"IDM in box"

[obscurerobot]

Welcome to the forum!

It is probably worth checking out these threads as well:

IDM / Ambient Techno made on your Elektron gear

I know there are quite a few folks on Elektronauts as in to IDM and ambient techno as I am. A few of us even follow each other on social media. I’m envisioning this thread as a good resource for hearing different sounds, influencing each other, learning, and otherwise sharing. A place to gather for those electronic music fans and creators who like melody, chord progressions, and atmosphere that kind of stands in direct opposition to the darker and more minimal strains of techno that have dominat…

What's the sequencing theory in IDM?

I’ve all the sequencing tools I need, Euclidian, piano roll, step sequencer, step conditions, random trig, trig repeat and what not, but every time I try to build more complex, non-repetitive IDM/break-beat like patterns I always end up with muddy chaos. How to find the right balance between coherence and disorder? What should be structured and what can be let to some more randomness? How to make the track breath? Somehow, all sounds are on top of each other, nothing stand out, no tension/rel…

Inspiring Octa-mangling vids?

Hey, can anyone point me in the direction of any clips showing a variety of sample mangling possibilities on the OT? The knobs vid is gorgeous, but then he could make a shoelace sound great Dataline’s promo clip gives me a small idea what to expect too. But I’d like to get a better picture of what people are talking about with the limitless sound mangling potential and happy accidents, and what I’m mostly coming across is people rearranging drum loops etc. But perhaps my YouTube-…

IDM / Glitch tips

Hi guys, I’m testing Digitakt and I’m really excited about this little thing. However, since a lot of production process lives in preparation I barely could find any good tips and tricks on how to build glitchy / noisy rhythms. I’m a big fan of Board of Canada, Plaid, early Aphex Twin and early Autechre and would love to build some nice glitch ridden, but melodic stuff. I figured a lot of the glitch / IDM type thing is in LFO modulating samples / loop start, etc. But coming from eurorack, Digi…