Hello,
I’m looking for a DTII magician that could teach me some tricks. I’m preparing for a live performance and need to learn quick. ideally would love to work with someone that’s great at creating their own samples.
Need help to:
PAID.
Any lead would be amazing.
Thanks,
P
Dave’s also Dutch, not sure if he still does in person trainings
@DaveMech is in Utrecht I believe and he offers lessons.
I just got his OGDT series. I was already pretty experienced after having watched hours of YT tutorials by Cuckoo, loopop, Red Means and more, but this is more structured. I’m only up to lesson 8 this morning and it’s already really helping me round things out. You’ll likely save a lot of time by avoiding YT and going straight to the Netherlands.
I was so excited by the quick progress I made yesterday that I got up extra early this morning and have almost finished section one of Dave’s lessons. This has absolutely leveled me up very quickly!
The rest of today and tonight will be spent finishing part one and then recreating the grooves he taught, while using his sound design principles (mostly from memory) and referencing his workbook notes. The workbook notes are short and concise and will jog your memory about important points learned in the videos. My recreated sounds will be slightly different because I’ll be using my own ear this time rather than just following his exact parameter settings.
The next section is on advanced techniques and I doubt I’ll be getting to sleep early tonight because I really want to level up again.
FWIW, I’m a 62yo former oilfield worker with 4 semesters of music theory and sight singing and ear training, as well as the requisite piano proficiency required of a music major. I’ve been playing piano for 7 years now and found the Digitakt a few years ago when I was looking for a something less boring than a metronome for practice. Needless to say, the DT (and an RC-505) put me on a completely different musical path.
Kudos to Elektron for producing and supporting such a fabulous groovebox, and to Dave for all the time and effort he put into these lessons.
edit: I want to add that Dave includes project files so you can follow along with the same samples used in the lessons, but I didn’t use them. I just chose my own from the factory samples. The principles of rhythm and sound design are the same regardless.
Tagging @DaveMech because he may not have noticed.
He has a second small child now so may not be willing to travel, but if you can make the journey to/from Utrecht, he may be willing to do in-person lessons, and the odds go up if you’re okay with online (synchronized, live).
Can confirm his packaged courses are great, I have two of them, and the existence of a DT2 course by him actually makes it more likely for me to acquire the actual device (though I’ve not committed yet, still enjoying my DT1).
Thanks, I totally forgot to tag him. I used to work a lot in the ME and west Africa. Schipol was always a waypoint when going to and from different jobs. Spent many months of off time in Amsterdam but never made it to Utrecht. I miss the Netherlands. It’s so gezellig!
Thanks @Kammo @Skurdd @Juniper_Steels @uglymule @plragde for the mentions!
We’re now in contact 
And thanks Uglymute & Plragde. Really awesome to hear these positive stories about the course. Think I can learn a thing or two from you as well Plragde when it comes to modular synths
Have received positive feedback about the DT II course as well so far so I’ve been super energised the last week, but also incredibly busy because of a gig tomorrow at mama analog… So been a bit slow in responding here. Let’s see if people actually like the noise that comes out.
Cheers
just curious how soon is this live performance that is coming up?
I might understand a bit more of the math than you do, and have a slightly larger rig, but you’re way ahead on practical music knowledge and live performance. But if there’s anything I can help with, I’m happy to answer questions or consult, gratis, at any point (I’m not trying to make a living from this like you are). That goes for anyone reading this (though I’m not trying to undercut Dave and he can help in so many ways that I can’t).
Good luck with the gig!
Tomorrow. @slawa_soloma and @MoeFerris are also playing together after me I play from 1AM to 2AM
https://mama-analog.de (organized by @gu-y-1 ) There’s a dedicated topic here: Want to play a techno live set in (southwest) Germany? - #131 by guy
@plragde Thanks, appreciate it and might take you up on that !
It is off-topic but maybe it’s okay given that this thread has served its main purpose. I’m curious about where in west Africa, and why. I taught in Senegal for a month, and my daughter did a term abroad in Morocco.
I meant the op, sounded like alot to learn in a short period of time, I know you’ll be alright
Ahh my bad. thoight it was out of interest 
I ran an offshore supply vessel out of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) to a drill ship off Sierra Leone and serviced the same drill ship when it moved near Takoradi (Ghana). Ghana was great!