i didnt even know the digitone keys was a thing, thats super cool im assuming it has all the same functionality? Ive been saving up for a digitone and was going to use a keystep with it but idk now
Overview 1:40 Browsing sounds 8:45 Browsing with tag filters 10:35 Double tap stop to stop sounds 11:49 Quick make a track - First find a bass 12:16 First steps with the sequencer 13:08 Preparing to live record a sequence w/ metronome 14:25 Making a pattern longer, adding pages 15:50 Preeroll metronome count-in and live record 17:00 Quantising a track 17:50 Adjusting micro timing manually 19:05 Load a new track into track 2, live record and quantise 20:18 Kickdrum into sequence 22:28 Copying and pasting pages 23:30 A first acquaintance with the reverb and delay 24:10 Punch in Delay with Parameter Lock 25:40 Adding a mysterious bling long sound 27:02 Using the second Filter for Mixing 27:37 Parameter lock the panning 28:27 Loading drums into the sound pool, using the Sound Manager 29:31 Sequencing sounds from the Sound Pool 31:55 Making the bass more interesting ;) 36:20 Saving and recalling patterns, and Control All 37:26 Renaming a pattern 39:50 Selecting patterns 40:35 Copying and pasting patterns (and other things) 41:05 Making a pattern variation + basic arpeggio 42:48 Pattern Banks and Chains 44:41 The sound engine - Algorithms 45:38 Synth page 2- FM levels 47:57 Synth page 2 - Envelopes 49:36 Synth page 1 - FM Ratio - refinements 53:05 Using LFOs to automate a parameter 56:41 Harmonics 1:00:27 Detune and Feedback 1:01:22 Automating the X / Y mix with an LFO 1:02:22 Copy a page for “undo” 1:05:15 Saving a sound, and tagging it 1:06:11 Using what we’ve learned, for creating a bass 1:07:27 Using what we’ve learned, for creating an organ 1:10:41 A little word of wisdom 1:18:22 Creating velocity modulation 1:19:13 Creating mod wheel modulation 1:23:56 Sequencing velocity expression 1:24:51 Controlling external MIDI 1:26:16
I have adhd and it’s super hard for me to learn reading manuels and watching vids, but wow this is the best tutorial I’ve seen. I bought my digitone about 3/4 months ago and was ready to give up. This video definitely brought me back and made me want to try harder. Thanks so much!
Thank you sooo much! So glad you found it helpful! It can be daunting to learn these machines for everyone. Especially of the manual or video is too structured. I try to keep it loose and “in the moment” to let you borrow my eyes for a bit.
I was not having a great time trying to wrangle this thing, was beginning to have some buyer’s remorse and thinking maybe synthesis just wasn’t for me, but watching just half this video and 3 hours of tinkering I’m feeling pretty confident in my ability to get a lot of use out of the digitone and really feel inspired to create. Thanks a ton for doing what you do
you prolly dont care at all but does anyone know of a way to get back into an instagram account?? I somehow lost the account password. I love any assistance you can offer me.
Digitone Mega Tutorial Mega Timestamp! 01 Overview 1:36 02 Browsing sounds 8:45 03 Browsing with tag filters 10:36 04 Double tap to stop sounds 11:50 05 Quick make a track - First find a bass 12:14 First Steps with the sequencer 13:09 06 Preparing to live record with metronome 14:26 07 Making the pattern longer, adding pages 15:52 08 Preroll metronome count-in and live recording 17:02 09 Quantising a track 17:50 10 Adjusting micro timing manuallay 19:05 11 Load a new track into track 2, live rec+quant 20:19 12 Edit the sequence, copy and paste notes 21:27 13 Kickdrum into Sequence 22:29 14 copying and pasting pages 23:28 15 A first acquaintance with reverb and delay 24:12 16 Punch in delay with parameter lock 25:40 17 Adding a mysterious pling plong sound 27:02 18 Using second filter for mixing 27:37 19 Parameter lock the panning 28:27 20 Loading drums into the sound pool 29:32 21 Sequencing sounds from the sound pool 31:56 22 Making the bass more interesting 36:21 23 Saving and recalling patterns, Control All 37:27 24 Renaming a Pattern 39:50 25 Selecting patterns 40:33 26 Copying and pasting patterns, and stuff 41:05 27 Making a pattern variation + basic arpeggio 42:46 28 Pattern, banks and chains 44:41 29 The sound engine - Algorithms 45:39 30 Synth page 2 - FM levels 47:58 Synth page 2 - Envelopes 49:37 31 Synth page 1 - FM Ratio - Refinements 53:05 32 Using LFOs to automate a parameter 56:44 33 Harmonics 1:00:24 34 Detune and Feedback 1:01:22 35 Automating the X / Y mix with an LFO 1:02:22 36 Copy a page for Reload Ptn, ( undo ) 1:05:16 37 Saving a sound and tagging it 1:06:12 38 Using what we`ve Learned, creating bass 1:07:27 39 Using what we`ve Learned, crating organ 1:10:42 40 A little world of wisdom 1:18:22 41 Creating velocity modulations 1:19:13 42 Creating mod wheel modulations 1:23:56 43 Sequencing velocity expression 1:24:51 44 Controlling external MIDI 1:26:17
UPDATE: I finally got my Digitone ....OMG this thing is so awesome! i got it hooked up to my DX21 and a volca sample ready for some lovely Sega Genesis inspired music! thanks for teaching how to use this great machine, Cuckoo! Saved me a lot of time and gave me the ability to jump straight in and make music right away! *Original Post* Still have to wait about 4 more weeks until my digitone ships (sad and painful) but in the meantime I'm absorbing every tutorial video I can before i get it in my hands. yours, of course, is the most enjoyable to watch. Cuckoo for president 2024!
I'm watching this to pass the time waiting for mine to arrive in the post. You've made this seem remarkably intuitive, and now I don't need to impatiently rtfm and can dive straight in.
I'm thinking this guy's winging it as he goes, but then he made the organ and no, he knows exactly what he's doing! :) Very nice and relaxed tutorial! Thank you!
Easy to see why so many people recommended I watch this when I got my Digitone. Very informative and accessible. Makes this deep device feel way less intimidating. Thanks!
The mirror timer and titles at the top were super helpful. I’ve been coming back to this video and whenever I want to find a specific thing he talks about the mirror timer and title makes it really easy to skip around the video
I just got my Elektron Digitone on Friday. Started watching this tutorial this morning. So far I am learning more from this video than I have from the manual.
cuckoomusic What is the project function good for? I thought maybe it was possible to string a group of patterns together to create a song, but it appears that all one can do is save patterns to them. Is that about right?
I just love everything about your video: you smile, you enjoy using the digitone, the sound effects, the art of teaching and your calm voice. Thankyou for all the work you put into video.
Glad to hear that! It can be a little technical at first. But once you get to this place where you are now, it should start getting more joyful. Soon it's just something you know how to do, and you don't need to think about it that hard again.
I’ve been around dozens and dozens of Synthesizers dating back to 1972 with my Arp 2600 and Mini Moog and so many since then. So I’m pretty good getting around most of them and have a good working knowledge of FM Synthesis but I must admit I found my Digitone a little more confusing than any other Synth I’ve had, it’s is just not an intuitive layout and it has so much depth to the settings and options. After watching this demo/explanation I completely get it. This has saved me hours of experimenting to just learn the basic layout and workflow. Thanks for this excellent video.
So happy to hear that, mate! This has become one of my absolute favourites. But any Elektron synth takes a while to get into. But once you get it, it’s really well made. I can be pretty efficient with all the Elektron machines now.
Relaxed teaching drives to relaxed learning. As always, your video are the best way to fall in love with an instrument and fully understand how it works. Thanks a lot Cuckoo.
I am so incredibly impressed and comforted by your ability to have smudges and normal dust particles on your synths.. Your totally mellow teaching style is so inspiring, and couldn't be less intimidating. Thank you Cuckoo!
I'm fairly new to the world of bleeps and bloops. Is it common to be high strung about motes of dust on your equipment? I wouldn't have even noticed such a detail if it weren't for this comment.
I'm really excited to pick one of these up at some point. The tutorial was amazing, and then the mod wheel and velocity customization absolutely blew my mind. I'm definitely going to pick one of these up.
Shit. I found this video while looking for a synth to plug into my midi keyboard. Was gonna look up how to connect to a midi keyboard, but then you threw it in there too. You covered literally everything, so thorough. Big thumbs up my dude
I was getting ready to sell my Digitone but started looking for videos that went in-depth on what it can do to see if I truly wanted to let it go. So glad I came across this...definitely not selling it now and feeling inspired. Thanks, Cuckoo!
Just got my digitone yesterday and this was the first vid I watched. I pretty much just followed along the whole video and let me tell you this was immensely helpful. Even today I found myself coming back to this video to review things I didn’t quite remember from yesterday. Btw your such a calm and friendly sounding person, if you ever need a side gig I bet you’d be really good at doing asmr videos haha.
Dear Cuckoo, this video was a pedagogical triumph! It was clearly so well rehearsed, and you really love and are so comfortable with the instrument , that you were just really relaxed and prepared to explore and be comfortable with challenges that emerged during the session. Definitely a template video for the future. Thanks very much, I now look forward to exploring with my new Digitone ;-)
Dood, you have such a kind way about your videos! They are so helpful! If the RUclips synth people had a chart for stars, you would be at the top of the class. Keep it fun, man!
1:25:40 --> You just unlocked a superpower I hadn't thought about with older synths I've used. I've always preferred sequencing with well--ones like this. However, keyboard dynamics are totally lost. this mod matrix with velo immediately puts the Digitone into the same playground as my trusty Virus B or my old klunky kurzweil. Only now that same trick unlocks keyboard dynamics via sequencers like this too. *mind blown* This whole tutorial made me super happy Cuckoo, but I have to just gush about your delivery style mate. I took a hiatus of 16yrs and this feels like you're helping me get off the couch. (As it were.)
@ErsatzMoose Yes I do use the knobs not for sound design but for performance tweaking and they add a bit - not sure its the deciding factor. I would say the Digitone is amazing with or without - def recommended. I like my keys (it was my first synth, and I think it just needed to have a keyboard :)) but at this point, I know Id be fine with the box and its very possible if I were purchasing it today Id go keyless, not out of regret for what I have but my setup and understanding is now more evolved. Id still need a keyboard though and the Digitone controls the few synths I have very nicely. But maybe Id like having a keyboard not attached to the digi if you know what I mean. Those Arturia keyboards are nice.
Brilliant Cuckoo - you have set a high bar for the standard of Elektron tutorials. Detailed, approachable but not overwhelming. 🙏 I spent a few hours (before watching this) last night creating patches - and the one takeaway I got from that, and your video, is the nature of FM is that it is quite ‘volatile’. Ie. in the sense that moving just one parameter a little bit can have radical changes in the timbre of the sound. Quite exciting, but also a bit fiddly at times. It’s really fun (and instructional) to set up a workable sound, and then randomly change the Algorhtthm to see what that does, or to just gradually sweep the Harmonic, Mix, or Levels - and hear new and unexpected tones emerge. Good stuff - and my sense is that the Digitone is a device that rewards exploratory approaches. Thank you. 👍
What a clear and comprehensive tutorial - such an excellent communicator! This really helped demystify the Digitone and get me started two months ago. Since then I have become a little obsessed with it (!) and made loads of new material. Thank you Cuckoo!
What everyone else says dude; you saved me from attempting to throw my new kit out of the double glazing (tip: it will likely fly back and hurt me more than the double glazing). Thanks loads - all my basic questions answered and I'm not half way through your video!
Thank you so much! I believe in keeping the videos free, and leaving it up to people like yourself to decide whether they have the means to support my work.
oh my god how I appreciate this tutorial, I was thinking of selling the digitone because I did not feel comfortable with the workflow but you have changed my life, thank you very much cuckoo !!
Mr Cuckoo, seriously, thank you soo much for this video. I got the Digitone a few days ago, brand new to synthesizers and thought id bit off more than I can chew. While thats still the case, this gave me a great jumping off point and reference guide for what all the thing can do. This seriously helped so much, thankyou.
This video is sooo helpful! Have owned a digitone for almost a year and end up watching this video like once a month just a clarify something new here and there
The benefit of learning the Elektron workflow is that other Elektron devices are easy to operate and non Elektron synths are a piece of cake to learn. I find even modular and semi modular synths easier to patch and learn than Elektron gear. But Elektron has amazing workflow once you get it.
I have GAS, every video of yours I watch I want to buy something else. :) I'm definitely adding a Digitakt 2 to my arsenal, maybe also a Digitone. Thanks for these amazing in depth tutorials.
Noobie Digitakt owner here, hello from Finland! Love your on-camera presence mr. Cuckoo, I have been enjoying your videos very much and actually learned something while at it. I have a Volca FM on the way but the Digitone is very tempting. My journey with this stuff is at the very beginning but I'm looking forward to explore this world thoroughly! Thanks!
Great material. About the pattern changes in section 28, you don't need to keep pressed the first one but you can keep pressed the last one. Which enables you to select the fist pattern later on.
Still going to finish reading the manual (page 23/96 atm), but you just jump-started with probably 90%+ of what's in there, and will have me using it today, rather than a day from now. Thanks!
yo chuckoo--- thank's a lot for this tutorial. first it helped me out with the decision to buy the digitone and after I did it it it made me understand the flow very fast. love it !!!
Great video, great machine. One thing users must understand about FM synthesis, is that it's inherently more difficult to create your own sounds with than Analog Subtractive synthesis. Sure, you can make your own sounds with fm, but they always end up with a fizzy bell-like timbre unless you know what you're doing with deep modulation and carrier frequency. So many potential buyers need to know that they'll likely be relying on the Digitones internal sounds unless they can get knowledgeable about FM. Traditional Analog Subtractive is quite a bit more instant gratification. Not a dig, just a comment. The Digitone is a fantastic unit.
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Still as cool as four years ago! I watched it then, thinking I'd never afford one. Now I have a Digitone Keys and I'm watching it all again!
i didnt even know the digitone keys was a thing, thats super cool im assuming it has all the same functionality? Ive been saving up for a digitone and was going to use a keystep with it but idk now
@@mastaboog749 It even has a little bit extra. I haven't seen it for sale lately so you might have to buy used.
I would get the desktop with the keystep it's a good combo- thats what I have basically
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Overview 1:40
Browsing sounds 8:45
Browsing with tag filters 10:35
Double tap stop to stop sounds 11:49
Quick make a track - First find a bass 12:16
First steps with the sequencer 13:08
Preparing to live record a sequence w/ metronome 14:25
Making a pattern longer, adding pages 15:50
Preeroll metronome count-in and live record 17:00
Quantising a track 17:50
Adjusting micro timing manually 19:05
Load a new track into track 2, live record and quantise 20:18
Kickdrum into sequence 22:28
Copying and pasting pages 23:30
A first acquaintance with the reverb and delay 24:10
Punch in Delay with Parameter Lock 25:40
Adding a mysterious bling long sound 27:02
Using the second Filter for Mixing 27:37
Parameter lock the panning 28:27
Loading drums into the sound pool, using the Sound Manager 29:31
Sequencing sounds from the Sound Pool 31:55
Making the bass more interesting ;) 36:20
Saving and recalling patterns, and Control All 37:26
Renaming a pattern 39:50
Selecting patterns 40:35
Copying and pasting patterns (and other things) 41:05
Making a pattern variation + basic arpeggio 42:48
Pattern Banks and Chains 44:41
The sound engine - Algorithms 45:38
Synth page 2- FM levels 47:57
Synth page 2 - Envelopes 49:36
Synth page 1 - FM Ratio - refinements 53:05
Using LFOs to automate a parameter 56:41
Harmonics 1:00:27
Detune and Feedback 1:01:22
Automating the X / Y mix with an LFO 1:02:22
Copy a page for “undo” 1:05:15
Saving a sound, and tagging it 1:06:11
Using what we’ve learned, for creating a bass 1:07:27
Using what we’ve learned, for creating an organ 1:10:41
A little word of wisdom 1:18:22
Creating velocity modulation 1:19:13
Creating mod wheel modulation 1:23:56
Sequencing velocity expression 1:24:51
Controlling external MIDI 1:26:16
ha, i did the same thing 3 months ago, but i guess nobody noticed - kudos for doing it again ;-)
God bless you sir
THANKS!
thx!
You’re an Ace.
Everytime I buy a new gear there is already a Cuckoo tutorial. Thanks a lot
I have adhd and it’s super hard for me to learn reading manuels and watching vids, but wow this is the best tutorial I’ve seen. I bought my digitone about 3/4 months ago and was ready to give up. This video definitely brought me back and made me want to try harder. Thanks so much!
Thank you sooo much! So glad you found it helpful! It can be daunting to learn these machines for everyone. Especially of the manual or video is too structured. I try to keep it loose and “in the moment” to let you borrow my eyes for a bit.
I was not having a great time trying to wrangle this thing, was beginning to have some buyer’s remorse and thinking maybe synthesis just wasn’t for me, but watching just half this video and 3 hours of tinkering I’m feeling pretty confident in my ability to get a lot of use out of the digitone and really feel inspired to create. Thanks a ton for doing what you do
Thank you so much James! This is why I keep doing these things. It makes all my efforts feel worth it. 🙏🏼
You sir,are the Bob Ross of synths ! Happy little trees all over the place 👌
Hahaha so very true
Happy little keyboards. Have to have two because everyone needs a friend.
LMAO!
no lie how uncanny this is, but I commented the exact same in the previous video I just watched
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I somehow lost the account password. I love any assistance you can offer me.
Digitone Mega Tutorial Mega Timestamp!
01 Overview 1:36
02 Browsing sounds 8:45
03 Browsing with tag filters 10:36
04 Double tap to stop sounds 11:50
05 Quick make a track - First find a bass 12:14
First Steps with the sequencer 13:09
06 Preparing to live record with metronome 14:26
07 Making the pattern longer, adding pages 15:52
08 Preroll metronome count-in and live recording 17:02
09 Quantising a track 17:50
10 Adjusting micro timing manuallay 19:05
11 Load a new track into track 2, live rec+quant 20:19
12 Edit the sequence, copy and paste notes 21:27
13 Kickdrum into Sequence 22:29
14 copying and pasting pages 23:28
15 A first acquaintance with reverb and delay 24:12
16 Punch in delay with parameter lock 25:40
17 Adding a mysterious pling plong sound 27:02
18 Using second filter for mixing 27:37
19 Parameter lock the panning 28:27
20 Loading drums into the sound pool 29:32
21 Sequencing sounds from the sound pool 31:56
22 Making the bass more interesting 36:21
23 Saving and recalling patterns, Control All 37:27
24 Renaming a Pattern 39:50
25 Selecting patterns 40:33
26 Copying and pasting patterns, and stuff 41:05
27 Making a pattern variation + basic arpeggio 42:46
28 Pattern, banks and chains 44:41
29 The sound engine - Algorithms 45:39
30 Synth page 2 - FM levels 47:58
Synth page 2 - Envelopes 49:37
31 Synth page 1 - FM Ratio - Refinements 53:05
32 Using LFOs to automate a parameter 56:44
33 Harmonics 1:00:24
34 Detune and Feedback 1:01:22
35 Automating the X / Y mix with an LFO 1:02:22
36 Copy a page for Reload Ptn, ( undo ) 1:05:16
37 Saving a sound and tagging it 1:06:12
38 Using what we`ve Learned, creating bass 1:07:27
39 Using what we`ve Learned, crating organ 1:10:42
40 A little world of wisdom 1:18:22
41 Creating velocity modulations 1:19:13
42 Creating mod wheel modulations 1:23:56
43 Sequencing velocity expression 1:24:51
44 Controlling external MIDI 1:26:17
DI MB well played sir 💨
upvote the OG index!
this is the superior timestamp post because you included the numbers... and yet, that other guy gets all the shine! tragic.
@@xc3n Came looking for it just to do that 😁
thank you :-)
UPDATE: I finally got my Digitone ....OMG this thing is so awesome! i got it hooked up to my DX21 and a volca sample ready for some lovely Sega Genesis inspired music! thanks for teaching how to use this great machine, Cuckoo! Saved me a lot of time and gave me the ability to jump straight in and make music right away!
*Original Post*
Still have to wait about 4 more weeks until my digitone ships (sad and painful) but in the meantime I'm absorbing every tutorial video I can before i get it in my hands. yours, of course, is the most enjoyable to watch. Cuckoo for president 2024!
I've had a digitone sit in my cart for the longest time and this video has convinced me to finally check out
Rarely pleasant and inspiring tutorial, that isn't boring for almost 2 hours... bravo 👏 👏 👏
I'm watching this to pass the time waiting for mine to arrive in the post. You've made this seem remarkably intuitive, and now I don't need to impatiently rtfm and can dive straight in.
Same here 🤟
I'm thinking this guy's winging it as he goes, but then he made the organ and no, he knows exactly what he's doing! :)
Very nice and relaxed tutorial! Thank you!
Easy to see why so many people recommended I watch this when I got my Digitone. Very informative and accessible. Makes this deep device feel way less intimidating. Thanks!
God at home with his synths. Love it.
I’ve got the Digitakt and Syntakt.
I didn’t realise I needed a Digitone until I seen this video.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks Cuckoo. Your tutorials are going from strength to strength. Nice touch with the mirror timer thing.
At first I thought it was strange but as the video went on I enjoyed it more and more haha, awesome touch
The mirror timer and titles at the top were super helpful. I’ve been coming back to this video and whenever I want to find a specific thing he talks about the mirror timer and title makes it really easy to skip around the video
I think Coco and loopop are the best tutorial available and great disposition and passion to boot. I just got a D'tone. Thank you, Mr C
This might be the best, most comprehensive tutorial video I've ever watched for anything ever. Thanks!
Thanks Cuckoo, you have covered almost over the 80% of the manual in very simple and easy to understand way.
🙏🏼
Man! I’m really stoked to find this channel. Excellent tutorials. And such a chill vibe. 🥰
This is the best synth tutorial I've seen. So chilled and informative.
Thank you Noel! I really appreciate hearing that.
This overview format is so charming and helpful!
Very helpful, even for us late to the game waiting for our Digitone 4 years later. This machine will join my DT just perfect.
I just got my Elektron Digitone on Friday. Started watching this tutorial this morning. So far I am learning more from this video than I have from the manual.
Glad to hear that! Keep it up!
cuckoomusic
What is the project function good for? I thought maybe it was possible to string a group of patterns together to create a song, but it appears that all one can do is save patterns to them. Is that about right?
I just love everything about your video: you smile, you enjoy using the digitone, the sound effects, the art of teaching and your calm voice. Thankyou for all the work you put into video.
Yesss. Skip the manual, watch cuckoo :)
A total big fat Agree!!!!
definitely it saved me hours of frustration learning my Elektron gear- then I went back and read the manuals and it started to make sense!
WTFC - Watch The Fucking Cuckoo
@@AB_ATT Watch The Funtastic Cuckoo
100%
Exceptional. The links to Digitakt/Digitone mega tuts should be added to the devices manuals.
Watch this all the time! Favourite way to refresh myself on this cool instrument
Third time watching this over the last few months, and it finally makes synse.
Glad to hear that! It can be a little technical at first. But once you get to this place where you are now, it should start getting more joyful. Soon it's just something you know how to do, and you don't need to think about it that hard again.
Yeah, that sounds about right. Thanks for the help in getting there.
Watching this until the DN 2 mega tutorial drops 😅
I’ve been around dozens and dozens of Synthesizers dating back to 1972 with my Arp 2600 and Mini Moog and so many since then. So I’m pretty good getting around most of them and have a good working knowledge of FM Synthesis but I must admit I found my Digitone a little more confusing than any other Synth I’ve had, it’s is just not an intuitive layout and it has so much depth to the settings and options. After watching this demo/explanation I completely get it. This has saved me hours of experimenting to just learn the basic layout and workflow. Thanks for this excellent video.
So happy to hear that, mate! This has become one of my absolute favourites. But any Elektron synth takes a while to get into. But once you get it, it’s really well made. I can be pretty efficient with all the Elektron machines now.
Relaxed teaching drives to relaxed learning. As always, your video are the best way to fall in love with an instrument and fully understand how it works. Thanks a lot Cuckoo.
Your approch to teach is great. You are able to put new informations and details exactly when the mind is ready to catch it.
T.C., you are a true treasure fount of analog/digital knowledge goodness. Thank you...Peace
I am so incredibly impressed and comforted by your ability to have smudges and normal dust particles on your synths.. Your totally mellow teaching style is so inspiring, and couldn't be less intimidating. Thank you Cuckoo!
🙏🏼
I'm fairly new to the world of bleeps and bloops. Is it common to be high strung about motes of dust on your equipment? I wouldn't have even noticed such a detail if it weren't for this comment.
I'm really excited to pick one of these up at some point. The tutorial was amazing, and then the mod wheel and velocity customization absolutely blew my mind. I'm definitely going to pick one of these up.
Shit. I found this video while looking for a synth to plug into my midi keyboard. Was gonna look up how to connect to a midi keyboard, but then you threw it in there too. You covered literally everything, so thorough. Big thumbs up my dude
Glad you found it! Thanks 🙏🏼
I was getting ready to sell my Digitone but started looking for videos that went in-depth on what it can do to see if I truly wanted to let it go. So glad I came across this...definitely not selling it now and feeling inspired. Thanks, Cuckoo!
Just got my digitone yesterday and this was the first vid I watched. I pretty much just followed along the whole video and let me tell you this was immensely helpful. Even today I found myself coming back to this video to review things I didn’t quite remember from yesterday.
Btw your such a calm and friendly sounding person, if you ever need a side gig I bet you’d be really good at doing asmr videos haha.
Dear Cuckoo, this video was a pedagogical triumph! It was clearly so well rehearsed, and you really love and are so comfortable with the instrument , that you were just really relaxed and prepared to explore and be comfortable with challenges that emerged during the session. Definitely a template video for the future. Thanks very much, I now look forward to exploring with my new Digitone ;-)
Just ordered a Digitone and this video is exactly what I needed. Thanks for doing it!
Thanks for such a wonderful video on this awesome instrument - still invaluable years later.
Dood, you have such a kind way about your videos! They are so helpful! If the RUclips synth people had a chart for stars, you would be at the top of the class. Keep it fun, man!
Thank you! 🙏🏼
Great and sooooo helpful as always - the way you set out the context with the animation up front is perfect. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Thanks beard bro! Knowing that you appreciate it makes all the work I put in it worthwhile! Thanks a lot!
1:25:40 --> You just unlocked a superpower I hadn't thought about with older synths I've used. I've always preferred sequencing with well--ones like this. However, keyboard dynamics are totally lost. this mod matrix with velo immediately puts the Digitone into the same playground as my trusty Virus B or my old klunky kurzweil. Only now that same trick unlocks keyboard dynamics via sequencers like this too. *mind blown*
This whole tutorial made me super happy Cuckoo, but I have to just gush about your delivery style mate. I took a hiatus of 16yrs and this feels like you're helping me get off the couch. (As it were.)
Just received my Digitone, like with all my new Elektron gear the first thing I do is sit down and watch your tutorial. Thanks again.
after owning the keys version for about 2.5 months and learning what Ive learned on my own., Im finally ready for this and its really been helpful.
@ErsatzMoose Yes I do use the knobs not for sound design but for performance tweaking and they add a bit - not sure its the deciding factor. I would say the Digitone is amazing with or without - def recommended. I like my keys (it was my first synth, and I think it just needed to have a keyboard :)) but at this point, I know Id be fine with the box and its very possible if I were purchasing it today Id go keyless, not out of regret for what I have but my setup and understanding is now more evolved. Id still need a keyboard though and the Digitone controls the few synths I have very nicely. But maybe Id like having a keyboard not attached to the digi if you know what I mean. Those Arturia keyboards are nice.
Brilliant Cuckoo - you have set a high bar for the standard of Elektron tutorials. Detailed, approachable but not overwhelming. 🙏
I spent a few hours (before watching this) last night creating patches - and the one takeaway I got from that, and your video, is the nature of FM is that it is quite ‘volatile’. Ie. in the sense that moving just one parameter a little bit can have radical changes in the timbre of the sound.
Quite exciting, but also a bit fiddly at times. It’s really fun (and instructional) to set up a workable sound, and then randomly change the Algorhtthm to see what that does, or to just gradually sweep the Harmonic, Mix, or Levels - and hear new and unexpected tones emerge.
Good stuff - and my sense is that the Digitone is a device that rewards exploratory approaches. Thank you. 👍
I'm late to the game. Got my Digitone today and am watching your tutorial! Yes! thank you sir.
Loving the count down along the mirror for section length. Superb tutorial. Now going to see if the page copy and paste works on digitakt.
Thanks Cuckoo. Before this video, I couldn't get the hang of the Digitone's workflow. Now, it's easy and obvious. :)
Ah thank you so much! Makes all my work feel worth it knowing that! 🙏🏼
What a clear and comprehensive tutorial - such an excellent communicator! This really helped demystify the Digitone and get me started two months ago. Since then I have become a little obsessed with it (!) and made loads of new material. Thank you Cuckoo!
Just got my Digitone. Watched your tutorial. As ever, you nail it. You also make me laugh. That "doosh" noise you make, it's the best.
What everyone else says dude; you saved me from attempting to throw my new kit out of the double glazing (tip: it will likely fly back and hurt me more than the double glazing). Thanks loads - all my basic questions answered and I'm not half way through your video!
I can't belive this video is for free. I' ve seen so many worst tutorials for fat cash. I think you just get another patreon in me. chapeau bas
Thank you so much! I believe in keeping the videos free, and leaving it up to people like yourself to decide whether they have the means to support my work.
oh my god how I appreciate this tutorial, I was thinking of selling the digitone because I did not feel comfortable with the workflow but you have changed my life, thank you very much cuckoo !!
Mr Cuckoo, seriously, thank you soo much for this video. I got the Digitone a few days ago, brand new to synthesizers and thought id bit off more than I can chew. While thats still the case, this gave me a great jumping off point and reference guide for what all the thing can do. This seriously helped so much, thankyou.
So glad to hear that Mark! Keep it up!
You are such a sweet and patient teacher. Thank you.
Amazing tutorial. I gotta say currently you are my fav person to watch for tutorials
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 thank you so much Jose!
how can anyone dislike this? It's simply the best online tutorial of beginners out there!! dooofff!!
It’s the internet ❤️ Thanks!
This video is sooo helpful! Have owned a digitone for almost a year and end up watching this video like once a month just a clarify something new here and there
I enjoy being a RUclips camp follower of cuckoo's natural synthesizer geniuserosity.
The benefit of learning the Elektron workflow is that other Elektron devices are easy to operate and non Elektron synths are a piece of cake to learn. I find even modular and semi modular synths easier to patch and learn than Elektron gear. But Elektron has amazing workflow once you get it.
Priceless tutorial to any new user, thank you.
I have GAS, every video of yours I watch I want to buy something else. :) I'm definitely adding a Digitakt 2 to my arsenal, maybe also a Digitone. Thanks for these amazing in depth tutorials.
Super super useful!!!! There are some features that are now much clearer to me. Thanks Cuckoo, respect!!!!
I was reluctant to dive into a 90 minute tutorial but there's so much stuff here I would never have figured out on my own. Thanks!
What an excellent tutorial ! I have just finished it, with my new Digitone in front of me. It now all makes sense !
Thank you, Cuckoo ! You are the best teacher in the Internet
I love this instrument, and your clear and excellent explanations of it's usage... astounding.
🙏🏼 Thank you!
Yours might be one of the best channels of all time. Your deep dives are epic
This is a great tutorial, not only about the digitone but also about how to use fm synthesis in general
Noobie Digitakt owner here, hello from Finland! Love your on-camera presence mr. Cuckoo, I have been enjoying your videos very much and actually learned something while at it. I have a Volca FM on the way but the Digitone is very tempting. My journey with this stuff is at the very beginning but I'm looking forward to explore this world thoroughly! Thanks!
just got my digitone. watching this awesome tutorial now. thanks so much. You're digitakt one helped me lots on that little box of spesh!!
5 stars tutorial. Such an underrated synth...
I rarely comment on RUclips, but this was so soothing and informative at the same time. I love your content already a lot!
Thank you so much Mo! I appreciate it 🙏🏼
Great material.
About the pattern changes in section 28, you don't need to keep pressed the first one but you can keep pressed the last one. Which enables you to select the fist pattern later on.
Digitone coming tomorrow - 2:24 seconds in and I already know this is the best place for a new owner to be , thanks in advance bro 👍🏽
Still going to finish reading the manual (page 23/96 atm), but you just jump-started with probably 90%+ of what's in there, and will have me using it today, rather than a day from now. Thanks!
Amazing pedagogic work here ! Thank you for your work !
yo chuckoo--- thank's a lot for this tutorial. first it helped me out with the decision to buy the digitone and after I did it it it made me understand the flow very fast. love it !!!
Thanks for the tutorial cuckoo! Was a little confused about the midi capabilities but you helped me out.
Great video. I've been avoiding this video for a while because this gear reminds me of all my favorite Sega Genesis games.
Thanks Cuckoo. I just bought my Digitone and you have helped immensely!
This is going to be nice with coffee tomorrow morning, thanks!
Bought the octatrack because of yer vid as well as getting this, your videos are my Bible for these, thx cuckoo.
Holy shit the production value. You're my role model
Your voice is so soothing
Amazing as always Cuckoo :) Every detail of your video is so valuable. Thank you for putting so much into this.
Heard this machine and thought the sounds were very unique. After your tutorial I am now conviced is also very powerful. Thanks.
I really like this style of tutorial Cuckoo. I've learned much by watching you create.
I am here to express a honest THANK YOU SIR!
Thanks Kramer! It makes my work feel worthwhile hearing that you're finding it useful 🙏🏼
I love the way you say synthesis
Great stuff you are doing sharing your knowledge. Your effort in producing this is much appreciated. Thanks
Great video, great machine. One thing users must understand about FM synthesis, is that it's inherently more difficult to create your own sounds with than Analog Subtractive synthesis. Sure, you can make your own sounds with fm, but they always end up with a fizzy bell-like timbre unless you know what you're doing with deep modulation and carrier frequency. So many potential buyers need to know that they'll likely be relying on the Digitones internal sounds unless they can get knowledgeable about FM. Traditional Analog Subtractive is quite a bit more instant gratification. Not a dig, just a comment. The Digitone is a fantastic unit.
you're honestly one of my most favourite channels on youtube.
Thank you so much Chad! Comment like yours is what keeps me motivated, mate! ❤️
What an incredible resource! Just picked up a Digitone and will be referring back to this a lot
Thanks cuckoo I was looking for that velocity modulation.
Thanks for this!
Just got mine tonight, and your video helped me not feel too overwhelmed, and able to bang out some quick patterns, cheers!
Great focus on Digitone! Well done, thanks
The overview alone has helped me tremendsly..dous or a word like that. Thank you!