Introducing Syntakt

News
#1894

I got somewhat close on the AR. I can’t remember the exact settings, but it’ll get pretty close. I mean, it can get acidic, but not necessarily 303-acidic.

It may be that it’s easier on the Syntakt though.

Also someone did a tutorial on the Digitone on YouTube of how to make acid-style slides using the LFOs. You might want to search that one out, just in case the Syntakt works more like that than the way the AR does.

Anyway, you’d want to get a square wave. (the hollow transistor type if the Syntakt has it, not sure) accent your filter on some notes (you can p-lock small changes to do this) etc. etc. You can p-lock the envelope too, which can really help (almost more than direct setting locks on the filter).

The slide behavior is most important to an acid baseline IMO. You want that constant time style (like 303 for example) rather than constant rate which just doesn’t sound right. This could involve using the LFO technique to get right.

This is the DVCO on the AR. I couldn’t get it exactly the way I wanted, but somewhat close:

9 Likes
#1895

That is a lovely acidic sound you’re getting from the AR!

#1896

Thanks! I miss that little guy! However, I think this new ST fellow might do just fine in his place. Just need to acquire one. :smiley:

4 Likes
#1897

My Syntakt arrived yesterday and i love the bleepe percy fmish sounds with more complexity than on m:c.
I really like the combination of analog strength and wirrd clicki clacker stuff. Only the fx block inserting is a little confusing to me at the moment. 12 Tracks simultaneously feels like getting newer out of tracks. And the machines are selectable for each track individually. Thats a big changer in comparison to the rytm with some weak machines like the three toms imo.
Love it.

1 Like
#1898

Wait, the Rytm had tom tracks? I thought the middle row were the sample tracks. Well that’s what I always used them for. :tongue:
Decent 808 kick on the bass tom at least.

6 Likes
#1899

I actually really enjoyed that. Not bad coming out of a drum machine.

3 Likes
#1900

Can anyone confirm if the analog FX (filter and overdrive) is for pattern or global?

#1901

It’s per pattern.
There is a 13th track, the FX track, that allows you to sequence its parameters as well.

1 Like
#1902

I think so but just in case.
Thanks a lot!

#1903

So looking at the manual you can set the external inputs to either stereo or mono inputs, but there is no individual pan or delay/reverb sends for each mono input like there is on the Analog Four. Seems odd, have I understood this correctly?

#1904

I believe this is correct and strange since digitakt can do this so lets hope a firmware update adds this!

#1905

Okay thanks, thought I might be missing something. So can you use two mono synths with it or just one? It’s a bit confusing

#1906

Does anyone know if you can use the new scale/keyboard fold on the midi machine?

1 Like
#1907

Held out for as long as I could. But into the syn city I fall…

2 Likes
#1908

Yep. Just opened my Syntakt and this was the first thing I did. Pretty cool!

4 Likes
#1909

Some of you might be interested in this. [Edit: since the thumbnail doesn’t say so, it’s Richard Devine.]

25 Likes
#1910

I love the combination of syntakt and rytm mk1. Its like an expension with sample playback with analog filters and ovdrv and all the other benefits like performance makros, scenes aso.

1 Like
#1911

Hey everyone loving the Syntakt, anyone else tried pairing it up yet with a midi controller? It‘s so good! Mod wheel and breath control I’m accessing in this video, so every track has two performance macros which open up to 4 parameters each.

Example:
Track 13 - Bass

Pot 1 - MOD WHEEL - opens decay, filter, env amount, resonance

Pot 2 - BREATH CONTROL - Reverb and delay send (2 parameters still spare)

It’s ridiculously expressive, been dreaming of something like this for live performance for a very long time! I will post a full breakdown tut soon :pray:

22 Likes
#1912

Ah this is awesome. I actually didn’t realise you could use these parameters as macros when playing back, I thought they were just for playing live. Performance macros is one feature I miss from the bigger boxes, thanks for pointing this out. Your demo sounds amazing btw, think I need an ST :joy:

1 Like
#1913

Same here! I’ve been wanting this for so long, the analog four got me hooked on performance macros back in 2011. It’s a big reason why I bought a Hydrasynth and also once I knew what the Octatrack crossfader and scenes did, I finally bought that too. A synth drum machine with performance macros has been on my wish list for years, very happy with what Elektron have done, this things is :muscle:

3 Likes