Digitone From Scratch 6: We IDM Now

But not really IDM.
Let's make a sequence from scratch on the Elektron Digitone and then perform with it!
The Elektron Digitone is a 4-part, 8-voice FM synthesizer groove box with amazing diversity in sound and playability.
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Thank you for watching. My name is Jeremy, and this is Red Means Recording. I've been making music for a few decades now, and this channel is a place to make music and to talk about the tools and techniques to make music with. We'll use synths, drum machines, modular gear, and software.
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[@FreeBeat]

If you don't end your session with "Ctrl All," did you even have a session at all? Love it as always!

[@RababaInc]

finally got a used digitone in the mail today and can't wait to melt into sonic heaven thanks a lot for these, Jeremy very inspiring 🌱

[@CatnipGawd]

I love your videos… Been lurking since the OP-1 days. Happy to see you still putting in work. 👑

[@megus_music]

I've noticed that you always manually quantize after recording. Digitone has quantized recording mode which I, who can't really play keys, like a lot. Is there a reason you don't use it?

[@chrisj5547]

If you record in unquantized you can then quantize to a fraction of being fully quantized, e.g. 90% if you want to leave it slightly "off grid"

[@Infinighost]

Wow, did not expect to hear Working for a Nuclear Free City namedropped today. "Je Suis Le Vent" is one of my favorite songs of all time. Heard it in a bar when I was moving across the US and had to ask the bartender the song title. Excellent video!

[@RedMeansRecording]

I love them to death

[@alricka4127]

@@RedMeansRecording thanks for the new discovery. Just hear 3 tracks of Businessmen & Ghost and I am already amazed

[@alexanderlane]

Thank you for commenting this because by the end of the video I'd forgotten I meant to look them up. Listening to Je suis le vent right now and wow, absolutely amazing!

[@odiroot]

Whoa, Working for a Nuclear Free City. Haven't heard this name in ages!

[@RedMeansRecording]

Such an amazing band

[@gay_milhouse1160]

it's-a me! Digi-Tony! I bringada pizza!

[@coltranius]

Every single time you post one of these I go back and play with my Digitone. I’m just reminded what an amazing instrument it is. I haven’t paired it with my Zoia Euroburo yet, so I think that has to be my next playtime. Thanks for all you do here. So inspiring!

[@darksentinel082]

The arm on the table scared me for a few seconds…

[@Timbrrrdoodle]

Love these vids. Thanks Jeremy. The Digitone is the most inspiring piece of music gear I’ve ever owned

[@zab666]

I did a remix of England by Working for a nuclear free city for a competition of their label around 12 years ago. I think they wanted to give the winner an LP of their new album and as I was the only one who submitted a remix, I was confident in winning. Never heard back from anyone though. Maybe the remix was bad or they were disappointed in the turn out, who knows. Anyways, great track, Jeremy!

[@HiLoMusic]

The OP-1 is so dated compared to these powerful machines

[@donaldpriola1807]

Love Working For A Nuclear Free City! Pixelated Birds was always a favorite ambient track of mine.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Huge love for them

[@katelikesrectangles]

you colour coordinated the cables with the digitone buttons

[@hexwavemusic]

Lovely groovy ass shit, I enjoy when it goes dabeda tibiddy boop dip dap dippity tabbity doop 👌

[@WHATISPOLITICS69]

this is so fucking good - digitone is killer in the hands of someone with talent

[@Mr.Tubster]

Hi great work mate 😎😍😎 nice weekend for you 😊 c ya

[@SphericEl]

KZbin Master right there- "Come with me if you want..."👍

[@radical_ans]

The old Digital Tony! Love these vids!

[@SilenceandTheUnwinkingMinds]

It was great to see your process on this one, I love the final result. I think the Digitone may be a future investment for me, been trying to round out my Eurorack set up with some polyphony. This could be the ticket.

[@seth.graham]

I like what I see and I'm letting you know. And I like what I hear.

[@JoelRoggeman]

cat

[@kenb7540]

Always a pleasure watching you create 👏👍

[@KuciMane]

Been awhile since I've watched your videos and its the first time I'm hearing your voice haha. Takes a bit to get used to, but I think having your voice and talking through what you're doing is better/very least, good, for your channel longterm but I will say, I do miss the occasional videos of only funny little text captions popping up while you make a song, do you still do those types of videos? Would love for more of them :)

[@joshw8053]

man I love these DN from scratch videos!

[@alricka4127]

love your work. hope you're doing well, keep up!

[@ToyKeeper]

Your Digitone series is always great. I love the rhythms and textures you get out of it, and in particular, all the fascinating harmonic variations and overtones. With math, skill, clever setup, and a nice interface, you make it spit out far more notes than you put in, and it's all harmonically cohesive. It always leaves me wondering though... what if one could play these patterns in the same manner as a Wavestate? Like, the sound design, rhythms, probabilities, etc, are all there in the pattern... but the note schema would come in over midi from a keyboard or sequencer? The Digitone would effectively act like an extremely fancy and expressive arpeggiator, even more so than what the NDLR does, and then you could play it by shaping the key/scale/chord in real time while also using control-all to adjust the timbres. Not even sure if that's possible without changing the firmware. TL;DR: Loved the video and your music, and by the end I found myself wanting to get a job at Elektron, to add features which would allow you to add another layer of complexity and movement.

[@okeribok]

I am having a very digitoné day!

[@QuantumKatmusic]

Now you're 3 hands!

[@7177YT]

Love the man love the series! Cheers!

[@niallkelly1577]

Snazzy Stuff, Love it!!

[@bo-bodad8253]

Very inspirational.

[@memunns]

Always love a good digitone vid

[@fully_privatized_mass_medium]

randomly modulating the release time on a track with two-note polyphony is such an awesome idea that works so well thank you so much jeremy / these digitone videos rule

[@JustinKimball]

Love it. More pls.

[@LombaxPieboy16]

Great beat

[@caeruscarriers7628]

Need a hand?

[@wickeddubz]

7:28 - whoa indeed! Extraterrestrials entered the studio. Good vibes🙌🏼

[@lemonhscott7667]

Letsgoo

[@JamesJames-gc2kl]

it's got the Twiggys AND the Twaggies

[@supremeciroc]

Ooo connect the Digitakt in part two

[@synchronisticmelanatedmysitic]

Link to the song you mentioned?

[@cinnabrad]

POG

[@mteixido9]

Loving this series!

[@ivanivanovichinfinity8311]

очень хорошо

[@deyoungstar]

Out of curiosity; what makes this IDM?

[@RedMeansRecording]

What's idm

[@deyoungstar]

@@RedMeansRecording that answers my question. Thank you. Nice jam as always

[@diegoxxxbc]

vibey as heck