@@narti6002 Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the early vibe! Still amazed by how far you can push this tiny engine 🙌

Means a bunch man, I appreciate your time listening over here. This set was fun to create! Work in progress :)

This means a lot coming from you mate. Trying to keep things entertaining while minimal is a real challenge for me. Work in progress.

Thanks my friend! Been leaning toward more progressive and minimal techno vibe lately. Now I have to sort out the next releases XD. Have a lovely Tuesday mate <3

Would not have come up with the white knobs touch if it wasn't for you my friend! Thanks again for providing :D Glad you enjoyed the early vibe. Xavier has been a great mentor on how to keep things minimal and interesting!!

@@castl_dk I'm looking forward to hear some interesting minimal white knob tweaking from you guys, later this month 🤩

Thanks you! Your time listening means a lot! Glad you could resonate with this session.

Thank you! Creating this set was a lot of fun! Keeping my jams minimal is way more challenging that it seems, but I'm trying to get there :)

Merci copain! Toujours un plaisir d'avoir ton oreille attentive par ici!

Merci!

Yeah this "smokey construction site" was fun while it latest haha! I still have 2 days of dealing with the bathroom and then I should be on the other side of the renovations :D Almost there! Glad you enjoyed this little session my friend!

Means a bunch my friend! Had fun putting this together for the HWJ Fest! Trying to keep the jams minimal these days! I hope you are doing awesome out there!

@@castl_dk Doing good, I have been learning a lot about the Key 37 and putting out some good content. I am about to head to Florida tomorrow and I am hoping to get some great videos. I signed up for the beta test of the new 3.0 software so hopefully I will get a chance to play around with that. Have an amazing day my friend 😁 loving the minimal vibes

I'll jump in here, the T1 absolutely lets you do a lot of stuff you can't do otherwise. You can quickly wrangle all your machines on one sequencer and morph and shift the pattern on the fly. Once you get used to it and learn it (it has a bit of a curve), there's nothing really like it. However, I will say it does make creating specific melodies more difficult. You can do it, but if you want to make your sequences entirely on the T1, it takes a long time vs on an Elektron. The T1 excels in quick, generative, shifting, morphable patterns. You just have to be okay with no screen at all and remembering what the colors of the squares mean in certain scenarios. Atlas Castle has had a lot more experience than me (I did sell mine with a gear shift but miss it!) so I'm sure he can give some more insights :)

@@hexwavemusic Thanks for the elaborate reply. The part of using it for generative, morphable patterns sounds right up my alley. I’m not necessarily interested in creating specific melodies, instead I like my jams to evolve over time. Therefore the t-1 sounds really interesting.

I have the same set up as you! The torso totally opened up my ability to jam coherently. The big secret to not getting totally same results every time is definitely to make sure you are making different decisions and changing up inspo. I was in a rut for a while with it before I realized I needed to just start twisting knobs and pushing myself through options that sounded bad!

Hi @stofbug, thanks for taking time to listen and reaching out! I can see that @hexwavemusic and @tylerstup9510 already got you covered with relevant points. I do agree with them. I really see the T1 as a full capable instrument, not just a controller. It's a powerful instrument and main sequencer since you are into generative, morphable patterns sounds. Feel so welcome to reach out again if you have further questions.

@@castl_dk Thanks, I will do. Let’s hope Santa has budget for a nice t-1 😄

Hi man! Thank you so much for the eternal good karma! I'm a bit in and out these days, but I had fun putting this one together for the HWJ Fest! I hope you are doing awesome man! Looking forward to catch up soon!

@@g-tracks Thanks mate 🙌 Currently trying to make the best out of the mess in my flat! Going through heavy renovations! 🔥

@@castl_dk completely understand I do remodeling for a living

Your words are really appreciated, glad you could resonate that way with this session! Thank you!

Hi there, thank you so much for taking time to stop by and listening! Huge congrats with the T1! How do you like it so far? Did you managed to experiment with it already? I work with the Digitakt Factory samples and oscillators only. But I can recommend you to check my friend Big City, he is making sample packs for isotonikstudios.com - You'll find packs for Digitakt, Circuit etc... he is really good at it, always providing!

@@castl_dk Yes. I am having lots of fun with the T-1. Great device. You are getting great results from the Stock Samples. Good Work and thank you for the Link. Greetings. Tobias

Thank you! I appreciate your time listening!

Hi thank you for hanging out over here! The circuit tracks really has a lot to offer as a stand alone!

Thank you! I sometimes forget how fun the circuit tracks can be as a stand alone! Wishing you a lovely day out there.

Hi, thanks for taking the time to reach out! This is a very interesting question. You had me reflecting on my process in a very constructive way. I started music production back then through Ableton Live. My main brain and vision were 100% based in the DAW back then. I eventually found out that I had too many choices in the DAW at my disposal that I wasn't really good at finishing music that way. I decided to change my approach and use the DAW only for live recording and mastering. I later decided to grab a Digitakt and tried to create, write, produce, and perform from this engine only. This tiny beast really gave me the room to be creative while embracing limitations. So for the last 3 years, I would say that the DT was my top 1 favorite piece of gear. I recently realized that I wanted this project to be mainly based on live improvisations, starting all my jams and live sets from a white canvas. The Torso T1 is so far proving to be my new favorite companion in the matter of doing so! Being limited to a powerful sequencer/main brain, versatile samples, and 1 synth is so far proving to be my best trio. Let's see how this adventure will evolve. My rule number one in this whole process is to stick to less is more. Which means that my setup needs to fit in a regular backpack. That's also a way to limit my GAS :D I hope I answered your question. I could have written a tome about my previous setups, but I tried to keep it bearable haha. Wishing you a lovely evening out there. How about you? What's your favorite piece of gear?

@@castl_dk Thanks for the reply and actually I'm trying to build a similarly minded setup to yours! I recently got a Digitakt and now I get to understand why it gets so much love, I find all gear has a honeymoon period but its not until that period is over that you really know how much you want to use it. The Digitakt I've been finding to be really fun and it seems every time I sit down with it I walk away having created something cool, it's a great machine. I love my TR-8S also and I'm experimenting with blending them together, it's working quite nicely so far actually even though probably it's a bit overkill. This year I want to play live and I've never done that with electronic music before (done a lot with grunge metal bands so hopefully a lot of that experience is transferable). My 3rd piece of gear is my iPad, this is just great for letting me route midi, process audio and use synth and sequencer plugins as needed. I have some hardware synths that I love (Peak/Boog Model D/S-1/TB-3) but I want to keep things as portable as possible for now so they will be a second "don't leave the house" setup that I just jam on when I want to make more ambient stuff. But yeah after cycling through gear swaps and buying and selling I'd def say Digitakt/TR-8S/Peak/Model D are the ones that must remain and the iPad is always at the heart of my setup. I've only been doing this for a couple of years but I've learned that its a difficult hobby to try stuff before you buy it because its so niche, you kinda have to own the gear to know if its for you. The live setup though is based on portability, I gotta be able to carry that around. Also fun/improvisation, those things have to be there or what's the point right? The rest, they're just the ones I don't want to sell because I'd miss them.

Thanks for taking time to tune in over here mate! I've considered this format for quite some times now. Glad to finally do something about it. I guess I wasn't super enthusiast with the idea to talk in front of the camera at first, but it's coming :)

Thank you!

Merci Yves! Work in progress, gotta have to dive deeper into this concept. Considering sharing sessions from scratch at some point Oo'!

Thanks Rob! I can only agree with you on this, it was about time for me to upgrade a bit my original playground :)

Merci! :D (The accent follows along haha). - I can definitely understand what you're saying. Having a goal-oriented approach is a significant strength in this industry. (Especially when you have the necessary tools and background to maintain consistent progress). However, there are downsides to it. When I initially started this project in 2019, I was using a DAW and sticking to a release schedule. It took me two years to realize that I wasn't enjoying the creative process as much as I could have. - Then, in 2021, I discovered the Digitakt and the DAWless live scene, and everything changed. The community helped me a lot in redefining my artistic vision, approach and goals. While my goals for this project remain the same, I've come to accept that my methods may not align with the traditional music business industry. And I'm okay with that. Good things take time and dedication, in my opinion, we shouldn't rush the artistic process. This is how I keep the joy of creating alive I think :).

Merci beaucoup! J'apprécie toujours ton oreille attentive par ici! Il y a encore du boulot avec le nouveau setup, mais ca vient gentiment :) J'espère que tu es en pleine forme <3

Hi G! Thanks for always bringing good karma over here. For a first go with this setup, it was fun. There's surely still work to be done on the learning curve, the live and improvisation possibilities with the T-1 are really something Oo'.

@@castl_dk for sure seems like a great addition 😁

Thanks man! I appreciate your time over here for sure!

Hi C, I'm glad you enjoyed the new format. Trying to take better care of my KZbin channel those days. Gotta have to get a bit more used of the camera as well Oo' Wishing you a lovely evening out there <3

I really appreciate your time listening and sharing your thoughts man. And yes indeed, writing melodies on the T-1 is an interesting workflow. I tend to write more minimalistic stuffs normally. Fun to see how melodic the whole session became with the T-1 leading the way Oo'. Work in progress :) Wishing you a lovely evening out there.