I have sometimes just taken two tracks up with same sound/engine, use x2/x3/x4 modes and normal chromatic keyboard, live record on 1 track then go to the other track and live record pressing different keys but at the same timing to make up more interesting chords that way - god bless quantise. could do it on more tracks but find 2 is enough and with the 12 tracks still got plenty room.
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Yes, it would be a dream! That, or like the Waveguide in the Volca Drum.
I got the MI Rings only for percussion and nothing else.
Also, as mentioned above, Nord Drum type stuff ⌠yumyum
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here are some of my snares iâve created since I got the Syntakt. Of course theyâd be tweaked in a mix [on the Syntakt]. For example, some are too bright.
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Itâs cool, actually. Not what Iâm looking for but still cool - and usable! Gonna try it in a few things later, thanks so much!!
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my review:
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Awesome!
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A typical âStimming-esqueâ review I would say 
(it also demonstrates how musical he actually is).
I always like what he does sonically with all the devices he reviews, there is much detail in the grooves. Thanks for sharing!
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great little vid that
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new machines please
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Enjoyed this. He creates some fantastic grooves from simple elements and itâs impressive how much of his signature sound he can capture in this one box despite it not having sampling. Impressive pattern tweaking too. Inspired me to have a go at that kind of sound!
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Those grooves were impressive
@stimming I donât suppose youâd like to share SYX for one/some of the grooves from that awesome video? Would be super curious to see how you put them together, they sound amazing! 
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Amazing grooves as usual 
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Stimming kills it again. Damn. That said I much prefer the beats he made on his old AR. God those were inspiring as hell.
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Playlist with all my Syntakt vids so far! Featuring styles such as (mainly) Brutalist Rhythmic Noise Industrial, (as well as) acid, gabber and space theremin electronica. More to come 
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Thanks a lot, Jacob! Sorry about the 20 day late reply. The thing with the whole Machines paradigm is that itâs a list of curated 8-macro âpresetsâ. Theyâre tuned to make great sounds and itâs easy to make good variations of these sounds. I agree with @mssrcolby that youâre losing sonic territory because youâre making sounds in a machineâs carefully selected parameter range. This isnât a bad thing IME, itâs just something to be aware of. Youâre trading a wider sonic territory for ultra fast sound creation/selection.
The Digitone can make great drums, but it involves a LOT previewing while slooowly turning parameters across 4 pages, which is a pain, and is the reason I design new drum sounds based on my old presets and almost never from scratch. While on the Syntakt you select a suitable machine and have the 8 most important controls right there on the same page. I have a harder time breaking out of the machinesâ core sounds than I have making something that sounds like âmeâ on the Digitone and Analog Four. But yeah, itâs a tradeoff between flexibility and speed.
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Syntakt reminding more and more like Monomachine each day.
In the way that the more time you put into creating with it, the more you learn the spots to exploit, and the more you get from it.
It sure does make me wish for black and white DT and DN screens, though!
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Would you all agree that Syntakt might be the best first Elektron box for a newbie getting into making their own beats? Open to ideas and suggestions, realizing I will likely end up with multiple boxes. Thank you!
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