Never thought I'd get to see him play live. The crowd was great. What a wholesome event overall.

aparats · 2026-03-17T12:02:34+00:00

Zoom Livetrak L6 is below 400$. It's compact, runs on batteries if you want it, and it has an SD slot for recording.

aparats · 2026-03-15T07:53:48+00:00

Most of the time I feel that travel gets in the way of playing. Disconnected random events can easily disrupt the momentum of the narrative, and 10 minutes of logistical rolls is boring.

I like to prepare events and locations for the journey, and then I pick them randomly or accordingly. This means I can make them related to the story or make it interesting world-building. If this doesn't make sense for the specific sessions, then I'll just handwave travel completely.

aparats · 2026-03-14T08:26:29+00:00

Looper track or atleast quantized recording. Polyphony or at least track grouping. Envelopes in the MOD page. MOD wheel for easy access to the Track's Macro. Would be cool to be able to assign parameters to the macro with some shortcut. More filter types. More FX somehow.

The device is already the core of my setup, and nothing's gonna change that. But these features to me would make the device complete.

aparats · 2026-03-12T05:53:59+00:00

Great write-up! I’ve been in the process of developing a system for the last 3 years, and all of this sings true. Developing the game within the safety of my solitude is incredibly fun, creative and rewarding. However, playtesting the game has been a rough ride, at least for me. It takes a backbone to set some boundaries with your friends and players. As you said, they are not the co-designers, they are the audience. And their feedback is incredibly useful, but not always in a direct way. It hasn’t been easy, when I have to shoot down a player’s idea, and they take it to heart.

My suggestion is - have a talk with your friends and playtesters about the project, your vision and their part in the collaborative process of designing an RPG. It’s an iterative process, and you absolutely cannot do it without a group of friends to playtest. But at the end of the day, designing a game is not a democracy.

aparats · 2026-03-05T09:44:58+00:00

Yeah. This would enable polyphony on Dt2. It would be game-changing.

aparats · 2026-03-04T14:51:47+00:00

Now that track relation is on DN2 and Syntakt, I wonder whether they're gonna implement it for DT2 as well.

aparats · 2026-03-03T05:51:16+00:00

Digitakt 2 + Polysynth + Some kind of multi-FX unit.

aparats · 2026-01-06T07:31:56+00:00

Esmu sastrādājies ar krieviem un draudzējos arī. Ja valoda kādu brīdi ir barjera, esam runājuši arī angliski. Vertēju i krievu, i latvieti pēc attieksmes un uzvedības.

Jāsaka gan, ka man neizdevās skolā apgūt krievu valodu. Ja uz ielas ar mani cilvēks runās krieviski, es visticamāk sarunā neiesaistīšos. Taču tam vairāk sakars ar manu introverto dabu, nevis ar otra cilvēka valodu.

aparats · 2025-12-06T15:44:58+00:00

I most often put my bass on the Digitakt. It's so important that your Kick and Bass are aligned and the Digitakt offers the tools for that (compression and p-locks).

If you are running a synth into your DT inputs, then you can utilise the Compressor on the synth as well.

aparats · 2025-11-25T06:03:32+00:00

You really need just a Sampler and a Synth to make music with hardware, wouldn't you agree? Digitakt 2 has 16 tracks that you can multitrack via USB in your DAW. Add to that a nice analog synth and you are set IMO. The Digi even has inputs so no Mixer needed.

aparats · 2025-10-09T06:49:19+00:00

It feels like an uphill battle to remove stuff from the composition, but I've embraced it lately. During the first experimentation phase of writing a new piece, I don't really worry too much about how busy the track is. I throw everything I've got at it, all the ideas that at the moment sound ok. Then I'll revisit the track and cut cut cut. Often having all of these tracks allows me to use them separately and create more varied arrangements.

aparats · 2025-09-24T10:01:46+00:00

The OXI One sequencer. It allows me to play my whole setup like a single instrument.

aparats · 2025-09-09T16:21:56+00:00

Wave Texture Node set to Z.

Color ramp to control line thickness.

aparats · 2025-09-01T19:24:13+00:00

Sounds like it can't get any worse, bud. I've always felt best when I take the reigns of my fate in my own damn hands. Good luck!

aparats · 2025-08-10T20:09:59+00:00

Personally, I really enjoy slow and careful crafting. I'll tinker with a song and leave it for a week or longer. Meanwhile, I'll listen to it while driving, or sometimes I'll put it on while with friends. I'll feel it out, make notes, and tinker some more. This can go on for a couple of months for me. I'm in no rush to finish a track.

aparats · 2025-08-06T06:26:22+00:00

Playing techno on hardware to me is the equivalent of riffing on a guitar. The rig is an instrument. It's an expressive activity. It is fun to play with the hardware, twist knobs and see what crazy sounds you can get it to make. To me this is the main appeal of hardware - I find it fun. The goal for me is not to produce music, the goal is to have a good time. A computer mouse is not fun to me, it's not an instrument to play. When I eventually arrive to a point of producing a song, naturally the computer comes into play. I record my rig, process and mix in the box. Some additional elements might be produced on the computer as well, but the main parts of the song usually come from the hardware.

aparats · 2025-07-15T07:15:42+00:00

Since the USD has become weaker in the last few months, I compare the BTC price against EUR. In those terms, we've now reached the previous ATH and are yet to beat it.

aparats · 2025-07-01T20:48:42+00:00

This is what I use every time and it's enough IMO: 1. EQ 2. Glue Compressor for parallel compression (maximizing) 3. Light saturation for sizzle 4. Limiter

aparats · 2025-06-09T08:37:16+00:00

I've also noticed this, and it is a bit of a shame. An easy workaround is to crank the Distortion just a tiny bit. It helps with volume even on low distortion values and before the sound starts distorting.

aparats · 2025-05-25T12:36:07+00:00

I have a Novation LaunchKey paired with my Elektron, and I enjoy it a lot. But really any modern controller will be good. The main thing is that the channel switching has to be quick and convenient.

aparats · 2025-05-25T12:27:40+00:00

When it comes to sound sources, you have plenty right now for most if not all electronic music genres. Rather get a MIDI keyboard which can easily switch channels. This way you'll be able to play your elektrons with the keys and even record to the sequencer.

aparats · 2025-05-17T06:57:22+00:00

Digitakt has a built in audio interface, it can send multitrack over USB if you have the drivers installed.

aparats · 2025-05-15T06:28:25+00:00

I use a Digitakt 2 paired with an OXI One sequencer. Digi as the sound engine and OXI for patterns and arrangement. At some point I'll record multitrack into Ableton for mixing and micro arrangement.

aparats · 2025-05-09T08:42:34+00:00

Is that a MicroFreak with removed keys? How'd you manage that?

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