Gets pretty warm. Had it running for like 8h and it was warm to the touch but not warmer as any other black analog drum machine with a metal casing that stands in the sun
I’m also concered about the temperature. I have a lot of analog hardware and yet Syntakt is the hotest piece in the studio. I understand that it could be power hungry, but maybe the chassis should have some opened grill or something that would allow air to flow?
Somebody already mentioned this, but propping it up with a cheap laptop stand makes it WAY cooler, I’m actually surprised it makes so much of a difference. I mean, I haven’t measured it, but it may very well be 8 or 10 degrees °C cooler.
Makes sense, it heats up from the bottom after all, so flat on a table heat has nowhere to go and builds up.
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I presume the ‘temperature’ of the device in not long use of it comparing say to my digitone much…much cooler if not hot at all… is personally ‘not good’ as it really make me concerne about the device component longevity? Is Elektron already aware? really hope for a software fix, meantime I did order a laptop cooler with big fan as I don’t like the way it goes so hot
It gets tested in a worst-case real-world testing procedure, they are not concerned enough to add vents. There are no surprises here, nor should you hold your breath for any software updates. Record breaking temperatures around the world can’t be helping … these tests may need to be upped somewhat
‘normal…’ which means operating in the Antartica at the moment 
Nowhere near as hot as any intel laptop gets.
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It gets pretty hot.
That’s because one of those devices is digital and one is analog.
Folks, analog gear gets hot!
I have a filter in my eurorack case that can generate enough heat to keep me warm on it’s own, and that’s 1 filter!
You’d be better comparing it to analog gear, like an Analog Heat, which also gets hot, or an analog mixer, etc.
It feels very warm but that’s also because it has a metal enclosure which I presume aids in heat dissipation.
I doubt it gets anyware near as hot as the processor in an overclocked gaming PC.
It certainly doesn’t get as hot as my Xbox Series S in standby mode 
Feel it gets more cosy than warm 
But maybe the chassie should have had ventilation holes?
I think so, as A4/AR/AH have some…
Possible dust problems thought.
I legit thought my ST was gonna burn my house down last night it got so hot. It was so hot that Exxon came by to see if they could borrow it for geothermal energy. It was so hot that Victoria’s Secret fired all their models and hired the Syntakt. It was so hot that climate scientists determined that if everyone kept their Syntakts off for one day, we could immediately end and reverse climate change.
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I’m a bit concerned by the heat as I live in a hot climate. Does it get hotter the longer it stays on? Obviously it takes a bit to warm up.
Oddly I thought it was smoking the other night and ended up charred. Thankfully I woke up.
Rumour has it that if you leave it on long enough it glows so hot it can be seen from the moon