How I use a Digitone & Nord Drum | CONFORCE

[@internalreality]

id love to see some more digitone videos

[@Digiphex]

What a treat to see you do this for a big fan of your work such as I! Would love to see lots of workflow videos from you.

[@Conforce]

Happy it's so well received. This is a test. Will look for a good format in the future. Thanks.

[@JanAndhisfiets]

Holy sh*** 2 hours ago i discovered your amazing productions and you you just made your first studio video. Perfect

[@benearle271]

Amazing... thank you so much! Been a fan of your productions for years, so it's a great bonus to have you making patches for my latest piece of gear! Will pick them up for sure.

[@orlandonavarro7263]

thank you for making these kind of videos. keep them coming!

[@AFinalForm]

Big fan. Enjoyed this video, I use a few pieces of Elektron gear and this tipped me over into getting the Digitone. Purchased the sound pack, looking forward to digging into it.

[@Conforce]

much appreciated!

[@mattg3221]

The soundpack looks great from the demo. I'd buy it instantly if you charged something like Elektron prices (also very high quality)

[@CloudTwo1]

This is great. Loved the production value with the illustrative elements, cutaways etc. Solid narrative flow and good explaination which was easy to follow. And of course I love the music and insights into your workflow. Thanks for making this. Would love to see more 👍

[@Conforce]

thanks. new ones will have more focus and structure and hopefully jams with more stuff going on

[@phreak260]

HUGE fan of your work Boris, keep it coming!

[@patrizio7]

Just subscribed. Very informative video demonstrating that a lot can be gained from a small set up. Looking forward to more.

[@drstupid1]

Mate this video is epic. Big respect. Thank you.

[@jeffhoback7515]

That's a great sounding sequence! I have both of these devices (Nord Drum 3P) and they both sound incredible.

[@kiwibirch]

Thanks for making this! was really fun to watch, Please make many more :)

[@Conforce]

Coolex

[@jennifertrezza9274]

Thanks for this! Actually inspired me to dig out and rethink my Digitone as I didn't really bond with it when I first got it.

[@Conforce]

classic elektron experience. i sold my rytm already 4 times in my head. now i found the ultimate way of using it. advantage of elektron gear is that you can use it in many different ways.

[@jennifertrezza9274]

@@Conforce Are you going to do a video on the Rytm? I feel like if I was forced at gunpoint to sell all of my gear I would be okay if I could keep the Rytm and the Octatrack.

[@peterstevenson1812]

I love your videos

[@daanbaas2962]

Nice video Boris, thanks!

[@myceliumtechno]

Dude! Love your music. ❤️

[@deepnlow808]

This is GREAT! Would love to see your workflow of how you record your machines to build up a track.

[@thedrumunkey]

Nord drum’s synth engine is amazing. If you play percussion, the expressiveness of the velocity etc are a really killer feature. Get a 3p for all in one.

[@thedrumunkey]

Also, if you don’t need the pads, the Nord Drum 2 synth engine is a little more powerful/flexible. You lose the 3p’s fx though.

[@thedrumunkey]

Aaa did keep in mind that each “drum” is a full mono synth that responds to chromatic/note info. Killer for bass, etc...

[@Conforce]

@@thedrumunkey that, i didn't know. my 1 let's 4 seperate sounds respond on just 4 notes.. how to setup to trigger full range on individual sounds?

[@Conforce]

@@thedrumunkey hard to find them...

[@thedrumunkey]

@@Conforce OK, I just looked at the ND1 manual (I on;y have a ND2 and a 3P) and it appears that you're correct. The ND1 seems to only respond to one note. That's a HUGE ding on it. The ND2 and the 3P allow you to essentially treat it as a 6 voice multi-timbral synth. Not just a "drum machine". The only real "issue" is that because it is percussion oriented, there's no sustain/hold. Anyhoo, if you dig the ND sound, can't recommend enough to get a 2 or 3... Allllsooo... It's really cool to use the ND3P, turn off local control, and use the pads to play parts into the Electron sequencer. Record them unquantized, then use track quantize to find grooves. Obviously the natural velocity variance is useful too to get voice variation. I really wish Nord and Elektron would team up. a Model:Nord would sooo fucking kick ass. :)

[@jamesmeustache7740]

We love you Conforce!

[@drewlawrence696]

I sound create using a similar workflow, except I don't have a digitone, so use my Model-Cycles with Organelle for bass and my Nord Drum 3P and add the drums via my 7 pads, 6 on the D3P and I have an original Clavia Ddrum Cast-Precision pad from my DDrum 4SE for kick with a Pearl double pedal. It works for me, but then I am a drummer 😉

[@breslin44]

Would love to see more vids like this.

[@thesomethingsomething...]

Great video Boris!

[@DragDealer]

Hey is there a way to clock the nord drum 1 on r to change the bpm on the Nord drum demo song? 😊

[@grantm5972]

Just what i need.....Watching Boris in the studio for 10 mins just to hit home how shit i am at making music.

[@LordHando]

Wow...he uses the synth as a synth and the drum machine as a drum machine! WOW!

[@Conforce]

Incredible talent this guy. He uses a comment section to place a comment..

[@LordHando]

@@Conforce Don't be mad lil bro.

[@drewlawrence696]

The Nord Drum 1 (2 and 3) aren't drum machines; no in-built seq. They are fully fledged drum-synths which take external pads and can be played just as an acoustic kit....so much more than a 'drum-machine' (aka 808, XOX etc ad nauseum).

[@LordHando]

@@drewlawrence696 lol midi out midi in....triggers and gates. You're basic enough to think you just explained something. I have these units + 20something scu of modular and octatrack ...what a nerd.

[@toastingbread]

Brilliant stuff! The digitone hasn't been on my radar untill now! I'd love to see a vid with pad sounds - your track 'void' sounds so rich and lush I'd love to know a bit about that and processing on your hardware? Thanks for making these :)

[@timpig3000]

Thanks for this, great. Would LOVE to see one for the A4 - so close to selling mine but the notes with your presets pack have got me still holding on to it for now! I just can't get the same kind of grooves out of it that I do from other Elektron gear for some reason..,.

[@Conforce]

consider it an awesome synthetic drum synth... or a super cool midi sequencer? and a super fast cv sequencer with arp?

[@Conforce]

I see the a4 more as a tool than a synth sometimes

[@timpig3000]

@@Conforce oh hey sorry, only just saw this reply. Yeah I think you're right, I just need to mess with it and see how I can fit it into my workflow, and stop trying to treat it like four mono synths in a box. Cheers man, hope you're well and safe x

[@dot.initial]

MORE VIDEOS - PLEASE ! :*

[@BarryGreaves]

Inspiring stuff. Are you able to send cc values per step to the Nord Drum and take full advatange of the Elektron sequencer?

[@Conforce]

i think that is only possible with the nord drum 2.... parameter values...

[@Conforce]

and also the 2 you can use the engines for note pitched sequencing...

[@FranciscoDomingoGancedo]

Nice one amigo!!

[@tendingtropic7778]

Great video! subscribed! One question: when sequencing the Nord drum with the digitone, if I understand correctly: you used a midi track on digitone, assigned it to the midi in channel from the nord drum, and then used different midi notes to trigger the 4 nord engines right? so if you would want to make a 'full' drum sequence (with a lot of steps), you'd need several midi tracks on the digitone for this? (one for hihat, one for kick, etc)

[@forwardmemory5940]

Really good mate. Interesting to get a little essence of your workflow, or at least the spirit in which you approach the process. What are the tiny black monitors you use?

[@Conforce]

ik media iloud. pretty solid low end. but they fatigue my ears quickly. rarely use them.. the neumans are more for mixing.. and that is german precission

[@forwardmemory5940]

Conforce thanks. I use Neumanns too. Love the sound, not as cold as Genelecs but still detailed. The IK’s May be good as a second small reference pair

[@Conforce]

@@forwardmemory5940 they are a bit more "canned" sounding. but the low end is tight. my 808 kicks sound better on these than on the neumans. but that has to do with the room acoustics as well

[@forwardmemory5940]

@@Conforce yeah acoustics are strange. Sometimes not making sense, like your example. That is why I want to get some small monitors, just as a second opinion :) Love the video. You should do more of these. Your samples and sound sets are incredible. Videos like these would help to generate interest in them. People, including me, love this kind of shit

[@Conforce]

@@forwardmemory5940 in small space the smaller monitors seems to translate best

[@tdel1241]

Good stuff! Clearly I need to pick up a Digitone again. Any plans to do a similar video for the Rytm?

[@jan-martinulvag1962]

Do you make music too?

[@HUEHUECOYOTL_xd]

It seems you're using overbridge for the audio via USB. How do you use the internal effects like reverb and delay? If the digitone works the same way as the digitakt, effects are addded to the master channel and they are impossibile to have if you use overbridge to have different audio tracks

[@Conforce]

Just dont over use your effects and put proper highpass on the effects section. Sometimes they blend well.

[@djpleocene7371]

In the audio routing menu on the DT you can set it up so that only FX get routed to main.

[@djpleocene7371]

Then you end up with all your effects on the main out and everything else on separate outs!

[@ownedbymykitty270]

I like your tunes. Good video. Digitone is my favorite synth in my own studio. Wondering if you've used the Digitakt and how do you feel it compares to the Nord Drum?

[@Conforce]

digitakt is a sampler. nord drum isn't. different beasts

[@TheTomekkkk]

👍🏻🖐🏻😀😘😍

[@GucciStarfish]

Is the Nord drum going directly back into the input of the digitone?

[@Conforce]

yes you can of course.

[@NachtSchreck13]

The Nord Drum 1 & 2 are really totally different machines. The ND1 has a meatier sound to it. It is much better suited for getting classic drumsynth sounds ala Simmons, Tama Techstar, Drumfire, etc.. The ND2 is much more complex, great for weirder FM sounds, you can play sounds across the keys, etc but I kinda prefer the ND1 over the ND2 in most cases

[@Conforce]

good to know! i like the pitch play mode on the 2 but still think the prices are insanely high on the second hand market.the 1 does insane thick bass drums, at first the nd might sound clinical.. with a bit of saturation or processing it bangs

[@kennydixonone]

Wow 💕

[@robvbeats]

will wash dishes for more videos ;))

[@TheTunnel]

Damn I need to drop some cash and get one of these.. by the way the track Quantum Phasher I must’ve listened to over 100 times. Luv ur deep sea techno

[@Conforce]

I hope elektron give me the 50 percent 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣tnxxx

[@fatuihomicide]

nice to see someone else with the ik's 🙂 my digitone comes tomorrow, gonna get your sound pack. love your music

[@Conforce]

the ik's are fun. def good low end and tight sounding. perfect for on the road holiday purpose ;-)