Hello,
I just bought the Digitone II last month and I’m still learning it, it’s my first time using Elektron gear. I’m coming from the Behringer world, lol.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to re-record the FX track individually for each track I recorded in Ableton (same project).
I read some posts about it, but I didn’t fully understand.
If anyone here has the time to explain it clearly, or if there’s a good link I might have missed (I searched a lot), I would really appreciate it!
To get fx from each synth track you’ll need to grab one at a time
The fx are ‘send fx’ so they’re basically shared amongst all tracks.
Overbridge can output each synth track on its own stream but fx are ‘shared’ … so you’d have to mute all tracks except the one you want to record …or change the overbridge routing ( but that’s. A bit more complex )
To get a good visual understanding of it run the standalone digitone 2 app and click on the cassette icon on the top bar.
You’ll see all the track outputs and various fx ( eg delay , reverb )
None of the elektron devices output all synth tracks ( eg 16 synth audio streams ) and fx for each ( that would be an additional 16 delay, 16 reverb , 16 chorus etc ) … that’s too much to deal with.
Also the basic principles are similar with digitakt analog 4 etc so if you don’t find overbridge info in digitone area it’s still relevant in the other machine areas on the forum / YouTube videos etc
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The DT effects are good for the creative process but then I usually record without the effects and use Abletons. Recording delay or reverb means you can’t edit it later.
Ans it is faster to record each track into Live for me.
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Thank you for understandable response ! So I have to record every track individually after the session. Lets say I have 6 tracks, 1,2,3,4,9,10, I do multitrack in Ableton 6 channel tracks, I record while I m playing with fx’s (delay, reverb, chorus). When I finish I listen only the tracks without the fx’s and then, if I want I re-record them individually, mute everything except the track I want to record with fx first and so on, meaning that every track has its own settings for fx’s(programmed by me while I was playing) or I have to re arrange again the fx’s for every track? Right?
Basically yes
But you can record the fx individually too
So you can end up with stereo audio track for synth, delay, reverb , chorus … x 6 if you want
There are probably more elaborate ways to record too , I’d try out various ways before committing to a workflow
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Thank you!! That makes a lot of sense. I did the same on my last track. Sometimes committing to a sound early helps me stay in the creative flow, but I get that it can also limit editing. So I’m experimenting to see what gives me the best balance for my workflow.
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Thanks a lot for the detailed answer, really appreciate it. It’s good to know there’s more than one way to go about it depending on the project or mood.