Model Samples vs. Digitakt + 10 performance tips/hacks
Added 2019-02-18 20:37:04 +0000 UTCHi!
Model:Samples from Elektron is their new entry level groovebox - "entry level" means a relatively low price ($400 is a first for them), and while it has less features than Digitakt, it has a few new things that Digitakt doesn't.
It's evident they made an effort to remove features so that most of its performance functions are one or two steps away, rather than two or three in Digitakt.
I'm not too crazy about the pads or its color, but what they did execute on brilliantly is the selection of performance parameters placed front and center.
The inclusion of a new chance parameter is a fantastic way to instantly introduce variety to a pattern. Elektron's instruments already had a percentage parameter in their trig conditions, but applying chance to an entire track or pattern just works really nicely.
If you have a beat-making instrument, find those parameters, load up a pattern an start turning those knobs...
As usual, I try to bring back the features Elektron didn't bring over from Digitakt, including "tricks" that enable sample locks, filter envelopes and more. These ideas will be included in detail in the February update to the book, which will be coming soon...
All my best,
Ziv (applying chance to patterns on youtube as "Loopop"...)
