Digitakt 2 - Beginner’s MEGA TUTORIAL

Digitakt 2 is here! My new go-to sampler sequencer instrument. Elektron’s web is probably overloaded during the launch, but visit your favourite store to find it, or check my affiliate links: Support me here: My online store: My record store: Instagram: Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:10 Hardware Overview 00:02:07 The Elektron System 00:07:12 Booting it up, dynamic loading 00:07:53 Overview of the panel 00:11:43 Play a pattern 00:12:00 Stop playback 00:12:36 Selecting patterns 00:13:46 Your samples - your style 00:14:33 The power of stereo 00:15:12 One last cuckoo pattern 00:15:33 Create a new project 00:16:58 Naming a project, files, kits 00:18:00 Loading a project 00:18:49 Exit menu 00:19:17 Factory preset kit 00:19:46 Make your first pattern 00:20:37 Keep editing while it’s playing 00:21:04 Keep an eye on the rec button 00:21:23 Select another track to edit 00:22:03 Preparing to live record 00:22:36 Quantising live recording 00:23:44 Metronome 00:24:40 Changing the tempo (bpm) 00:24:55 Tuning a sample 00:25:17 Setting the track level 00:25:37 Adjusting the amp envelope 00:26:05 Exploring Track Effects 00:26:56 Trimming a sample 00:27:34 Stereo or mono 00:28:03 Clear pattern, to start over 00:28:34 Mixing with the filters 00:30:27 Set Preroll for Live rec count-in 00:31:16 Remember to turn off the metronome 00:31:40 Keep fine tuning during playback 00:32:17 Add fast hi-hats in no-time 00:32:37 Modulating a hihat - predictably 00:34:06 Modulating a hihat - randomised 00:35:33 Modulating a hihat - more modulation 00:36:36 Playing the keyboard 00:36:49 Envelope modes 00:37:36 The filter envelope 00:38:40 Multiple pattern pages 00:40:56 Set pattern pages per track 00:43:21 Preview copy paste notes 00:44:30 Send to FX per trig 00:44:57 FX settings 00:47:29 Exploring the other filters 00:49:29 Conditional trigs 00:50:34 Save project 00:50:50 Selecting samples 00:51:53 Quick loading samples Loop a single cycle waveform 00:53:17 Keyboard folding scales 00:55:01 Portamento 00:55:20 Longer pattern again 00:55:53 Parameter locking a modulation 00:56:53 The perform kit 00:58:04 The master compressor 01:02:46 Copy/ Paste Patterns and tracks 01:03:25 Edit All tracks at the same time 01:03:51 Queue up pattern change 01:04:26 The two mute modes 01:06:29 Loading many samples 01:07:44 Saving presets 01:09:29 Saving presets to the Preset Pool 01:10:57 Multiple presets on one track 01:15:07 Trig modes overview 01:15:44 Trig mode - Preset Pool 01:16:56 Sampling your first sample 01:19:55 Sample a loop 01:22:30 Track machines 01:23:05 The Stretch machine 01:23:42 The Werp machine 01:26:01 Sampling again 01:26:25 Changing the tempo 01:26:57 Trig-less trigs 01:28:27 Sampling for the GRID machine 01:35:14 What’s under the hood