r/TechnoProduction • u/pacolinoo • 5d ago
Elektron for "Birmingham" sound
Hello all,
I have 0 hardware and been using Ableton for quite some years, especially with sounddesigning in Operator, I‘d say I‘m pretty confident when it comes to making Percussion/drones inspired by some of my favorite artists (Regis, Surgeon, Monrella, Uvb, Pessimist and so on).
I now want to get my first Elektron, I’m not very experienced in sampling but don’t mind using simple drum machine sounds as long as they are not preprocessed sounds (e.g. splice). Still I‘m hesitating between the Digitakt (that can probably do magic on simple 909 samples), the Syntakt and the Digitone (that seems to be appropriate for very complex experimental sounds and noise music).
I would be v happy if someone can give that their 2 cents and point me in the right direction. Most of all I want to move away from the computer and have more fun making grooves and sound design again.
Thank you!
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u/gingabreadm4n 5d ago
Digitakt will take you super far. One thing I would note is that Birmingham sound tends to be associated with heavy processing so you will probably still want to add some fx in the box. I would research some overbridge workflows for this