The Perfect Pair // Crafting Beats with Digitakt & Logic Pro for iPad

[@ryanmoran2403]

I love that Ricky shows us his humility and doesn't try to pretend he's perfect at everything. Very fresh.

[@gorbzzz]

iPad + Elektron syncing tutorial (with all possibilities) would be a great video!

[@krewcialofficial]

small tip when recording into (any version of Logic) : set the BPM in Logic to the same BPM as your Digitakt, record all your tracks separately but in one go in Logic. So you press play on the Digitakt and go from one solo-ed track to the next while Logic keeps recording. You end up with one audio file, containing all your tracks. Just reposition the start of that audio track to bar 1 beat 1 and now all, you have to do is slice on the bar for every new track and move them to a new track in Logic. This saves you from pressing stop and play for every new track and repositioning every new recorded track. Just slice on the bar and everything is in sync. Huge timesaver when recording audio into Logic.

[@RickyTinez]

That’s actually super smart! Especially on the iPad. I’ll try that out next time!

[@lowercaserache]

Such good advice! I can't wait to try this with my circuit tracks/rhythm setup D:

[@cesarsjogren]

Great idea

[@ryanmoran2403]

Nice advice! I'll be doing that for sure when I get this setup.

[@Jmdeleeuw-]

That vocal part is so relatable

[@alienanxiety]

Such a simple thing, but I can't get Logic to send transport controls on the Digitakt. I have Digitakt set to Audio + MIDI over USB and set to receive Transport and Clock. I get neither to work.

[@DriftDeeper]

please make more ipad logic & digitakt tutorials! Super helpful

[@DylanParisMusic]

This is one of my favorite videos you’ve made so far ❤️🔥😎

[@chandraiyer1710]

Second this

[@cursedsound]

Nice setup, how did you get it working? Is the digitakt connected directly to the iPad or do you have a usb hub ?

[@Luter05]

I have the same doubt 🙂

[@pthex_]

Love this! A setup consisting of Dt and ipad has been my goto the last 2 years. Its super fun and fast to make tracks this way. Keep it up man!

[@lukecurran5960]

You’re using ipad with logic in the same way? I have a DT and trying to figure out if it needs anything paired with it to be better capable of mobile full song production. I use ableton otherwise, and looking for a change of pace. Also have an old ipad not in use

[@jansears4380]

How did you connect the Digitakt to the iPad? What is the interface used? I’m new to all of this so trying to figure out this set up! I appreciate all you do! Best. Jan

[@RickyTinez]

Hey Jan! the Digitakt is a "class compliant" device meaning with just USB plugged in from the Digitakt to the iPad it will send audio back and forth!

[@bleedingkansan]

I wonder if you've ever done a completely geeked out run-down of your signal path / midi path management in your studio? For instance, how you make use of your patch bay, what you're using to pipe the Digitakt into the iPad -- that kind of stuff. I'm super curious about the digital plumbing of your set ups.

[@RickyTinez]

I haven't in ages. I just switched up my interface and had to rewire a few things. Not a bad idea for a video!

[@Kpm1985]

I’m fairly certain this same workflow is doable in GarageBand on iOS. For those who don’t want to pay the subscription. Obviously less featured than Logic but GB files can be opened on Logic on the Mac for finishing.

[@iancain6647]

Bro. To what do we owe this pleasure of two videos this week!?

[@barzaan]

Cool video man, I’ve been using Logic on my iPad Air 4 with a bunch of soft synths and having a blast. Always been interested in the elektron gear, cool to see how well a Digitakt pairs with Logic in this set up. Also, for that issue you’re talking about, where you have to go to the mixer and press channel eq there, try long pressing the channel eq strip when that happens, a menu will open up and you can click expand/open or something like that.

[@JaRule-k3b]

Love watching you work in real time! So good!

[@procyborg]

Golden moment @22:04 when the plugin crashed and in the background the sample "i don't know what to do, i don't know what to say" was still playin' 😂

[@RickyTinez]

I know! I realize this while I was editing. Cracked me up I was foreshadowing.

[@cadetesespaciales]

Thanks for this video! I recently got an OP-1f, and have been following a very similar workflow, but using a laptop with Bitwig instead. I even do the same things as you, like merging clips after I have cut/paste sections to change them, haha. This workflow works great, and I'm not limited by OP-1's four track or lack of undo - particularly important when I want to be spontaneous, and not *think* but *do* instead. But now I'm looking for more portability, and with Logic Pro finally available for the iPad, that may be the route to go. The other thing is that, if I really want my projects to be compatible across the desktop and iPad, I will need to stick to a limited set of tools (mainly logic's native ones), which could end up being a blessing. Thanks for everything. Keep up the great work!!!

[@random_name-]

nice vibe bro... all the best ... that was cooool

[@DerBikingAtze]

Hey Great Video again! Please more of u and the iPad 🙏

[@gooneybird808]

That really is a dream set up

[@alvanj.kingston9556]

Thank you. You are always a great source of inspiration for me.

[@iancain6647]

Woah bro learning to play that piano! Nice!

[@RickyTinez]

Trying! I think it's starting to sink in.. haha.

[@RutgerVos]

Nice to see you use Logic. For reasons I can't explain, Logic is the DAW in which I am most likely to finish a track where I'm much more likely to just keep doodling in other DAWs (and I've tried loads of them).

[@RickyTinez]

I hear that Rutger! For example, Ableton Live's session view is SO HARD for me to finish a song in. I feel like there is never a beginning when I'm using that view. The arrangement view, however, is much easier to have a start and finish. Also, Logic's modular style interface is nice to not have to flip back and forth between views to see my mixer or audio info etc.

[@cadetesespaciales]

@@RickyTinez I was a die hard session view fan in Live. I started using it like in v4. Its great for either 1) having fun/exploring ideas or 2) performing a live set. But I'm on the same boat...I never actually finished that many tracks that way. Since then I've moved on to good old linear arrangement. My brain seems to better grasp what I have done, what's missing, etc. Oh, and I also moved from Ableton to Bitwig, but that's another story hehe.

[@AtelierHemmer]

What do you use to get the audio out from Digitakt into ipad? Is it a dongle with audio in/ out or is it just a usb interface?

[@yourfriendmikem8018]

Hey Ricky, I’m a little late to this video, but I wanted to get your thoughts on using logic on the iPad mini because there’s hardly any content out there on this. I really like the mini’s form factor but I wonder if it gets a bit fiddly using logic due to all the nesting windows. i’d rather not bug a bigger I’ve had around though. I really like what you said about the iPad being the most powerful groove box on the market and I’d love to see some videos of people using the iPad like a groovebox to sketch out an idea and perform it. Anyway, thanks for all the great content. I always enjoy your videos.

[@phelper4554]

Let’s hope Elektron will include in their next Maschine a 5$ wlan chip and give us the possibility to use ableton Link 😅

[@ForecastGrim]

Or logic would allow slaving. Ableton link isn’t great.

[@youngTAGZ]

what a awesome work flow

[@bobmylan9434]

Oh thanks such a great video 😮

[@owizlo]

i been on the same tip but with the syntakt and the 12.9 ipad pro m2

[@SonicVibe]

You doing the lyrics made my day

[@BIG1TOWER]

Great setup

[@Dougie-]

Every time I connect my DT to the iPad I always end up with the same conclusion.. Why not just connect it to my Macbook instead. Not much bigger, overbridge, way better daw and (except for multitouch faders) is a lot easier to use. And file handling on the iPad is clunky. Even though I really want the iPad to have a place in my setup, it just comes short on every front except the few times I like to use multitouch. Better to use as a bluetooth midi controller.

[@axelcodr]

so true. +1 for that!

[@Calamindir]

Be intresting to do the same workflow with LoopyHD instead

[@SicksentZ]

Great vid, I have the same workflow on the SP404 and an iPad Pro. It drifts too, so I don’t think it’s our hardware

[@RickyTinez]

Cool that’s what I figured. It’s after letting it play for like 1-2minutes straight while messing with things. Crazy to know that it happens on the pro as well!

[@SicksentZ]

@@RickyTinez yep, the M1 Pro to specify. Def makes me think it’s software related

[@HIFI1965]

Ricky after you got your words together, you now have a rhythm that goes with the music. You should go back to your Nord, and play the melody that goes like “I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to do… “It’s a very old trick for producing melodic phrases that breathe.

[@RickyTinez]

Oooooooo that’d be sick! Thank you for the suggestion Harry!

[@HIFI1965]

@@RickyTinez seriously worth doing. Are you going to knobcon?

[@brownbubbletheory]

I use the digitakt with my iPad using koala sampler! It’s a great way to chop samples with the digitakt being a midi controller

[@tommyk88888]

And as the audio interface as well i suppose? Do you notice any difference in sound compared to straight digitakt?

[@brownbubbletheory]

@@tommyk88888 yeah it can be used as an audio interface. I don’t notice any difference it sound

[@cadetesespaciales]

Oh, one question. What headphones are you wearing? They seem to be wireless? How do you deal with latency? Thanks!

[@Iredidv]

Been thinking of doing this with maschine plus. I don’t arrange on m+ but make a load of different patterns for every sound separate with tweaks and fx. I wonder, logic on iPadOS has ableton link? If so how is the recording, can you get it on grid with measured latency settings? All I want to do is make a long kick pattern with variations, next sound on next track etc… I just want if I jam that it fits with previous tracks so there is no timing difference and I don’t have to do it afterwards. I have a focusrite/behringer 18/20, and a Rev 7 for possible soundcard for the iPad and maschine ( not very known trick, I can route maschine through the 3 channels of the Rev 7, left right and ext in, and use the eq filters and beat fx when the Rev 7 is in standalone / mixer mode. It’s of course great to sample from using stems to isolate, use the pitch and tempo detection and stretching and pitch shifting, which is pitch n time probably the best algorithm although the maschine offline pitch/timestretch is also very good imo, the thing is I almost never dj with the Rev 7 lol it’s an instrument/fx box for me) Great studio subject btw. ❤

[@atommachine]

To weird , i was just thinking of a combo like this .....nice upload thx

[@avengingsylph]

Another Tio Ricky video.....nice.

[@DespairQuietlyPlease]

Sold a lot of hardware since logic on ipad surfaced

[@RickyTinez]

Haha uh oh. Am I next?

[@KarlGrelet]

Hello. Thanx for your videos :) How do you manage to sync Logic on iPad and the Digitakt. I never succeed to play the Digitakt sequencer in order that it plays logic too. I never succeed to play the logic's sequencer in order that it plays the Digitakt's sequencer. My preferences on the Digitakt Clock Receive : ON Clock send : ON Transport Receive : ON Transport Send : ON on the Logic' iPad preferences : Midi : Midi In Elektron Digitakt I use USB connector Thanx a lot for help

[@cooksoni.a]

im glad youre digging logic lately. i use it too and ive always considered switching to ableton, but i honestly just really like logic. i hope the bugs will be fixed in updates soon since it just came out

[@RickyTinez]

Totally, I know the pain of releasing something and not knowing if you rigorously started everything haha. You wait for the help tickets to come in

[@cooksoni.a]

@@RickyTinez hey would you mind explaining how you have this routed? im thinking of trying something similar with my ipad. what are you using as an interface?

[@spot1119]

This is so dope! I wanna do this with my Syntakt and Sp404 mk2 but not quite sure how you guys are routing this. Tbh I haven’t really tried yet either but it’d be cool to see how you’re doing this.

[@paulsarodh5460]

Thaz killin 😄😍😍💖💖

[@SparkySubie]

What sync settings do you have set in logic? Syntakt only sets the right b for me if I press pay from logic. When I press top syntakt decides to return to its own bpm. Super annoying. I want both to play if I press play in either. Is that possibl

[@surgunmusic]

to resolve the ableton glitch issue on m1 mac try, reducing the buffer size, it will force m1 to use the performance cores only

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

What was with the Nord only showing up in the left channel?

[@UrbanTarantulas]

Sup bro. Will you please explain how you connect the iPad to receive audio / midi from synths ?

[@RickyTinez]

This one is audio over USB through the Digitakt. Think of the Digitakt like an audio interface (Scarlett 2i2). The Digitakt. Has audio inputs on the back and that’s how the synths can be heard in logic if they’re plugged into the Digitakt.

[@dmitryfomin2671]

I connect a Yamaha usb mixer, instead of digitact, which I can’t afford haha. So the synths go into the iPad through the mixer and at the same time, dry signal out to speakers. In this way, even if iPad crashes or glitches, I can perfectly play synths until it’s back on track.

[@Muzghor]

Subscribed! Hi Ricky, three questions! How does Logic run on the Ipad Mini (6?). For example, how many tracks can you run before it gets buggy? And are you able to use a lot of plugins? thanks! :)

[@majestic.feminine]

Thanks for the iPad Logic Pro as workflow. I've been holding back thinking it's not going to have good functionality in comparison to Live. Do you think it can handle long songs, or will it choke when you chalenge it? And what about portability to Ableton.. is that a no go? In other words, does on get too locked in when using it. I have Logic Pro on my mac mini so are productions easy to migrate? What do you think, overall..?

[@RickyTinez]

In terms of long songs, I think it can totally do it. If anything maybe the iPad you use might be the constraining factor? So far on my mini it's been good. crashes once in awhile, but the autosave has never left anything out I wasn't JUST working on. Portable Ableton is Push 3, I somehow like the idea that my iPad mini is so tiny and can do all the DAW stuff. Making stuff at home in the studio and fine tuning and playing with the sounds later on when I'm away with just my iPad has been nice. I've heard productions and instruments/samples should sync across. The only concern I hear is of bigger plug-ins that aren't in some iOS format or "extension" I think is the word. I rarely use plug-ins so it hasn't been an issue for me!

[@majestic.feminine]

Thanks for the detailed iPad review. Really good 💖! Just what I needed.

[@chandraiyer1710]

This is great

[@JamesRamboPearce]

Praise be that we didn't just have the Thursday video but also the Saturday video ❤😂

[@RickyTinez]

I THOUGHT about it.. and said naaahhh Im going to jam anyway, might as well hit record haha

[@JamesRamboPearce]

@@RickyTinez You've made our day!

[@EndoftheForest]

Do third party plug ins work for logic on iPad?

[@paulsarodh5460]

U r owesom bro 😍💖💖👌👌

[@tommyk88888]

Still wondering about the sound of overbridge (fully digital) vs recording the analog outputs (dac to adc). Is the digitakt punch in the coding or the dacs?

[@RickyTinez]

Good question! I will say, this allows me to use the compressor more since Im just grabbing the L/R output. When I use OB I get lazy and grab each track which skips the compressor

[@neunmalelf]

now we are talking :) 👍👍👍👍👍👍😉😉

[@Chucosan]

im pissed this doesn't work with my iPad which is not even that old ! :(

[@mooted5513]

These videos should be studied as masterclasses in gaslighting 😂

[@nostandingonlydancin]

I got all jazzed up wanting to use my digitakt again. And then I remembered how sticky the keys are.

[@RickyTinez]

Send it in for repair! Mine had that issue awhile back

[@mapleandsteel]

09:18 basically wah

[@sammadden5540]

Shouldn't you disclose you work for Elektron at the start of these videos?

[@RickyTinez]

My bad! I’ll put the details in the description too. This isn’t sponsored by Elektron, I just happen to use the Digitakt for years now, long before I contracted with them haha. Thanks for the heads up.

[@yourobson]

Thanks for another nice video! I'm super novice in this beat making (hobby - for me) and I really like your beats vibe. 3 ideas that I would like you to consider: 1. A basic educational video on how to make such (Detroit House) kind of music. Perhaps explaining how the Digitakt works and show more of it together with Logic Pro X for Mac. I have Logic, Yamaha MX49, Casio Privia PX-870 and ... PO-33 - inspired by your videos :). I like the Digitakt but still do not get the motivation to buy it, especially that I can make all the beats ans visualise the tracks in Logic. 2. Also I would like to ask if you could publish more to Spotify. When writing this I'm enjoying your Single Deci. Your sounds are really great. Please give us more listen on Spotify. 3. And lastly a guide of some kind or a comment about artist publishing on Spotify would be nice. Thanks for your work!

[@KurtLorenz]

❤❤❤

[@fakshen1973]

If the DAW is late to the record party and you have to copy and paste your transients back on to your loop... nah. You might as well just use a laptop, Push Mk1, and cheap 2 track audio interface.

[@behavior852]

I don't want to squint for a whole session.

[@RickyTinez]

I know haha. Makes me want to get the bigger iPad. Not the pro. Just not the mini

[@behavior852]

iPad's should have the capability to hook up to an external monitor.@@RickyTinez

[@MalusMons]

This is your friendly reminder to ditch Logic and use Drambo instead. You will not regret it

[@FoundationStepper]

🙌👍

[@DawlessHouseMusic]

Blasphemer!

[@mxvlds2313]

bro presses buttons so fast it’s pointless trying to follow along

[@jerrypizzini]

2:13 wow. That’s genius. You don’t even know how much I hate that pop!!! Thnx Ricky 🤘🤘🤘🫡🫡🫡

[@jerrypizzini]

“It’s all synced up” 🫡🫡🫡🫡🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@PinkyandBrainz]

Dope Video bruv. What dongle are you using to bring everything together? @rickytinez