In all honesty, the FW update not working was my mistake. It was late, I was tired and I hate updating stuff 😂😂😂 Fail 2: Syn 1 Page 2 hosts - of course - ratio offset and NOT initial onset time Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel* Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz
At this point you should just rename the show to All Gear. You make every instrument overview entertaining. And obviously your producing skills are top notch. 👍.
By now we know that most of this BAD GEAR isn't actually that bad. By now we all know this doesn't matter one bit. This channel is essential Friday night viewing. Simply brilliant and very funny 😁
Same! I've a Digitone Keys that I really want to be better at using. So often I just say "f it i'll just play with my Virus again" but I did buy the DK for a reason, and that reason was not to collect dust 🙂
This is the only channel where I know I have to be ready to pause instantly, dozens of times through the video, but its' so worth it. I love these videos...
I can’t get rid off the feeling that by buying a Swedish hardware you finance the whole system of social security. I’m also looking at you, teenage engineering……
Your ability to get great sounds of a wide range of gear is only surpassed by your video editing and meme sourcing. One of the top couple of synth channels I immediately have to watch every episode of, regardless of what is being covered, kudos.
Memes in the last few have been next-level. How is that possible that you’re *still improving* at your memekraft? I’ve had to rewatch them at 50% in order to catch everything without interrupting *the workflow.*
It's a very acquired taste, I found electron through the model samples, fell in love with it and instantly saved up for the octatrack which currently is my main source of music production, looking into getting the digitone or digitakt soon!
Superb video as always, which deserves several views to fully appreciate all of the content you pack in. I especially enjoy the episodes featuring the gear I have, and I think you're spot on with the conclusions for the Digitone. Would love to see a Soma Lyra-8 bad gear episode one day.
Epic. I find myself constantly pausing your videos to appreciate the cut scenes / animations etc - you’ve both discouraged and forced me to buy gear over the past few months, hats off my man. Perhaps a future episode on AKAI Force or Cobalt8, both of which have been expensive book ends in my studio since buying…!
This is honestly probably in a 2-way tie for most consistently enjoyable synth I’ve ever used. I always feel good after using it lol. You also got some of the best results from it that I’ve heard! I actually like some of the limitations sometimes, because too many options is sometimes overwhelming, and this still has a lot to keep things interesting in other ways. I also really like to pair it up with a sampler (1010 Blackbox) and a small monosynth (such as a Pittsburgh Modular SV-1) and have it do all the sequencing and FM sounds
So, first you had my SE-02 in your show, now my Digitone. If you next have my Wavestate, I know I must have done something right. I also want you to notice that it takes me 2 hrs to watch one of your videos, as I try to read all of the funny memes in them. Seriously, I very much enjoy your videos. Thanks so much and Liebe Grüße nach Österreich!
Love to see an episode on the CZ 101. I've had mine for almost 30 years and find it nearly impossible to use for anything other than basic sounds. However, I haven't read that much of the manual if I'm being honest, but I'm not going to either! 🤪I really think it deserves an episode. I heard there's some kind of software interface that can be used with it. Maybe I'll look into that! Shouldn't I?
@@mog068 This! The CZ 101 is an underrated beast, very capable of good sounds. Chek out RetroSound and Synthmania for some great exaples. Virtual CZ is great!
Hey :) I discovered you about 2 years ago when I was searching info on the digitone / digitakt and I ended up buying a digitone. I love it ! I do not use it as a drum machine tho so it's funny to see you have a complete different usage Keep up the good work !
I'd love to see you take on a real monster of FM synthesis - the Yamaha SY77. Amazingly sophisticated machine that I have a love/hate relationship with. All the power of six operator FM combined with a Korg M1 like sample based synthesis section. The downsides (apart from the usual FM difficulties) are the less than intuitive interface and bizarre audio routing.
I had an SY85 briefly before I got my SY77. I like using the AWM synthesis that the two machines have in common as a "virtual analogue synth", starting off with one of the simple waveforms and then filtering it.
EDIT: I made this comment before the end of the video, lol! If only there were a Digitone with 16 voices, portamento, unison, 13 effects types, motion sequenced "scenes", LP HP BP and notch filters in 12db, 18db and 24db, 16 noise osc variations, rubber pads and a crippled sequencer. Oh, wait.. I just described the Yamaha DX200! And now we've reached a day when the used market for a DX200 is $100 USD more than the Digitone. Great episode, as always. :)
I think you just made me chose the Digitone… aside from the limitations, it does exactly what I need to do. Other than be a paperweight xD All jokes aside. Your videos truly are mind blowing. The quality you bring out of these things is inspiring! As always haha
3:37 segment, that page is for the ratio offset i.e. the decimals of the previous screen's ratios, not to do with a time delay. Love the channel! Great episode :)
Great video! Always thought of this as an FM verison of the Digitakt, which never made sense to me. Seeing you use it as a percussion device, but comparing it to the FB-01 gives me some more context on how cool the design really is. Another example where these limitations can help you build out some cool Sega beatz.
I traded my Digitakt for a Digitone, and then a couple weeks later bought a Digitakt again (and kept the Digitone). A roastable course of action, but I'm glad I ended up with both machines.
A bad gear ep on the Monomachine would really be something special. Divisive, I know, but I'd still love to see it. Not that I, a noob who's never even seen an Elektron box with my own two eyes, think it's bad, but that wall of online hate would fill up real darn fast.
@@lindsaywebb1904 yeah, it's a cool machine by what I've seen, and I love the sound of it, but I'm just curious to see how it would fare the bad gear treatment.
I'm beginning to suspect some kind of elder god had taken offense at how many dank memes AudioPilz had collected and now his only way back from the eternal darkness is to use every single one of them in these videos.
I have a Digitone paired with the Pioneer DJS 1000 and absolutely love them together. Sure, as you drilled down on in the video, the Elektron "Workflow" is a learning curve. However, once you get used to it there is a quite a uniquely powerful little synth in there.
I have one, I bought it with some money my grandmother left for me so it means allot to me, I wanted to buy a piece of equipment that wouldn't age as fast as most cheaper synths do these days. I just like playing simple ambient tones on it to relax, I'm not one for deep sequencing... I'm going to make a Hiroshi Yoshimura style ambient album with it one day, so it'll be worth it just for that :)
@@martin_the_artist_ I‘ll go the same path. I thought for some time to buy a Op1 or M8 for travelling/commuting but then I bought a 12V battery pack and an Analog Cases pulse case to bring the Digitone with me..
And you don‘t have to go deep on the sequencer in the beginning but once you start to dig you really appreciate having the possibilites (put the bpm down and use some probabilities..)
Digging the evolution of your format, totally unique... laughed my ass off when you called the Digitone Keys an abomination... some incredibly respectable peeps have one then again they may sell thiers after having a Korg OPSIX for a while.
Man I'm such a fan of your visuals, humor and glitchy memes. First RUclips video ever where I had to dial in 0.25X speed to capture the details. Can I have your autograph please? 🤩
Great episode as always. If I had to choose one fm synth, I would take the MegaFm. Such a great character-full sound. Especially for video game soundtracks (because of the 2 Sega mega drive chips) a no brainer
If you take the usb configuration setting off of overbridge mode and set it to usb you should be able to send the sysex firmware update successfully. It took me a few tries with 2 different computers, but I finally got it to work sending the sysex file over via sysex librarian on a Mac. Cheers to Bad Gear!!
This one... this one hurt 😿 My Digitone is my main synth. I paused on the Hate screen and read them all as a tear rolled down my cheek. But we only roast the ones we love, right? (jk jk, great video as always!)
Great vid as always. In my time as a musician, back in the longlongago, I saw a few keyboard/synth players use ironing boards as stands at live gigs. I rate that setup!
@@AudioPilz Yep, Cycles was my gateway drug, getting me into the Elektron world, then bought Syntakt, to get deeper into that workflow. I have lots of fun music toys, but I always grab an Elektron, for quick easy creative experiments, that sound amazing. Thanks again for these wonderful videos. Subscribed.
The Keys version is one of the best things EVER! Just had to say that. It's paired with my Waldorf M, and the four part MIDI is perfect. Being able to record chords to steps with actual keys is nice too.
Always a great day when I see you in my feed. Amazing work, as usual. It's amazing how you make all of these bad gear instruments sound so capable. I hope that you're well.
Hah, I SO wanted one of those (MODX) when it came out. Played with it in the music store, and once it was stuck in some “mode” I could not figure out how to escape, despite having over 3 decades experience programming computers 😁 It’s a shame, the MODX/Montage sounds great, but it’s just too complicated. I ended up (eventually) getting a “Nautilus”. More expensive, but I got along with the control layout and key feel much better. Sure, it’s a similar level of complexity inside, but Korg did a great job of letting you wade into it, instead of throwing you in to drown. And Nautilus has a filter on its FM engine, too.
@@gautrstafr yeah, I wonder how much gear is “bad” or “good”, and how much is “workflow did, or did not, make sense to *me*” In my case, the first time I got to try the new keyboard, it was almost an hour noodling around with it (“I should go, but this is really fun”), so I kinda knew which one I was going to get a month or two later, vs merely a “meh.” feeling about it. Yamaha sounds great, though, enjoy!
@@Roboprogs yeah totally agree. On one hand Elektron machines are kinda counterintuitive to me. Got my hands on one for a day and got no where. In contrast the Korg Volca Sample was pretty limited but got me wasting hours for a whole week. Like you said, depending on your self some things just click, some just don't.
Dear Florian, finally I'm offended by one of your videos!!! :P Since I've actually tried the Digitone it has become one of my favourite pieces of gear. It can sound completely broken and distorted - for which others spend way more than $800 in modular - and I love it! :P (Also, funny comment collection ... someone there confused Amiga's Paula 8 bit sampler chip with Yamaha's OPL FM chips!)
oh btw., you just made me do this little video on how to get syx files to work with Elektron Transfer: ruclips.net/video/3AZlHguHnr8/видео.html - it's weird!
Love those Mortal Kombat clips! The soundtrack of this game on the Megadrive is some pure FM goodness. I remember Electron when they released the Sidstation in the early 2000's. Back then they could still get New Old Stock SID chips.
*gasps* How could you?! Just kidding, I enjoyed the video But you seem to be able to make any gear (even bad gear) sound good. I haven't purchased any Elektron boxes yet because the workflow is a huge commitment that I'm not ready for.
got a syntakt and bought a digitone to add to it…..16 tracks of audio straight into ableton with my lap over usb……works a treat and easily portable for working on the road, love it
As always, perfectly on the spot. I think you're rocht, every FM synth should be accompanied by an samplebased synth or at least an analogish type. And now - let's squeeze the dirty tones out of FM! (pressing random knobs on the dx7 with a hammer)
@@sparabo3780 I just had a great idea, have you ever seen the Twisted Electrons Mega FM? How about something like that but DX7 instead? Having those sliders for every operator would be amazing
@@AudioPilz apparently not enough with the syntakt release, it suffers from the same hamstrung form factor, previous triad reigns supreme, and that’s mk1, so sad to see the deformity that came with the new design of mk2 s, model series, basically every release since rytm are candidates for Bad Gear to roll through. We want tools not toys! /cheer
I don’t understand how you can crank out a video of this quality every single week. There’s some dark magic here.
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz dark magic confirmed.
@Synth Cat we need a crossover. 1st loopop and later bad gear.
coz @@AudioPilz...is ticking ALL the boxes
He's definitely not using bad gear
hahahah yes! so happy to have made it into one of these. Great job 😂
And that will teach you a lesson for pronouncing it “diggy” like Elektron wants instead of “digit” like it looks 😁
Hey Ricky, thank you!!! We both got ambushed by YTs closed captions;)
Those closed captions did you dirty Ricky! :D
uproarious laughter
Fan of both of you blokes.
In all honesty, the FW update not working was my mistake. It was late, I was tired and I hate updating stuff 😂😂😂
Fail 2: Syn 1 Page 2 hosts - of course - ratio offset and NOT initial onset time
Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz
At this point you should just rename the show to All Gear. You make every instrument overview entertaining. And obviously your producing skills are top notch. 👍.
Thank you so much!!! Gear - The Show
@@AudioPilz More likely to get sent gear by the manufacturers too! 🤔😉
@@AudioPilz Bad (A$$) Gear
@@AudioPilz ”Welcome to Gear - The Show. The show about the world’s most used audio tools.”
@@AudioPilz Why not GAS?
You really give sense to the phrase "nothing is bad if it's in the right hands"
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.....and the opposite is also true. The best gear in the world doesn't make a hack any better 😂 It's why I stick to a DAW 😂
@@ericparker163 not sure garageband is considered a DAW…….🤣🤣
@@TechnoAssassin-vx6zf Korg Gadget but who's counting?
By now we know that most of this BAD GEAR isn't actually that bad.
By now we all know this doesn't matter one bit. This channel is essential Friday night viewing.
Simply brilliant and very funny 😁
Thank you so much!!!
I’ve been waiting for this one. It did not disappoint. As usual, made me want to buy gear I don’t need.
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Everybody needs Digitone
Me too. LOL
What an honour to finally have some bad gear of my own ❤️
Bad Gear High Five!!!
Same! I've a Digitone Keys that I really want to be better at using. So often I just say "f it i'll just play with my Virus again" but I did buy the DK for a reason, and that reason was not to collect dust 🙂
This is the only channel where I know I have to be ready to pause instantly, dozens of times through the video, but its' so worth it. I love these videos...
Thank you so much!!!
Loved the Bob Moog FM Bell 'quote', he was quite the potty mouth, who knew. Always been tempted by the Digitone... Great show as always, thank you.
Thank you! Didn't expect it to be an actual Bob Moog quote...
That fake Bob Moog quote was today's meme winner.
Your jams always sound so sweet. Wish you released albums with your short song snippets. I’d listen to all 15 seconds of them on loop for real.
He's got extended versions on his Patreon, dunno how extended they are tho
Thanks! There are actually full tracks and extended jams on my Patreon (end of plug;)
This lovecraftian creature of a techstep neurofunk mockup sounded so good, it almost made me think that this electron thingy is actually decent
Thank you so much!!!
I can’t get rid off the feeling that by buying a Swedish hardware you finance the whole system of social security. I’m also looking at you, teenage engineering……
By buying Red Bull you're financing ours;)
Always entertaining and informative. Dude's channel is being slept on.
Thank you so much!!!
Your ability to get great sounds of a wide range of gear is only surpassed by your video editing and meme sourcing. One of the top couple of synth channels I immediately have to watch every episode of, regardless of what is being covered, kudos.
Thank you so much!!!
The best moment in 0:57 is the captions combined with your facial expression. I can feel that pain. Gold.
Wow, I missed the Bad Subs on those frames, hah.
Even funnier that the comment right below yours (ephemeral, I know) is Ricky checking in.
😂😂😂
Memes in the last few have been next-level. How is that possible that you’re *still improving* at your memekraft? I’ve had to rewatch them at 50% in order to catch everything without interrupting *the workflow.*
Thank you so much!!!
this is my favorite synth soundwise and for live performances!
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havent watched the video yet...but OH NO HE DIDNT
Guilty, Your Honor;)
@@AudioPilz fun video as always!
dnb bit sounded legit!
he did!
Did he though? The worst he had to say about it seems to be that beer costs a lot where the company is based. (Fair cop there. Sweden is pricey. )
It's a very acquired taste, I found electron through the model samples, fell in love with it and instantly saved up for the octatrack which currently is my main source of music production, looking into getting the digitone or digitakt soon!
Really enjoyed this one. I wasn’t a big fan of my digitone until I started using it alongside the digitakt. Such a powerful combo.
Thanks! Agreed, great combination!
Superb video as always, which deserves several views to fully appreciate all of the content you pack in. I especially enjoy the episodes featuring the gear I have, and I think you're spot on with the conclusions for the Digitone. Would love to see a Soma Lyra-8 bad gear episode one day.
Thanks! Great suggestion!
I think the Soma Pipe would be even better for this show.
Another fantastic video to round out a Friday. Masterful work as always my man.
Thank you so much!!! Have a nice one!
I think you might be an official Synthfluencer now x
Wasn't the OP-1 episode the official gateway to influencerdom?
@@AudioPilz o I think it's been a long time coming, the key is making all our wallets hurt xx
Epic. I find myself constantly pausing your videos to appreciate the cut scenes / animations etc - you’ve both discouraged and forced me to buy gear over the past few months, hats off my man. Perhaps a future episode on AKAI Force or Cobalt8, both of which have been expensive book ends in my studio since buying…!
Thank you so much! Great suggestions!!!
You are my favorite synth youtuber - deserve much more attention.
Thank you so much!!!
This is honestly probably in a 2-way tie for most consistently enjoyable synth I’ve ever used. I always feel good after using it lol. You also got some of the best results from it that I’ve heard!
I actually like some of the limitations sometimes, because too many options is sometimes overwhelming, and this still has a lot to keep things interesting in other ways. I also really like to pair it up with a sampler (1010 Blackbox) and a small monosynth (such as a Pittsburgh Modular SV-1) and have it do all the sequencing and FM sounds
Yeah, I enjoyed it quite a bit!!!
Well, it’s official, with this episode all my gear has gotten the Bad Gear treatment. I’m quite pleased.
Congratulations!!!
So, first you had my SE-02 in your show, now my Digitone. If you next have my Wavestate, I know I must have done something right. I also want you to notice that it takes me 2 hrs to watch one of your videos, as I try to read all of the funny memes in them. Seriously, I very much enjoy your videos. Thanks so much and Liebe Grüße nach Österreich!
Vielen herzlichen Dank!!!
Love to see an episode on the CZ 101. I've had mine for almost 30 years and find it nearly impossible to use for anything other than basic sounds. However, I haven't read that much of the manual if I'm being honest, but I'm not going to either! 🤪I really think it deserves an episode. I heard there's some kind of software interface that can be used with it. Maybe I'll look into that! Shouldn't I?
Great suggestion, thanks! That one is on my list for far too long!
Get Virtual CZ. It's a blast. And while is a plugin it can also control your actual CZ over MIDI. And it's a blast!
@@mog068 This! The CZ 101 is an underrated beast, very capable of good sounds. Chek out RetroSound and Synthmania for some great exaples. Virtual CZ is great!
@@mog068 That sounds great. I'll look into it, thanks!
Your videos never fail to redeem bad gear.
Thank you so much!!!
Oh man, the Critical Drinker vibes... THE WORKFLOW! I love it :)
Sure that was intended by our favorite music gear content creator.
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Only one person picked up on the 'THE MESSAGE' reference??? He referenced it twice!
I love the "noised" piano, filled the sonic pallete nicely.
Happy to hear that!!! Thanks!
Man, your jams are so good.
Thank you!!!
Hey :) I discovered you about 2 years ago when I was searching info on the digitone / digitakt and I ended up buying a digitone. I love it ! I do not use it as a drum machine tho so it's funny to see you have a complete different usage
Keep up the good work !
Thank you so much!!!
I'd love to see you take on a real monster of FM synthesis - the Yamaha SY77. Amazingly sophisticated machine that I have a love/hate relationship with. All the power of six operator FM combined with a Korg M1 like sample based synthesis section. The downsides (apart from the usual FM difficulties) are the less than intuitive interface and bizarre audio routing.
Great suggestion, thanks!
@@AudioPilz use the rack-version to rough up the time-space continuum.....
Had a SY85 for a short while.
I had an SY85 briefly before I got my SY77. I like using the AWM synthesis that the two machines have in common as a "virtual analogue synth", starting off with one of the simple waveforms and then filtering it.
That techstep tune is dope, really shows off how well the sounds of the Digitone can come together
Thank you!!!
Ah yes, FM. The second-to-last boss in the world of synthesis before additive.
Granular: "Am I a joke to you???"😥
Eurorack enters the arena ;)
And there are the two extra health bars that appear as soon as you think you got there 😂
don't even get me started on binary systems like Xaoc Drezno
What about acoustic synthesis.. the last synthesis form invented and the only one in this century: ruclips.net/video/0Sjt2MODYAE/видео.html&
EDIT: I made this comment before the end of the video, lol!
If only there were a Digitone with 16 voices, portamento, unison, 13 effects types, motion sequenced "scenes", LP HP BP and notch filters in 12db, 18db and 24db, 16 noise osc variations, rubber pads and a crippled sequencer. Oh, wait.. I just described the Yamaha DX200! And now we've reached a day when the used market for a DX200 is $100 USD more than the Digitone. Great episode, as always. :)
True story;)
That's why I am waiting for a stock of Digitone keys. This thing is truly amazing!
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I think you just made me chose the Digitone… aside from the limitations, it does exactly what I need to do. Other than be a paperweight xD
All jokes aside. Your videos truly are mind blowing. The quality you bring out of these things is inspiring! As always haha
Thank you so much!!!
That second jam was a thing of beauty
Thank you!!!!
3:37 segment, that page is for the ratio offset i.e. the decimals of the previous screen's ratios, not to do with a time delay. Love the channel! Great episode :)
Ah, thanks for the clarification! I wasn't sure, looked it up in the Sound on Sound review but they obviously got that wrong too.
I like your editing. Well done man.
Thank you!!!
Great video! Always thought of this as an FM verison of the Digitakt, which never made sense to me. Seeing you use it as a percussion device, but comparing it to the FB-01 gives me some more context on how cool the design really is. Another example where these limitations can help you build out some cool Sega beatz.
Streets of rage vibe
Thanks! It's like an FB-01 without all the 80s crunch...
I traded my Digitakt for a Digitone, and then a couple weeks later bought a Digitakt again (and kept the Digitone). A roastable course of action, but I'm glad I ended up with both machines.
Maybe you should get a Syntakt;)
@@AudioPilz so much workflow yet so little work completed!
You just come up in my recommendations and I absolutely love that intro! 🧡
Thank you!!!
A bad gear ep on the Monomachine would really be something special. Divisive, I know, but I'd still love to see it. Not that I, a noob who's never even seen an Elektron box with my own two eyes, think it's bad, but that wall of online hate would fill up real darn fast.
Monomachine is quite legendary, let's see if we can find an excuse for that;) Thanks!
Well I’ve been using one since they first appeared and there is at least as much hate as love for the MnM, even within a single user
@@lindsaywebb1904 yeah, it's a cool machine by what I've seen, and I love the sound of it, but I'm just curious to see how it would fare the bad gear treatment.
It’s amazing how funny yet interesting your “reviews”, but what’s even more incredible is that I just realized how good producer/composer you are.
He is a Gesamtkunstwerk
Thank you so much!
Let the Friday Synth Memes begin!!
Happy Friday Florian
Thanks! Have a nice one!
One of the few if not only show I look forward to every Friday.
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I'm beginning to suspect some kind of elder god had taken offense at how many dank memes AudioPilz had collected and now his only way back from the eternal darkness is to use every single one of them in these videos.
It's my fate!!!
@@AudioPilz Wienern are too fatal
I have a Digitone paired with the Pioneer DJS 1000 and absolutely love them together. Sure, as you drilled down on in the video, the Elektron "Workflow" is a learning curve. However, once you get used to it there is a quite a uniquely powerful little synth in there.
Nice setup!!!
I have one, I bought it with some money my grandmother left for me so it means allot to me, I wanted to buy a piece of equipment that wouldn't age as fast as most cheaper synths do these days. I just like playing simple ambient tones on it to relax, I'm not one for deep sequencing... I'm going to make a Hiroshi Yoshimura style ambient album with it one day, so it'll be worth it just for that :)
Great plan. Enjoy the ride. The Digitone is a future classic for sure. Prices will never fall below now.
@@el_dani thanks, I will :)
@@martin_the_artist_ I‘ll go the same path. I thought for some time to buy a Op1 or M8 for travelling/commuting but then I bought a 12V battery pack and an Analog Cases pulse case to bring the Digitone with me..
And you don‘t have to go deep on the sequencer in the beginning but once you start to dig you really appreciate having the possibilites (put the bpm down and use some probabilities..)
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Digging the evolution of your format, totally unique... laughed my ass off when you called the Digitone Keys an abomination... some incredibly respectable peeps have one then again they may sell thiers after having a Korg OPSIX for a while.
Thank you so much!!!
I have the digitone keys and it is an adorable abomination I love it. Now if I can only make a song with it ☺️
Nice!
Love, love, love ... the ironing board, monitor placement on the floor, the right monitor not connected to AC. PERFECT!
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Oh i see. You are preparing the Kawai Spectra for the next week
Hey, that one's rarer around here than you think;)
@@AudioPilz lol jk, great video as always!
Man I'm such a fan of your visuals, humor and glitchy memes. First RUclips video ever where I had to dial in 0.25X speed to capture the details. Can I have your autograph please? 🤩
Thank you so much!!! We'll find a way for that...
“Mayonnaise is reverb for sandwiches” is some deep truth
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Great episode as always.
If I had to choose one fm synth, I would take the MegaFm.
Such a great character-full sound.
Especially for video game soundtracks (because of the 2 Sega mega drive chips) a no brainer
Thank you so much!
Digitone is my favorite synth, hardly bad gear! ( this vid is awesome though :) )
You know the drill (and thanks;)
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@@AudioPilz There's gear that people hate on and then there's gear that no one uses. :P.
If you take the usb configuration setting off of overbridge mode and set it to usb you should be able to send the sysex firmware update successfully. It took me a few tries with 2 different computers, but I finally got it to work sending the sysex file over via sysex librarian on a Mac. Cheers to Bad Gear!!
Thank you! In all honesty, it was my mistake;) don't update when tired😂😂😂
Not sure if the update issue was a joke tho lol
If not: you tried to put the digitakt update file onto the digitone, happened to me as well haha
No joke, I assume that one has some issues
I need that "Work-Flow" for the mechanized spontaneity. Awesome sounding thingies in your clip! As always...
Thank you!!!
the DnB digitone goes hard.
And as an "abomination" user, it's a dope midi controller!
Thanks!!!
Techstep madness with the Digitone! Well played!
Thanks! Great for these abstract sounds
This one... this one hurt 😿 My Digitone is my main synth. I paused on the Hate screen and read them all as a tear rolled down my cheek. But we only roast the ones we love, right? (jk jk, great video as always!)
Thank you, true that!
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...aaaand what a finale! Luvly track, Sir 😊
Thank you so much!!!
I think Elektron messed up by not sending you a Syntakt as part of the roll out. But now they have to do it so the whole trio can be Bad Gear.
I didn't even get a Minifreak😥😥😥
@@AudioPilz I wish Gechologic sends you a GECHO LOOPSYNTH
Great vid as always. In my time as a musician, back in the longlongago, I saw a few keyboard/synth players use ironing boards as stands at live gigs. I rate that setup!
Thanks! Ironing board - instant 10/10!
@@AudioPilz LOL!
I used to do this when I was a student!
Crap! Now I want one of these. LOL
Sounds pretty good.
Love my Syntakt, and Modal:Cycles.
Nice, the Syntakt is definitely moving up my list;)
@@AudioPilz Yep, Cycles was my gateway drug, getting me into the Elektron world, then bought Syntakt, to get deeper into that workflow.
I have lots of fun music toys, but I always grab an Elektron, for quick easy creative experiments, that sound amazing.
Thanks again for these wonderful videos. Subscribed.
Never stop being amazing my man, love your videos as usual 🎉
❤️❤️❤️Thank you!!!❤️❤️❤️
The Keys version is one of the best things EVER! Just had to say that. It's paired with my Waldorf M, and the four part MIDI is perfect. Being able to record chords to steps with actual keys is nice too.
It looks a bit odd tho...;)
Love mine
@@AudioPilz That it does!
@@AudioPilz doesn’t look too odd with the digitakt and syntakt on angled stands above it 😂
and a bummer that the Keys didn‘t get at least double the voices..
Your jams are just incredible! Also another synth from my collection
Thank you so much!!!
Always a great day when I see you in my feed. Amazing work, as usual. It's amazing how you make all of these bad gear instruments sound so capable. I hope that you're well.
Thank you so much!!!
I'm so happy you make often drum&bass jams! Much love!
Thank you!!!
Now do the Yamaha MODX/Montage with the FM-X engine. It truly is the best FM synth out there.
Great suggestion, thanks!
Hah, I SO wanted one of those (MODX) when it came out. Played with it in the music store, and once it was stuck in some “mode” I could not figure out how to escape, despite having over 3 decades experience programming computers 😁
It’s a shame, the MODX/Montage sounds great, but it’s just too complicated.
I ended up (eventually) getting a “Nautilus”. More expensive, but I got along with the control layout and key feel much better. Sure, it’s a similar level of complexity inside, but Korg did a great job of letting you wade into it, instead of throwing you in to drown.
And Nautilus has a filter on its FM engine, too.
@@Roboprogs I actually found it the other way, it was just very intuitive to me compared to the Kronos and the Fantom.
@@gautrstafr yeah, I wonder how much gear is “bad” or “good”, and how much is “workflow did, or did not, make sense to *me*”
In my case, the first time I got to try the new keyboard, it was almost an hour noodling around with it (“I should go, but this is really fun”), so I kinda knew which one I was going to get a month or two later, vs merely a “meh.” feeling about it.
Yamaha sounds great, though, enjoy!
@@Roboprogs yeah totally agree. On one hand Elektron machines are kinda counterintuitive to me. Got my hands on one for a day and got no where. In contrast the Korg Volca Sample was pretty limited but got me wasting hours for a whole week. Like you said, depending on your self some things just click, some just don't.
Dear Florian, finally I'm offended by one of your videos!!! :P Since I've actually tried the Digitone it has become one of my favourite pieces of gear. It can sound completely broken and distorted - for which others spend way more than $800 in modular - and I love it! :P
(Also, funny comment collection ... someone there confused Amiga's Paula 8 bit sampler chip with Yamaha's OPL FM chips!)
oh btw., you just made me do this little video on how to get syx files to work with Elektron Transfer: ruclips.net/video/3AZlHguHnr8/видео.html - it's weird!
Nothing personal;)
I'm just happy to be here early!
Much appreciated!
Love those Mortal Kombat clips! The soundtrack of this game on the Megadrive is some pure FM goodness. I remember Electron when they released the Sidstation in the early 2000's. Back then they could still get New Old Stock SID chips.
Damn, the SIDStation has become unobtainium...
*gasps* How could you?!
Just kidding, I enjoyed the video
But you seem to be able to make any gear (even bad gear) sound good.
I haven't purchased any Elektron boxes yet because the workflow is a huge commitment that I'm not ready for.
Thank you!!! Yeah, Elektron really wants your soul;)
Wise of you to realize that, it is hard to learn
got a syntakt and bought a digitone to add to it…..16 tracks of audio straight into ableton with my lap over usb……works a treat and easily portable for working on the road, love it
Looking forward to a review of the Syntakt in 4 years time 😅
Great fun review as always 👍
Thank you!!!
The crazy thing with the digitone is how well it fits in a mix with no effort. To me it’s the best synth i own because of this.
True, there is totally no work to put it in the mix
Interesting. That’s what I love about the Analog 4.
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As usual, a cool one. Funny and informative. Like your channel very much. Keep doing!
Thank you so much!!!
This one is a techno beast... or eno esque ambient.. pair it with a drum machine and youre set.
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Another bangers video, and that editing wuhu!
Thank you so much!!!
As always, perfectly on the spot. I think you're rocht, every FM synth should be accompanied by an samplebased synth or at least an analogish type.
And now - let's squeeze the dirty tones out of FM! (pressing random knobs on the dx7 with a hammer)
Thanks! There's quite a lot of dirt in the ole DX7...
Wait, there are no knobs on a DX7!
@@ncapone87 Damn, what did i do? 🥹
@@sparabo3780 I just had a great idea, have you ever seen the Twisted Electrons Mega FM? How about something like that but DX7 instead? Having those sliders for every operator would be amazing
It's laudable that you prevailed in light of the injury to your personal digit.👈
(Or was that some sort of easter egg?) 💁♂️
Thank you so much! Some minor injuries just look too dramatic in 4K;)
bottom line for me is simply, that it sounds gorgeous.
I liked it quite a bit...
Florian: produces another earth-shattering episode
Me: leaves comment formatted in a popular way, yet still without actual substance
Rocco: leaves comment
Florian: much appreciated
LETS GOO! Elektron NEEDS more hate for their Digi series…
Already plenty of hate around;)
@@AudioPilz apparently not enough with the syntakt release, it suffers from the same hamstrung form factor, previous triad reigns supreme, and that’s mk1, so sad to see the deformity that came with the new design of mk2 s, model series, basically every release since rytm are candidates for Bad Gear to roll through. We want tools not toys! /cheer
9:34 Bob Moog meme was effing brilliant genuinely laughed long time on that one.
Makes me want to make a ‘stop doing math’ type meme. “Want to make bell sounds? We had a tool for that: It was called RING MODULATION”
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Fantastique, encore une autre review de qualité mek 🖤💚❤️ can't wait to see the DX200 one 🙏🏾🙏🏾 bisous
Merci!!!
Nearly bought a digitone, but then I got a deal on a Yamaha MODx for not much more and the opx4 plug in for my MPC. I love modern FM stuff!
Cool!
grossartiges review,grossartiges Digitone
Vielen Dank!!!
Nice run through as always.
Questions are;
Why no references to Dilbert comics and,
When will the Kafka book of upside down the next time?
Thanks! Dilbert is VERY controversially discussed online and I want to stay out of that... Maybe in a Prophet V episode;)
@@AudioPilz I had completely missed that the creator of the sarcastic engineer strip was largely questioned, thanks for enlighting me
Your Bill Nye the science guy of music 😂🤝, amazing video!
Haha I can't believe you Kaiser Sose'd the equipment in your room for this episode!
Who is Keyser Soze?
@@AudioPilz if I told you, it would spoil the end of the movie
Love the Digitone! It fits in so well with other Elektron boxes, especially the Octatrack
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