Hey, i’m a massive fan of hard side chaining the hole track to the kik. So i wanted to ask, how do you guys approach it.
Yesterday a found a video on the net where a guy was explaining it with trigless triggers, but it seems to me a bunch of work. Is there maybe a more simpler way of doing it? Maybe via sending MIDI out and into the Digitakt?
here is the video
Doei!
I get that pumping effect in one of two way:
Reduce sample volume with a p lock when the kick comes in. Basic but effective.
Run the whole signal into a compression with the drums LOUD. On my SP404 this creates a faux-sidechain effect.
You can, as you say, send midi to itself from one of the midi channels’ LFO as described here: Digitakt - First Impressions
Unfortunately it freezes in an endless loop if you press stop twice when sending midi to itself. You can get out of this loop by flipping the «Input From» to disabled and back to midi (Port Config). Hope this get sorted out in the next update.
Edit: Actually, I hope they make an internal midi routing. Much better solution.
I hardpan the kick to the left channel, and everything else to the right, run them in mono out to my external analog rack compressor. There’s a number of reasons why this isn’t ideal, but it’s the only way I’ve found to get a satisfying sidechain sound.
I really wish they would just put some decent compression in this box already so I could sidechain it internally. I’d even give up an LFO or something just to have that.
I don’t have a Digitakt, but can you not just sync the LFO in question to the kick drum tempo by using some multiple of 16/32/64 as the speed value? I suppose that only works with four to the floor kick patterns though.
Nice, thx man
You can get much smoother result and utilize just one triggless trig per “volume” drop with LFO affecting amp volume negatively (exponential shaped LFO, 1-shot mode).
Of course you need to make sure that triggless trig triggers LFO 
Snagged your image, gonna try this when I get home. Thank you much
LFO mapped to Volume = sidechain. I do it on midi tracks too, Midi channel - JV880 patch, volume cc mapped, lfo - volume, edit or even trig lock to taste.
Aa great! Could you explain the Midi thing a bit more indepht? I tried Midi but my device crashes. I m runnin 1.04. but maybe i do something wrong when patchin the Midi channel.
Yeah man, thats a simple but very effektive thought! Thx. This better and faster to set up
Crucial Elektron tech since MnM
Edit: guess you can kinda do it on MD too
No idea tbh, Digitakt is my first Elektron device 
Welcome to the club 
The great thing about Elektron boxes is that once you learn one, it’s easy to pick up the rest because all your tricks translate across the boxes
Guys, thanks for your ideas, they definitely helped me. The thing about the Digitakt is, since it’s so limited, you kinda have to get creative in finding ways to do certain things. And there are multiple roads that are leading to rome
Sorry people, I just can’t keep my anal, control-freak behavior in check…
It’s not side chaining. Nothing is being chained from the side. There’s no automation based on incoming audio. There’s no routing between tracks to allow for alteration of the next.
Pheeww. That feels much better.
Now - the examples you’re giving are excellent for ducking of volume. Or pumping bass lines.
Cheers!
Nothing anal about telling it like it is.
thx, we already know. The guy in the video says that, too
Finally understood trigless trigs - thanks
