Elektron Digitone II (it is fun + can get really weird).

[@truecuckoo]

You’re the best 🙌🏼

[@mattkaz9604]

You made it sound better than the launch videos.

[@mikegeary8056]

She should be doing the video launch. This is the first time I’ve been interested in a Elektron devise

[@pablowentscobar]

I really enjoy your demo/overview videos, they're always unique and I always pick up a new technique or tip. I love that you emphasize exploration and enjoyment. Good stuff.

[@sarahbellereid]

So happy that they resonate with you!

[@davidsanfeliumarco9664]

Best Digitone II video I’ve seen!!! Loved the “crickets” specially! Would be awesome if you go deeper on that sound design 😅 Thank you so much from Barcelona!

[@nightcrawler9]

Best video for this machine by far, good job, bravo !

[@jimmywheelo]

So well explained. Breaks down the fear factor of learning this deep machine. Thankyou

[@RoryRonde]

Wow. This is by far the best demonstration of an Elektron device I have ever seen. The sounds and sequences you made are so inspiring and also the way you explain everything so clearly. Would love a whole album filled with this kind of stuff. Thanx, Sarah!

[@lexneville1160]

The only person I’ve seen who accesses the potential of this, thank you

[@jamiestewart1644]

This is by far, the best Digitone II demo. The trigger key sequence was brilliant.

[@kieronmccarthy628]

This is the first time I’ve come across your channel. I loved the way you presented. Nice clear and clear information with some good sounds. I’ll definitely check out your future videos.

[@nicolasroy6654]

Wouaaaa that was the most interesting 34 minutes of my day I want one. But so expensive. Thanks!!!!

[@sarahbellereid]

thank you!! glad you found it interesting :)

[@subradial]

Very cool video and interesting sounds Sarah, can't wait for mine to arrive and explore, thanks for making the inspiring noises!

[@alex-r-t]

You should absolutely coin the terms "origitone" and "alterator" - I wouldn't have even questioned it if you hadn't included it in the bloopers reel 😂 Thanks for the wonderful video and demos. The explorations with you and Ryan in particular were just perfect 🤌

[@Infinighost]

I didn't think I wanted one until I got to 10:30 of this video. Wow, the sounds you make in this video are impressive and inspiring.

[@mikegeary8056]

I pretty much exclusively use modular and tape but you got me thinking with this demo. It’s really enlightening to see someone showing the experimental possibilities of an Elektron box. The 3 LFO’s per track and how you can sequence everything is crazy powerful.

[@sarahbellereid]

It's a very different workflow from modular for sure, but still lots of incredible options for sound design.

[@JoseMarulandaLists]

LOVEEEE it the experimental sounds are amazing, the approac of each track as individual timbres and textures wooow

[@willswitchcraft]

masterful presentation.............this is killer - I'm kind of kicking myself for not getting immersed in the Elektron line when I was building my new set up......great upload.............great voice, great info......so well put together.................

[@powermix24]

Sounds really good. I love FM! Thanks for the detailed review. Love those glitchy noises

[@geohashi]

I was surprised to see you working with an Elektron box! Great work! Can't wait to get mine.

[@threerecurring]

Really interesting and useful to see/hear experiments and explorations of this instrument. Very clear presentation style too. Thanks!

[@sarahbellereid]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@mk1st]

Amazing amount of features packed into such a small box.

[@JPDresdorian]

DN II is my eighth Elektron device and I never thought about playing the tracks as a multichannel keyboard. Nice.

[@SEBUS808]

Amazing stuff! Thank you for this equally informative and inspiring video. ❤

[@Usul]

I loved this. Great job exploring some of the sonic possibilities of the DT2. Sounds amazing.

[@sarahbellereid]

Thank you!

[@Tramjamz]

Fantastic video. Best demo I've seen yet.

[@DCol77]

This made me list my DN1 on ebay. Much better than official release video and those of other youtubers!

[@RCZ-rg1jp]

Thanks, Sarah. Both for giving a good high-level of this device, but also for just 'using' parameter locks so I could watch without a bunch of explaining to confuse me (as has the case up to now). I get it now. Much appreciated all around.

[@sarahbellereid]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RonFloisand]

I especially liked the sound demo of the Elektron Digitone II using the Buchla Thunder--thanks so much!!

[@thunderrunner666]

10:26-10:37 reminds me of a robot straining to lift up something heavy, then comically tipping over. great breakdown; clear and educational. May pick one up.

[@vincentedwardsdesign]

Wow, you found some really fantastic tones in there. I absolutely loved the jam with Ryan using the Thunder… just goes to show how dramatically an input device can shape the tonal possibilities of an instrument.

[@strangestrains.]

Amazing video. Your sound examples are so dope!!!

[@renevanderkraats224]

Soft spoken, easy pacing, and a different approach to sound (and the creation of) from most other reviews. A pleasure watching your reviews, Sarah.

[@MathHammer]

Fantastic video Dr Reid as usual. I preordered one of these already, but I got some cool tips/ideas to try out when it arrives. You also have me wanting a Voltage Lab 2 even though I have a stupidly large modular setup already.

[@sarahbellereid]

Glad you found it helpful!! I hope your explorations go well :)

[@andydavis5845]

The Digitone is my most used music device ever and now its evolved. Cant wait.

[@lbarnett748]

Aphex twin would be flying to the moon and back just to have this machine for his new albums. Nice demo by far. I can’t to get this thing. Superb.

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

That’s the first thing I thought of!

[@SpyrosVJ]

Lovely presentation from your (always interesting) point of view / audition.

[@sarahbellereid]

🙏

[@fumarolas]

I'm so happy they sent you one!

[@monodux]

Nice patching! I can't wait for mine to arrive. These black boxes are pure genius, imho.

[@hissquiet]

That last experiment was lovely, so much texture! I'm surprised you didn't play with the arp more, it's a killer sound design aspect as well.

[@yourcitysleeps]

Love seeing the S-4 in the mix. Thanks for a great video!

[@louiswarynski9039]

It's so refreshing to see something different on these boxes !

[@sarahbellereid]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@81neuron]

Great video, love that you go into modular / experimental perspectives with this thing

[@sarahbellereid]

Glad you liked it!

[@Ponchy]

Great vid! I love my OG Digitone so I’m definitely gonna be snagging the new one soon here.

[@sarahbellereid]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Love what you are doing with this. Giving me ideas to try with my Syntakt 🎶🔥

[@Stray_side]

Pleasee explore Elektron units further, you’re teaching style hits and you like sound design. A really good start would def be the Rytm MkII ; )

[@shailevy]

such a fantastic review from an unusual angle.. which does a great service to this product or hm well, to its makers! :)

[@Eggsisreallychicken]

The video that I was scared of. Great job Sarah, now I am interested

[@GirlfightClub]

The Music and Exploration at minute 18 onwards was FUCKIN AMAZING!!! Thanks for adding a tutorial

[@sarahbellereid]

Thank you so much!

[@DiegoFuego87]

Inspiring demo and perspective !

[@prcr]

The track starting at 31:26 is just crazy! 🤯⭐

[@JimBo-jf2qp]

Noice! I knew that you'd make some pretty wacky sounds with this magic box o'tricks :)

[@sarahbellereid]

Haha, yep! Wacky sounds is what I do :)

[@hollsound]

Great demo. Thank you!

[@MrFlottgote]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@Tripwelleverday]

What a great product review smile love the fact that your not shilling the bs the other shills are pushing out quality content

[@daysweregolden]

Hell yeah, I did not expect you to have a vid on this. You seem to make vids on everything I get, guess we have similar taste 😎

[@sarahbellereid]

This one was definitely new territory for me, but it turned out to be super fun and something I'll be keeping around in my setup, for sure!

[@ahzootube]

Placed the order based on your video. :) Funny, I was also considering the S4 and you used it!

[@granolakitti8521]

I'm so happy i found your channel 😊

[@sarahbellereid]

Me too!!

[@jello-tarzan]

Great work, thank you!

[@_amih]

13:32 the sound of money leaving my household

[@Pharmacymusic1]

I don't find time to watch full videos but I always love watching the music & exploration part of your videos. That first thing you did with playing different timbres across the keys is the best performance idea I've seen for an Elektron box in a long time! Can you also play them like that while the sequencer is playing?

[@jaakbonenstaak8041]

You can, and you could also record the steps you've played live and then play on top of those :p

[@Pharmacymusic1]

@@jaakbonenstaak8041 That's great to know, thanks for clarifying!

[@gooneybird808]

Several types of noise is so dope

[@LukeTeaford]

This is fantastic!

[@TriangleWaveRecords]

Cool video, thanks! It's always good to go back to the basics :)

[@Digiphex]

31:31 I like your Venetian Snares style 7/8 time.

[@err_rawr]

Great fun, I am extremely tempted by this :D

[@wernerhaider2338]

Great Video! Once again, your fresh approach gives me new ideas for my gear (Hydrasynth, west coast stuff...). Do you prefer major or minor? ;-) Greetings from Vienna!

[@Futile_Soundscapes]

What an awesome video about a very interesting machine. you display so much more variety of possibilities (weird sounds, interesting compositions etc), than elsewhere. When one gets a super machine like this, does one still need a Digitakt (mk I) to accompany the Digitone II, or are you covered with just the Digitone II?

[@sarahbellereid]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :) To be honest, I've never used a Digitakt myself, so I think it depends a lot on your preferred workflow and what kind of music you want to make. I will say that the DG2 is very deep, so you'll be able to do a lot with just it alone!

[@crapweasel17]

Damn, that thing sounds amazing.

[@rodolpheponthus2948]

Very well explained, and that makes me realize this isn't for me. I'm not new to Eletron gear, I've tried almost all of them, and this brand is just too geek oriented for my needs. I'm not at all saying they're bad, it's just that to me they're not made to do straight forward electronic music, or very hard to be used in a versatile way. In the late 70's, we used to say that guitarists where making music just for guitarists. That's kind of what I think of Elektron, I feel they make instruments oriented too much towards bedroom geeks.. who actually really listens to the music produced by them? That's not a bad thing, the goal is to enjoy oneself, and that's just great. But I've rarely heard music I enjoy on Elektron, while I 've really liked some stuff made on more simple and straight forward electronic gear, like those 90's or early 2000's grooveboxes, or what the greats (Detroit house music, The Cure, Depeche Mode, early Drum&Bass or Reggae Duba, etc... ) did with very rudimentary gear.

[@PaulSalamoneComedy]

Exploration section is giving serious Sophie vibes

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

True

[@aquaexperiment]

Most beautiful hands on internet!

[@Alex-o2q9l]

“Can you play me that Aphex tune now, Sara?” - “Hold my beer”

[@chloecorley1125]

this is so good and inspiring wow

[@mann-vom-mond]

Great description

[@IceLocus]

That Thunder is HUGE!!! 😃

[@gastonsounds]

lol and it’s heavy! I was certainly surprised by the chonkiness when I first got it

[@cooksoni.a]

Im so glad you actually said “bit depth reduction” instead of “bitrate” lol

[@asynchronicity]

Fantastic! Is there a way to use it in round robin mode as a module controlled by a keyboard? Not on different MIDI channels, but a round robin mode that cycles through a set of presets with each keypress...?

[@parristaylor]

Completely bananas.

[@alandececco2171]

Nice stuff

[@K0r0n1s]

From 27:00 on it sounds like it belongs into a Portal 2 soundtrack ❤

[@fentanyljones6956]

That fm drum patch is NASTY

[@tomesmusic]

excellent! thank you

[@Gabriel-l2j1r]

Thank you sweetheart

[@JohannesLind]

damn, i feel like now you can get really warm almost analog tones from it to ,

[@BoZen64]

😍🥰 i have n t anny elctron s gear but i like your musical approch.tanks!

[@StanleyKubick1]

Is it 3x as good as the mk1 digitone ? Because that's the price difference

[@sawssman965]

I absolutely love my digitone. Never thought id end up parting with it, but im definitely upgrading as soon as i got the money. cant wait! is there a way to delay the start of the ratio offset?

[@ahzootube]

What would you suggest as an expressive midi controller that is similar to the Buchla but does not cost thousands, Prefereably around 500 :D

[@Vanilla_Sun]

The Arturia Microfreak is pretty great!

[@Interzone1]

Any bones been thrown to Digitone I users such as firmware upgrade? 😢

[@Cepheid-IDM]

Midi retrig and midi arp?

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

I would have rather had a Granular engine instead of the Swarmer but hopefully in an update.

[@joseph.nicolaus]

18:40 ❤

[@ulvessens5902]

Never owned an Elektron, are Digitones good as the brains of a setup or should I be looking at the Digitakts/Syntakts/Octatracks instead?

[@brya1290]

If you were looking for an overall brain most people would say Octatrack, but honestly they’re a HUGE learning curve and a lot of people give up. All the boxes in this form factor (inc Digitakt/Syntakt) are very much more immediately accessible and you really only need to sync them as they all have the same excellent sequencing architecture. The drum capabilities of this thing are making my Syntakt seem a bit redundant frankly

[@zuk987minge]

Digitone is just as good if you have any other sampler OG 4 trax and new up to 16 trax (you can sacrifice all sound tracks to use them as midi drivers) each of 16 notes polyphony. Otherwise get digitakt to cover ur sample + brain needs. (Octatrack if more advanced but I doubt you want to buy octatrack as 1st elektron device)

[@bustagrinds865]

I had never owned an Elektron device till a week ago (owned many synths and simpler Sequencers). I bought a Syntakt and immediately fell in love with the workflow. Elektron devices force you to synthesize sounds in the context of patterns/loops, not just sounds. Sounds that are simple and not too useful on their own are suddenly transformed into something interesting over a single measure, thanks to the step Sequencer and it's parameter locks going to the filter and the direct hands on sound shaping. The sound design options are all very immediately accessible, which make it tempting to Tweak. After 3 hrs of the Syntakt, I returned it and bought the Digitakt II. It added 4 more tracks, double the steps, and sampling (including loading single cycle waveforms, basic granular synthesis, and basic wavetable synthesis minus the morphing). I use mine for drums, Rhythmic basses & Plucks, and drone textures. The digitone and digitakt would Sequence external gear well, both 16 tracks. I'd pick one based on the sounds you want to go with it (Samples or these synthesis machines). I'm tempted to pickup one of these to go with it as a glitchy noise machine...but I think that's GAS. The digitakt should be able to handle what I would use this for, with the exception of swarm spread & modulating oscillators to one another.

[@ulvessens5902]

Hmm, Ok. I don't have a sampler, so perhaps the Digitakt could fill that job, plus be the brains. Thanks for your advice!

[@bustagrinds865]

@ulvessens5902 no problem! I think that's the answer: which device do you lack firepower in? They are both capable of awesome textures, noises, bass, drums, and rhythm. I gotta give a +1 to samplers for drums because of the compression and ability to cut thru a mix consistently... but drumsynths have a certain attraction too

[@WalkingHeadPro]

no midi arp? :{

[@LineKernel]

Is there a random button to randomise the engine variables ?

[@naturarum]

Yeah just press the page button + YES. Works on any single page (you would have to do it multiple times to randomize everything)

[@LineKernel]

@@naturarum thanks , that sounds fun !

[@s1029_]

Nice video !! Loving the DN 2 ❤ You have very beautiful hands ! ( just observation. no creepy weirdo, here 😆 )

[@Incaensio]

😍

[@djhumanrights]

gangster

[@jurryb2467]

👍

[@Ethan-qe7cr]

Bruh what with all the seedy dudes in the comments