Mastering Digitone 1

Complete Course

Get a deep understanding of FM synthesis and sound & groove design

Learn to use Digitone as a complete track production instrument!

The complete Mastering Digitone 1 course experience!

Mastering Digitone is a massive course of close to 8 hours aimed at people that want to dive deep into the Digitone's FM synthesis, sound design, complete groove creation. You will gain all the tools to create full tracks from the ground up purely within the Digitone!

In the first part of the course we cover FM synthesis in a very applicable way, in depth sound design, and groove design basics. In the second part we dive deep into groove design. We create a complex and very detailed groove and set everything up to make it easy to extend it into a full track.

After completing the Digitone 1 Complete Course you will be able to combine FM sound design and groove creation as a joined workflow at a high level!

More than 2800 satisfied customers completed the Elektron courses successfully before you so far!

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Suitable for all knowledge levels

This course is perfect for all levels: beginners, intermediate and advanced users. Even if you've never touched an Elektron instrument you will be able to follow this course as we start from the very beginning. For advanced users there are many high level techniques and tricks for sound & groove design, mixing, arranging and performing.

Up to date

No stone has been left unturned. This course contains bonus material for every firmware update that was released after the initial course's design.

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Watch the course in Google Chrome to get auto-captions and translations similar to YouTube. Instructions included in the course!

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The course is divided into two parts spanning multiple chapters

In the first part of the course you will learn everything you need about FM synthesis and sound design to be able to create specific sounds and experiment as much as you'd like.

In the second part you will learn how to apply this knowledge and create a complete song structure within the Digitone that you can record and perform anywhere. Even though Digitone only has 4 tracks, you'll learn how much is possible within these limitations.

In this video you can listen to the groove that you will learn to create in the second part of the course!

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Course curriculum

1

PART 1 - FM Synthesis & Sound design
- Readme
- (Translated) Subtitles: instructions Free Preview
- Join the Discord server
- Cheat Sheet Free Preview
- Files
- PART 1 Introduction Free Preview
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Chapter 1 - FM Fundamentals explained
- 1 Chapter 1 introduction Free Preview
- 2. The beginnings of Frequency Modulation Free Preview
- 3. Operators explained
- 4. Digitone & FM basics - operator's ratios and envelopes
- 5. Start modulating - clear sound
- 6 Feedback
- 7 Ratios explained
- 8 Calculating harmonics
- 9 Upper and lower sidebands
- 10 How to generate harmonics below the fundamental frequency
- 11 Visual of a modulated carrier - Sine waves as sources
3

Chapter 2 - Creating basic waveforms - analogue emulation - subtractive synthesis
- 12 Chapter 2 introduction Free Preview
- 13 Create basic waveform Sawtooth Free Preview
- 14 Create basic waveform Squarewave
- 15 Ratio offsets - Analogue emulation - Revertclear page
- 16 Detune
- 17 Mod-depth and feedback as LP filters - FM synthesis + subtractive synthesis
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Chapter 3 - Algorithms and envelopes - Harmonics parameter
- 18 Chapter 3 introduction Free Preview
- 19 The algorithms - X Y output - Envelopes
- 20 Algorithm 3 - Multiple carriers - Stacking frequencies = addative synthesis
- 21 Algorithm 4
- 22 Algorithm 5
- 23 Algorithm 7
- 24 Move slowly to find gold
- 25 Harmonics Parameter
5

Chapter 4 - Sound Design analogy - Kick sound design - LFO's explained
- 26 Chapter 4 introduction Free Preview
- 27 FM sound design analogy Free Preview
- 28 Sound design Kick
- 29 Kick - Pitch modulation - LFO's explained in depth - Set parameter back to default
- 30 Kick - Adding a click - Horizontal and vertical layers - Modulators and envelopes
- 31 A few more undo tips
- 32 Kick - HP Filter for extra punch and body
- 33 Kick - Parameter setting, mod depth and decay time interaction
- 34 Kick - Feedback for overdrive - Using the mix parameter
- 35 Kick - Final tweaks
- 36 Grid Recording mode - Sequencer trigs - Trig note and length - Sound's default octave
- 37 Save a sound to the +drive
- 38 Try different notes
- 39 Kick - Amp envelope attack default - Settings for percussion
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Chapter 5 - Snare sound design - HiHat sound design
- 40 Chapter 5 introduction Free Preview
- 41 Sound design Snare - creating noise Free Preview
- 42 Snare - Utilizing envelope stages - Detailed pitch modulation
- 43 Snare - Change algorithms to spice things up - Add ringing via mix
- 44 Sound design HiHat
- 45 HiHat - Subtly dialing back from noise
- 46 HiHat - Play across octaves
- 47 HiHat - Live record decay time for hihat rhythms
7

Chapter 6 - Bass sound design - Woody sounds - Key scale - Analogue-ish emulations
- 48 Chapter 6 introduction Free Preview
- 49 Sound Design Bass 1 - Inharmonic Woody Pluck - Snappy mod envelopes
- 50 Bass 1 - Mixing outputs X & Y
- 51 Bass 1 - Play with feedback - Add subtle modulation - Detune
- 52 Key scaling
- 53 Sound design Bass 2 - Analog emulation - LFO to Filter frequency
- 54 Bass 2 - Second modulator as sub-OSC emulation
- 55 Sound design Bass 3 - Trouser flapping bass - Adding feedback + modulation
8

Chapter 7 - Stab Sound design - Send FX explained - LFO voice phasing
- 56 Chapter 7 introduction Free Preview
- 57 Sound design Stab 1 - Repeating what we've learned so far
- 58 Send FX explained
- 59 Reverb page - Double tap stop = kill sound
- 60 Stab 1 Softening the transient
- 61 Delay page - Riding the feedback
- 62 Chorus page
- 63 Sound design Stab 2 - Chords - Note edit menu
- 64 Stab 2 - LFO subtle pitch mod - Detune - LP filter
- 65 Stab 2 - FIlter key tracking
- 66 Stab 2 - FIlter key tracking
9

Chapter 8 - Pad sound design
- 67 Chapter 8 introduction Free Preview
- 68 Sound design evolving pad - create a lot of harmonics - Subtle harmonics modulation - Filter sweep
- 69 Evolving pad - Slow modulation with LFO's and envelopes
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Chapter 9 - Creating a basic groove
- 70 Chapter 9 introduction Free Preview
- 71 Creating a basic groove - Selecting and copying the sounds
- 72 Sequencer - Grid Recording mode - Note edit menu
- 73 Parameter Locks - Copy & Paste multiple trigs - Preview a trig
- 74 Add the dub chord - Scale mode explained - extend sequence
- 75 Conditional locks
- 76 Live Recording Mode - Use base width filter to mix
- 77 Filter on dub chord - Adding delay
- 78 Add more detail - Ghost note feel on hihats - Mix
- 79 Outro
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PART 2 - Advanced Groove Design
- Readme
- Files
- PART 2 Introduction Free Preview
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Chapter 1 - Creative groove techniques with just a kick
- 1 Chapter 1 introduction Free Preview
- 2 Load new project - Load a sound to a track Free Preview
- 3 Grid recording mode - editing a trig's note - note edit menu basics Free Preview
- 4 Kick and bass on one track - Utilizing polyphony
- 5 Algorithm 7 - dotted and straight lines - Analyzing the kick - pitch offset mod - temp save & revert
- 6 Mix parameter - Adding kicks - Creating a drop with revert to save
- 7 Lock voices - Note locks - Dissonant bass rumble
- 8 Kick's focus in the mix - parameter locks - base width filter
- 9 Tempo menu - Swing - Microtiming - Copy paste trigs
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Chapter 2 - Adding a detailed bass groove on the kick track - Parameter lock deep dive - Voices
- 10 Chapter 2 introduction Free Preview
- 11 Bass - On kick channel - parameter locks continued Free Preview
- 12 Operator envelopes - ADE explained - envelope delay
- 13 Plocks - tweak bass trig - Change note, modulations and more - sample & hold LFO - save project
- 14 Reverb - Create a space - Shelving EQ
- 15 Plocks - Another bass pluck - Plock release time
- 16 Plocks - Algo - XY mix - Mod level - AMP envelope
- 17 Plocks - LFO - How an LFO modulates
- 18 Plocks - Reverb send - Mod A level - BW filter
- 19 Algorytm 7 - Utilizing X Y mix - Operator envelopes - Combination of signal and mod outputs
- 20 Shifting a track's sequence
- 21 Voices - lock the least amount of voices - time based voice count
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Chapter 3 - Detailed polyphonic stab design
- 22 Chapter 3 introduction Free Preview
- 23 Stab - track note menu - lock scales - easy chords within scale
- 24 Stab - sound design - change octaves - input chords via note edit menu
- 25 Stab - filter slopes explained - filter envelope
- 26 Stab - filter envelope delay - utilizing the filter rhythmically
- 27 Stab - frequency response balancing using filters
- 28 Chorus
- 29 Stab - more tweaks to envelopes - LFO modulation to ratios
- 30 Delay
- 31 Stab - Lock trigs - Parameter locks - Conditional locks
- 32 Scale Menu - scale - ch.len - m.len
- 33 Stab - Add more modulations
- 34 Stab - Live record filter movement - Chance conditional locks - final adjustments
15

Chapter 4 - Hihat and clap design - Utilizing rhythmic LFOs
- 35 Chapter 4 introduction Free Preview
- 36 HiHat - sound design - creating noise and chaos - try different notes - harmonics parameter
- 37 HiHat - LFO as retrigger - LFO for humanization
- 38 Clap - Creating a clap based on the HiHat
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Chapter 5 - Melody - Arpeggiator deep dive - Musical scale
- 39 Chapter 5 introduction Free Preview
- 40 Arpeggiator - ARP menu - ARP within scale - Copy Paste possibilities
- 41 ARP - utilizing scale lock - chord mode onoff - melodies within scale - modes - range - length
- 42 Arpeggiator - sequence
- 43 Arpeggiator - speed - harp like structures
- 44 Melody - extend sequence - one more sequence shift - record arp melody into sequencer
- 45 Melody - LFO on ratio - add conditional locks
- 46 Melody - filter tweaking - filter frequency LFO
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Chapter 6 - Tweaks to main sounds and mix - master pages - FILL
- 47 Chapter 6 introduction Free Preview
- 48 HiHat - LFO to VOL for more groove - Plock to change track parameters
- 49 Final tweaks - Mix balance - presence in mix of each element
- 50 Fix minor problems - hihat AMP Vol LFO starting phase
- 51 Master pages - Overdrive - Gain stages
- 52 FILL - adding detail - humanization
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Chapter 7 - Creating a break and build-up - Detailed pad design
- 53 Chapter 7 introduction Free Preview
- 54 Building a break pattern - Switching banks and patterns - copypaste pattern
- 55 Cut the lows - Finding parameters to build a break - Make X and Y outputs both useful - Land on happy accidents
- 56 Embrace the happy accidents - Copy parameter pages
- 57 Melody - Extending the melody
- 58 Stab - make the stab darker and more subtle - Free up voices
- 59 Add build-up pad to break
- 60 Pad - sequence scale - extending track's sequence beyond 64 steps
- 61 Pad - programming the pad's chord build-up - note editing without default note
- 62 Pad - adding movement & vintage vibes - detune - LFO - phase reset - pitch mod
- 63 Pad - LP4 filter and envelope - filter keytrack - Stab - Darkening the sound
- 64 Pad - portamento - constant time - Preview break
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Chapter 8 - Finalizing mix - Adding one-shots and variation patterns
- 65 Chapter 8 introduction Free Preview
- 66 The mix and making final adjustments
- 67 Adding one shots
- 68 Variation 1 - per pattern scale mode - switch between note and lock trigs - mute trigs
- 69 Editing plocks - Plock and modulate ratios
- 70 Variation 2 - Control All
- 71 Revert control all
- 72 Mute modes
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Chapter 9 - Song mode basics
- 73 Chapter 9 introduction Free Preview
- 74 Song Mode - song mode menu - creating a chain - navigating song mode
- 75 Song mode - creating a basic song
- 76 Song Mode - playback
- 77 Outro
- 78 Mastering Digitone part 2 Groove Performance

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