I am a person with GAS (the syndrome, not the car fuel), have a bunch if synths and drum machines, Rolands, Korgs and besides them all, a Model:Samples. Was thinking to buy a Digitone in the previous weeks cause I like FM and I like the Elektron approach. Although I’m not a sampler-focused person, the combo in the subject caught my eye. I want to solve my GAS problem and sell almost all my gear.
What do you think about the Digitakt-Digitone combo as a final setup I may be fine for a few years?
I know, Octatrack etc. but I like the DT-DN as I’ve seen in videos…
I own both and i could live until the end of time with this combo. It would probably be better for my creative ouput if i would only focus on these two. But i also had too much gas and bought a few other lovely boxes that i don’t want to let go of. For now…
I was just messing around on the tone a few minutes ago. it’s a thing of beauty.
I’ve an Octa which I adore. I tend to use it alone tho. would still love a Digitakt again for its different approach. it’s great with the Digitone, was one of my favourite setups, personally.
DT & DN is the perfect combo for me. I sold a bunch of gear and just stick with the 2 Digis, and I’m much more productive for it. I rarely use all 12 tracks, so there is no need for any other gear.
Solid combo, definitely. You can add a few FX on top (a Boum or AH comes to mind).
If you really need some Analog flavor in your synthesis, a little Dreadbox such as the Typhon and you’re good.
But as is it’s very powerful already. And two pieces is a lot simpler to operate.
DN is good for designing drums, but DT can sample these and add retrigs.
Yes the digitakt/digitone combo has numerous benefits together.
Some users have even sworn on sequencing the digitone from the digitakt.
1 brain offering around 2 patterns per voice on the digitone.
You’ll go far with them. Just make sure their method of soundmaking is suitable for you.
One small issue with the digitone is how unified the parameters are in sculpting the sound while subtractive is more segmented.
So while, on something like an A4 the submenus across multiple pages aren’t a big deal. If you get nitty gritty with the digitone, you could run into menu fatigue just setting up the [osc] portion of your sound
It is indeed a golden combo. Especially when you use the midi tracks of DT to modulate and sequence the mod matrixes on the Digitone. Or use them as performance macros. They become like one instrument that way
Can recommend
Actually removed syntakt from my setup to replace it with digitone again so I have this DT DN combo yet again.
So basically: “I’m a person with GAS. I own synths and drum machines A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J. Do you think I should buy synths K and L and it will be my final setup?”
Just for the fun of being a contrarian… to me the ultimate combo is DT+A4.
I mean no disrespect to the Digitone — it sounds incredible and it’s brilliantly designed. Totally worth getting and diving deep into. But FM is its own world, and I struggled to connect my knowledge from using other synths to the Digitone’s workflow. I wasn’t able to think of a sound and translate that to a particular algorithm or configuration of ratios/harmonics/feedback, not in the same way I can with basic waveforms/filters/envelopes/etc.
So, I feel more at home in the A4’s pages and I like all of the subtle complexity baked into its design (there are lot of sneaky envelopes and routing tricks incorporated into various features). It’s less immediate than the Digitone but perhaps more straightforward, which for me amounts to its own kind of immediacy.
I’m writing this because I don’t always see people call out the fact that the Digitone requires some study and dedication. Also, I hope to discourage you all from buying Digitones to drive the price down and allow me to get one back because damn I do miss it.
It’s a great combo! I’ve settled on a live setup of a Dt+Dn and a 6u. The Dt sequences and mutes everything. With some compromise, I’ve really been able to shrink my footprint.
This is a great combo and you can definitely get some amazing use out of it. My only issue with the DN is that it doesn’t have direct change, either cued or with mult-map. I do a lot of odd timed patterns with my DT (2 and 3 steps) so i need something with direct change to keep up. if it got direct change then this would be my go to combo.
This sounds cool, I was using the DT to sequence the DN the other day, and noticed that trigless trigs in the DN (when pressed) acted as performance macros.
