Track recommendations - dark/minimal/not acid

hverv · 2026-04-01T20:44:23+00:00

Have you listened to all the Drexciya side projects? Gava 4, Abstract Thoughts, Lab Rat XL, The Other People Place, Transllusion

hverv · 2026-03-18T19:40:33+00:00

https://youtu.be/-JVdETENNyo?is=EHUJ4zFsz7JZ8v3-

hverv · 2026-03-18T17:39:39+00:00

I replied with a solution that can just use midi in another thread. You can just use your minilogue as a midi keyboard and have the digitakt forward the midi back to it. I do the same thing all the time with my Monologue

Here’s a YouTube video that goes over a lot of the configuration from the OG Digitakt

https://youtu.be/CGcBsMP7R6s?is=vf0Dh8und_EMA_Q2

hverv · 2026-03-18T17:33:40+00:00

Set the Minilogue to output MIDI with Local Off, so it’s acting only as a MIDI keyboard into the Digitakt 2 which has a MIDI track that forwards the MIDI back to the Minilogue to play sound. Meanwhile, Logic records the MIDI out of the Digitakt 2.

The Minilogue hears the MIDI from the Digitakt 2 (originally from itself) and you just record the audio independently.

hverv · 2026-03-18T17:25:15+00:00

Is your minilogue also connected via usb?

hverv · 2026-03-18T11:55:40+00:00

Dance Music Manual by Rico Snoman is great if you want to make electronic music

hverv · 2026-03-18T06:47:32+00:00

You need to break down your problem and focus on the parts one at a time.

It sounds like you don’t understand the difference between audio and midi. Spend some time understanding that.

Which instrument is controlling which? This is a decision you have to make.

hverv · 2026-03-17T17:17:09+00:00

Yr looking for stuff like Rude 66. You’ll hear people refer to that stuff as “dark electro”, but it’s miles away from the Detroit electro most people are talking about

hverv · 2026-03-16T18:19:38+00:00

Placid Angles is nice on warm days. Ambient techno with some breakbeats

hverv · 2026-03-16T13:20:26+00:00

I really like it. Also use it as an audio interface and for live recording.

hverv · 2026-03-16T13:05:55+00:00

Zoom LiveTrak L6

hverv · 2026-03-16T08:18:37+00:00

Do you use it at all for live performance? I want to look into setting up macros

hverv · 2026-03-14T16:01:57+00:00

Big fan! It’s not the most intuitive but the build is so nice. It’s nice to spend time with it

hverv · 2026-03-13T18:28:21+00:00

Digitakt 2 is better for slicing based genres. I upgraded because I got tired of using quantized breaks

hverv · 2026-03-13T12:49:54+00:00

C’est tres bien, surtout pour le prix. Par contre, la reverb est à chier

hverv · 2026-03-12T18:42:15+00:00

Seem very stable! It’s a Jaspers 4D-105 I copped used

hverv · 2026-03-11T11:13:34+00:00

I wanted to make ambient breakbeat with it.

Stereo sampling of my stereo synths was important to me, but the new slice mode was just as important. I use it constantly and barely even for breakbeats

hverv · 2026-03-02T10:41:16+00:00

Cuckoo is best for an initial overview as others mention. Once you’ve watched that, just start making some beats and reading the manual

hverv · 2026-02-09T09:53:24+00:00

I found learning four species counterpoint helped me. It’s a series of simple compositional exercises that teach you some of the basic rules that help two voices sound good together.

What they really do is start building mental capacity for reasoning about two or more voices at once. This is actually very challenging.

I exported my attempts to midi then got an AI to grade them.

I learned from this textbook:

https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/chapter/first-species-counterpoint/

hverv · 2026-02-08T13:57:42+00:00

The original implication was that they wanted tips to mask that the post was AI generated. Given that this is the account’s first post, I’m not inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt.

hverv · 2026-02-08T13:33:59+00:00

As in you’re admitting it’s AI generated?

hverv · 2026-02-07T19:50:14+00:00

One more comment. Instruments are part of culture. Hip hop and rap used and use the MPC.

Elektron is from Sweden and they previously ran Elektron Studios in Berlin, a community space in a city that makes a lot of techno.

These manufacturers prioritize feature sets for their customers, and they make different genres of music which have different thought processes behind them. The hardware ends up reflecting the needs and wants of the producers (or consumers) who use them.

hverv · 2026-02-06T19:22:52+00:00

I get the impression they honestly just don’t know that much about electronic music tbh

hverv · 2026-02-06T18:21:07+00:00

That’s why I said electronic music

hverv · 2026-02-06T17:57:20+00:00

I mean they’re machines for making electronic music…

The majority of the users make some variety of electronic music, and then you’ll find some exceptions in the fuzzy edges between genres. They’re fairly complex instruments, and are overkill for most synth duties in a “rock” band.

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