Something like that.
All his tracks are just a single pattern.
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The Elektron sequencer is deep enough to do creative variations. I watched a lot of tutorial videos to explore possibilities and practiced. It is a symbiosis between machine and user that requires adaptation and certain sense to what the machine “wants” and not just what the user wants. This creativity in symbiosis is the trademark of Elektron I guess. Musicians do crazy crazy stuff with those machines
Love it. I sensed that before I bought my Digitone and I wasnt wrong.
Yeah but look at how much stuff he’s got!
It doesn’t matter. Listen to this one. No expensive synths. No Elektron sequencer. Just Electribe, Keystep and a single pattern.
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Electribes are cool.
Like anything, you just have to put the time in.
My current Digitone workflow:
Write a pattern, save , copy to next, change stuff, save . REPEAT.
Digitone also sequences SH101, and sends programme changes to TR8-S.
So SH101 is my bass lines. TR8-S takes care of drums.
I dont use the sound pool, every track on every pattern is just a patch saved with the pattern. (I used to use an electribe so Im used to that way of working)
Every bank is a song. Each pattern is just a different section of the arrangement.
Its very simple really.
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DN is nothing if it’s not flexible. I flit between different workflows and therefore set ups depending on what I’m doing. In terms of projects I tend to mess about in one project but switch to a new one for an erm, ‘serious’ project such as remixing/rearranging existing songs or working with my partner remotely on an idea. I like to get something going on in a pattern then copy and paste to spare patterns. I can then drop or add parts to build up the track.
In terms of placement as I say it all depends. Today I’m playing about with some hardware and a new to me toy (DR-202) so the midi chain goes
RD 8 out to
M:S in. Thru to
DR-202 in. Thru to
DN in. Out to
AS-1
This way I’ve got all my beats in sync (RD is pants when synced over midi but is okay timing wise as master) with the DN receiving clock and transport. DN can then sequence the AS-1 or the AS can just start its internal sequence, freeing up a DN midi channel. MS-1 not plugged in but again, I could used it’s internal sequencer or a DN midi channel. Everything feeds into an old rack mixer in a pinch.
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Exactly this. FILL is also a good tool, in theory you can have two completely different riffs on a track using fill.
The answer is YES.
Anyone use 1 track, 1 pattern?? It’s like, how hardcore minimalist can you get?!
No. Big Elektrons have cool mute mode. You can hold FUNC and all mutes you press will be applied when you release the func. So you can mute or unmute as many tracks as you want simultaneously without fingers stretching.
That’s exactly what he does.
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ahh yes, never tried that and forgot it exists. thank you for clarification!
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Ah yeah I saw that one. Pretty good.
So what’s the ultimate challenge?
1 pattern
1 sound
1 step
Could do something interesting with LFOs, the arp, live tweaking and save/reload pattern.