ELEKTRON SYNTAKT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD // 16 Minutes of Sound Demos 

Yep! Can you make Simmons like sound on Syntakt?

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I feel like I won't be using my Digitakt too much anymore. Syntakt + Digiton or A4 seems like a perfekt combo

@@microfx Thinking about pairing Syntakt with my MD UW+ , A4 and OT .. Sampling some Syntakt’s one-shot drum hits with MD’s crunchy 12 bit converter, which could free up most of Syntakt’s 12 tracks for melody, chords and random flourishes

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If you could only have one box Bo, you going digitakt or Syntakt???

Keep 'em coming!

Gave in and bought mine last night… technically preorder, can’t wait to get it!

Appreciate the work that went into your videos! I decided to preorder from a local synth shop, should be here soon to dive into

Thanks Stephen for checking out the vid

Dont miss the 10 Syntakt tips video if you havnt already seen it!! Hope you have fun with it

Yes. Add rhythm, maybe melody and that’s kind of the essence of music, right?

Thanks Rob!!

Hope you find it as fun as I do!

@@BoBeats Får jag bara ut 20% av vad du gör så kan jag vara j-gt nöjd😏👏🏻. Jag ser det som början av en uppsättning med t ex Digitone, Model D, och Neutron (som jag redan har) med Syntakt och Overbridge som spindeln i nätet. Långtidsprojekt mao. Under lång tid lutade jag åt Deluge men tycker att Elektron är vassare på flera plan.

Thank you!

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dude you’ve been hearing those two machines for over a decade . you’ve heard like five minutes of this thing in total lol and never touched one but somehow you know it doesn’t have a unique sound? lol ok 👍 it has absolutely nothing in common with a digitakt btw aside from the sequencer and hardware layout. and almost nothing in common with a digitone aside from that it has a fm machine in it.

@@visible7044 Yeah sure. You’re right in that it’s early days. Sure there’s aspects of it that sound different, but on a whole not really. Especially if you own the other two. No cv on a drum machine is a major let down to altering that inescapable Elektron sound. I think it’s a great box. If I was buying my first takt, I’d probably choose it. But at the moment I’d rather put that money towards a pulsar 23. Each to their own 🤷‍♂️

@@lockyp204 can you explain to me how you would use the CV outs i’m seriously interested. i’ve never got into that. also i just sold my digitakt to get this. i want drum synthesis instead of samples.

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Agreed. Digitone is not a good comparison, its a poly synth. This is a drum synth & groovebox + analog FX unit

I'll second that! Also Bo, where did you get the shirt? I haven't seen it around here.

Good buy. M8 is an incredible device 😍 best bit of gear I've bought in a long ass time

@@slakk5093 awesome! Now I'm getting even more excited 😜. It doesn't arrive until July.

Might do a slow tutorial on syntakt and stuff like you asked for.

It’s a shame when they made Digitone Keys they didn’t increase the polyphony. The DN synth engine sounds great, but only 8 voices on 4 tracks?!? Got a bigger keyboard, instead. (Yeah, I said “keys”, rather than a dedicated groovebox)

Yes, it definitely shines as a percussive synth. Its also in the name: Digitakt … Syntakt (takt = beat)… DigiTONE… So focus is on percussive elements. I think they are working within the limitations of the design of the Takt boxes here. Like I said in the review a poly machine would be amazing but im not sure how they’d implement that.

I hope future firmware updates will let this machine shine in the synth aspect. I think percusive side is already very well built, but synth engines are a little too simple in terms of sound design. Digitone is obviously a better machine for sound sculpture. I guess Syntakt is more suited for drum jobs as it is right now.

@@BoBeats But my point is that there's nothing that limits them from including an arp. Even more so, it's especially relevant *because* the tracks are monophonic. Arps are a way of playing chords with a monophonic synth. It surprises me that they didn't add it, but I'm guessing that their philosophy is that it's a drum synth first and foremost. BTW, I'm Swedish. Trevlig helg! 🧡

Oh I don’t disagree. I would love to see an ARP, a polyphonic machine, some more expanded synth machines too. Man, once you start thinking about it theres alot of cool improvements they can make. Trevlig helg!!

Yes. Thats exactly how it works. They generally dont want to make their own products obselete

I'm so happy to spend money on multiple boxes from a company that has opened up so much creative opportunity to me. As long as they keep up the quality and passion, I'd rather they make a pile of cash out of not cannibalising their product suite than go bankrupt putting everything in one box.

not alot of overlap

Thanks! yes I have ALOT of videos about the digitakt :) I was one of the first to cover it on youtube

Yes: thats what I do when I press func + yes and no. I save a state and then revert back

I never do post processing and if I add reverb or delay or something (which I rarely do) I always put it on the screen as text so you know.

@@BoBeats Sounds awesome then to be honest.

@@MeerkatMuzic i think so. But I mean, I am very biased. I really like the way Elektrons stuff sound in general. Hopefully the demo speaks for itself

Distortion is the digital or analog machines own overdriver

Yes, via Overbridge you actually get a custom VST for controlling the synth fully integrated with your DAW and individual track audio. Amazing.

This I do not know. I dont think so but could be wrong here

Yes all tracks can be sent thru + fx

if you mean the trancy beat: kick is analog, rest are digital machines. I think the synth bass is SY Tones.

Arn’t we all!

No. It doesn’t sample. It does way more than the digitakt tho, it has loads of synths onboard. And analog FX. So its different. Better in some ways, but lacks sampling.

@@BoBeats thanks Bo 😊

The syntakt is not a sampler.

@@franas339 it's crazy to me how many people are confused about that! Maybe Elektron should make a video about the differences between the devices

I feel i have a job to do here

could work.. The chord machine wont be great for it, but you can definitely make some nice sounding synth leads and basses. But perhaps not a go to synthwave machine for me.

@@BoBeats oka I understand, and which one is best choice to make some synthwave?

Hmmm. Theres no all in one box that suites this. Probably Maschine or MPC.

@@BoBeats oka, thank you

feels like that should be very doable, its not my style of music but you can definitely push it with overdrive on most machines and the fx block analog drive

MPC one and Trs8 for trance, techno..

Perfect for nasty sounds, the LFOs come in handy on these machines to add harshness and distortion.

Im sorry to say the chord machine is weak. My least fav machine.

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No its terrible cant you see from the video... Underpowered, no sequencer, sounds bad....

this is a Cycles on steroids + 4 Analog Rytm voices + Digitakt workflow + stereo analog FX for 1000 :P

@@BoBeats I would have liked cv outs and more than four voices, not a fan of that melodic fm engine but the analog oscillators and wavetable are a nice touch, still thinking about getting it

@@davidpinto1195 yeah think it thru, its alot of money

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Would you rather I not make a video on new gear? Also. This is not a commercial. I don’t get paid, theres no contract, there’s no input from the company providing the gear. I make maybe 2-3 paid for videos every year and the main reason I cover new gear is because people want me to and I think its fun when theres something new to explain.

@@BoBeats I fully support and enjoy seeing new gear. I also fully support and endorse you getting paid for your work. I subscribe to many of my favourite youtubers on patreon and buy their music etc. from bandcamp. I think, for me, it is problematic when I sit down to drink a cup of tea and catch up on my gear videos and all of them are the very same piece of gear. For instance, in the last 24 hours or so, everyone had been demoing the Volca FM2. For me, That's overkill. I'm a product designer by trade, and I know that the companies love RU-vid and Instagram because it provide an outlet to a very specific and predicable demographic. (It's highly likely that Kitchen Aid isn't going to send you a blender to review). The issue happens when a company like Korg or Elektron target a number of content producers that all share the same audience. I'm not trying to be mean-spirited or negative, and like I said, I enjoy your channel and fully support you gaining revenue from it. I also enjoy the music you produce with the gear you present. I'm just aware that over the last few months, what used to feel like independent and unique content from many of my favourite producers is starting to converge and feel more like regular press-releases. This is but the opinion of one lowly viewer. Have a great weekend!

I’d take that blender tho! For the Bob eats cooking channel Thanks for elaborating. Not a lowly viewer at all! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. I know you’ve been around the channel for some time. Something I am trying to get better at is keeping my content diverse. But unfortunately as my health have been so-so, and since energy been low it has meant I’ve focused on new releases as this is arguably what most of the subscribers care for. I recognize that this can be boring sometimes as it means I cover the same things as others. So I will try and keep this in mind.

@@BoBeats No worries. I still enjoy your channel and you gentle, positive way of presenting content. Sorry that your health is still an issue.

Thanks! Appreciate it

Its not twice as much. Digitakt is 750-800 euros here.

@@BoBeats yep i converted the kronas wrong! in uk this is £839, digitakt £599. still a big difference

Holy shit just have fun dude. This comment is insufferable lmao