Digitakt Arrangement Strategy / How to finish tracks faster?

[@davidaubespin4587]

I don't know if people realize how much knowledge is shared in this video (and others by Ihor)... Don't be fooled by how easy Ihor makes it look, he's just THAT talended.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you David ❤️

[@stevep6428]

The 14 people that gave this a thumbs down should be banned from the internet. Ihor is the man.

[@IhorMedia]

Haha! Thumbs down is just fine 👌 I appreciate those also!

[@halcyøndrøne]

I've owned the Digitakt for almost a year now, I just learned today that you can pattern mute. Thanks, subbed instantly!

[@spoppp]

One of the best tutotrials for Digitakt. Thank you!!!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@mikereynolds8375]

The track 8 metronome trick is brilliant. Solves a real problem elegantly.

[@IhorMedia]

Right? Easy and visually clean! I use this trick every time!

[@sachaguyon6396]

woooooooooooo what a huge share thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@dimonwait]

Amazing video with simples yet stunning tips and advices! Thanks, I'm now more organized than before and will put my hands on DT2+DN right now :D

[@damelos4039]

Man, I LOVE your videos. I could spend all day and learn something new every time. Thank you SO much for these Digitakt videos, Ihor!

[@SsgtHolland]

You're a great teacher, Ihor! Thanks for all the knowledge.

[@ethermod307]

Ihor you're my favourite techno dude! I just finished a whole album with using only the DT performing it live and it's interesting to see your own tricks and tips. Thnx!

[@Xoliul]

Ihor, thank you very much for this video. Clearly and patiently explained, concepts covered that I haven't heard anywhere, it's just perfect for someone like me who knows the technical functions of the Digitakt but struggles to put anything worthwhile together. Please keep producing content like this, it's some of the very best i've seen!

[@IhorMedia]

I appreciate your kind words and feedback! Thank you!

[@ryanshook8284]

Been binging your vids Ihor. You’re going to make me buy this thing.

[@IhorMedia]

Sorry haha

[@4957842]

Now its crazy ,little studios big sound .Amazing

[@Klocaine237]

your vids have been really Upin my Game. power to the Farmers

[@Pastryarchy]

Such a good video! Not just for the DT but for song arrangement in general

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@jonathandaugherty1597]

I really enjoyed this video! The control-all feature is one of my favorites, and one thing I love about it is that you can press "No" while holding TRK to cancel the changes without having to release TRK and then separately press Fn+No. Very useful!

[@IhorMedia]

Seriously? I need to try this one out! Thanks for this tip, Jonathan!

[@gjanalog5675]

Very nice . Super talented and a great teacher.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you very much!

[@Panam511]

Digitakt is my favorite gear of all time.

[@niektestroete3672]

Thank you, great instructions, nice tricks and inspiring. I just got one and this helps a lot!

[@JamesBermingham]

Super arrangement tips

[@grandmasterjo1]

Brilliant as always 👌 You always bring out the best from a single machine. Getting noise elements at the break takes the track to another zone only to have the drop enhance more energy. Most of all, I love your work as all sounds are made within the factory pack and NO additional external colouring with pedals and Heat What you hear is what you get from Ivar’s machines. 👌👌👌

[@ericmumper5608]

Great vid. My issue is wanting to change the sounds settings constantly dialing them in more and more.. makes it hard to commit and copy over to other patterns to make variations.. digitakt is great for the constant tweaking but hard to commit!

Super video. Beautifully explained and the cut and the image is awesome.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you so much!

[@thecreepingman586]

Awesome tutorial. You have such a great way of clearly breaking things down--even though I've had a Digitakt for well over a year, I'm learning a crap ton of stuff from your channel. Also love your Digitakt/modular sessions. Nice!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you! It is important for me to get back such kind words! I appreciate you!

[@michaellassiter]

Really love your Digitakt videos... so helpful!

[@3clrdsqrs]

This is gonna be extremely helpful. Thank you for this!

[@murmurelamusique]

perfect video ihor. ty for this recap :)

[@MrVincent97133]

just another good one , you're the best on digitakt , thank you for the tuto

[@DiegoFuego87]

Thanks for the video. Long time digitakt user and recent digitone owner. The thought of starting a live set has been quite overwhelming, this was the perfect breakdown to get me going.

[@IhorMedia]

I just recently got the Digitone! Gonna be discovering what it can do :)

[@SEPTIM_MUSIC]

Thanks man! Amazing video

[@WiredSpaceWizard]

Fantastic! I just got a Digitakt and Digitone! I am now complete! Keep the great vids coming! 😎

[@IhorMedia]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@MilesKvndra]

Fantastic work, Ihor! Really inspiring, especially like the insights you shared in the performance step no 6 - super helpful! 🙏🏻

[@IhorMedia]

Hey Miles! Thanks for hanging! Glad you got inspired!

[@joeyfdh9890]

Excellent content, very educational and easy to understand. Thanks you!

[@IhorMedia]

Glad it was helpful!

[@felixvanderspek1293]

Fantastic, Ihor, many thanks for the guide!

[@tronlake]

Very nice video, Ihor. You approach the Digitakt in such a practical way, but you show how to use that practicality to achieve sonically interesting results.

[@GeorgeLocke]

Great suggestions!! Thanks for the inspo.

[@IhorMedia]

You are so welcome!

[@deekod1967]

Huge respect for sharing this, thank you man ❤

[@DaveS-Ace]

Brilliant video mate

[@ronsone8373]

Hope you had a nice vacation 😉 good to see u back again!

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks Rons!

[@tapsy]

mate you are awesome ;)

[@SynapticIllusion]

Soooo good!! 👍🏼 👍🏼 I was looking forward to a pattern video from you!

[@postwarglamourgirl]

Wonderfully explained and very helpfull. Thanx!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@redlester]

Brilliant again, this is so helpful and inspiring. My Digitakt has been underused lately, think it will be getting a new lease of life soon. Also - am thinking Amsterdam is a great place for Techno what with the Loveland festival coming up next year (Covid permitting). Have always wanted to see Stephan Bodzin live.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you! Glad to hear that my work inspires you my friend. Have fun!

[@DDF84]

Bodzin is sunday in De Marktkantine, in Amsterdam 😉😍👍

[@weaseltears3785]

Loved this video. Subbed

[@scrillahands]

Some really amazing tips and philosophies here. Thanks so much!

[@aemagana3152]

Thank you for being so generous and awesome! This was a really helpful tutorial.

[@vibe010]

love this! thanks a lot

[@audian666]

nice tips Ihor ,working on my first Digitakt/Cycles techno liveset, these tips com in handy ;)

[@IhorMedia]

Great!

[@niloben659]

Great, keep these coming.

[@manuosfp]

Very informative, thanks!

[@trendtrader4010]

Brilliant !!

[@peladoclaus]

Cool outro also! You make cool tracks!

[@surrealchemist]

A lot of these ideas I can apply to my Model:Cycles since it shares quite a bit of the core workflow.

[@IhorMedia]

Yes indeed, Joshua! Thanks for watching!

[@martintaylor9205]

I have DT but learning curve for me is slow, so I was lost after a few minutes but another great insight as to what users of DT can achieve, I’ve a long way to go thanks Ihor from your friend Martin Taylor👍👋🆒🎶🇬🇧🌈🔱😎👽🙏

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks for hanging and take your time to learn it, Martin!

[@williambrandon9660]

dirty... great hrelp too. exciterd to work on halftime stuff and my brand of trap. thank you g

[@CHURF]

Very useful tips. Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@MikeHudsontek]

there's so much value in your vids. Thank you Ihor! One barrier that stops me picking up the DT is having to find all the sounds I want. You create a new project, delete the Init samples and then trawl through all the folders... and after some time the moment has sort of been lost. Does anyone have any workflow/organisation tips for this?

[@IhorMedia]

Hey Mike! Thanks for your kind words, mate! I appreciate you. Workflow and organisation of your sample library is a tough topic! I always tend to overthink and overcomplicate this! The best advice I can give you is this: Simplify! For example I would never have a huge sample pack. I like when sample packs are small and on the point. Like 909 kit, or Deep House Chords, or Organic Nature Sounds, etc. My favourite Devine 909 sample pack from Elektron has just 64 samples! And it is my goto kit! I also organise those sample packs into folders per manufacturer. Like Packs => Elektron => Devine 909. This helps with overall organisation of the library. Another tip is to create template projects. For example I have 909 Kit project with all the 64 samples from Devine 909 pack preloaded in it. Then I would create a new project by copying this one and I am ready to go! Another thing is that Digitakt won't let you go too crazy. There is a limit of 1GB of storage on it. There is that! I've never been even close to this limit however.

[@NoPhonesOnTheFloor]

Great Video as always

[@andrewseymour5541]

Loved this content, brother! I have the Digitakt, and I feel more inspired now than I have in awhile. Keep up the good work! You also gained a subscriber!

[@IhorMedia]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@tweakmygroovebox608]

Many thanks for the excellent teaching an tips- I haven't got the Digitakt (yet) - I've been using the Novation circuit and now the Circuit Tracks but want to upgrade to the Digitakt for the excllent sound quality, sampling and 8 midi tracks for external synths, I'm a bit scared of the learning curve, but your tutorials will get me up to speed more quickly when I do get one.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank for your feedback! I appreciate you!

[@HanjoSynth]

Exactly what I needed this week! thanks Ihor!

[@IhorMedia]

Enjoy!

[@marcusnachtigall]

Amazing ❤

[@tahiche.]

This was great! 🙏

[@michaeltamodlin137]

Awesome 🔥🔥🔥 Really enjoy your videos, bravo👏👏👏

[@DraganAlves]

Super helpful

[@briancivitello1884]

This is very helpful sir.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Brian!

[@christopherhay3358]

Fantastic! Really great video. Thank you for sharing your expertise.

[@thayanaclasso4387]

So good, thank you for the tips. Im about to buy a digitakt =)

[@IhorMedia]

Have fun!

[@garvinkelly]

very helpful, thanks Ihor

[@wout6041]

Always fantastic video's !! Simple and good explained tutorials. Always looking forwards to a new video! Thank you for sharing!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you Wout! Much appreciate your feedback!

[@JDVVV378]

Hi my friend, Good to see you back hope you had a good Holyday?

[@IhorMedia]

It wasn't really a holiday. But I had to chill for a bit. Thanks mate for your kind words.

[@giuliov7934]

Good tutorial thanks Ihor

[@mbrochh82]

this was quite awesome! great tutorial!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@dejanl6360]

really amazing channel. wanna buy now elektrons :D

[@SpikesStudio3]

Awesome. Am all over my digitakt this summer. (Australia) Taking mine for a holiday in far north queensland. Tropical digi-dub gold. Thanks Ihor. You have come into my life at a most opportune time. Kudos.

[@IhorMedia]

Kudos to you, Michael! Have fun!

[@dzaxys4643]

I use name pattern and put the name patch on external gear if I am using external gear anyway

[@SURCOlive]

Great content. Thanks!!

[@AwiyDisco]

good tutorial 👍

[@aaronmensching2242]

Hi Ihor, maybe you could do a video on how to play a live set on the digitakt. Personally I am having difficulties with the transition from one "song" to another

[@IhorMedia]

This is a good suggestion. I think I'd practice little more. When I'll get it confidently I will share the techniques for sure! Thanks for hanging

[@taccuari-]

+1 on this! I have OT and the Rytm, which are very “performance-ish”. But now I will be traveling for 6 months and I need a smaller setup. I think the Digitakt paired up with a Blofeld can be a great option, but can lose on the live/performance side

[@ivebeenplaces]

Obi-Wan has taught you well! Still works on Digitakt II !

[@MOUMOUK]

MERCI BEAUCOUP :)

[@jdikoder]

Once again you nailed, congrats for this great tutorial @Ihor . Do you have any tutorial about how to use digitakt to design build ups or raisers and explosive breakdowns for Techno? As always, thank you for how you are interested in helping your followers.

[@IhorMedia]

Hey! Thanks for your kind words. I have a bunch "beats from scratch" videos where I kinda cover some parts of this. However I don't have a dedicated video about this. Sounds like a great idea for me to think about. Thanks!

[@dzaxys4643]

Nice

[@emdwyer7331]

I'm looking at picking up a Digitakt 2 after getting a Syntakt. Found this video, and realising how useful it will be for the Syntakt. Thanks!

[@Barcaeagle]

Love it .. very helpful for a Model Samples guy. But ... can't find pattern mutes on model samples 😕

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks man. Pity for the model samples.

[@robbret]

This video couldn't have come at a better time, just when I was trying to finish up my first set ever. Thanks. One thing I have difficulty with is changing paramaters such as cutoff and having them "jump" to another value when I switch patterns. Any tips ?

[@IhorMedia]

Thanks for watching and your kind words! Preserving the filter cutoff on the pattern level is indeed challenging, and may create jumps. Exactly how you described it. What I do sometimes is that I'd think about the sound evolution overtime, and try to "predict" where the cutoff will be (or must be) at certain part of the track, and then reflect this on each of the patterns in the arrangement - Step 4 in this video. I never get it perfect tho, but it is fine.

[@robvbeats]

very helpful!

[@steveedwards4495]

Awesome stuff as usual mate. Quick question on arrangements. When you are building up a track with all its seperate components, do you put it all together on one pattern then start taking it apart to copy to the next pattern? Or do you always start with just say, kick and snare on one, then a baseline on pattern two etc? Bit like mpc one where some people will arrange everything on one sequence, and some will have drums on one sequence, bass on the next, lead on the next etc. Hope this makes sence.

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you mate! I am more into subtractive arrangement. When I make a loop or two that is full of energy, then break it down into arrangement. I've tried additive approach, can't do it! I get carried away too much when jamming on the idea. Though additive way is more sustainable and effective.

[@steveedwards4495]

@@IhorMedia lol ok mate that makes good sence. I'm still trying and it still sounds crap but i have no music knowledge so must learn some chords or something. Thanks for the concise reply, really apprieciate it 👍

[@oliviermissal8739]

Great tips Ihor!! I get a bit lost with all the button combinations to remember because of later updates and the missing kit structure like on the Rytm, Do you think that upgrading to the Rytm will make life easier ?

[@IhorMedia]

It really depends. For me DT is much more straightforward than the Rytm. I am getting lost in Rytm quite more often than on DT. However Rytm gives some more room for performance features. And yes, kits. However for me this is fine that DT doesn't have those. Thanks for watching!

[@ignatsyundyukov413]

What a fantastic video! Straight to the point and very informative. Subbed, will definitely check the other videos on the channel!

[@IhorMedia]

Thank you!

[@sad_gata5345]

Haii ur videos help me a lot to keep workin with my digitakt thank uu🦋 do u recommend some sound pack for use in digitakt :0

[@IhorMedia]

I got a few packs from Elektron. They are on rather expensive side of things, but also good quality. Devine 909 pack is one of my favourites.

[@smalltown4855]

a bip a bop and a bobbington bip.

[@Darksaid85]

Первый обзор с человеческой барабанной партией, пересмотрел кучу обзоров как наших так и зарубежных ну такой шлак такая мешанина из звуков уж было подумал что в электронах нифига толкового нет, круто мне понравилось

[@IhorMedia]

Спасибо! ✌️ Рад, что понравилось!

[@7177YT]

Love it. Thank you! Still wish you buy a Digitone as well some day (;

[@IhorMedia]

Maybe one day!

[@3039-m9o]

Is it possible to sync a lfo to a pattern, for example start at step 1 and repeat after 4 bars. That would enable easy "attention" build ups with increasing decays for example. Thank you!

[@IhorMedia]

Good point! Thank you! This is totally possible on the DT. Just set a very slow LFO speed. And it can go EXTREMELY slow. I think up to 128 bars for one full cycle. Another dope thing is FADE param on the LFO page. It can fade it or out the LFO depth.

[@3039-m9o]

@@IhorMedia ah okay so maybe it could be possible to set up a free running slow lfo and then make a "repeat with step" parameter lock on the first step. It should stay in the cycle when the next steps let it run free again. My problem was that it is free running OR triggert each step. I will try it tomorrow ;) the fade trick sounds amazing

[@IhorMedia]

@@3039-m9o on the TRIG page you can disable triggering LFO. Then param lock on this param to "ON" on the first trig. I think this will work for a long running LFO. And indeed the conditional trig. Fade I have to have a closer look at some point.

[@iamsushi1056]

Are we going to see you using the new Syntakt soon?

[@IhorMedia]

Yes!

[@maikrobin]

Hi Ihor! Did you use the single cycle waveforms of the D.T. for that bassline? It sounds really good! I think they respond much better to the filter compared to sound samples..! Good video by the way!

[@IhorMedia]

Hi Maik! Thanks for watching! You are right, I used single cycle waveform for this bassline! And I agree with you that they respond better to the filter. I think it is because of the nature of how the filter works actually.

[@peladoclaus]

Excellent Ihor! I wonder if you show us strategies for sets with the elektron boxes? I dj'd for some years and now i want to return but all live. Have you seen this guy kick.s on yt? He has several hour long sets just on the AR.. I was pretty impressed. #elektronobsession :D

[@IhorMedia]

Playing long sessions is a skill. I'd have to practice more. But indeed such content is going to be on my channel. Including sessions themselves. Thanks for watching! Gonna check kick.s.

[@studio48nl]

With the mixer, you unfortunately can not control 'a real quick mute' there (pressing a knob for a quick volume to 0 for instance). Now I hear you think, 'but you have mutes with the sequencer buttons?!'. Yes and no. The sequencer buttons do not actually 'volume mute', they stop triggering the sound. The very big difference here is that it will also kill the sound going into the compressor (!!!). As it is a pre mixer compressor, your sidechain compression continues to work when the volume is set to 0. When you have a ducking effect of the kick to the rest of the track, a 'track mute' and a 'volume mute' do completely different things. Using the track mute will affect the incoming sound to the compressor and change your other sounds... I find this unwanted and I wished a real quick volume mute (and return to the value before the mute) was available.

[@IhorMedia]

Yeah, there is a big difference between "volume mute" and "trigger/track mute" I agree and I hear you my friend! I think it is a matter of a personal preference however. For example I don't do ducking on the DT. My kick drums are short and I mix them down quite loud, so that it pushes into compressor hard. The short lowend of the kick is powerful enough (to my taste) to "flatten" the rest of the instruments. This makes it stand out in the mix. Now when I mute the kick drum, the rest of the mix becomes a touch louder and clearer, because lowend of the kick doesn't push anymore. And I love that effect!

[@studio48nl]

@@IhorMedia yes, and it's a very good tip, to think about the volume levels per pattern/track for the 'phase' your song is in for a drop/mute in mind. Thanks, very helpful!

[@igorfalconi9861]

honestly, i hit like the moment i heard your name