Digitakt Song Mode: Elektron's Best New Feature

[@thernandez81]

Elektron should hire Slow Haste indefinitely

[@SlowHaste]

I humbly accept the offer

[@BrentBlueAllen]

Your enthusiasm is infectious! Thanks for the walkthrough.

[@SlowHaste]

Glad it was helpful!

[@3clrdsqrs]

Great feature and amazing explanation! It would be perfect to have parameter locks per row in addition to the mutes

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks for watching!

[@crapinabap]

I knew you'd have the most concise explanation of the song function as soon as I saw the update announced. I wasn't wrong.

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks so much!! Words of encouragement like this genuinely keep me going & I’m glad y’all are finding this stuff useful

[@crapinabap]

@@SlowHaste Please keep up the quality content. Elektron should be paying you.

[@jacobthewinner]

Great insight on song mode, your digi videos always hit the spot! 😊

[@SlowHaste]

Glad you enjoy them, thanks!

[@DavesMusicTube]

Wow thanks dude. Excellent video! Great explanation and your tune is dope as well! Thanks

[@SlowHaste]

Glad it helped!

[@ShaiUI]

now that it has song mode, do you use the digitakt to record vocals though? I find it a bit cumbersome as recording samples on digitakt seems like a lot of menus / presses.. so instead I just record vocals with sp-404. and have the digitakt trigger my vocals off the sp-404 via midi.. but I was wondering if anyone records vocals with digitakt. not a lot of vids on it.

[@SlowHaste]

I’ve personally never recorded Vox on the Digitakt - and I also haven’t really seen any vids on it, now that I think of it!

[@ShaiUI]

@@SlowHaste yeah I've noticed lots of producers don't tend to sing/rap it's all just instrumental. problem is songs aren't very memorable without vocals.

[@19501960]

Great video, Am I restricted to the amount of songs I can have loaded ? For example a full live performance with 30 separate songs ? Tha ks

[@SlowHaste]

You can load up to 16 songs per project, you’d have to switch projects if you want more than that!

[@19501960]

@@SlowHaste Mamy thanks for reply. Sorry for another question, but now I must ask, how many projects can i have on board the unit at the same time ? I need 30 separate songs for live work.

[@knurkas]

good content mate!

[@SlowHaste]

Many thanks!

[@vinyltheif]

That's an awesome feature! I've been pondering buying one & slowly learning about them via youtube, I'd wondered about the sequencing aspect so this rocks!

[@SlowHaste]

Yeah it’s a huge upgrade and the continued support is really fantastic!

[@stephensculley2522]

hi, I have a dumb question. every time I try to load a song into the song list it defaults to SO1. How do I build a set in song mode? Thanks for your vid. great work. Steve

[@michaeltrenier]

It’s the MPC sequencer.

[@poppybrosjunior]

Incredible overview and application of song mode, saved me from reading the manual =]. Subbed! Beats great too.

[@SlowHaste]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the sub 😎

[@AgentsofRush]

Keyboard fold is sweet too👍

[@SlowHaste]

Yes it really is!! I can’t wait to use it with the Digitone, but wanted to mess around with song mode on some old Digitakt projects first :)

[@sumdup]

A video on how this new feature could interact (if it can) with Octatrack, or how / ways one might make them play nice together.. would be sweet!

[@SlowHaste]

Great idea! I want to do an updated comparison for sure, and it would be fun to have a segment on how to use them together too

[@astrosense4682]

hello Good morning, Do you know if it is possible in song or chain mode to use reverb, delay and LFO on all patterns and not pattern by pattern ? Thanks

[@SlowHaste]

Song mode just arranges the patterns, so it doesn’t really have access to control those parameters - you’d have to edit it individually for each pattern

[@samuelwhite695]

You're such a welcoming teacher, really learned at feel inspired

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks so much, I’m glad you found this useful!

[@tubeMonger]

When you use Digitakt and Digitone can you synchronize the songs from the songmode or do you have to send program changes to change the pattern from the master (for instance Digitone) to the slave (Digitakt)?

[@SlowHaste]

I haven’t yet tried it with more than one device and I’m not sure! There doesn’t appear to be an option for this within song mode, and I have a feeling it would be controlled by program changes.

[@tubeMonger]

​@@SlowHaste I think I will test this - this weekend. The songmode helps a lot even if no program changes are sent to the other device automatically. Sending program changes from MIDI out is a lot simpler than creating a song mode with a midi loop and making sure program changes are updated for both devices.

[@tubeMonger]

With prog ch send set on device 1 and prog ch receive set on device 2 and the song mode is enabled on device 1 but not on device 2, the same patterns are played on both devices. It looks like the song mode sends program changes. Edit: however if both devices have song mode enabled you can define which pattern to play (the pattern to play comes from the song mode row).

[@SlowHaste]

@@tubeMonger cool! Thanks for the follow up :)

[@Pamaracas]

Dumb question, can you chain songs?

[@SlowHaste]

Not to my knowledge (yet)! But I could be wrong

[@lesvolga1355]

Thank you!!!🎉

[@Zoevandyne]

Thanks

[@mikeisnottoast]

Where do I listen to the track, it sounds dope.

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks! I don’t have the full track anywhere, but there’s a jam on my instagram from April of this year

[@ChrisEchoesMusic]

Great video, bub.

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks!!

[@TheOmniforce]

Good video, but a little constructive criticism - the dialogue is a bit fast.

[@SlowHaste]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@automodachi]

dude i can never get the link to your jams, i really want to hear that chillax one you use in the past few vids man PLEASE help a brother out when you get a minute

[@SlowHaste]

I’ll see how I can help! Some of them aren’t released yet (or are works in progress), but comment on the vid with the jam you’re looking for so I know which one 😎

[@automodachi]

@@SlowHaste oh yeah i just snooped the gram and camp and no luck ha

[@she3po945]

Wow awesome! I’m really considering getting the Digitakt and wondering if I should get the Digitone as well?

[@SlowHaste]

If you’ve got the budget and are in the market for an fm synth, it’s a really solid choice! Although if you’re new to the elektron world, I might recommend sticking to one and really learning the workflow. After that, whichever you pick up after will be a breeze to learn!

[@she3po945]

@@SlowHaste Thank you for responding! 🙏 I would love to sign up for lessons once I choose one. Not an easy choice! 😅 But wow, they are epic!

[@ruffian01]

Hi man, I have a question that many users would like to see solved. Do you know if there's an easy way to chain songs? It's taking me too much time to get from one song to another. 😕

[@lesvolga1355]

Your music is mostly lo fi hip hop, right?

[@SlowHaste]

I wouldn’t quite call it hip hop, but definitely lofi electronica!

[@sullycliftona123]

if mc 101 could do a simple live rec ...it would be be amazing because i can deal with that ,, but this has so many extr things. i dont think ill ever get to use the whole scope ,,because i still like my other machines n guitar ,,, very confusing switching from different manufac ,,, to the other

[@SonicVibe]

It looks like a good device i wish it didn’t have such a pattern based workflow and needs more sample memory

[@SlowHaste]

It’s certainly not perfect! I agree with the sample memory, it would be great if it was expandable

[@automodachi]

it took me like several years to really get my head around it and i’m still learning… the updates are the most substantial i’ve ever seen come out for a box like this… at first tho i was wondering if i had buyers remorse… not at all 🎉

[@automodachi]

the sample memory is jarring… give a soul some memory cardtron

[@SonicVibe]

And the pattern part I mean if ya add reverb it don’t carry on to the next chain so you have to do each part separately

[@lrkx_]

It’s almost the perfect Groovebox now…

[@niloben659]

no stereo sampling is a problem though

[@georgekay372]

“Now people will argue you’re just a DJ even more than before” 😂😂 But fr I’m so glad we finally got song mode on the small boxes.

[@SlowHaste]

Hahah I was proud of that one :). I am sincerely glad too, I think it will help out with practicing/writing overdubs/generally making live performances more convenient!

[@georgekay372]

@@SlowHaste now I’m actually considering bringing the DT on gigs with me to fill out the band a little more. Before this, this was unthinkable for the type of stuff my band plays.

[@lundsweden]

Dude, I know you're joking about someone being smarter that you for knowing some weird obscure tuning, but just remember there aint nobody who knows everything, no matter how smart they are!

[@SlowHaste]

Haha yes, it’s always good to remember that!!

[@CXMUGA]

regret selling mine now T-T

[@SlowHaste]

I’m sure there are plenty of fairly priced used ones out there! I stumbled upon mine used at a guitar center for a great deal a few years back

[@johnwalter6410]

10 Hail Marys and 1 our Father and you are forgiven,

[@CXMUGA]

​@@SlowHaste we are so back i forgot about this comment completely lmaoo

[@sadlantis]

So song mode doesn't write the song for you?? Then what's the point? I thought that's why everyone wanted it :p Nicely explained Daniel. Think I'm most excited to try the folding keyboard (and those blue backlights). Having more than 1 octave to be able to play in real time will be super useful.

[@SlowHaste]

Who knows, maybe we’ll get that in a future update! Then the haters will really be sorry 😁.

[@eliasgarciasceptre]

🫣😱😱😱

[@HelicopterRidesForCommunists]

“Just a DJ” - yeah well not all DJs just hit play - and if you knew what good ones do you wouldn’t be saying that.

[@SlowHaste]

Oh I have mad respect for DJs!! That was more a joke at people who play sequencers who get offended when people think that they are DJs

[@HelicopterRidesForCommunists]

@@SlowHaste Oh I realize you were quoting something people say sometimes - I was making that comment toward "those" people not you. lol sorry for that not coming across well enough.

[@johnwalter6410]

Your song is making me sea sick,