Hey @kilroy.was
I play dawless dub techno every Friday on my channel, and watch a lot of videos on YouTube. I’ll share a couple of the latest videos that I liked during
in this video i used the camera mic for background noise and it worked well, you can also use a microphone in one of your Elektrons for weird textures and sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP18cwNw43Q
I also think that adding a pedal to your setup is a very good idea. You can run one of your synths through it and get a very nice dub sound. I myself followed this path - believe me, it will force you out of the box- the electron will play a little differently.
See to the number of pedals with Elektrons uses this guy:
https://youtu.be/iUzRWgMJr08?si=DZDvqKskHdp2Brzk
And This: Dub Techno Production Tips - #22 by emadb
Thanks!
This is really nice.
So far I only experimented with Elektron on-board FX and one pedal (w/o semd-return). I see for dub mixer send return fx is crucial.
However, due to limited space I opted for a 1010 BlueBox that has one additional output which means one send/return. You think this is enough?
Well, there is the CUE pre-fader but then I lose my headphone transition dj-style stuff…
I suggest use the pedal in series connection like this (replacing a Korg with a pedal)
Using the dry/wet knob to add the effect to the electron. I use this trick and it works great. What’s more, these pedals can be paired one after the other for even more incredible effects. Also you can sync a pedal via midi.
Not sure someone wrote this already:
Modulation on the delay / reverb. (I recommend to try it on a4.
Very subtle lfo on delay time/ feedback is good.
Very high feedback, and a narrow base width filter on the delay. Lfo on filter base, for bandpassed delay crazyness. I like to go with the other lfo Set to random 16ths on filter width +reverb send. (Carefull with this one, works with feedback well over 100)
LFO on the reverbs pre delay - love this
That’s a great tip, I need to try that. I need to modulate FX a lot more in general. I typically just don’t think to do it.
Thanks for mentioning it here. Here’s the video, just in case
Very cool studio flow. The Akai Force seems like a wonderful creative tool from the YouTube videos I scanned. I am running all my DT and DN into overbridge and breaking out the tracks into a Mackie VLZ 16 channel with ton of pedals and chains (controlled by the DT and a Fader Fox, an analog heat on the master along with the RNC Compressor. Single takes , recorded live. I do not really enjoy having the computer in the mix but I really enjoy having all the tracks broken out for processing each sound live.
Enjoyed listening to your tunes today, great low end and character to the overall sounds.
Thank you for the kind words.
The Akai Force is indeed creative tool. But I never fell in love with the workflow. It’s not a well thought out system and feels somewhat convoluted. Everything is possible though and that might be the issue. But for me it’s a great mixer, fx, performance and recording tool. That’s quite a lot already I guess 