Elektron Digitakt II is Co-Producer | Track Breakdown

Obsidian is track that emerged through working with Digitakt II. In this video, we break down elements of track, but more importantly how ideas took shape. Not just what is happening, but how Digitakt II actively shaped music. All synth sounds are sampled from Arturia AstroLab 37. Rather than sequencing notes directly, full phrases and musical ideas were recorded into Digitakt II and then explored, reshaped and refined from there. Drum sounds come from Digitone II, sampled and processed inside Digitakt II as part of same workflow. This isn&just track breakdown. It&also starting point for short series of videos about how Digitakt II has changed way approach sample based music production, composition, and discovery. More on that very soon. Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Start of track breakdown 00:51 - Arp track 02:02 - Using macros for performance 03:26 - Wireless MIDI 03:57 - Lead tracks 05:22 - Bass track 06:38 - Faster control breath control macros 07:36 - How to make samples behave more like synth 08:19 - Pad tracks 09:26 - How to make chord wider 10:03 - Sharing two sounds on same track 10:57 - Turning loop into granular pluck 13:32 - 303 track 14:30 - Generating new ideas with random locks 16:37 - Repurposing drum loop from Digitone II 18:08 - Kick track 18:21 - Couple of stock samples to fill out drums 18:51 - Some momentary buttons for performance 20:05 - Some AstroLab ear candy 21:49 - Noise for atmosphere 23:19 - Bringing it all together for performance...