How to make Techno // Digitakt 2 Tutorial Part 01

[@ronnie_cutmore]

this is really great. thank you.

[@slavasoloma]

You‘re welcome!

[@Michael-mg7te]

I could listen all day to this 😊

[@slavasoloma]

That is the best compliment I could get. Really appreciate 🙏

[@MilesKvndra]

Always inspiring to see other live act’s workflow. Great video Slava! 🙌🏻

[@slavasoloma]

Hey thanks 🙏 hope you are coming to Superbooth this year ?

[@MilesKvndra]

@ yeah! Looking forward to it 👏🏻

[@videosarchive8058]

Great tutorial! Many thanks, very inspiring! Would love to see more tutorials!

[@slavasoloma]

Thanks a lot. I will make more Tutorials in the Future. Didn't expect such positive Resonance

[@videosarchive8058]

@ Wonderful! I think there are a lot of us out here interested in learning various techno workflows using digis. I see you have Digitone 2 as well! So any tutorials on DT or DN will be much appreciated, many thanks!!

[@tarekith]

Great walkthrough, thanks.

[@slavasoloma]

Thanks Mate I really appreciate!

[@el_dani]

I highly appreciate the effort to create tutorials. In this case there could have been more optical zoom or image cut on the Digitakt device.

[@slavasoloma]

Hi and Thanks for the Feedback. I am looking for a post production Tool to zoom in on specific areas in the video. As a have a big 32" 4K screen I don't have issues of things being too small so I didn't consider it tbh

[@el_dani]

@ yeah, I (and probably a lot of other peoples) watch a lot of KZbin on the phone and for that it‘s too much dark desk for this kind of video..

[@AsgraDragon]

Have to agree with another user, the idea of putting multiple sounds in a sample and use the grid mode is super smart. I started building presets with sounds I like, but for drum sounds this workflow makes so much more sense and is a lot immediate. I really learned something today, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@slavasoloma]

You are welcome! Using Sample Chains makes making beats a lot more fun. I have many different Chains for different situations. This Time I wanted to keep it simple.

[@The_Albanian_Syndicate]

Great tutorial straight to the point, no nonsense and great music 👍🏻

[@slavasoloma]

Thanks 🙏! That was my plan. It’s all in one take and I don’t make a script. Improvised just as my jams and gigs with @moeferris

[@cyberinstinction]

OMG very nice. i hope for more. can you upload the 909 sample chains? and maybe you can also make a video on how to use them well. maybe in live situations

[@slavasoloma]

Hey Thanks! After I finish the Series I will make a DT2 Project with all the Sounds used an will put it on Bandcamp and Gumroad.

[@cyberinstinction]

@@slavasoloma cool

[@anessama8668]

More Tutorials 💥💥💥

[@slavasoloma]

Wait for it. I have to cure my Voice as I have a cold right now.

[@solomo_music]

Super. Danke für die Einblicke 🙏

[@slavasoloma]

Sehr gerne! Es kommt noch tiefere Einblicke!✌🏻

[@HalfBakedBeats]

👍👍 thanks for the tutorial. very helpful.

[@slavasoloma]

You're welcome 🙌

[@Johnny__B]

Oof I never thought of having a sample that is itself a whole bunch of kicks or whatever and then using grid mode. That is so much better than a folder of kicks. Thank you!

[@slavasoloma]

you're welcome! I learned this technique on the OT years ago and transferred it onto the DT. Yu can have up to 64 samples. There is an online App for making your own sample Chains for the DT: digichain.brianbar.net

[@Michael-mg7te]

Very well done 👍🏽

[@slavasoloma]

Thanks a lot !

[@moeferris]

Nice work as always bro🔥🔥

[@slavasoloma]

Thanks Bro!

[@tlukhovskyyuriy9166]

Круто ❤thanks

[@slavasoloma]

Спасибо тебе за просмотр! ✌🏻

[@el_dani]

I like the sound fiddling finesse and the comments, maybe we could use a quick view on each pattern, how to set up the basic trigs!

[@slavasoloma]

Yeah I have an idea for the next tutorial. I have an Oxi Sequencer and that helps to visualize the steps and the pattern itself a lot. As the next video will be more on sound design and mixing on the DT2

[@ulisesgil2535]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@slavasoloma]

🙏🏼🙌

[@szymonk2823]

Really nice tutorial, can you explain me that kick on 15 pad? You said its for compressor so it have short evelope that there is no sound but still triggering comp?

[@kaezega1291]

Global mute (green one) on track 15.

[@slavasoloma]

Thanks! It’s a copy of the Kick on Track 01! So it has the same sound that triggers the comp.

[@sylvainrandour615]

they are not answering you. you have to go to audio routing in the system menu and take off track 15 from TO MAIN and TO SEND routing , this way the full kick will trigger the comp but you won't here it in the mix ;)

[@sylvainrandour615]

and obviously dont mute the track (green one) otherwise the kick won't be triggered

[@vasiliZaitsev]

Nice HiHats! Can u recommend some Drum Kits?

[@slavasoloma]

Thanks! I always use a minimum of 1 TR909 Hihat in my Tracks so 909 FTW. To give a shoutout to @AThousandDetails he has a really cool processed 909 Sample Pack www.athousanddetails.com/l/atdtr909

[@jamesphillips2771]

This is ace! I have just bought all the samples from Samples From Mars and want to create some sample chains. I don’t have Ableton or any DAW, I just have a hardware set up. Is it possible to create sample chains without a DAW?

[@slavasoloma]

Hey thanks! Just search for the digichain online app! It’s free at lets you make your chains. There is an explanation on Elektronauts.com how to use it

[@jamesphillips2771]

@ thanks, I’ll check it out now. Do you ever make sample chains of kits too or do you just stick to one type of sound in a chain? Thanks.

[@slavasoloma]

You‘re welcome! I use the same kids of sound inning chain but you could make whole kits with 16 samples and spread them over all the tracks on the dt so you can change the kits by swapping the sample slot instantly for example

[@wljhawk]

I see you have the howler, how do you use it? I want to get audio into phone for short clips and also recording longer jams entirely in phone. I've heard it only does so in live streaming set up, not recording

[@slavasoloma]

In this case I just record my mic and the DT summed into it. If you put it in transfer/streaming mode you can plug it in your phone (I have an iPhone 15pro) and record straight into the video! This is what I did on my other jams the last few days. iOS and in my case the Blackmagic Camera and native Camera app recognizes the howler as an audio input.

[@wljhawk]

@@slavasolomaperfect! May have to grab one after all. Keep cranking out the jams!

[@el_dani]

If you just want to record the Digitakt you don‘t need an extra device: just connect Digitakt to phone by USB (phone has to be host), class compliant audio on Digitakt (not Overbridge) and off you go, record with any app or even process

[@slavasoloma]

@@el_dani that’s what i do if i just have the audio from the DT, DN oder AH. But when using other gear I have the Howler. It’s really convenient. Ist one press of a button and it’s recording

[@wljhawk]

@el_dani thanks for suggestion! I often record studio set up, but will keep in mind as an option. @slavasoloma ordered Howler and on it's way, much appreciated!

[@SourDiesel69]

I bought the digitakt II and digitone II but learning them is like being behind in school. I need some adderall.

[@slavasoloma]

Yeah those Machines require a lot of work to be mastered. Even if have been a Digitakt user for 5 years I learn something new everyday

[@higherself7129]

Toto Wolf doing techno in 2025 is crazy

[@slavasoloma]

Who is Toto Wolf if y may ask ? 😄