@Eaves / Ivar Tryti’s Music

Eaves · August 12, 2019, 5:01am

I saw that thread, @Synj00! I even posted a retriggering trick there that I found here (thanks, @Cepheid!) Why no retrig in digitone? Workaround?

ViolentMeals · August 14, 2019, 5:18pm

Nice!!! And congratulations on your DN. I have the pair as well and I am keeping them for the rest of my/their lives. Wonderful instruments!

Eaves · August 14, 2019, 7:50pm

Thanks, @ViolentMeals! The DN is amazing, can’t wait for my mid cable to arrive so I can try them out together =D

Eaves · August 9, 2019, 5:23pm

I’m slowly getting used to the Digitone’s controls. There are more buttons and more double pages than on the Digitakt, not to mention each track has a dedicated button instead of being accessed via the trigs.

While making this, it occurred to me that the Sega Megadrive had used FM to make sound effects and music, so I imagined an alternate universe where sega made the Megadrive with a Digitone inside it instead, and so this track turned into a boss theme.

All audio is coming from the Digitone, except for a limiter added in post to smooth out the transients. The drums were made of presets that I tweaked, and the rest of the patches were made from scratch.

Thanks for listening!

milan1 · August 9, 2019, 7:42pm

great to see(hear) what you can do with only four tracks of a digitone.
An all in one box wonder.

Nice track

GirTheRobot · August 9, 2019, 7:51pm

It reminds me of monomachine awesomeness and makes me want one.

Bass, drums, lead and pad all in one little box if you know what you’re doing.

Eaves · August 9, 2019, 8:42pm

Thank you @milan1 and @GirTheRobot! The 4 tracks are a bit limiting compared to the Digitakt’s 8 tracks, but it’s easily solved by spreading variation across more patterns instead

mr_bernard · August 9, 2019, 8:51pm

It’s fun to see you use more patterns. …it was also fun to see what you do in one pattern with the Digitakt. Great approach to either machine. Have you played with the two together yet?

Eaves · August 9, 2019, 11:20pm

Thanks, @mr_bernard! I haven’t tried using both of them together yet. I just ordered a midi cable and two short jack cables. I’ve gotten a lot of good tips on reddit on how to set them up. It’s gonna be awesome

DJSpaceP · August 9, 2019, 11:32pm

All the superlatives.

DJSpaceP · August 9, 2019, 11:33pm

This crushes, can’t wait to hear what you do with the DT/DN in tandem.

Side note, this reminds me a bit of a Gary Numan track, “My Name Is Ruin”.

Kegeratorz · August 10, 2019, 1:54am

Man that was awesome, DN love!

Zjenji · August 10, 2019, 2:41am

Some Industrial love!

Eaves · August 10, 2019, 8:16pm

Thank you @DJSpaceP, @Kegeratorz and @Zjenji! The comparison to My Name Is Ruin is a flattering one, thank you .

Lieder · August 10, 2019, 9:02pm

Good stuff! I some interesting mute technique in there, how did you do that (particularly when the track buttons were flashing)? I’ve read the manual but somehow missed that.

Edit- looks like you are just hitting FUNC. Clearly I’ve missed something, gonna crack open the manual again

Eaves · August 10, 2019, 9:26pm

Thank you, @Lieder Yeah, FUNC+ track mutes the track, and FUNC + BANK toggles mute mode so I can use both hands to mute tracks at the same time.

Lieder · August 10, 2019, 11:00pm

Hmm, that’s how I do it too but I don’t recall the track buttons flashing.
Also, I thought I had to continue holding FUNC while selecting which tracks to mute but it looked like you let go of FUNC before selecting the track. Am I wrong about that?

Lieder · August 10, 2019, 11:05pm

I just reread your post and saw “toggle” in there. Can’t believe I missed that functionality.

I do wish I could “cue” mutes like an the A4 but the fact that I don’t have to hold func and track(s) is a lot better than I thought.

Cheers!

Eaves · August 11, 2019, 10:53am

I spent a few hours last night diving into the Digitone’s synth engine and made a few brittle patches. Then I spent all morning working on a track using those patches.

I think this track has the most complex beat programming I’ve on the DIgitone so far. All the drums are squeezed into one track. Each step is p-locked to a different sound. In som places I use microtiming to make two notes play at practically the same time (kick and cymbal), and also use arp on the hats to fake retriggering, which the Digitone doesn’t have.

The main melody was a recreation of my favorite patch that I made for my favorite FM VST (Toxic Biohazard), and I placed a LOT of trigless locks to add movement to the sound.
I want to find a better workflow for making drums, lots of nitpicking (which I actually like) that takes a lot of time (which I don’t like).

All audio is coming from the Digitone. I only added a limiter in post to smooth out the transients.

Thanks for listening!

Electromatic · August 11, 2019, 12:56pm

It’s a very nice melody. The sounds you’re using are very realistic sounding; that is, the piano sounds like a piano, et cetera.