Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
It's been a while since I've used the Digitone. Going from the more "traditional" subtractive synth that is the Analog Four to FM synthesis took some getting used to. The Digitone doesn't have the Performance macros that the Analog Four has, so making gradual changes requires a lot of track selecting and page switching. It has such a different approach to sound design, that some of my favorite tricks don't transfer over between those two grooveboxes.
A trick I've been using a lot on the A4 that used here was to give the drums double duty as percussion AND melody. The snare in this track has a ton of resonance that I p-locked to play a simple melody, and I also used a saw-shaped LFO to give the long release on the snare to give it a rhythic effect. That way I could squeeze a lot out of 1 voice, leaving the 7 other voices to play the bass, arp and lead melodies.
All audio is coming from the Digitone, with some light processing through the Analog Heat and a bit of mastering with Maximus (multiband expander). Everything was recorded in one take, no overdubbing.
Thanks for listening!
bandcamp: ivartryti.bandcamp.com
spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/4ds912FxVqFT78HZulqErS
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Special thanks to my patrons Lonnie Elliott, Christian Pomerleau, SuperScope, Christopher Pirkl, Mike Carter, Ben Eirich, Lucas McGill, Klaus Hergesheimer, DREW MILLER, dumbledog, jemmons, Justin Bernard, Bruno, Garret Hantke, Rory J Corrigan, Christopher Critcher, Patrick O'Brien, Ken, Max Henstell, Wojciech Jakóbczyk, Weston Duley, Nuri Benjamin, Sandro Ducceschi, Conner, Cyril Harivel, Guillaume Hamard, Grossu, Cristian Wahlen, Mike Solomon, pdools, UNDER WIRES, Matt, Pim Soomer, Scott Morley, Eric Stine, Hiroya Ochiai, George Chondrompilas, Andrea Baronchelli, Liam Newham, JahSuislide, tonio, Sean Raya, Maserna, the_cursor, ezbot, Luís de Sousa Teixeira, Pacmiam, James Morgan, Andy Raynor, joseph chauvin, Kjetil Jorve, D, Robert Traughber, Paul LaMotte, David, Bryan Cordova, Ville Andsten, Retentio Apocalypto, Xavier Shay, Kevin McAbee, Kenny Zhao, RShakya, matthew allred, Keith Thorne, Christophe FROT, Paul Brogee, Giampaolo Mancini, Steve Marshall, Russell Holzman, Jon Kjetil Øye, Donovan Dwyer, Wes Darling, Captain Clutch, Howard Anderson, Forvard26 ., Marcus Jang, Mattmarque, Ulf Bögeholz, Toby, Zoltan S, Bob Owens, Dylan Paris, Marco Joshua D Asuncion, Chanse Macabre, PlumWrinkles, Joshua Steele, Niels, Jase Vaughan, Thomas Erdmann, XC3N, dreamsaremaps, James Beeson, Kade Sullivan, Distreal, Sebastian Schmidt, Erik Suplicz, and Kevin Berg!
It's been a while since I've used the Digitone. Going from the more "traditional" subtractive synth that is the Analog Four to FM synthesis took some getting used to. The Digitone doesn't have the Performance macros that the Analog Four has, so making gradual changes requires a lot of track selecting and page switching. It has such a different approach to sound design, that some of my favorite tricks don't transfer over between those two grooveboxes.
A trick I've been using a lot on the A4 that used here was to give the drums double duty as percussion AND melody. The snare in this track has a ton of resonance that I p-locked to play a simple melody, and I also used a saw-shaped LFO to give the long release on the snare to give it a rhythic effect. That way I could squeeze a lot out of 1 voice, leaving the 7 other voices to play the bass, arp and lead melodies.
All audio is coming from the Digitone, with some light processing through the Analog Heat and a bit of mastering with Maximus (multiband expander). Everything was recorded in one take, no overdubbing.
Thanks for listening!
bandcamp: ivartryti.bandcamp.com
spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/4ds912FxVqFT78HZulqErS
Patreon: patreon.com/ivartryti
Special thanks to my patrons Lonnie Elliott, Christian Pomerleau, SuperScope, Christopher Pirkl, Mike Carter, Ben Eirich, Lucas McGill, Klaus Hergesheimer, DREW MILLER, dumbledog, jemmons, Justin Bernard, Bruno, Garret Hantke, Rory J Corrigan, Christopher Critcher, Patrick O'Brien, Ken, Max Henstell, Wojciech Jakóbczyk, Weston Duley, Nuri Benjamin, Sandro Ducceschi, Conner, Cyril Harivel, Guillaume Hamard, Grossu, Cristian Wahlen, Mike Solomon, pdools, UNDER WIRES, Matt, Pim Soomer, Scott Morley, Eric Stine, Hiroya Ochiai, George Chondrompilas, Andrea Baronchelli, Liam Newham, JahSuislide, tonio, Sean Raya, Maserna, the_cursor, ezbot, Luís de Sousa Teixeira, Pacmiam, James Morgan, Andy Raynor, joseph chauvin, Kjetil Jorve, D, Robert Traughber, Paul LaMotte, David, Bryan Cordova, Ville Andsten, Retentio Apocalypto, Xavier Shay, Kevin McAbee, Kenny Zhao, RShakya, matthew allred, Keith Thorne, Christophe FROT, Paul Brogee, Giampaolo Mancini, Steve Marshall, Russell Holzman, Jon Kjetil Øye, Donovan Dwyer, Wes Darling, Captain Clutch, Howard Anderson, Forvard26 ., Marcus Jang, Mattmarque, Ulf Bögeholz, Toby, Zoltan S, Bob Owens, Dylan Paris, Marco Joshua D Asuncion, Chanse Macabre, PlumWrinkles, Joshua Steele, Niels, Jase Vaughan, Thomas Erdmann, XC3N, dreamsaremaps, James Beeson, Kade Sullivan, Distreal, Sebastian Schmidt, Erik Suplicz, and Kevin Berg!
