Quite groovy and danceable, isn’t it? 
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like others said - this is awesome!
First time listening I thought >you are so cool 
Yes, we deserve a full version!
It reminds me of the sound of underworld in the 90ies, guitars and rave. Also it sounds dull and a bit overdriven, like the 3rd recording on a blank cassette tape back in these times - very nice!
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Thank you all for your kind words. It will surely motivate me to work my ass off and produce a more polish Live Track.
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Nice! In an alternative past where Vince Clarke never left Depeche Mode, this is what I imagine one of the instrumental tracks on A Broken Frame would sound like 
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Thank you, you made me laugh!
Obviously, no matter what, I can`t hide being heavily influenced by Erasure when I was a kid. 
Re-listening for the 3rd time, it’s Fantastic! Great study.
Talking to Dolphins.
So nice I had to play it twice :0)
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Little Techno Jam with the Syntakt
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Thank you for taking the time to listen. I appreciate that very much!
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I think just being able to set an amp envelop as well as two LFO is enough to make the chord machine way more useful on the Syntakt. I end up using my LFO on M:C to create an attack phase and have to automate any modulations after the fact. plus! being able to use the filters definitely makes the machine more useful and interesting.
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There’s a limiter (Voxengo Elephant) on the master, but that’s all. It’s catching overs occasionally but the gain reduction is at 0 most of the time, so this is pretty much pure Syntakt.
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I am loving how the Syntakt is pairing with Drambo on iOS for music making. It fits in nicely sonically with how i hear music in my head. Here’s a little snippet of something i am working on with the two:
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I’ve made a 64-step loop that has 3 Tone machines and 2 analog drum trucks (kick, snare).
First is audio straight from Syntakt:
Next is the same loop with the some fairly extreme processing that I’d probably be more likely to wind up with in a finished track. Used a spectral plug in to create stereo excitement and air, a filter to tame a little bit of the high end and add drive all around, compression to squeeze everything and also tame transients as well as add a little bit of drive and take down some mid-gain, and some tape saturation and drive for grit. Listening back now I might have gone a little too far haha.
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What I particularly appreciated about this set is that it doesn’t rely on virtuoso rapid knob-twisting and clicking among different parameter pages (which I can admire but can’t hope to emulate). Instead, it relies on careful sound design, and planned track muting/unmuting. The on-camera list of each track’s role also helps a lot. Even though I don’t own the equipment (and am not likely to), I’ll be returning to this video, as I think there’s much to learn from here. Also it just plain sounds great!
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Goddamn Syntakt! This thing just doesn’t stop!
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Here’s where I ended up today after a bit more tweaking and improvising with Drambo+Syntakt:
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If I could reliably do the knob tweaking without constantly messing stuff up I’d do it more, but a combination of lack of dexterity and I think a lack of confidence always trips me up… So I tend towards lots and lots of preparation in the sequencer and sound design. Even then, I actually prepped stuff that I didn’t make use of (and I’ve only just realised as I’m writing this!) - I had a bunch of stuff I could have brought in and out using the track probability… Must resist the temptation to pull the video down and redo it…
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I tend towards paralysis in solo performance situations (and have with more conventional instruments I’ve studied; I always hated recitals) so I understand where you’re coming from, and this is why your video is so valuable to me. It’s great as is, but I wouldn’t mind an “alternate version” at some point!
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I’d like to get a Syntakt, what keeps me on the fence is the chord machine as I can’t figure out how versatile it is. I’d want to make simple chord progressions but I’m afraid it sounds really small. I couldn’t even figure out if you can make a sustained pad out of it. Any advice? Thanks
I don’t own a Syntakt, so my answer will necessarily be only partially informed. The chord machine on the Model:Cycles is good for stab chords and dub chords, and for modest fill. On the Syntakt, with a proper Amp envelope, a second LFO, filters, and more complex send FX, there is more scope to shape and sculpt the sound. But it only goes so far, as the core machine is at its heart fairly simple. There is a mounting body of demo recordings, and if you have not heard a pad sound you like yet, chances are it will be hard to create. I think the Syntakt is best thought of as a drum machine with modest (primarily monophonic) melodic capability.
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