Can Digitone do detuned, trance-type leads?

kizunaut · April 30, 2018, 5:33am

Well, I guess the question is already on the title of the thread. So, can it?

Here’s a quick example what I’m thinking about:

pselodux · April 30, 2018, 5:44am

Yeah, basically all I did for my first couple of weeks with the Digitone was EBM

Use unison of 2 or more, turn off operator reset (PHRT parameter on SYN2 page 2) and turn the HARM parameter to the sawtooth-ish wave, for a start. Use some chorus as well and there you go Not really putting the FM to good use, but it’s a good base sound if you want to start shaping it a bit.

kizunaut · April 30, 2018, 5:46am

Thanks! Could you perhaps give me some sound examples you’ve made?

This was the big question mark for me about getting Digitone.

pselodux · April 30, 2018, 5:49am

I don’t think I saved any of it as it was just initial jams, but I’ll try to make some sounds tonight

kizunaut · April 30, 2018, 5:55am

Thanks, that’d be really nice.

pselodux · April 30, 2018, 11:01am

Alright, I re-made that part of the song just because I wanted a challenge

Not quite the same, but not too bad! I’m sure it could be tweaked a bit more…

edit: I also finally learned how to use the “add notes” feature for this, it’s really nice!

X · April 30, 2018, 11:13am

Call the Ships to port will forever be one of my favourites. “Spin the wheel of fortune, or learn to navigate.”

pselodux · April 30, 2018, 11:19am

Yeah, I’ll always have a soft spot for that style. Good memories from my goth club days

X · April 30, 2018, 11:24am

Haha, absolutely. Back in the day when Covenant, Apoptygma and VNV Nation used to rule the dance floors. It’s funny how the tables turned and everyone started hating the style in the mid-2000s.

ZORDON · May 1, 2018, 12:43am

goth clubs need a resurgence. that shit was great

pselodux · May 1, 2018, 12:57am

They’re still around in Australia, they’re just not that great. I stopped going when the playlists started becoming super stale… e.g. ALWAYS Just One Fix or Jesus Built My Hotrod… or Voodoo People, Love Like Blood… surely goth club patrons are interested in hearing other songs?

Mike145 · May 1, 2018, 1:31am

Pretty close man! well done

pselodux · May 1, 2018, 2:47am

Thanks! I think I’ll tweak those sounds a little and put them in a sound pack. Maybe even make a “goth classics” pack

ZORDON · May 1, 2018, 2:49am

i’d buy that without hesitation

pselodux · May 1, 2018, 3:12am

I really want to try my hand at replicating this track actually…

I managed to get a close approximation of the drums on my MD last year before I sold it; it’d be quite a challenge to get that drum sound on the DN! As for the rest of the sounds, that should be a breeze

kizunaut · May 1, 2018, 7:04am

Oh wow, thank you so much! That was a really good aproximation. The lead sounds something so much out of a JP-8000 or somesuch, I would have not guessed it’s FM at all!