The thing in the Sound menu where you can assign 4 parameters to a single controller such as modwheel, velocity, or aftertouch, with varying depths… It would be great if there was something like that but as an LFO target. Or (simplest implementation) just make the existing controllers (breath/aftertouch…) available as LFO targets.
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Also I would like a neighbor configuration page (it could logically be another page under Routing (Func+FX)…?) to setup which tracks are neighbors of which tracks. Right now the neighbor feature is nice in theory but with the fixed routing too inflexible to make good use of after you’ve already setup the rest of a pattern (especially with the analog tracks).
Also! (I’m doing a separate post per suggestion to keep it organized, hope that’s ok :)) right now the machine actively prevents you from routing FX to Delay, and then Delay back into FX. That’s understandable given how it could easily lead to runaway feedback, but also putting an analog filter (and /or slight reverb) in the delay loop is a fantastic way to get dubby delays and other nice effects. Would it be possible to enable circular routing like this as an option?
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Throwing my vote on to the pile of “more parameters, please”. I would gladly cut the amount of machines by half in favor of secondary control pages that let you shape the sounds more.
This box is obviously way deeper than a traditional drum machine, but lets get this in to Machinedrum or Tempest territory!
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After using ST for a while, top requests:
- More LFOs per track, with a LFO editor
- Param slides between steps with a simple key combo
- Bitcrush effect in FX block
Thanks so much for the updates that have come out so far, wonderfully extended the box since I got one!
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(Killer Commander Keen avatar btw)
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Yeah, it’s a bit strange that parameter locks have no slew. I like to use empty trigs with p-locks to mess around with the decay of long notes but it always ends up sounding glitchy. If we had the option to slew parameter changes, we could even do without the coveted multi-stage EG or complex LFOs…
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In the same vein as slewing parameters, I would love the sample and hold LFO to have a slew option. I suggested that the Phase knob be turned to a smoothing knob on that particular waveform because phase on a random waveform is useless. Obviously applied to all of the Digi boxes too.
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For Retrigs, 2 additions.
- The option to not trigger LFO on retrigs (the first trigger is fine though).
- The ability to affect pitch and not just volume (quantized or not).
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Further digression: I rarely, if ever, use the LFO Fade option. I never p-lock its value either. As far as i’m concerned it could be replaced by slew.
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Indeed! Maybe when a combo of keys is held to connect steps for a slew/slide, you can select the curve of the change, log, expo, linear etc.
Thanks!
It’s a response to the semi-hidden Commander Keen pixel art inside the Model:Samples…
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The fade function is actually really useful for fading in and out vibrato, and as an envelope for audio rate modulation.
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Apologies if this is a repost:
- Make Mod Wheel, Breath controller, Aftertouch as LFO destinations, then I can use 4 destination with one LFO
- Lock sequencer page for editing , if I use all 64 steps (4pages) and want to make changes on 4th page, I need to wait till pattern reaches that page. I know I can shift trigs but that is not optimal solution.
- Hold page button and turn knob to change triggers for the whole page of triggers. (love the feature of holding 4 trigs to change trigs but I only have 5 fingers and there are 16 trigs per page)
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Samples playback, that would really make the Syntakt appeal to everyone.
And wavetables would make a big difference.
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Master compressor and for the love of god please make it possible to replace track 13-16 with MIDI tracks.
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If they REALLY wanted to get crazy and ST has the horsepower, 13-16 could optionally be 4 more instances of digital machine tracks, just like 1-8.
Of course, the MIDI machine is already a selectable option there, so any of 16 tracks could then be used as a MIDI machine and you would effectively get what you’re asking for PLUS the option to have up to 16 total audio tracks, 12 digital + 4 analog.
How this would be balanced with keeping the existing 13-16 functions for those who really use them, I’m not certain … maybe easily switchable modes for those tracks?
As a MIDI hub, I tend to use the Digitakt more, if only because it DOES have up to 8 dedicated MIDI tracks without robbing from the 8 audio tracks.
I know with Syntakt I’m going to lose an audio voice/track for every MIDI device I sequence with it, so I’m less inclined to use it as a hub. Maybe with Syntakt’s 12 audio tracks to rob from, I’m just being greedy, or it’s just psychological, but I’m spoiled by the Digitakt and Digitone dedicated MIDI tracks.
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OK, after using both the Syntakt and Digitakt for some time the one feature I would like to see most on the Syntakt is the Digitakt Master Compressor- I think with digital and analogue engines its really would be beneficial to glue bit all together and the code I assume exits in the Digitakt so would hopefully be an easy port…
I would of course take all the other cool stuff people have suggested, especially Bitcrush in master fx.
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I really want a better sound browser. Why can I see analog sounds on digital tracks and vice versa? Why can’t we filter by tag? It’s often actually quicker to rebuild a sound than it is to look for it, which absolutely should not be the case.
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It doesn’t, it shows only analog OR digital ones, depending on the track you are.
You can … (press left)
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