Elektron Digitakt
“[Digitakt] has so much packed in that little box. It’s become one of the tools I really don’t think I could live without. For drums, I find it very valuable. With analogue stuff, I find myself spending too much time tuning to get the drums to sound right. With this, I can just load in the samples that I want and then, boom – I’m running off to the races!
“On top of that you have a lot of control over the samples. You can really make everything come to life in so many different ways. That, plus the control you get with the conditional triggers and parameter locking, makes this thing a powerhouse.
“I like to use it both in the studio and live. In the studio I use it for the sequencer. Elektron sequencers are so magical and even if it didn’t have the sampling side, it’d be a valuable piece of gear at the price it’s at. When I want to use a synth that doesn’t have its own sequencer built in, it’s so easy to grab this, plug it into the back of it and get all sorts of great melodies and ideas.
“It’s just really a beautiful piece of gear.”