Setting up Digitakt+Digitone combo (and 10 minutes of noodling)

[@coutlasssupreme]

Thanks for a great tutorial and also for aligning the boxes perfectly at 2:17

[@IvarTryti]

Hehe, thanks for watching =P

[@javiermeza2557]

Yes I was going crazy couldnt pay attention for the whole two minutes thank you very much

[@kostisv]

😄@@javiermeza2557

[@abesvl]

Dear Lord!!! This mute setting letting DT mute DN tracks is amazing. Thanks a lot for this great tutorial. Cheers

[@DanChippendaleMusic]

Thanks for this! Was trying to get my DT to mute the tracks on my DN. I followed your video to the letter but it wasn't working. Lots of rechecking for about an hour and scratching my head. I managed to find a post in Elektronauts that mentioned the DT needs to have Port Config > Param Output > NRPN (and not CC) to work (at least for me). Finally works! wooohaaa. Cheers

[@IvarTryti]

Happy to help, Dan! I'm glad you figured it out :D

[@internalreality]

i just ordered the digitone to pair it up with the takt and this video is a godsend, i love your work Ivar

[@IvarTryti]

That's awesome, man :D Glad to hear my tutorial was helpful!

[@slicetwo]

Holy crap. The mute destination thing makes workflow so much easier! Absolutely fantastic.

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks a lot, man! Keeping the mute buttons close together is really handy :D

[@thomasblondet]

Great tutorial! Just got Digitone yesterday and Digitakt last month. This tutorial is super helpful! Now I can mute Digitone from Digitakt! Thank you!

[@howardanderson3061]

Hey Ivar, I finally have synced both machines together, pretty dam cool.... This tutorial saved me so much time...Thanks again

[@IvarTryti]

Happy to help! I'm glad you found the tutorial useful =)

[@alyreonil]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial! I also added another midi cable from digitone out to digitakt in so that you can add additional LFO on digitakt track!! That's even better 😁👍!!!

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for watching, man. Glad it was helpful. Good call on that one, makes up for the Digitakt's 1 LFO :D

[@yurimedeiros4636]

My man, I really appreciate your time and dedication to put this out to everybody, your page helped me a lot Huge respect to you

[@IvarTryti]

My pleasure, man! And thanks for the kind words :)

[@skroll71]

Impressive watching you working on the Digitakt and the Digitone. Such skill and speed! Bought your albums on BandCamp. They are really good for when I work. :-)

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you very much, Michael! And thanks for the support, I really appreciate it :)

[@DaGhost141]

Thanks so much for showing the trick with the mute setup. That's sooo useful.

[@jimmyface121]

your videos honestly might be too good, dude. for starters, your tutorials are imo every bit as good as cuckoo's and bobeat's. beyondt hat, i think you really show how you can make beautiful music off of these things. your sound is so good! i like more organic sounds and would like to make borderline rock music with the digitakt, and i was beginning to feel very frustrated with that before i saw your videos. i'm sub'd here, and i'm doing the same on bandcamp next!

[@PascalMourier]

Very instructive video again ! I found the noodling part as interesting as the start :D Thanks again.

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you! I was a bit worried the noodling part was a bit self indulgent, but I'm glad you found it interesting!

[@lis5014]

Thanks to you, I was able to connect digitone and digitakt! The notes were so easy to understand. ;)

[@IvarTryti]

I'm glad to hear it, man! Thanks for watching :)

[@koma1915]

BIGGEST THX - Now it works fine for me. You make a very good howto!

[@GiriGagan]

Thanks for making this and the noodling around which is also fun to watch!

[@IvarTryti]

My pleasure, man. Thanks for watching! :D

[@Gnoopher]

U had me at the tutorial, but ur noodling chrushed me... I haven’t got any of the DN or DT, yet! Guess I have to watch all ur stuff and tuts first. Thanks for the show and tell.

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you very much, Trond! I'm glad to hear you're gonna check out my other stuff, too :D

[@Gnoopher]

@@IvarTryti Hei! Got a used Digitone and a Model:Sample, used your config to set them up. It just works, so thanks again. (Yeah, and found your BandCamp site... Hahaha!)

[@IvarTryti]

@@Gnoopher Nice, awesome to hear that this setup works with the M:S and DN! Thanks for letting me know, Trond :)

[@croatoansounds]

Just got my digitakt thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial, just tried out the exact set up (except digitakt on my right hehe) and it’s SO perfect! I’m so stoked on this thank you thank you thank you

[@ceetronic]

Thanks so much for this workflow tutorial. Works just as I'd hoped.

[@noxyu3m]

Thank you for this tutorial! I’ve both for a while, but never realise how I can mute Digitone. It is awesome! Mute indication on DN is not so obvious as on DT, so, seems like nice approach for live.

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for watching! I had the same problem with the mute indicators on the DN, and that you had to toggle between mute mode and normal mode to select the tracks. Very handy to make the track buttons select the track, while the DT does all the muting.

[@KimbleMcCann75]

Bro - so helpful! Just got my Digitakt...getting the DTone in a few months! Subscribed and digginʻ the jams ~

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks a lot Kimble! Congrats man, they're awesome boxes =D. I hope they suit your workflow!

[@smguy7]

I have a Syntakt and Digitone but that worked well. Thank you so much.

[@IvarTryti]

I'm glad to hear it! Yeah, all three digi-boxes have very similar menus :)

[@smguy7]

@@IvarTryti I want to buy a Digitakt this year.

[@TontoRandom]

@@IvarTryti Thanks for the tutorial. I have a question: ¿can you make trig locks on the Digitone if the notes are being shooted from the Digitakt? I assume not, but always is better ask. Thank you!

[@givenofwaterandsap6578]

How would you incorporate An Arturia key step into this?

[@paullindqvist4560]

Such a great set up tutorial, thank you!

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for watching, Paul =D

[@paullindqvist4560]

​@@IvarTryti How you recommend setting it up if you wanted to add a keystep controller that could control the Digitone primarily, but also the digitakt if possible. I would still like to have the Digitakt as master sending clock and program changes. Thank you!

[@solaryzer]

Really excellent tutorial and great bit of "noodling " at the end :-)

[@solaryzer]

I have a question and i hope you don't mind me asking ,, i'm not a keyboard player and i wanted to know if the keys (buttons) on the Digitone can be set to a certain scale ?

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you very much SJ! The Digitone's keyboard mode has a scale setting, which will disable certain keys when scales are selected. In chromatic mode, all keys are enabled. Sadly it doesn't squeeze the keys together to make room for more notes, it just disables the keys that aren't in the scale you selected.

[@solaryzer]

@@IvarTryti I see , thanks for the info :-)

[@Limbic1000]

Veeery helpful, thx Ivar!!

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful =)

[@ronaldrojas4575]

Thanks bro just what I needed

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for watching! Happy to help =)

[@FlashRedGo]

Nice!! Thank You!!

[@none6555]

As usual, great work, very useful information. Thank you! Hope you will record something about drum synthesis on the digitone.

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you, nichego! I've been thinking about. I want to spend some more time making drums from scratch before I'm comfortable making that tutorial.

[@jasonstam8661]

Thank you so much for this!

[@nalaeel219]

Nice man. Thanks for the tutorial. I love the detuned pad sounds. Boc'ish. Very nice. 🤘

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you very much!

[@brian2590]

Great tutorial! Thank you!

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you!

[@outdatedgear5036]

Thank you for this video! I tried turning up the OD on the digitone. I was using headphones, it started to sound messy. Probably sounds better through real speakers lol.

[@Silent_Stillness]

Hey Ivar! I thought this really was a nice session and video, the wealth of knowledge at the beginning was super nice. I thought the vibe overall was really coherent and I really liked how the bass line hit the beat rhythmically and melodically. The one thing I believe you could really benefit from at this point is to take the time to design your own sounds on the Digitone so that we could really get a clear sense of where your ear is taking you. I personally thought the energy of the bass was on point but I did dislike the high frequency portion of the bass timbre, it felt a bit like an unnecessary noisy distraction. You could easily get away with something as simple as designing 2 bass sounds, 2 leads, 2 pads and tweaking their timbre when you make something new on the spot. Your emphasis seems to be so much on punching your internalized melodies onto the machine in a condensed fashion that if you were using cleaner tones that you've already fully approved before the composing even started it would give you more of an ergonomic template that you could expand on more naturally tone wise. I do have to say I'm really not a fan of the recurring "pseudo depressive" color (I don't know how else to say it!) of the factory patches Elektron released for the Digitone. It really does take a conscious effort to stir away from that underlying vibe, but it's relatively easy to do, especially considering your level of technical mastery of the machines.

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for the both positive and constructive feedback, groovegcs! I was a bit more driven during the noodling part than I was on my last track from scratch video. I can agree on the bass having too much high frequency content; I usually like the sound of it, but it should be tweaked to suit the track. All of the patches I used here are patches I've made from scratch. I think the "pseudo depressive" sound I make can be explained by the fact that my three main insprations when it comes to making sounds is Trent Reznor/NIN, Thom Yorke/Radiohead, and Akira Yamaoka/Silent Hill :P. Reznor has a lot of really harsh industrial stuff, but also soft and haunting music, I don't exactly know how to describe Yorke's music other than haunting and beautiful, and Yamaoka has some of my favorite creepy lofi trip hop. Do you have any examples of synth patches that aren't "pseudo depressive"? I naturally gravitate towards making harsh patches and rolling back the cutoff to only let a bit of it shine through, or detuning slowly with an LFO and lots of reverb. I've been playing it rather safe lately by using the same patches and samples, so maybe I'll be inspired and make a new set of favorite patches :)

[@Silent_Stillness]

​@@IvarTryti My apologies :) you mentioning Radiohead is enough for me to understand that I had it all wrong. I have the Digitakt but I have only tested the Digitone for like 2 hours or so, I did make the erroneous assumption that the patches you used were the default patches because they sounded vaguely familiar to the factory patches. I come from the realm of deep house and cleaner old school tones, I like jazzy, funky and deep stuff most - music that has lots of "air" in it, but I also have an underlying natural attraction for styles that are based on electronic tones but without trying necessarily to turn into dance music. There's no other way to put it I'm just quite frankly in a bit of a rebellion against depressive sounding stuff, I want to feel moved and inspired when I listen to music, most of all it's about getting that nourishing and healing effect through the listening experience. Here are 2 old titles that reflect the kind of sounds with which I feel most at home, and i've chosen those mostly because of the tones that can be heard in them: First, probably the best bass sound ever created and coincidentally also most probably made with FM synthesis: St Germain - Pont des Arts : kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2XCfIpjmKhphck And last, Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5bMeWyDopV4a7s It's partially with that kind of lens that I'm listening to your content.

[@IvarTryti]

@@Silent_Stillness Thanks for the inspiration, man :D. I haven't thought of house music this way. It's not a genre I listen to often, but there are definitely sounds and ideas there I could try to put into my own music. I'm gonna have to explore this :)

[@johncaccioppo1142]

Ivar Tryti I wonder if a more experienced musician than myself would be willing to argue that synth music in general tends to have a more sedative or spooky effect due to it's focus on atmosphere, tone and repetition? Perhaps music is more emotionally stimulating when it focuses less on the sound and more on the melodic and harmonic structure? This is why I want to get a NDLR. I think if I could make that logic more the center of my music I could do a lot more in the realm of scalar modality and get better at pushing the emotions up and out rather than drowning in a minimalist moment. (I'm also willing to concede that it's probably just a crutch, but I'm old enough to use one without shame...)

[@roytosseram3831]

Great tutorial! Very helpfull

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks, I'm glad you found it helpful :)

[@chrisrussellco]

Great tutorial! Thanks

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks!

[@aevai]

Such a helpful tutorial! Thank you! Any reason why you choose to have the digitakt go into digitone, rather than the digitone into the digitakt? Because that way couldn't you use the digitakt's compressor/sidechain on the digitone?

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you! I made this tutorial before the firmware update that added the Digitakt's internal mixer. Back then you couldn't use the delay, reverb, or compressor on the inputs, and they were always monitored in mono. But now, I pretty much always take the Digitone into the Digitakt for compression.

[@aevai]

@@IvarTryti That makes a lot of sense! Thanks again!

[@romainlhenaff3653]

Hey Thanks for this very useful tutorial ! I was wondering, though, if there were any particular reasons that you chose to send the sound from the digitakt into the digitone and not the other way round ? Thanks

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you! I made this tutorial before the Digitakt got the update that lets you run the inputs through the FX and master compressor. Nowadays I always go Digitone into Digitakt, because I prefer the Digitakt's compressor over the Digitone's overdrive :)

[@guille242es]

Can I just connect DT and DN via MIDI for muting DN tracks from DT buttons? I’m new to the DN. I think perhaps DN inputs are more interesting to use with some other synth that lacks internal effects.

[@audiofr3q]

Super helpful 🐱‍🏍

[@IvarTryti]

Glad to hear it! =D

[@vsvaladao]

Hey, Ivar; thank you again for one more super helpful tutorial. But I have one question: Is there any specific reason you didn't connect the audio from DN to the audio input of DT? I'm saying that because you could also sample digitone chords into DT

[@FlyingPetschman]

3y ago … but exactly what I was looking 4 … I will only switch the Takt to master and use a microcosm 4 the output of the tone … and go to a mixer or to the Takt in … Thank U

[@rVq_XL]

That's the way you should do it. Thanks for lesson.

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for watching, Rafal!

[@musacha1978]

Thanks so much for this! Questions: how would I add a midi controller to this setup, so I can use it to play tunes on the DN…? The MIDI in on the DN port is already occupied by the DT.

[@JonasSiepmann]

Same question in my mind, guess you have to use a midi merger like:

[@myrtorp]

Great, thank you!

[@barongrantham3603]

Awesome thanks!

[@JoseRamirez-bh9wf]

One extra step is required to make this work with the latest updates (DN1.4 - DT1.5) to make the muting work. On the Digitakt's settings, midi config>port config>mute destination set it to 'int+ext'. Happy jamming

[@enemoy2650]

I used the same settings as you but my Digitakt doesn't (un)mute my Digitone Patterns. I have Mute Dest set to ext+int. Can you help me?

[@IvarTryti]

I haven't tested it myself, but I hear it doesn't work when in pattern mute (purple trigs), only global mute (green trigs). Could that be the reason?

[@MartinCrockett]

@@IvarTryti This is correct. Global mute only.

[@monodux]

That smooth bass sound is awesome. I'm continually amazed by what the digitone can do. Any chance of a tutorial on that bass patch? Sounds lush.

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you! I actually have a tutorial for bass sounds already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZepdKF_gb2laJI I think the sound I use here is similar to the one I make at 10:40 in the tutorial.

[@monodux]

@@IvarTryti Fantastic- thanks as always!

[@lesvolga1355]

Hello Ivar! Could you please help me? I connect DT and DN as you recommend in your video. But in my DT headphones out I can still hear only DT sounds. What's wrong in your opinion? Thanks!

[@erikbarton6352]

I just got a Digitone, and I already have a Digitakt, this is a great video, thanks! I’m finding some of my sounds aren’t coming through the mix very well, any tips on this, or a video you may direct me to? Or is it just down to choosing sounds that jive well together, whilst adjusting the bass vs treble per sound to cut through the mix better like anything else?

[@IvarTryti]

Congrats man, they are both awesome boxes =). When paired with the DT, it sometimes feels like the synth tracks are a bit too soft. One tip I've heard is to try to mix at low volumes. If you turn it really low, but can pick out the important bits (kicks, snares, lead, depending on what you're going for), then the levels are roughly in a good spot at higher volumes. What you said is pretty much what I'd suggest. Use the bandpass filter (filter page 2) to remove bass frequencies from leads and hats to make space for every instrument. There's a lot to get into, but those are the first things that come to mind.

[@erikbarton6352]

All right cool, thanks for the quick response! I’ll try working at lower volume as per your suggestion! I’m sure this will take a little while before I have the two boxes working exactly as I’d like. I’m super impressed from what I’ve seen so far, in the single day that I’ve had the Digitone! Cheers!

[@IvarTryti]

@@erikbarton6352 My pleasure, man. There are tons of mixing tips for DAWs that all have the same principle, but they're basically a more detailed version of what you said. And yeah, the DN is really satsifying :D

[@ashleygillespie9883]

Hi Ivar , great tutorial , Just wondering what you have the digitone connected to via usb and how we can hear them both ? And do you have headphones connected ? Thanks mate 👍🏽

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you! I'm using the Digitone as an audio interface, so the main L/R outs of the Digitone are going through the USB into FL Studio. I have my headphones connected to the headphones out on the Digitone, and have muted its audio internally. What I'm hearing on my headphones is actually the audio coming from FL Studio (which is getting audio from the Digitone). When connecting the Digitakt's outputs to the Digitone's inputs, and turning up the volume of those inputs and panning them left and right, you'll hear both the Digitakt and Digitone.

[@ashleygillespie9883]

Ivar Tryti thanks for taking the time to reply , much appreciated my friend 👍🏽

[@harukalynnsakurai1714]

@@IvarTryti Hi!! Thank you so much for the great tutorial. If I'm not using any DAW and audio interface. I can use Digitone stereo out R/L to a mixer? that way I can hear both DT and DN from speakers connected to the mixer? Thanks!

[@sweevo99]

great tips here, tnx Ivar! just wondering is there any reason you send the DT audio through the DN rather than the other way around? I thought DN audio in to DT so it's set up to sample would be the way to go or am I missing something by doing it the other way round? anyways just curious and thx for all the great videos.!

[@tenghan]

would like to ask a question, why the digitakt sequence does not play when switching the pattern of digitone

[@invisible_elephant]

Awesome tutorial, thanks a lot! Really enjoying muting the tracks on Digitone from the Digitakt. It does not seem to work with pattern mutes however. Do you happen to have any solution for that? I would love to save a few patterns on the takt and use the pattern mutes as well for a nice performance tool. Thanks!

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! I've actually never tried pattern mutes when using the DT and DN together. I gotta give that a try! I'd expect pattern mutes to actually send their muted/unmuted state over midi too...

[@invisible_elephant]

@@IvarTryti Same here but I was surprised to see it doesn't do that. Couldn't find anything in the settings about it so I'm curious if you manage to make it work somehow. Thanks for looking into it!

[@quantummonastery]

also here looking for an answer to this question! There has to be a way to control pattern mutes on digitone with the digitakt.. Love the vids btw!

[@issasacha3052]

Hi , can you please help me , I hear the digitone track 2 and 3 when I press the pad2 and 3 on the digitakt , what should I set properly ?

[@DamienPasquale]

Hi 🙋🏻‍♂️ I’ve followed your instructions to the T and when it comes to the MUTE section there is something not working to get this feature ... can you explain it again please 🥴🙄 I know such a drag! I just can’t seem to get it. I’ve done it over and over and over again 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DamienPasquale]

Sorry 😞 I got it finally 🥴

[@carrizosasebastian]

Hi Ivar great tutorial. The only thing that is now working for me is the sync between both machines when i hit play on digitakt. Do you think i need to make a setup on the midi channels?

[@yourwrightyourworld]

Thank you!

[@IvarTryti]

My pleasure man, thanks for watching :)

[@davidhammers9708]

incredibly newb questions, but what type cables are you using to connect the audio ins/outs of the two? and are you then having audio out from both of them to a DAW?

[@IvarTryti]

I'm just using normal 1/4 inch jack cables to connect digitakts outs into Digitone's ins, and all audio is going into FL Studio as one stereo track via the USB. I'm using the Digitone as an audio interface, so you have access to audio coming from the Digitone (including whatever is passed through the ins) in the DAW.

[@ahzootube]

I have a question regarding the setup and I hope you can help. :) So I have an external keyboard and a 0 coast on top of this setup. So: 1 - can I play the digitone notes from digitakt using a midi keyboard? ( According to this setup only available midi input is on digitakt) 2 - According to the same principle, can I play the 0 coast that is connected to midi out of the digitone? Thanks in advance :)

[@jacquesrumba7965]

same question :)

[@raytbrown2]

@@jacquesrumba7965 I have the same question, too. But I *think* the solution lies in switching the machines (out from the Tone & into the Takt) as this opens the Midi-in for an external keyboard to the Tone). Maybe....

[@Links...]

is it possible to connect into digitakt another audio output or only into digitone? e.g. I want connect digitakt to digitone, tb-03 into digitakt

[@IvarTryti]

It's possible to connect the tb-03 to the digitakt and the digitakt into the digitone, but it's pretty limited. If you turn on monitoring on the digitakt, you'll be able to hear the tb-03. There's no preamp on the digitakt though, so the incoming audio has to be loud enough already. Also, it will be mono only, and you can't pan it. If none of this is a problem for you, then I think it should work!

[@Links...]

​@@IvarTryti thanks, it works fine for me, and I've added usb camera kit into digitone and I can record all of them directly from output on my iphone so very nice

[@Links...]

@@IvarTryti and I still have one free input audio inside tb-03, so in future might be able to connect one more device)

[@IvarTryti]

Ah, nice! I think at this point it might be worth looking into a mixer if you plan on adding more stuff. I really like the idea of keeping things simple though, so daisy chaining audio like that probably works fine :)

[@Links...]

but I think elektron should use some approach from electribe, just to add a external audio into sources list and then setup it to any trigger on digitakt, I think in can be done just on a program drivers side

[@boombap08]

I have a similar set up with the DT and DN but i can't figure out how to send midi notes to another synth down the chain afterwards. I have my keystep - DT - DN then want to control my Erebus as well. any ideas as far as the set up if i should go from the DN to it? thanks and great vids/music man!

[@Lo-fi_Hi-brow]

I see that this is 2 years old, but I have a question, if you happen to notice: I did everything exactly as instructed here (even pausing to notice which buttons were pressed) and I got the DN to match the DT's BPM. BUT....the patterns wouldn't play on the DN. I had sound, but no synced start. I went back to the MIDI config menu and checked "Transport send" DT and "Transport receive" on DN and now it works. Wondering why this wasn't mentioned....or why it only worked for me when I did this(??)

[@TiminatorFL]

I think the tutorial was recorded before the update that added the Transport Send & Transport Receive functions.

[@TheGreatElmer]

Is the setup per Project or is it a global change for every Project on both machines? Great video.

[@IvarTryti]

This is set up per project. I haven't checked out if it's possible to save templates, but for now it's a quick enough process that I don't mind doing it before every project. Hopefully there's a way to save these settings!

[@romenpheonixx7005]

Sick!

[@Clemuyen]

so cool but why Digitakt in Digitone ?If i wan't sampling digitone song it's better to have the digitone in the digitakt ?Could you explain why it's better to do like you thx

[@IvarTryti]

Now that the Digitakt has a stereo input mixer and can run the inputs through the delay, reverb, and compressor, I recommend Digitone into Digitakt. I made this tutorial before the 1.30 update that added the stereo input mixer, which meant that at the time you couldn't pan the inputs or apply FX or compress them. If you want the Digitone's master overdrive and chorus, go Digitakt into Digitone. If you want the Digitakt's compressor and sampling, go Digitone into Digitakt. Personally I go Digitone into Digitakt most of the time, because I really like the compressor.

[@Clemuyen]

@@IvarTryti thank you so much for everything you do on your youtube Channel...obviously the best for Digitone ans Digitakt...i've learn a lot with your tutorials

[@IvarTryti]

@@Clemuyen My pleasure, man! :D

[@primus6313]

Hi, on my digitone fonction LFO i just have Left program and not righ, i got an empty square for right channel, do you know why ?

[@XenoFect]

Ui update changed, go to next page (press button again to cycle through pages)

[@baconcow]

Is there anything stopping you from using a stereo TRS cable to connect each machine? I am using this to reference for the Digitakt II and Digitone II, which are stereo.

[@IvarTryti]

None of the machines have a stereo input, they have two mono inputs. But it is possble to connect the stereo headphones out into the two mono inputs with the right cable. I've done it before, but I don't know if there are any downsides to doing that.

[@koma1915]

With the new update it comes start and stop for the both, it is in the same function Sync to found. the name for this one is: "transport send" & "transport receive".

[@planetduh]

Hi Iver, I followed your instructions to Map the midi levels and pan on the digitone, it worked, but a few minutes later it had lost the settings. It's happened more than once. Also, I can hear buttons being pressed on the digitakt but the tracks aren't audible when I try to play them. Nothing appears muted? Thanks in advance for any advice.

[@TiminatorFL]

Same thing happening to me. Not sure why. Ant advice would be appreciated.

[@XenoFect]

It's only saving the master settings per pattern. I think an update caused this behavior, as even the digitone UI changed and send transpose is a thing. There's an option in the settings to make it global external mixer

[@freejazzbone]

wonderful video, thanks, so the Digitone reflects a stereo image sans it’s inputs but still not the Digitakt (V1.20) ? i guess overbridge is something different

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you! I haven't tried it myself, but I think the Digitakt's inputs are mono only. When monitoring the inputs, you can't change the level of input L and input R separately or pan them, like you can on the Digitone. When using overbridge though, you have access to the Digitakt's L/R inputs as a stereo track.

[@freejazzbone]

Ivar Tryti ya, i think your correct, bummer, but, still love my Digitakt. but that Digitone is something else too, eh! thanks again

[@yotengonovia]

Hi ! Thanks for the tutorial. Very informative as for the midi settings menus. Would it be possible to connect a midi keyboard as well into Digitakt midi in (given that DN's midi in is already taken). I would like to play the notes of the DN that way. Would that work ? Thanks.

[@elek-trick]

Hi, I know this is old stuff for you but would you be able to help me out pairing a Digitakt and a Model:Cycles together? I've tried over and over and for some reason I can't figure it out... I paired both Model:Cycles and Model:Samples together very easily but I don't have such luck with the Digitakt and the M:C. Thank you :-)

[@razurell]

Thanks for great tut ! Do you have a tip for me? I look for the reason, why i can not mute my Digitone about the Digitakt like you in your video ? Its frustrating 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks! From what I've heard, pattern mute mode (purple trigs) doesn't let you mute the Digitone from the Digitakt. Double-pressing FUNC+BANK switches between pattern mute and global mute mode (green trigs). Could this be the reason it doesn't work for you?

[@razurell]

@@IvarTryti i will try it again

[@razurell]

Its not working, im on digitakt in Global mute ( green ) the settings are all the same like your tutorial. Maybe a setting in digitone? Only one diference, may boxes are not connected to pc via usb. Is that the reason ?

[@lifeismusic3734]

Very Nice tutorial. Thank you. I have a question: where is the sound coming from? Since you connected the outputs of the digitakt to the digitone I mean.

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you! I'm using the Digitone as an audio interface. This lets it send audio over USB that I can access in a DAW.

[@lifeismusic3734]

Ivar Tryti oh i see thanks!

[@armintam5arian]

hmm, i have an analog rytm in the midi-chain too so when i it comes to muting, it mutes only the tracks from AR, it only works when AR just receives clock - is there a way where i can mute DN but AR gets not affected by mutes form DT?

[@IvarTryti]

I don't have an AR, but is it possible to assign midi channels to the AR's internal tracks? On the DT and DN you can do this (and also set them to 'off'),so if you can do that on the AR then they shouldn't receive the mute messages any more.

[@armintam5arian]

@@IvarTryti yes! that solved the problem - on the AR i've turned them all to "off" - now only the DN gets muted! ... thanks for the help!

[@eoghanfarrell6006]

Have you tried using a tb03 with the digitakt I would like to be able to mute and un mute the tb03 from the DT is this possible by doing the same work flow ?

[@tomsalguero7060]

Thanks for the tutorial ! Do you know how to get both machines to change pattern in sync? The DN is always one bar pattern length late, can't find the way to get it right. Do you have a recomendation?

[@djibdjib]

Is it possible to control DN mute from DT mute on violet muting ? thx !

[@pawelp8567]

Thanks for the tutorial! Really helped me to connect Digitakt and Digitone together. I have one problem. When I modify some parameters on AMP page on Digitakt, it automatically modifies parameters on SYN2 page on Digitone. I'm not sure which setting causes that. Do you have any idea?

[@clintcase9153]

I use the setup. Adding a 2nd Digitone. How would I configure?

[@CHURF]

Great video, very helpful! Does the muting also work with a Digitakt muting Analog Four MK1? I can't get it to work... :(

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

Hey Ivar, I'm not sure if you have a workaround for this but when you stop the sending box, the receiving box will get in this weird mode where the play and stop buttons are lit. If you then change patter on the receiving box, it doesn't actually change. I find you need to hit the stop on the receiving box a few times first. I noticed this when I was composing using these two boxes and I was trying to copy and paste patterns on the receiving box and ended up overwriting a bunch unintentionally. I only noticed it when the pattern change notification was flashing and not changing. I wonder if it's a bug or just how the two boxes communicate?

[@ElPeschke]

Excellent tutorial and jam! I have a question, can mute track the digitone with the octatrack? Im try using the same configuration of the digitakt, but not work properly. Thanks :)

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you very much! I've never used the octatrack before, but I hear it's pretty feature packed so it might be hard to find the right settings. The first thing I'd check is if the Octatrack has its mute destinations set to int+ext, and that its midi channels line up with the Digitone's midi channels.

[@Mr.B_HAM]

👋😎 New OctaTrack 1.40 update. We're waiting on you to show us and tell us what you think about the new update.

[@IvarTryti]

I've been exploring the Octatrack a lot more lately! The trig preview and editing multiple trigs thing has made it so much easier to focus on the actually hard stuff on the Octatrack =)

[@UncleLeon]

Thanks for the tutorial, happy to know how to mute Digitone tracks from the Digitakt. I keep getting confused with the mute leds on the Digitone. But am I correct in saying that this doesn't work for pattern mutes?

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for watching man, I'm glad it helped. Sorry for the late reply! By pattern mutes, do you mean the local mute mode where the trigs light up purple? If so, then I think it should work, though I haven't tried it yet.

[@Depuratumba]

@@IvarTryti unfortunately it doesn't seem to work with pattern mutes... it's a shame, since it's my preferred mute method when live performing

[@r.e.d.62]

Will this principle also apply to the digitone with a model cycles?

[@IvarTryti]

I don't know how the model cycles is set up, sorry! Since they're both using MIDI though, I think the same principle applies.

[@JowiiTV]

I just tested the connection with Digitone and Model Samples following these instructions and it worked! So same should apply to cycles. Thanks for the tutorial Ivar!

[@fiShyf00d]

Thanks for the Tutorial, I tried this and just have a question about clock syncing. on standard tempos, 120, 110, 100 etc it's great but when I set it to values in between such as 146 the receiving Digitone fluctuates from 145.9 - 146.1 - is this normal behaviour? I can't tell for sure if its just read out or actually ever so slightly out of sync. Have you experienced this or are my units faulty? I've reversed the sync, using Digitone as master and Digitakt as slave and it does the same.

[@IvarTryti]

My pleasure! This is normal behavior. I don't know the specifics, but the machines are constantly adjusting to stay in sync. The fact that you can see bpm jitter slightly means that they won't go out of sync even minutes down the line.

[@playgroundofsound7683]

Jay S I use my boss 505 looper as brain tempo and send to digitak and it does the same thing

[@jlowrie33]

How do you like this setup? I have an OT MK2 but don't necessarily need the performance part - was thinking of switching it up to these two.

[@IvarTryti]

I like it a lot! Both of these boxes work really well on their own and sometimes combining the two give me more tools than I really need. I've made a lot of tracks using just one box at a time, so I imagine the more feature rich OT is really nice for making full tracks on. What do you like about the DT and DN combo over the OT?

[@jlowrie33]

@@IvarTryti I was new to the OT and just did an exchange for the two of these. I'm way happier with the setup. I'm just old school. Thanks for the video.

[@IvarTryti]

@@jlowrie33 aha! Congrats on getting a Digitakt and Digitone! I can't speak for the OT since I haven't tried it, but I love both of these boxes and you can't go wrong with them =)

[@marccruickshank1579]

Hey with the new update to the digitakt and the external audio mixer feature. Could you still do this with the digitone but have 2 separate bits of gear coming into the digitakt? So you could have 4 gear in total without a mixer, would it all come through the digitone output?

[@FNX_Techno]

Sure u can

[@doubtingtom37]

Years later ..... now at OS 1.4.1A ...... many settings / display screens quite different. Not able to achieve results so much later in time. 😦 Oh well ...............

[@hollsound]

thank you so much!

[@IvarTryti]

Happy to help!

[@A_wolfcalledCherry]

Uff that was grooveeeey , time to sell junk and add my takt a worthy partner :)

[@IvarTryti]

Thank you!

[@velthese.sounds]

thanx!!

[@djtekitizi]

I can’t seem to get the DN to follow the tempo of the DT. DT is set to clock send & prog ch send, and DN is set to clock receive & prog ch receive, but the DT just changes the tempo independently without any tempo change to the DN. Any idea what the issue might be? Btw, thank you for the tutorial.

[@djtekitizi]

Lol disregard, I changed my midi cable and it works now.

[@romenpheonixx7005]

Do you know if this audio and midi setup is the same with Digitakt and Syntakt? To make them work together?

[@hatsaok8153]

In regards to muting the digitone from the digitakt, is there a way to do this with the pattern mutes as opposed to the global mutes??

[@benoitdewandel]

Thanks!

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks for watching =D

[@hughesjointrecords]

Hi, unfortunately I can't find a video that talks about a very important thing like the Pattern Change in sync between Digitakt and Digitone ...

[@IvarTryti]

Hey, when you make the digitakt send program change and the digitone to receive program change, both will change patterns at the same time when you change patterns on the digitakt. check out 3:23

[@hughesjointrecords]

I have followed setup instructions.. but when I change in master digitakt a pattern there is a sensible delay before change in DN.... that's the problem... in the video I dont see the moment of change pattern in sync... i'm wrong?

[@IvarTryti]

@@hughesjointrecords Ohh, I understand what you mean now. You're doing it right, but pattern changes only happen while they are playing. When stopped, the patterns won't change. If you're not able to change patterns on the digitone, make sure it is stopped and not paused (the green play button shouldn't be lit, only the stop button should). It should work when playing, but the DT won't change patterns on the DN when stopped, and the DN won't change patterns if it is paused, it has to be stopped. Let me know if that helped!

[@hughesjointrecords]

@@IvarTryti i try in any ways. Stop or playng, in chains or alone but the pattern yes change... but in dramatic delay...

[@IvarTryti]

@@hughesjointrecords hm.. could it be that you have different pattern lengths on the DT and DN? If the DT's pattern is 32 steps and the DN's is 64 steps, then it will change for the DT but not the DN until it has reached the last step.