Accented trigs on the Digitakt?

Elektron Gear Digitakt
#1

Hi!

I’m new to the forum, and new to Elektron gear.

Less than a week ago, I became the proud owner of the Digitakt and Digitone, and about a week before that, I began educating myself through Youtube and Google… So far I’m havlong ALOT of fun, but also alot of facial muscle training caused by confusion :stuck_out_tongue:

I might not be correct, but I seem to remember someone showing how to add accented trigs on the Digitakt? I’m not even sure that’s the correct word, but what I’m looking for is, when programming trigs, to make some trigs at max (or at least louder) volume by a simple parameter, instead of having to change the volume for all those trigs.

Make sense?

Peace,
Chris.

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#2

accent is usually means 3(less/more) different velocity stages for loudness, mostly on old gear(or when ui is limited like my tanzbar for example). you can set both velocity(0-127) and volume/amp per step on the digitakt, so its up to you how to use it.

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#3

Ok thanks, I guess velocity is what I’m looking for. I just figured accents would be useful on the DT since the trig’s aren’t velocity sensitive. So if I want to play live one the DT-keys with velocity-variations, I would have to preprogram this before playing?

#4

lfo amp volume

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#5

I’d say after you play. or use an external keyboard/pad.

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#6

Both the Analog Four and Rytm include accent in addition to the above examples of amp and velocity. Maybe you crossed a video on those instruments during your studies.

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#7

Thanks man, that’s probably it. I really would love both the AR and A4 as well, but users reporting overheating / freezing issues with them instilled some fear in me… I enjoy your dramatical music school show, keep it up :smiley:

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#8

I started a thread here some years back about Accent on the Analog machines and how inserting accents on trigs didn’t really give the feeling an accented step should. Out of the box it certainly isn’t as effective as TR drum machines. It’s down to how the default ratio between trig velocity and accent level are set. IIRC to get something more like a TR effect you need to drop the trig velocity way down then the default accent level can be heard to have more of an effect.

#9

If you want to play a lot with hand you might want to look at the AK? the keys has all the bells and whistles (velocity, after touch), split keys, and its really nice for drums as well… the joystick also opens up a whole new world.

#10

Thanks for the tip, but I’m currently only interested in small boxes, for portability; I feel the need to get outside / travel more and make / play music. Plus, I already have decent midi keyboards :slight_smile:

#11

Learning the combo to copy and paste trigs helps with this (for me). Set the default velocity (and/or volume, etc) for the sound and then setup/lock a single trig with the accented values you want. Then copy the ‘accented’ trig to the positions you want.

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