Digitakt Beats from Scratch: Tips & Tricks

[@Ruderoy318]

Bro you are legit my f*****g hero on KZbin right now

[@SlowHaste]

Haha oh man I’m so honored!! I’m glad I could help ya in some way 😎

[@G0nz0uk]

I love your Digitakt tutorials, thanks. I really hope you do more though. Keep up the great work.

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks so much!! I absolutely plan to do more so stay tuned!

[@G0nz0uk]

@@SlowHaste I've just gone through this tutorial on mine and I've learn't so much, thanks. You explain as to what you are doing very well.

[@SlowHaste]

@@G0nz0uk thanks again!! happy to have helped

[@commonbeats]

Not really interested in the digitakt but love the way you present, care about your music and enjoy sharing knowledge with others. Big love bro

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks so much for that!! I’ve got an OP-1 video coming out tomorrow and want to keep expanding my topics as I keep chugging along with these weekly vids.

[@robinlaird]

Really enjoying your vids! Keep doing what you're doing!

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks so much!! I certainly will :)

[@automodachi]

another great video

[@neonpop80]

Omg my friend, I’ve been hoping my DT can record your live actions and you just showed that it can! I asked other YTers and they thought that couldn’t be done. So thank you! I’m referring to 9:50. Know if I can do that with the filter pass too?? Omg this is exciting!

[@SlowHaste]

Yes, yes you can! It locks the value that the knob is at per step, so it isn't going to necessarily be a "smooth" change between values, but you can indeed record in the knob turn, I do it all the time.

[@neonpop80]

@@SlowHaste Ohhhh.. this isn't global parameters though right?

[@neonpop80]

@@SlowHaste It doesn't seem to work properly when I try it with filters. Seems to record over the first bar twice. And these effects don't work over pattern chaining either. I guess it has its limits...

[@SlowHaste]

@@neonpop80 awww no, you can’t parameter lock the ctrl all function :( I realized you also commented on another one of my vids to ask haha. It would be fantastic if that was a feature, but you can only record p-locks for one track at a time

[@SlowHaste]

@@neonpop80 yeah every hardware certainly does have limits!! If you’re interested in more effects-centric/global parameter manipulation, the Octatrack really excels at that! I have some videos on my channel going over some of those features, too.

[@Limbic1000]

Thank youuuu

[@SlowHaste]

You’re very welcome!

[@scenario1236]

This is where I will come once I acquire a Digitakt

[@SlowHaste]

Yessss join the club!!

[@gs_f]

Would be great to have the same (or some sort of (beginner;) tutorial) for the Digitone !

[@SlowHaste]

Awesome, I’d love to make one soon!

[@gs_f]

@@SlowHaste 🤩👍 Thank you !

[@CarlColglazier]

I can never get the shutter speed right to avoid flicker on the Digi screens either.

[@SlowHaste]

Oh gosh yeah that’s a whole other issue, I think I’ve seen that in every DT video! My film light was actually flashing like crazy while I was shooting but you really can’t tell on the recording luckily

[@DopamineOverload]

Excellent vid! Curious-- there aren't any videos on this (from my searching). Can you connect a simple MIDI keyboard to the Digitakt (Keystep, etc), and record into the MIDI tracks in realtime (say, controlling a desktop synth like a Volca Keys)...? There are literally no videos about this. However, when people connect a keyboard to the Digitakt, they often play the audio tracks (1-8), or they input chords in step-time to the MIDI tracks. Any chance you could do a video showing how to connect a proper keyboard to record chords and melodies in real-time? I'm sure it will help a lot of Digitakt beginners or curious parties out there. Thanks! Subbed!

[@SlowHaste]

Hey, thanks so much for watching/subbing! In all honestly, I haven’t connected any external gear to the Digitakt, aside from the Digitone recently. Admittedly, MIDI knowledge is something that I’m generally lacking in, in terms of hardware. That said, I believe Cuckoo has a bit of a MIDI crash course at the end of his Digitakt mega tutorial that may be of use (if you haven’t watched that already). And I agree, I’ve tried it look up what I thought was relatively basic MIDI stuff online and it can be hard as hell to find specific answers. Definitely let me know if you’re able to find anything that helps!

[@playgroundofsound7683]

i have never updated, but id like to. should i be worried about losing my projects and sounds? do i need to back them up first?

[@SlowHaste]

Backups are always a good call, but I didn’t have any issues (and haven’t heard of anyone else) when I did the update! It’s totally worth it IMO

[@RababaInc]

looking for my first drum machine should i go for TR-8S or Digitakt?

[@SlowHaste]

I’ve never used the TR-8S, but I will always support the Digitakt. That said, it might be a lot if it’s your first drum machine (unless your familiar with samplers/sequencing in general)! I’d definitely check out the manual before committing.

[@snaxmiller]

I get 4-8x times the ads on this channel compared to Loopop, RMR, and Cuckoo.

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks for the feedback! I was recently partnered and the KZbin ads are auto placed on my videos, so I will have to take a look at the settings to reduce them.

[@SlowHaste]

also I am happy you have been watching the channel enough to take note of something like that!