Elektron Digitone Sound Design Tutorial | Making a kick drum

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  • čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
  • Hey friends,
    Let’s get into (percussive) sound design on the Digitone! Today it’s all about making a kick from scratch and adding some character to it. Let me know if you like this in the comments and I’m happy to make more Digitone sound design videos from time to time.
    Have a brilliant day,
    Miles
    Timestamps:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:46 - What is a kick drum?
    1:54 - Kick drum sound design on the Digitone
    9:19 - Advanced tips
    14:10 - End
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Komentáře • 67

  • @uzurpan
    @uzurpan Před rokem +4

    We need more elektron tutorials! Thank you ;)

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      You're welcome! And yeah, there is more to come :)

  • @ilkkapessi8837
    @ilkkapessi8837 Před rokem +4

    Thank you! Would be nice to see more tutorials like this one. 😊

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      You're welcome Ilkka! Good to know, then I will share more findings when I have them. Cheers :)

  • @MkUltra612
    @MkUltra612 Před rokem +2

    Love it! Just got a Digitone recently and so far it's main job has been as a drum machine. Thanks for the video!

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Awesome to hear Marcus! I think it’s a really really nice drum machine, makes some great percussive sounds 💚

  • @guille242es
    @guille242es Před rokem +2

    Excellent as always! Yes! We would really like to see more of this percusive FM synthesis tutorials for the Digitone 😉

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Cheers Guillermo and great to hear! 🙂 Already working on the second part which will cover snare drums. Stay tuned!

  • @haktwld
    @haktwld Před rokem +1

    Great tutorial. Great pace in the instructions. I'd love to see more of this. Thank you!

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Hey Michael, thanks a lot for the great feedback. Much appreciated! 💚

  • @jasonbesant4074
    @jasonbesant4074 Před rokem +1

    Thank you Miles for such a great tutorial! I can't wait to follow this step by step myself on my Digitone.

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Cheers Jason! Happy to hear that and I'm already working on the next percussion sounddesign tutorials. Currently having lots of fun with the Digi in terms of sounddesign, it's just great for that.

  • @jonwoodcock3198
    @jonwoodcock3198 Před rokem +1

    Love the idea of a percussive series 👍 great job Miles!

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Thanks so much Jon! Really glad to hear that you like it 💚

  • @MyReasonToPlay
    @MyReasonToPlay Před rokem +1

    Thank you, Miles! Sound design, especially on FM, is a very interesting theme!

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Cheers dude and yeah, it absolutely is. Could literally get list in it as FM synths are so versatile :)

  • @conduit-seoir
    @conduit-seoir Před rokem +1

    Very nice, looking forward to more percussive sounds

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Great to hear Martin! Thanks for the feedback

  • @NathanielPaffettLugassy
    @NathanielPaffettLugassy Před rokem +2

    This is the same technique I use to turn single cycle sine wave into a kick on the Digitakt. ❤

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Oh yeah, bet that works super well on the DT as well. I definitely need to use the DT more as a "synth" in the future as the capabilities are awesome

  • @williammindreaders1029
    @williammindreaders1029 Před rokem +3

    Very Nice video with great hints for FM Kick. The Digitone can get a very huge range of kicks especially with those harmonics you can injects. Nice one Miles ! Nice to see you bro

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Hey William, Thanks a bunch for joining the premiere, great to hear that you find it useful. And yes totally agree, the range of kicks you can get out of it is very big and it's a lot of fun crafting them. Similar to other sounds on the DN there are a lof of sweet spots here.

  • @cryn
    @cryn Před rokem +1

    Nice! I would love to see more of this series.

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Great feedback cryn, thank you - happy to make this a series!

  • @hexwavemusic
    @hexwavemusic Před rokem +2

    That was great Miles, thanks for making it! Lots of great tips and I've never tried to make a kick with the DT so this is very interesting!

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      You're welcome dude, happy to hear that you like it. Currently working on snares and this is way harder. But sounddesign on the DN is so much fun 💚

    • @hexwavemusic
      @hexwavemusic Před rokem +1

      @@MilesKvndra I wouldn't even know where to begin for a snare! Good luck!

  • @minimal.camera
    @minimal.camera Před rokem +1

    Honestly it's never occurred to me to do sound design with just the basic sine wave, but makes total sense for a kick! Great video

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Thank you! And yeah for a kick (and some percussive sounds in general) it definitely does, at least as a starting point. Have been further tweaking the parameters and got some very nice results out of it! :)

  • @GustavSandstedt
    @GustavSandstedt Před rokem +1

    Great 😊👍🏼 waiting for my DN.

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Yeah congrats! Have great fun with it. 2nd part of this series is probably coming next week so stay tuned for that :)

  • @jaakbonenstaak8041
    @jaakbonenstaak8041 Před rokem +1

    Something i'd like to add (and don't think ive seen you mention, my apologies if you did) is to set the lfo to a fixed tempo of 120 so it stays the same in different projects with different bpms

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Hey Jaak, that's a very good addition thanks a bunch. Never really thought of this when crafting the sounds to use a free LFO tempo. Cheers man!

  • @tlukhovskyyuriy9166
    @tlukhovskyyuriy9166 Před rokem +1

    Thank you ❤

  • @krakamak
    @krakamak Před rokem +1

    Ah, such a nice reminder that I can use the LFO as a pitch envelope! Thanks!

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Cheers Nagy and yeah it works really great for that. Lots of fun experimenting with that. :)

  • @agustinmartinez7301
    @agustinmartinez7301 Před rokem +1

    Thanks!!!

  • @carrizosasebastian
    @carrizosasebastian Před rokem +2

    Great tutorial. I would like to know if you use percusive or drums sounds on the digitone when you are combining with the Digitakt?

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Hey Sebastian, thank you! When I'm using both devices together I'm using the Digitone only for melodic stuff: T1 is bass, T2/T3 are usually layered arps/pluck sounds and T4 is for leads and/or chords. When I want a percussive sound from the Digitone in the arrangement I usually sample it to the Digitakt and then use it there.

  • @roytosseram3831
    @roytosseram3831 Před rokem +1

    Thanks a lot for this tutorial! Very helpfull! Wich affordable or less expensive reverb/ delay pedal do you advise for ambient music creation in digitone?

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Cheers Roy, happy to hear that. Hmm good question - the only pedal I own is the Microcosm and this works absolutely great with the Digitone, especially for ambient and glitchy elements. But apart from that the Digitone’s internal effects sound pretty good I have to say!

    • @roytosseram3831
      @roytosseram3831 Před rokem +1

      @@MilesKvndra Thank you for your clear response! keep making your inspiring productions.

  •  Před rokem +1

    Merci Beaucoup

  • @thefoxisblak
    @thefoxisblak Před rokem +1

    For people that use both DT & DN it could be interesting to explore creating layered kicks in the DN using unison layers, for example a track generating the click, another the body of the kick and another one the tail, and then sampling them on your DT as one sound. Just an idea. Great video as always Miles.

    • @krakamak
      @krakamak Před rokem +1

      With the Digitakt it is also cool to have the different parts of the kickdrum on different tracks, that way you can tweak them individually and then use the built-in recorder to record the master track and hence create cool new sounds :)

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Hey Carlos, thanks for the hint as this is a really nice idea. Have seen this technique with samples (like Nagy explains it) but not with synthesizers. Could be a nice idea to explore. :)

    • @GustavSandstedt
      @GustavSandstedt Před rokem +1

      I currently use model cycles for layering kicks, I use 3 tracks to achieve more complexity.

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      @@GustavSandstedt yeah layering is always a good idea with kicks, brings out some really nice results

  • @markp999
    @markp999 Před rokem +2

    Kicks sound way better on the Tone than the Takt.

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +2

      Hey Mark, I actually never tried to craft a kick from scratch on the Takt. But can imagine the Tone being way more flexible in many ways.

  • @kaspardornfeld1961
    @kaspardornfeld1961 Před rokem +2

    Thx for that great tutorial. But one little remark: wouldn‘t it be better to use the lfo, decoupled from the bpm? Otherwise the sound should change relative to pattern speed?

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      Hey Kaspar, that actually is a pretty good call. I usually make music in the similar tempo (somewhere around 120 bpm) but with your approach it definitely translates better to slower/quicker tempos. Thanks for that!

  • @ParadiseFound909
    @ParadiseFound909 Před 2 měsíci +1

    sample pack for sale ? Would love the kick in the beginning of your live set.

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před 2 měsíci +1

      I have a free sample pack on Gumroad, feel free to check that out. But it doesn’t include this kick. I’m planning more packs in the future too!

  • @raysubject
    @raysubject Před rokem +7

    Exp stands for "Exponential"

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +2

      Wow so easy haha. Thanks for clarifying it Ray!

  • @DamienPasquale
    @DamienPasquale Před rokem +1

    6:06 Hi Miles did you do a tutorial on kick drum elements with the Digitakt? I can't seem to find it. Thanks.

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Hey Damien, I haven't done a DT kick drum video so far although I'm sure you can create great kicks with it too. It has some very powerful stock sounds to use the DT like a synth.

    • @DamienPasquale
      @DamienPasquale Před rokem +1

      @@MilesKvndra I found the video I was referring to ... it was Ivar's Channel
      czcams.com/video/jHsfuq7nAS4/video.html&feature=shares

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      @@DamienPasquale ahh yeah. Ivar is awesome 💚

  • @sir-gamesalot
    @sir-gamesalot Před rokem +1

    What sort of stand are you using for your overhead camera?

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem

      It's a stand from a German company called Infuu Holders but unfortunately they don't seem to have it in their portfolio anymore (at least I couldn't find it).

  • @edgewalker06
    @edgewalker06 Před rokem +1

    Is it possible to creat a Kick for psytrance wird digitone?

    • @MilesKvndra
      @MilesKvndra  Před rokem +1

      Hey, I’m not too familiar with Psytrance so it’s hard to say for me. But I’d assume yes, the synth engine is quite versatile