You don't need to be an FM synth expert to quickly make drum sounds from scratch on the Elektron Digitone 2!
In this tutorial, we go over some quick techniques to help you make drum sounds from scratch on the Digitone 2. One of our concerns with the Digitone 2 was that it would be a much slower workflow when it comes to making drum sounds, but it turns out that this is not really the case. We have a series of tutorials lined up for the Digitone 2 so please subscribe if you're interested in more educational content like this.
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If you're already a subscriber of our channel, you know how much we love the Syntakt. But we also shared our wish list with it. Particularly, we miss polyphony, more tracks, a more refined sound palette, an arp, and chorus.The Digitone 2 adds all of that (though sacrifices some great Syntakt features such as the Analog FX Block).
On paper, the Digitone 2 is very close to our idea of the perfect groovebox. We'll share our thoughts on how they're different from each other in an upcoming Digitone 2 vs Syntakt review.
00:00 Intro
00:23 Kicking off with the kick
00:35 Alternative approach: adapting an existing preset
01:32 Making a kick from scratch
02:17 Step 1: Adding the kick sweep
03:32 Step 2: Setting the decay
04:28 Step 3: Adding a sample transient
05:48 Step 4: Adding a bright EDM transient
07:27 The kick is now complete
07:45 Making a snare from scratch
08:36 Fitting it into the mix
09:32 Making it sound more like an acoustic snare
11:44 You don't need to understand FM synthesis!
12:10 Creating a percussive drum from scratch
13:14 Using LFOs to create more movement
14:32 How this workflow compares to the Syntakt
15:01 Final results
15:50 Finding the perfect snare
16:43 No more preset browsing!
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