u/biiirdfeeder

Remove if not allowed, I'm sorry.

I decided last year to try to learn Max and got a license in January with the intention of slowly learning basics over the next year. It's now 8 months in and I feel like I've learned nothing. I tried going through the built in tutorials first, they are very well made. But I didn't retain anything and I honestly just don't learn that way. So I tried watching tutorials on YouTube, but many of them are just too advanced for me or don't have anything to do with what I'd like to learn (I don't care about jitter really).

So I tried to brute force things and rely on help and reference files build in, but I can barely even figure out how to get sound to come out of Max in the first place.

"Think of something very small you'd like to build and learn it slowly"

Okay, say I want to build a simple sequencer that plays 4 short audio clips (drum sequencer). Okay.....how do I do that?

I'm so discouraged being 8 months in and I sit down open a new patch and I'm like "okay, I'll do something this time" and all I can do is get a sine wave to come out. I can't even figure out how to implement an envelope to happen.

A little extra information, I'm not diagnosed but I have realized as an adult that I am intellectually disabled. This hurts my self esteem a lot but it explains a lot about why I'm bad at everything I do. I also have a physical disability that causes me immense pain and makes it difficult to concentrate on things, but I'm fighting not to let that win.

What other resources are there for me? Is this just a case of not being a good fit for me?

Edit to add: when I said "I can't even figure out how to get an envelope to happen" I am referencing the help files for the objects, even looking at the example patches for, example adsr object I still cannot figure out how to make it work. That's how stupid I am.

tl;dr - Digitakt, Digitone, Syntakt, can't decide between the three, too overwhelming, please help

I caught the fever. After software fatigue I decided to try my first piece of hardware and after having an admiration for Elektron and liking artists that have used it went for the Model Cycles and slowly grew to love it.

Now I'm looking for something else and I'm looking at either the Digitakt, Digitone, or Syntakt. I am leaning toward the Digitakt because learning to work with samples sounds fun. I'm leaning away from Syntakt because it seems too middle-ground and is only a mono synth from my understanding. The Digitone seems cool. There are just still too many factors and it's overwhelming me.

I guess I'm looking for opinions from owners on which device is worth the financial investment. I am not super experienced working with samples but I am not opposed to starting so that should not affect the decision...

Music I usually make stems from experimental (Autechre-style) to techno to ambient, but I understand all three of these devices should be versatile enough especially paired with pedals / VSTs that I'm not really worried about it affecting my range.

Thanks so much for reading

EDIT: additional question, how are the factory samples on a Digitakt?

Edit 3: This is still up for sale

Hello all, I have a Bitwig Studio license up for sale to a good home for $200. I got it thinking I would use it but I haven’t and I’m trying to downsize my music related assets. Let me know if interested. Thanks!!

Edit: Adding in this license covers version 6, and was purchased by me on April 4, 2026

Edit 2: You don't have to upvote, but please don't downvote, it will keep people from seeing this which may prevent someone from using Bitwig. This is great software and it deserves to be used, and I am not using it.

As title says, I just finished a multi week binge of Returnal and Saros and it has been some of the most fun I’ve had gaming as an adult. I thought it would be easy to find another game on my own but it really isn’t. These left a hole that’s hard to fill.

Things I enjoyed about these two games are the fast paced gameplay and shooting, the roguelike elements, the leveling systems….

Other favorite games of mine are Outer Wilds, Fromsoftware games, Kojima games….so I’m open to games of all genres.