Bosstip: Learn the “boring stuff” on your Elektron

So I had an epiphany last night. Learning the basics of project management on Elektron devices is probably something that a lot of folks skip, and that contributes to musical ruts and loop fatigue. I know this from experience.

The revelation came after having to dust of my 10 year old coding skills and open Xcode IDE to develop a mobile app proof of concept for a client. The first thing I got was a window asking me to “create a new…” then a selection of options. This is the same in most software these days - Microsoft Word etc facilitate the creation of “New” things unless you really wanna work on the thing you just closed.

Simple example on Digi machines - you’ve learnt how to use the sequencer and sound sculpting but every time you come back to a session your stuck in the same old loops you created last time “looking for inspiration”.
Solution: create a new project and move on sister.
Learn to manage and cull your projects periodically and use the power that many of us ignore as it’s a bit “boring”.

Discuss and share your thoughts :pray:

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man you re so right. i will try that with the A4 when i am back from vacation.

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Start a new project? Hell - I just throw the whole machine in the garbage and start with a new one.

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Expensive but just as effective

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A good reminder! A clean slate can be liberating and blow away the cobwebs :spider_web:

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is there boring stuff on my OT? …

I must be a noob

:blush:

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sample management is essential for instruments like Digitakt. I learned that the hard way, reorganising my 800+ samples and 50 projects through the tiny oled screen when the device was full. Every project has it’s own little folder now.

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I ended up doing that on my Mac with the OT in ‘USB’ mode. Had to go and relink a bunch of samples but man, it saved so much time doing it on the OT screen!