
Eurorack enters the arena ;)
And there are the two extra health bars that appear as soon as you think you got there 😂
don't even get me started on binary systems like Xaoc Drezno
What about acoustic synthesis.. the last synthesis form invented and the only one in this century: ua-cam.com/video/0Sjt2MODYAE/v-deo.html&
That second jam was a thing of beauty
Thank you!!!!
Fantastique, encore une autre review de qualité mek 🖤💚❤️ can't wait to see the DX200 one 🙏🏾🙏🏾 bisous
Merci!!!
As usual, a cool one. Funny and informative. Like your channel very much. Keep doing!
Thank you so much!!!
That's why I am waiting for a stock of Digitone keys. This thing is truly amazing!
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I'm beginning to suspect some kind of elder god had taken offense at how many dank memes AudioPilz had collected and now his only way back from the eternal darkness is to use every single one of them in these videos.
It's my fate!!!
@@AudioPilz Wienern are too fatal
Techstep madness with the Digitone! Well played!
Thanks! Great for these abstract sounds
That techstep tune is dope, really shows off how well the sounds of the Digitone can come together
Thank you!!!
Your videos never fail to redeem bad gear.
Thank you so much!!!
Oh i see. You are preparing the Kawai Spectra for the next week
Hey, that one's rarer around here than you think;)
@@AudioPilz lol jk, great video as always!
Love, love, love ... the ironing board, monitor placement on the floor, the right monitor not connected to AC. PERFECT!
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Great video! Always thought of this as an FM verison of the Digitakt, which never made sense to me. Seeing you use it as a percussion device, but comparing it to the FB-01 gives me some more context on how cool the design really is. Another example where these limitations can help you build out some cool Sega beatz.
Streets of rage vibe
Thanks! It's like an FB-01 without all the 80s crunch...
Always a great day when I see you in my feed. Amazing work, as usual. It's amazing how you make all of these bad gear instruments sound so capable. I hope that you're well.
Thank you so much!!!
Let the Friday Synth Memes begin!!
Happy Friday Florian
Thanks! Have a nice one!
Looking forward to a review of the Syntakt in 4 years time 😅
Great fun review as always 👍
Thank you!!!
Absolutely superb as always! 👍
Thank you!
Love to see an episode on the CZ 101. I've had mine for almost 30 years and find it nearly impossible to use for anything other than basic sounds. However, I haven't read that much of the manual if I'm being honest, but I'm not going to either! 🤪I really think it deserves an episode. I heard there's some kind of software interface that can be used with it. Maybe I'll look into that! Shouldn't I?
Great suggestion, thanks! That one is on my list for far too long!
Get Virtual CZ. It's a blast. And while is a plugin it can also control your actual CZ over MIDI. And it's a blast!
@@mog068 This! The CZ 101 is an underrated beast, very capable of good sounds. Chek out RetroSound and Synthmania for some great exaples. Virtual CZ is great!
@@mog068 That sounds great. I'll look into it, thanks!
“Mayonnaise is reverb for sandwiches” is some deep truth
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Great vid as always. In my time as a musician, back in the longlongago, I saw a few keyboard/synth players use ironing boards as stands at live gigs. I rate that setup!
Thanks! Ironing board - instant 10/10!
@@AudioPilz LOL!
I used to do this when I was a student!
3:37 segment, that page is for the ratio offset i.e. the decimals of the previous screen's ratios, not to do with a time delay. Love the channel! Great episode :)
Ah, thanks for the clarification! I wasn't sure, looked it up in the Sound on Sound review but they obviously got that wrong too.
Big fan of when an FM synth has an actual interface
Yeah, it's super easy to use!
I'd love to see you take on a real monster of FM synthesis - the Yamaha SY77. Amazingly sophisticated machine that I have a love/hate relationship with. All the power of six operator FM combined with a Korg M1 like sample based synthesis section. The downsides (apart from the usual FM difficulties) are the less than intuitive interface and bizarre audio routing.
Great suggestion, thanks!
@@AudioPilz use the rack-version to rough up the time-space continuum.....
Had a SY85 for a short while.
I had an SY85 briefly before I got my SY77. I like using the AWM synthesis that the two machines have in common as a "virtual analogue synth", starting off with one of the simple waveforms and then filtering it.
So, first you had my SE-02 in your show, now my Digitone. If you next have my Wavestate, I know I must have done something right. I also want you to notice that it takes me 2 hrs to watch one of your videos, as I try to read all of the funny memes in them. Seriously, I very much enjoy your videos. Thanks so much and Liebe Grüße nach Österreich!
Vielen herzlichen Dank!!!
I love all of your videos!!! You guys are great!
Thank you!!!
Crap! Now I want one of these. LOL
Sounds pretty good.
Love my Syntakt, and Modal:Cycles.
Nice, the Syntakt is definitely moving up my list;)
@@AudioPilz Yep, Cycles was my gateway drug, getting me into the Elektron world, then bought Syntakt, to get deeper into that workflow.
I have lots of fun music toys, but I always grab an Elektron, for quick easy creative experiments, that sound amazing.
Thanks again for these wonderful videos. Subscribed.
the DnB digitone goes hard.
And as an "abomination" user, it's a dope midi controller!
Thanks!!!
9:34 Bob Moog meme was effing brilliant genuinely laughed long time on that one.
Makes me want to make a ‘stop doing math’ type meme. “Want to make bell sounds? We had a tool for that: It was called RING MODULATION”
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got a syntakt and bought a digitone to add to it…..16 tracks of audio straight into ableton with my lap over usb……works a treat and easily portable for working on the road, love it
I traded my Digitakt for a Digitone, and then a couple weeks later bought a Digitakt again (and kept the Digitone). A roastable course of action, but I'm glad I ended up with both machines.
Maybe you should get a Syntakt;)
@@AudioPilz so much workflow yet so little work completed!
It’s amazing how funny yet interesting your “reviews”, but what’s even more incredible is that I just realized how good producer/composer you are.
He is a Gesamtkunstwerk
Thank you so much!
love your stuff
Thank you!!!
A bad gear ep on the Monomachine would really be something special. Divisive, I know, but I'd still love to see it. Not that I, a noob who's never even seen an Elektron box with my own two eyes, think it's bad, but that wall of online hate would fill up real darn fast.
Monomachine is quite legendary, let's see if we can find an excuse for that;) Thanks!
Well I’ve been using one since they first appeared and there is at least as much hate as love for the MnM, even within a single user
@@lindsaywebb1904 yeah, it's a cool machine by what I've seen, and I love the sound of it, but I'm just curious to see how it would fare the bad gear treatment.
bottom line for me is simply, that it sounds gorgeous.
I liked it quite a bit...
Thank you so much!!!
LOVE all of your vids… Even though I have to watch them in 0.75 (or sometimes 0.5) just to take everything in 😄🙌🏼
Thank you!!!
I have the digitone keys and it is an adorable abomination I love it. Now if I can only make a song with it ☺️
Nice!
I have one, I bought it with some money my grandmother left for me so it means allot to me, I wanted to buy a piece of equipment that wouldn't age as fast as most cheaper synths do these days. I just like playing simple ambient tones on it to relax, I'm not one for deep sequencing... I'm going to make a Hiroshi Yoshimura style ambient album with it one day, so it'll be worth it just for that :)
Great plan. Enjoy the ride. The Digitone is a future classic for sure. Prices will never fall below now.
@@el_dani thanks, I will :)
@@martin_the_artist_ I‘ll go the same path. I thought for some time to buy a Op1 or M8 for travelling/commuting but then I bought a 12V battery pack and an Analog Cases pulse case to bring the Digitone with me..
And you don‘t have to go deep on the sequencer in the beginning but once you start to dig you really appreciate having the possibilites (put the bpm down and use some probabilities..)
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Love the Digitone! It fits in so well with other Elektron boxes, especially the Octatrack
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Love those Mortal Kombat clips! The soundtrack of this game on the Megadrive is some pure FM goodness. I remember Electron when they released the Sidstation in the early 2000's. Back then they could still get New Old Stock SID chips.
Damn, the SIDStation has become unobtainium...
Digitone is my favorite synth, hardly bad gear! ( this vid is awesome though :) )
You know the drill (and thanks;)
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@@AudioPilz There's gear that people hate on and then there's gear that no one uses. :P.
I'm just happy to be here early!
Much appreciated!
It's laudable that you prevailed in light of the injury to your personal digit.👈
(Or was that some sort of easter egg?) 💁♂️
Thank you so much! Some minor injuries just look too dramatic in 4K;)
Eagerly awaiting the MiniFreak vid :)
There's actually one in my neighborhood;)
Not sure if the update issue was a joke tho lol
If not: you tried to put the digitakt update file onto the digitone, happened to me as well haha
No joke, I assume that one has some issues
The Keys version is one of the best things EVER! Just had to say that. It's paired with my Waldorf M, and the four part MIDI is perfect. Being able to record chords to steps with actual keys is nice too.
It looks a bit odd tho...;)
Love mine
@@AudioPilz That it does!
@@AudioPilz doesn’t look too odd with the digitakt and syntakt on angled stands above it 😂
and a bummer that the Keys didn‘t get at least double the voices..
Really, really enjoyed this!
Thank you!!!
Great episode as always.
If I had to choose one fm synth, I would take the MegaFm.
Such a great character-full sound.
Especially for video game soundtracks (because of the 2 Sega mega drive chips) a no brainer
Thank you so much!
Don't do his to me... I literally just sold me Digitone to pay bills.
I feel you!!!
This one... this one hurt 😿 My Digitone is my main synth. I paused on the Hate screen and read them all as a tear rolled down my cheek. But we only roast the ones we love, right? (jk jk, great video as always!)
Thank you, true that!
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“Bad Gear: The show about the world’s best synth memes!”
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Man. Had to have the thumb on the spacerbar for this one! Your search history has to be wrecked by now.
Also: Lo Pan!
Google thinks I'm completely insane;)
I think Elektron messed up by not sending you a Syntakt as part of the roll out. But now they have to do it so the whole trio can be Bad Gear.
I didn't even get a Minifreak😥😥😥
@@AudioPilz I wish Gechologic sends you a GECHO LOOPSYNTH
Now do the Yamaha MODX/Montage with the FM-X engine. It truly is the best FM synth out there.
Great suggestion, thanks!
Hah, I SO wanted one of those (MODX) when it came out. Played with it in the music store, and once it was stuck in some “mode” I could not figure out how to escape, despite having over 3 decades experience programming computers 😁
It’s a shame, the MODX/Montage sounds great, but it’s just too complicated.
I ended up (eventually) getting a “Nautilus”. More expensive, but I got along with the control layout and key feel much better. Sure, it’s a similar level of complexity inside, but Korg did a great job of letting you wade into it, instead of throwing you in to drown.
And Nautilus has a filter on its FM engine, too.
@@Roboprogs I actually found it the other way, it was just very intuitive to me compared to the Kronos and the Fantom.
@@gautrstafr yeah, I wonder how much gear is “bad” or “good”, and how much is “workflow did, or did not, make sense to *me*”
In my case, the first time I got to try the new keyboard, it was almost an hour noodling around with it (“I should go, but this is really fun”), so I kinda knew which one I was going to get a month or two later, vs merely a “meh.” feeling about it.
Yamaha sounds great, though, enjoy!
@@Roboprogs yeah totally agree. On one hand Elektron machines are kinda counterintuitive to me. Got my hands on one for a day and got no where. In contrast the Korg Volca Sample was pretty limited but got me wasting hours for a whole week. Like you said, depending on your self some things just click, some just don't.
Thank you Florian!❤
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I have a Digitone paired with the Pioneer DJS 1000 and absolutely love them together. Sure, as you drilled down on in the video, the Elektron "Workflow" is a learning curve. However, once you get used to it there is a quite a uniquely powerful little synth in there.
Nice setup!!!
As always, perfectly on the spot. I think you're rocht, every FM synth should be accompanied by an samplebased synth or at least an analogish type.
And now - let's squeeze the dirty tones out of FM! (pressing random knobs on the dx7 with a hammer)
Thanks! There's quite a lot of dirt in the ole DX7...
Wait, there are no knobs on a DX7!
@@ncapone87 Damn, what did i do? 🥹
@@sparabo3780 I just had a great idea, have you ever seen the Twisted Electrons Mega FM? How about something like that but DX7 instead? Having those sliders for every operator would be amazing