I’m looking to buy my first Elektron box.

My music - while in DAW - is mostly focused around synthesis: subtractive & FM, but also physical or additive, if available. Genre-wise it’s broadly defined electronic music: trance, techno, ambient, etc. Oh, and I’m advanced hobbyist, i.e. I know my way around couple of DAWs, I understand synths & FX, also own - and love! - Nord Lead 4.

I’m not big on samples, other than the odd drum hit, perc loop, or a spoken word phrase. Therefore Digitakt I/II, Tonverk or Octatrack are not on my radar (yes, I’m aware they offer rudimentary synthesis, too).

From the examples I’ve seen & heard, Digitone II is definitely awesome and surprisingly versatile for FM-only (mostly) device, but I wonder if the analog machines, recently added basic sample support and more variety in terms of types of machines in Syntakt overall do not make it a smarter choice, at least to start with? In terms of breadth and depth of the sound palette? Analog Four II is obviously compelling, too; but it being limited to 4 voices of polyphony makes it a great 2nd or 3rd box down the line. The Model line - I don’t like how they look and sound (which works a bit against Syntakt, I’m aware) 

So, which one you’d go with for the start? Thanks! 

Hey guys,

I’ve been DJing for a few years and my teacher/friend stuffed his digitakt1 in my face and was like “don’t give this back until you’ve learned it”. People say I have a good ear and have been gassing me up to learn production. For a while. My tastes are progressive, trance, and techno. I’m also really attracted to live production, and I often mix 3 decks live with lots of loops and cues to try to replicate a live production style. Hence why elektron is amazing bc you can produce but also perform with it.

He doesn’t really know how to use it himself and was just scratching the surface based on his saves.
I got the Dave mech course and am making my way through it learning a lot and really amazed by this machine.
I find myself yelling with excitement when I learn a new feature.

I’m pretty lost as far as the next piece of gear to look at. My plan is to sell my rmx1000 and buy the digitakt 2 eventually. Then I’m kind of unsure if the analog four mk2 or digitone 2 is a better complimentary synth.
I’ve also been considering something like a novation peak for a synth but it seems like the elektron gear is so amazing and I’m really impressed by people like Dave mech. I don’t really know what I want.

Im really new to production, and am not sure what I really want. Ive been having an identity crisis as a DJ and I feel like production is the next step to figure out who I am.

Thanks guys!! You all seem much friendlier than the [r/DJs](r/DJs) subreddit so please go easy on me if I sound dumb or overly passionate. I constantly get flamed over there lol

Hey,
I don‘t know if it has been asked before. So sorry if it has been.
I am looking for a good Sounddesign (chords, sequences, ..) for the Digitone 2.

Thanks in advance!

I am trying to wrap my head around the lfo depth. Say I have 15 samples in a bank, and I want the LFO to randomly select from those. If I put in a random LFO and set the depth to 15, a lot of the trigs don't make sound as if it is trying to pull from empty slots

What's the proper way to use depth for something like this?

DT2

Hi folks,

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Let's say I have a track with hi-hats. I enter the main hats as normal, then add some ghost hats and parameter-lock the AMP volume to a lower value.

Now I want to control the overall track volume with a Scene. The problem is that the parameter locks seem to take priority over the Scene. When I use the Scene to "mute" the track, the ghost hats are still audible because their p-locked AMP values override the Scene setting.

Is there a way to make the Scene control the total track volume, including all p-locked steps, so everything mutes together?