I've graduated from "click like during the pre-roll for any Miles Kvndra video" to "watch the whole Unison chord pack ad on any Miles Kvnrda video to help with monetization." Thanks for another great Digitone lesson!
I always thought it was a very analogue, organic and warm sounding synth, even more so than some analogue synths I've heard, but it always helps knowing how and why it sounds analogue if you start getting more typical FM sounds out of it.
Hey Hakon, that's true. Like already said in the FB group, for an FM synth it definitely is more on the warmer side of things. But it can also sound very harsh, cold or metallic with certain settings. :)
Thank you thank you thank you! Finally someone walks me through how to make this instrument less harsh. I left it for the last year in the corner after not being able to get consistent control... Dusting it off now.
Hey Randal, that's so great to hear! Really happy that my videos inspire people to get their gear out again. And the Digitone definitely doesn't need to sound harsh. All the best and happy holidays! 🙂🙏🏻
cool tips. funny how I naturally gravitated towards most of these already. didn't realize you were the creator of thst sound pack... it kicks ass. love the bass sounds.
I’m getting my Digitone soon and so glad I found this particular video of yours! I have been wanting to know if I can make it sound less “glassy” like you described it. Looks like I will have a lot of deep diving to do! But I’m looking forward to doing sound design on this…thank you for sharing your work. Will check out your other Digitone vids! 😊
Hey FloChai, thanks so much for the great feedback- really happy to hear this. Yeah I’ve always wanted to find ways to make the Digitone sound less glassy/FMy and there are actually a lot of sweet spots in this machine. Designing sounds with it is a tooon of fun - enjoy your machine to the fullest! :)
Thank you, Miles. The tips I knew about increased confidence and the info new to me (dialing a warmth sweet spot thru low osc A B values & low LFO x-y crossfading) really help. I like how you map all these capabilities to an aesthetically graspable concept (analog sounding-ness), that’s the sound design wisdom connecting the stars, so to speak, helping us identifying them for later when we connect our them in our own intuitive ways!
Hey Cenzo, thank you so much for this awesome feedback! I'm super glad that you could find some new tips in this that helped with sounddesign on the DN. This synth is just great for that, has many sweet spots and this way encourages you to dive deeper into the synth engine and learn it. Keep it up, thanks again and have a great day! :)
Really cool.. Though I'd argue the tone is generally a warm sounding synth and as such rather underrated at times by the analog is best crew :) It's amongst my favourite synths
That’s true, the Digitone is more on the warmer side for a digital synth. Still can sound a little harsh from time to time but it’s also one of my favourite synths!
@@MilesKvndra oh absolutely. But compare to other fm synth and it's clearly warmer sounding at a general level. I think it can sound really atmospheric even with a simple cymbal sound!
Hey Seth, that is amazing to hear - thanks so much for the encouraging feedback! Hope you get lots of things out of it. :) Currently trying to find a good time for the stream, it will probably be the week after Christmas. But it will stay on my channel as a video afterwards so people can rewatch it.
Even if I have to cool my digitone down from all the patching, thank you very much for your tutorial :) For warm pads or analog sounding basses, I usually use algo 7 or 8. But algo 2 also makes totally sense, of course. I think by chance I have managed to create warm sounds with every algo ;)
Hey man, you are very welcome - thanks for the nice feedback! Yeah I've heard from some people that they're using especially algo 7 for some warmer sounds, need to check that out for myself too. And yeah, you can find some warmer sweetspots in all the algos I think - the Digitone is great with all these sweetspots. :)
The way you use the LFOs to get those results is very inspiring bud! I don't have the Digitone, but I really get inspired to work more with the LFOs on the Digitakt. Great tutorial my friend! Digging the up/front camera angle as well ;)
Thanks buddy! Yeah I think a lot of these things are also doable on the DT, especially since the latest firmware update. Cheers my friend also for the feedback on the front camera - still a little weird but I'm getting used to it more and more. :)
Cheers Rob my friend, thank you so much for the great feedback and also for sharing it on IG! 💚 Yeah the soundpack is free on Gumroad, feel free to check it out and see how the sounds work for you! :)
Cool tips! Hadn't really thought of algorithm 2 as a 2 osc synth, that's actually really cool. As a side note / musing, it's interesting that your point of reference for 'analog' is 'warm'. i mostly think of analog sounds as having much more rawness and 'inyourfaceness' as opposed to muffled/warm. Also, I associate analog with gear that can get pretty crazy when you push it to it's limits. In that regard FM kind of feels like that too, though the Digitone is a lot more polite in than a DX7, for instance. Though DN is on the whole a much more versatile machine.
Hey Erwin, yeah I'm thinking you having a fair point here. Although to me I always connect analog sounds with "warmth" it's not necessarily true (especially looking at some modular oscillators etc which I also totally put on the raw side). When I think of analog synths I immediately think of Moogs, I don't know why. 😁 But yeah, the Digitone is super versatile and you can get so many different sounds out of it!
@@MilesKvndra Yeah it all comes down to your frame of reference I think. My first 'proper' synth was an ms20 (bought it just before the mini hit the market), and that has been my benchmark for analog ever since. On that note, I think Digitone pairs really well with a powerful analog monosynth, it really sits well with other instruments.
@@erwintuijl6342 hey Erwin, thanks a bunch for that hint and I totally agree on that - that's why I'm currently having an eye on the Moog Mother 32 as I think it could be a great addition to the DN+DT combo. :)
Hi Miles, great video as always. I recently started exploring the unison voicing options on the Digitone, I think it can really give the sound some thickness and with -sacrificing some voices of course-, so maybe this is why it's not talked about as much seeing as most videos look at the Digitone as a standalone groovebox? Same goes for the layering, I mean you could technically create an 8 oscillator synth using algorithm 2 and layering all tracks. Just some random thought. Keep up the great work.
Hey Carlos, thanks a bunch for the feedback and the good thoughts! You're totally right, the DN's unison menu is great to thicken up the sounds and give them some extra punch. For sounddesign this is great but I mainly "avoid" unison exactly for the reason you said, because I most of the time need all voices for the tracks itself to avoid voice stealing when I use the DT+DN combo or the DN standalone. But the layering technique with the 8 oscillators is a very nice idea, I'll try that just for some sounddesign fun. :)
I primarily use Digitone in post-production when mixing for clients, and the voice allocation page is one of the many secret sauces of this machine, esp. when you’re only using one track at a time.
@@adampeters9684 hey Adam, that's really interesting! I've also used the DN with Ableton in the past and then you have of course way more options because you don't need to pay too close attention to the voice limitations.
That page is also good for pattern changes. Copy a pattern and re-adjust the voices to get a different sound using the same pattern. Good for when you want to put emphasis on a different track than you were before.
Hey! Thanks so much for all the work you are doing with the Digitone. I am interested in exploring FM sounds. I'm looking for good advice. Should I buy a model Cycles first to learn the workflow? Or jump right into the Digitone?
Thank you EBoot! Hmm that’s hard to say as I never used the Cycles but I heard it’s more entry level friendly. However, and that’s of course just my personal experience, I found it from the start away very easy to get going with the Digitone. The device just “clicked” with me and sound design was great fun as I did a lot of reverse engineering of some of the factory sounds. It’s just a very fun machine once you get the workflow
Hi Miles, thanks for great video! This was very helpful to me as a new Digitone owner :) I hope that you will have time to do another sound design live stream :) Cheers!
Hey Saša, you're welcome and I thank you for the great feedback! Always happy to see new Digitone users here and it is super cool, that my content is helpful. :) Stream will probably take place on 30 Dec, will post an announcement over on IG and here on YT community as well. Cheers and great day to you!
@@MilesKvndra thank you for taking your time to create educational content :) Your channel helped me a lot to decide to get Digitone alongside Digitakt I already owned :) Looking forward to live stream :) Cheers :)
Thanks for so much helpful information - I’m always wondering about the multiplier on the lfo - have you explained this in one of your videos? I would like to know a bit about how you use this and the effect it has thanks!
Hey Peacefulpigeon, you're welcome! The multiplier basically multiplies the speed of the LFO. This gives you the opportunity to use some super fast LFO rates that can create some really nice sounding results. I'm using it more on slower rates but sometimes it can be fun to experiment with that. :) Haven't done a video on that yet but maybe it's something for a future sounddesign video.
Hey, Unfortunately not which really is one of the big downsides in my eyes. The Digitone’s arp is really great and being able to sequence other gear with it via MIDI would be awesome. But unfortunately it’s not doable.
Fair point Moo haha. I think in this video I just realised it after I recorded it but yes, makes more send to flip through algorithms and also change the mix to hear differences. ;)
Hey Ivan, it's basically just a 1/12 arp with some trigs turned off and some trigs offset by 5 and 7 semitones. I also have a tutorial on the Digitone's arp here on the channel where I go through that. :)
You’re such a pleasant instructor… 🧘 👌🏻 Thanks for sharing your Digitips 🙏🏻
Thank you! Glad they help 🙏🏻😊
I've graduated from "click like during the pre-roll for any Miles Kvndra video" to "watch the whole Unison chord pack ad on any Miles Kvnrda video to help with monetization." Thanks for another great Digitone lesson!
Hahaha thanks so much Chris! Really appreciate the support and the positive vibes. But it's of course totally fine to also skip these adds. 😁
I always thought it was a very analogue, organic and warm sounding synth, even more so than some analogue synths I've heard, but it always helps knowing how and why it sounds analogue if you start getting more typical FM sounds out of it.
Hey Hakon, that's true. Like already said in the FB group, for an FM synth it definitely is more on the warmer side of things. But it can also sound very harsh, cold or metallic with certain settings. :)
@@MilesKvndra Digitone for me can be summed up with these words: smooth, dark, steamy
@@inkajoo agree! But also very metallic if you want it to sound like that
Thank you thank you thank you! Finally someone walks me through how to make this instrument less harsh. I left it for the last year in the corner after not being able to get consistent control... Dusting it off now.
Hey Randal, that's so great to hear! Really happy that my videos inspire people to get their gear out again. And the Digitone definitely doesn't need to sound harsh. All the best and happy holidays! 🙂🙏🏻
At least my second time through this. Good tips - I always appreciate your sound design videos!
Cheers Marcus! Very happy to hear, that you dig them 🙏🏻🙌🏻
cool tips. funny how I naturally gravitated towards most of these already. didn't realize you were the creator of thst sound pack... it kicks ass. love the bass sounds.
Hey Kevin, thanks a bunch! Great to hear that you like the soundpack as well, really appreciate it! Cheers 🙏🏻
I’m getting my Digitone soon and so glad I found this particular video of yours! I have been wanting to know if I can make it sound less “glassy” like you described it. Looks like I will have a lot of deep diving to do! But I’m looking forward to doing sound design on this…thank you for sharing your work. Will check out your other Digitone vids! 😊
Hey FloChai, thanks so much for the great feedback- really happy to hear this. Yeah I’ve always wanted to find ways to make the Digitone sound less glassy/FMy and there are actually a lot of sweet spots in this machine. Designing sounds with it is a tooon of fun - enjoy your machine to the fullest! :)
Thank you, Miles. The tips I knew about increased confidence and the info new to me (dialing a warmth sweet spot thru low osc A B values & low LFO x-y crossfading) really help. I like how you map all these capabilities to an aesthetically graspable concept (analog sounding-ness), that’s the sound design wisdom connecting the stars, so to speak, helping us identifying them for later when we connect our them in our own intuitive ways!
Hey Cenzo, thank you so much for this awesome feedback! I'm super glad that you could find some new tips in this that helped with sounddesign on the DN. This synth is just great for that, has many sweet spots and this way encourages you to dive deeper into the synth engine and learn it. Keep it up, thanks again and have a great day! :)
@@MilesKvndra thanks so much
I was just thinking of how to create some variation to the sounds.
Thanks for sharing.
Hey tubeMonger, thanks for the comment! Hope you found some inspiration in that video - cheers! :)
Really cool.. Though I'd argue the tone is generally a warm sounding synth and as such rather underrated at times by the analog is best crew :)
It's amongst my favourite synths
That’s true, the Digitone is more on the warmer side for a digital synth. Still can sound a little harsh from time to time but it’s also one of my favourite synths!
@@MilesKvndra oh absolutely. But compare to other fm synth and it's clearly warmer sounding at a general level.
I think it can sound really atmospheric even with a simple cymbal sound!
this is excellent. good advice for other FM synths as well. saves me from wanting to buy an Analog Four!
Thank you so much! Happy to hear that it works for other FM synths as well. Still having an eye on the A4 though 😁
Thanks for the pack and useful tips and tricks !
You're very welcome, Vincent! Hope you like the pack and happy jamming. 🙌🏻
Awesome content, presentation and music. Soaking up as much as I can. Excited for the sound design live stream!
Hey Seth, that is amazing to hear - thanks so much for the encouraging feedback! Hope you get lots of things out of it. :) Currently trying to find a good time for the stream, it will probably be the week after Christmas. But it will stay on my channel as a video afterwards so people can rewatch it.
Even if I have to cool my digitone down from all the patching, thank you very much for your tutorial :) For warm pads or analog sounding basses, I usually use algo 7 or 8. But algo 2 also makes totally sense, of course. I think by chance I have managed to create warm sounds with every algo ;)
Hey man, you are very welcome - thanks for the nice feedback! Yeah I've heard from some people that they're using especially algo 7 for some warmer sounds, need to check that out for myself too. And yeah, you can find some warmer sweetspots in all the algos I think - the Digitone is great with all these sweetspots. :)
Very nice tips, I am currently in the process of making my own patches. This will help a lot, thanks.
Hey kamnis, that's awesome! Crafting sounds on the Digitone is very fun as the synth has a lot of sweet spots - enjoy! 🙌🏻
Brilliant! thanks for sharing such knowledge.
You are welcome Dezem! Thanks a bunch for your great feedback 🙏🏻
Thanks Miles🙌 Super helpful tips and trix. This made me level up my sound design skills on the Digitone💯
Hey Klas, that is great! I'm super happy that you like it and could level up your skills with that! Thanks for the feedback and all the best 🙌🏻🙂
Thanks for your tips! Inspiring und cool sounding stuff. The key scaling in the Sound Set up Menue is also worth looking at.
You're welcome Markus! Really appreciate it. :) And thanks for the tip, will check the key scaling, haven't paid much attention to it yet.
Awesome,subbed .love how u make digital to sounding warm
Thanks for the sub! Great to hear that you dig it 🙏🏻
Nice video!
Thank you!
I like the effects and editing👌🏼
Danke dir, mein Nuuuu! ❤️
The way you use the LFOs to get those results is very inspiring bud! I don't have the Digitone, but I really get inspired to work more with the LFOs on the Digitakt. Great tutorial my friend! Digging the up/front camera angle as well ;)
Thanks buddy! Yeah I think a lot of these things are also doable on the DT, especially since the latest firmware update. Cheers my friend also for the feedback on the front camera - still a little weird but I'm getting used to it more and more. :)
Freue mich immer auf deine Video, sehr informativ und unterhaltsam :) schöner content! Viel Erfolg 😉
Vielen Dank dir mein Lieber, das freut mich sehr zu hören! Und nochmal herzlichen Glückwunsch 🙂💚
Great tutorial buddy, some great tips. Didn’t realise you had a patch pack as well, will be trying that out too!
Cheers Rob my friend, thank you so much for the great feedback and also for sharing it on IG! 💚 Yeah the soundpack is free on Gumroad, feel free to check it out and see how the sounds work for you! :)
Thanks a lot for the tips ❤️🙏
You're welcome! Happy to read that you dig it 💚🙌🏻
amazing series sounud design tech !!! thks really clear and usefull!!!
That is awesome dude! Thanks so much and I really appreciate the support. 🙏🏻
Cool tips! Hadn't really thought of algorithm 2 as a 2 osc synth, that's actually really cool.
As a side note / musing, it's interesting that your point of reference for 'analog' is 'warm'. i mostly think of analog sounds as having much more rawness and 'inyourfaceness' as opposed to muffled/warm.
Also, I associate analog with gear that can get pretty crazy when you push it to it's limits. In that regard FM kind of feels like that too, though the Digitone is a lot more polite in than a DX7, for instance. Though DN is on the whole a much more versatile machine.
Hey Erwin, yeah I'm thinking you having a fair point here. Although to me I always connect analog sounds with "warmth" it's not necessarily true (especially looking at some modular oscillators etc which I also totally put on the raw side). When I think of analog synths I immediately think of Moogs, I don't know why. 😁 But yeah, the Digitone is super versatile and you can get so many different sounds out of it!
@@MilesKvndra Yeah it all comes down to your frame of reference I think. My first 'proper' synth was an ms20 (bought it just before the mini hit the market), and that has been my benchmark for analog ever since.
On that note, I think Digitone pairs really well with a powerful analog monosynth, it really sits well with other instruments.
@@erwintuijl6342 hey Erwin, thanks a bunch for that hint and I totally agree on that - that's why I'm currently having an eye on the Moog Mother 32 as I think it could be a great addition to the DN+DT combo. :)
Hi Miles, great video as always. I recently started exploring the unison voicing options on the Digitone, I think it can really give the sound some thickness and with -sacrificing some voices of course-, so maybe this is why it's not talked about as much seeing as most videos look at the Digitone as a standalone groovebox? Same goes for the layering, I mean you could technically create an 8 oscillator synth using algorithm 2 and layering all tracks. Just some random thought. Keep up the great work.
Hey Carlos, thanks a bunch for the feedback and the good thoughts! You're totally right, the DN's unison menu is great to thicken up the sounds and give them some extra punch. For sounddesign this is great but I mainly "avoid" unison exactly for the reason you said, because I most of the time need all voices for the tracks itself to avoid voice stealing when I use the DT+DN combo or the DN standalone. But the layering technique with the 8 oscillators is a very nice idea, I'll try that just for some sounddesign fun. :)
I primarily use Digitone in post-production when mixing for clients, and the voice allocation page is one of the many secret sauces of this machine, esp. when you’re only using one track at a time.
@@adampeters9684 hey Adam, that's really interesting! I've also used the DN with Ableton in the past and then you have of course way more options because you don't need to pay too close attention to the voice limitations.
That page is also good for pattern changes. Copy a pattern and re-adjust the voices to get a different sound using the same pattern. Good for when you want to put emphasis on a different track than you were before.
@@xivivix7195 that's a really cool idea and nice approach on the unison menu. Thanks for sharing!
awesome as always ,thanks :)
Cheers Omni! Glad to hear that you like the video :)
Hey! Thanks so much for all the work you are doing with the Digitone. I am interested in exploring FM sounds. I'm looking for good advice. Should I buy a model Cycles first to learn the workflow? Or jump right into the Digitone?
Thank you EBoot! Hmm that’s hard to say as I never used the Cycles but I heard it’s more entry level friendly. However, and that’s of course just my personal experience, I found it from the start away very easy to get going with the Digitone. The device just “clicked” with me and sound design was great fun as I did a lot of reverse engineering of some of the factory sounds. It’s just a very fun machine once you get the workflow
Thank you so much for that video serie
You're very welcome! Happy to hear that it is so appreciated. :)
Hi Miles, thanks for great video! This was very helpful to me as a new Digitone owner :) I hope that you will have time to do another sound design live stream :) Cheers!
Hey Saša, you're welcome and I thank you for the great feedback! Always happy to see new Digitone users here and it is super cool, that my content is helpful. :) Stream will probably take place on 30 Dec, will post an announcement over on IG and here on YT community as well. Cheers and great day to you!
@@MilesKvndra thank you for taking your time to create educational content :) Your channel helped me a lot to decide to get Digitone alongside Digitakt I already owned :) Looking forward to live stream :) Cheers :)
Thanks for so much helpful information - I’m always wondering about the multiplier on the lfo - have you explained this in one of your videos? I would like to know a bit about how you use this and the effect it has thanks!
Hey Peacefulpigeon, you're welcome! The multiplier basically multiplies the speed of the LFO. This gives you the opportunity to use some super fast LFO rates that can create some really nice sounding results. I'm using it more on slower rates but sometimes it can be fun to experiment with that. :) Haven't done a video on that yet but maybe it's something for a future sounddesign video.
Hi, thx 4 the upload 😎😍😎 c ya
Hey volca, you're very welcome - hope you enjoy! 🙌🏻
retop!!! thks so clear ;-)
Cheers Toff! Great that everything is clear to you :)
hi Miles, great tips! Do you know if it is possible to route its arpeggiator to another synth?
Hey, Unfortunately not which really is one of the big downsides in my eyes. The Digitone’s arp is really great and being able to sequence other gear with it via MIDI would be awesome. But unfortunately it’s not doable.
@@MilesKvndra , thanks a ton man.
@WeAreElektron, guys would you be able to add this feature to the Digitone constant improvement plan?
You forgot to mention about Chorus!
Oh yeah chorus is a great one for that too!!
Flipping through the algorithms with the mix set to just X.. *cough*
Fair point Moo haha. I think in this video I just realised it after I recorded it but yes, makes more send to flip through algorithms and also change the mix to hear differences. ;)
Thanks for the video. Very nice tips here
Cheers Nala, great to hear that it helps 🙌🏻
How to load initial sound?
There is a short cut for it, I think it’s holding down the track button that the sound is on and then pressing clear
Can you share ARP configuratuion please?
Hey Ivan, it's basically just a 1/12 arp with some trigs turned off and some trigs offset by 5 and 7 semitones. I also have a tutorial on the Digitone's arp here on the channel where I go through that. :)
@@MilesKvndra thx fam
@@MilesKvndra will definitely check your arp video after i go through this and try to replicate/integrate your tips. Thanks again, Miles.
@@varlokvarlok cheers Ivan! You're welcome 🙌🏻
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