Elektron Digitakt 1-2-1 Tuition Course

from £245.00

Decloak have put together an in depth course on the Elektron Digitakt. If you want to learn more about the Elektron Digitakt as a sampler, drum programmer, sound design power-house, sequencer for external hardware or Ableton Live Integration then this course is for you. Whether you are totally new to the Elektron workflow or just looking to make the most of this amazing little box, this course is for you. 

As with all our in-house courses, we tailor it to suit the styles of music you want to make, meaning 100% of the content you learn is relevant to your own artistic goals.

To cater for different experience levels we have a few options available and have split the course into two modules - Module 1 is for beginners to intermediate and Module 2 is more advanced. Each can be purchased separately or together as a bundle.

See the courses available and what they involve in the ‘COURSE CONTENT’ below.

Options:

Decloak have put together an in depth course on the Elektron Digitakt. If you want to learn more about the Elektron Digitakt as a sampler, drum programmer, sound design power-house, sequencer for external hardware or Ableton Live Integration then this course is for you. Whether you are totally new to the Elektron workflow or just looking to make the most of this amazing little box, this course is for you. 

As with all our in-house courses, we tailor it to suit the styles of music you want to make, meaning 100% of the content you learn is relevant to your own artistic goals.

To cater for different experience levels we have a few options available and have split the course into two modules - Module 1 is for beginners to intermediate and Module 2 is more advanced. Each can be purchased separately or together as a bundle.

See the courses available and what they involve in the ‘COURSE CONTENT’ below.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1 - CORE DIGITAKT [Beginner to Intermediate Level]

Covering all aspects of the Digitakt as a standalone drum machine, sequencer, sampler, mono-synth and sound design tool.

Duration: 12 hours
Format: One 2 or 3 hour session per week. One-to-one.
Payment: Paid in Full

Lesson 1 - Introduction to Digitakt - 2 Hours

  • Introduction to Digitakt - song creation & workflow demo

  • Navigation overview and menu navigation

  • Project structure and architecture

  • Sequencing 4 tracks, making a basic beat 

Lesson 2 - Building Kits, Sampling and Beat Making Basics - 2 Hours

  • Introduction to mute groups and CTRL all feature

  • FLTR / AMP page familiarisation

  • Building kits / Sound Browser / saving Sounds

  • SRC / LFO page familiarisation

Lesson 3 - Advanced Digitakt, Synthesis and Song Structure - 2 Hours

  • Introduction to sampling and resampling

  • Trig conditions and parameter locking in depth

  • Workflow tips and song structure basics

  • Genre based patterns - velocity, in depth LFO, programming of intricate drums. 

Lesson 4 - Advanced Digitakt, Sound Design and Song Structure - 2 Hours

  • Compressor and mixer page familiarization

  • Advanced workflow - progression of patterns into song structure

  • Utilising pattern chain and trig conditions as song structure

  • Midi loopback

  • Using Digitakt as a mono-synth for bass lines and stabs

Lesson 5 - Sequencing Hardware - 4 Hours

  • General overview of MIDI and NRPN/CC Messages

  • How does MIDI work?

  • The importance of OUT and THRU

  • What can the Digitakt control?

  • Basic hardware set-up with the Digitakt

  • Using an external MIDI keyboard

  • Polyphonic sequencing 

  • Sequencing multiple hardware units

  • Using Parameter Locks for CC modulation

  • Using the MIDI LFO page 

Module 2 - DIGITAKT AND ABLETON LIVE (OVERBRIDGE) [Advanced Level]

Duration: 8 hours
Format: One 2 or 3 hour session per week. One-to-one.
Payment: Paid in Full

Lesson 1 - Setting up audio over USB and Ableton Live Integration - 4 Hours

  • Introduction to Overbridge

  • Digitakt as a VST

  • Ableton Live as mixer functionality

  • Creating an Ableton Live Template for Digitakt Overbridge

  • Latency, understanding Digitakt as Audio Interface, trouble-shooting 

  • Using Ableton Live to enhance Digitakt performances

  • Sequencing Virtual Instruments with Digitakt

Lesson 2 - Tracking and editing audio - 4 Hours

  • Recording up to 10 channels of audio over USB

  • Introduction to “Pre-Mixing’ and using Ableton Live stock plug-ins with Digitakt

  • Warping stems accurately

  • Editing your recordings

  • Turning stems into a finished track