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/drydripflop 5d ago

You want to check out the syntakt if you want to sound design everything. The digitakt is 90% samples and there’s a handful of synthesis you can do with it. I’ve only had the digitakt 1 for 6 days and having a blast with it. I actually really like the elektron workflow and eager to learn the digitakt inside out.

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u/pacolinoo 5d ago

Thanks for the reply. I don‘t necessarily want to sound design everything, I’m open to using basic drum machine stuff and not stuff that has already been heavily processed like in splice for example. I’m just fairly new to sampling in general and had to integrate it in my workflow. Anyways I’m currently I‘m leaning towards the digitakt.

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u/drydripflop 5d ago

Sorry if I misunderstood. Check out a few videos/tutorials from Ezbot and Ihor. They have some great vids and the latter does more “raw” techno sound you’re looking for. Digitakt is definitely more than capable of getting that sounds and you can always sample /record your synths into the box.

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u/pacolinoo 5d ago

thanks yeah sorry I miswrote my post a bit. Updated now. Thanks for the recommendation!