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#2401

I would, yes.
tho it is pricey.

#2402

What would be your second choice/ recommendation?
I was also considering Digitone plus M:C - which I could get used off Reverb for less than a used Syntakt.

#2403

it depends on what youā€™re into I guess.
the models are a cheap entry which is good.
digitakt is a great starter box if youā€™re into samples. Iā€™d personally go syntakt over digitone for a beginner as fm can be a bit confusing. I find the 4 tracks on the Digitone a bit limiting personally. thatā€™s just me tho.

but again, it really depends on the individual, what youre into, what your budget is etc.

id also recommend starting with a single box rather than 2. best to focus on one & learn it well before adding more stuff into the mix. that just complicates things n can make u not learn either as well.

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#2404

Appreciate the guidance.
(Already have an Akai for sampling, which is why Iā€™m not jumping on the digitakt first)

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#2405

Thanks for the thoughtful reply, youā€™re a legend!

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#2406

Can I run the filters in parallel guiding the left and right channel separately into each analog filter and modulate each filter on its own?

#2407

Not possibleā€¦

#2408

Is it possible to treat the L + R inputs as two separate mono inputs, as is possible on the Digitakt? I donā€™t see a ā€œDUALā€ option on the EXT MIXER page, so maybe not :-/

#2409

Yes you can. Itā€™s in the settings menu, as stated in the manualā€¦

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#2410

Did a search, but couldnā€™t find the specific info: Is it correct that all the rytm machines are included in the syntakt, except the tom machines? Iā€™m considering a switch.

#2411

Yes indeed, in terms of sound generators only toms are missing.
And sample playback.

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#2412

stuff i do relies on toms heavily, so i invented pretty easy fix for that :tongue:

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#2413

There is a External in Stereo/Mono option indeed, but unfortunately no individual settings for level, pan, fx send like on the DT.
feature-request@elektron.se

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#2414

Both toms are BD CLASSIC (LFO 2->Tune). Kick is BD HARD.

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Syntakt Bread and Butter sounds
#2415

changing the keyboard notes scales is a great addition to syntakt, but there is no way to changes scales to a pattern already written, right? Minilogue xd can do this

#2416

To my ears, without the filter, the tone machine sounds identical to the cycles, I have even recreated many of my model cycles presets exactly on the syntakt. The syntakt is definitely more shapeable because of the additional filtering and adsr, but it is the same core sound generation algorithm as the cycles.

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#2417

Right, and no transpose, apart per octave. You can use Control All to change tune though.

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#2418

You could also copy to a new Pattern and change the TUN.

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#2419

Do I need an audio driver to use Syntakt as main audio interface for Ableton?
Syntakt works as audio interface for my windows 11 laptop, but when i try to set it on Ableton it doesnā€™t work.
If i set Asio4all driver on Ableton, than Syntakt works.
Of course Iā€™m talking about not using overbridge.

PS: My laptop is new gen. intel 12th.

#2420

Make su you change the USB config to USB audio/midi in syntaktā€™s settings. It then becomes a class compliant audio interface that you can select in Ableton