We are the music makers - producers?

First pattern on it last night (that I promptly lost because I forgot to quick save it before some ctrl-all action and then reloading... the blank pattern).

https://youtu.be/eyYDyEWgRMg

#303day

Gonna sell me your digitakt then?

I don’t have, and have never had, a Digitakt. :D

You can buy my Roland TR-8S though...

I sold my TR-8 to buy elektron gear. Why did I think you had a Digitakt then?
Anyway, check this out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3NBzKJ9R5A

I’m quite the Elektron fanboy to be honest, currently have Monomachine, Machinedrum, Analog Rytm mk2, Analog Heat and now Model:Cycles. Had an Octatrack for a hot minute but moved it on, I struggled to be creative with it despite its obvious power.

What Elektron did you buy if not Digitakt?

Hi all, I've been pratting about djing and making tracks on and off since since the early 2000's but pretty much stopped doing anything for the last 6 or 7 years. About a year ago I upgraded ableton to the full suite and bought a push 2 and it's the best thing I could've done, having so much fun, feels just like when I started getting into it in the beginning. I almost exclusively use ableton with a few native Instruments plugins, although I have bought a behringer crave and now resisting the urge to go down a modular rabbit hole (first baby due in April so probably not the best idea).

I've put a few tracks on soundcloud, mix of breaks, progressive and technoish? I don't know it's all just dance music to me.

From my brief look of this thread it seems a lot of you have gone full hardware where as I've jumped back fully in the box, going to have a listen to what you guys have been up to.

https://soundcloud.com/everywed

What Elektron did you buy if not Digitakt?

I've been saving up for an Octatrack II for a while but I keep thinking I should just by a Digitakt, especially as it's newer and in some ways, better featured. Then I remember I need the extra inputs for my Moog DFAM and Mother 32 (and whatever else I end up buying), but perhaps there's a mark III on the horizon. And so it goes on...

How did you find the learning curve on the Push 2? I've recently just got back into Ableton after a long break and thinking of getting a new controller.

My Akai randomly adds pitch bend to notes about half the time, which can make things very confusing.

The learning curve is very gentle, everything just works brilliantly and there are so many different ways you can use it. If you're having random midi events with your Akai check the midi pane in the preferences and try toggling off the track/sync/remote buttons for your Akai. I had an issue with my novation remote sl keyboard that was sending random midi notes because of a midi conflict in those settings.

Cheers, v tempted.
With the Akai it's actually a hardware issue, the bend is being registered on the device itself.
Cleaning the wheel on the inside fixes it for a bit, but then it comes back.
Only solution is to buy something new and shiny anyway, right?

Remove/replace the pitch bend wheel?

There won't be a Mk3. They only made the Mk2 because they weren't going to be able to get the screens anymore and took the opportunity to switch to their new backlit buttons and upgrade the inputs. There might be… something, at some point, not soon. But I very strongly get the impression that, if anything, it would be a drastic reboot of the performance sampler concept. The Octatrack is quite esoteric. Elektron haven't designed a machine like that for quite a while now.

By the way, I'm also selling my MX-1 mixer if that makes any sense for you? Allows you to mix with the hardware but also track the channels separately into a DAW.

Yeah can do, would be simple to cut the wire inside. But quite fancy something new that allows you to look at the laptop screen less.
Something wrong about getting home from 8 hours behind a monitor to do another 4 hours of the same.

Something wrong about getting home from 8 hours behind a monitor to do another 4 hours of the same.

This is why I struggle so much with motivation when it comes to learning Reaper. I just can't be fucked 99% of the time. Tonight I found a spider living in one of CDJs so it's not exclusive to music production... :S

Ha shiny new things are always the answer. I don't use the push anywhere near its potential but I find it so easy to get an idea going with it, that alone makes it worth it for me.

Push 2 is ace

Super useful info, thanks man 😘
I had and sold a MX-1. Great piece of kit especially for playing out live (not that I ever did) but I want to go DAWless. Something by Elektron is kinda a safe compromise to save me from buying an Erica synths Techno setup

Nah, that Techno System, don't go there

DFAM, TR8S (or Elektron RYTM 2), a Monosynth, some pedals..... waaaay more flexibility

Word. Think I posted basically the same suggestion back when were discussing that. If you go eurorack/modular as your main setup you have to be quite sure you're ok with no recallable patch memory, etc.

The TS is pretty gnarly but you have to look at it and question the investment vs what you'd get out of a more diverse setup for similar money.

Have to say, I'm loving the Rytm Mk2. Does an awful lot, very creative feeling machine.

talking of pedals this is lovely/insane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEuRJ7yQwM4

They sound really decent for the money, no proper stereo though. Been blown away by the Meris Polymoon recently, would really like to try their Mercury 7.

Had a friend staying so this is literally the second pattern I've made with this thing, it's such a fun box.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlYC7SS154

Very nice indeed! Impressed. That's a track right there

Now if you can finish checking the patients vital signs with it that'd be great 🤣

Haha, I like the hospital equipment vibe. :)