The PERKONS: Is it the Dream Drum Machine?  

This video was an absolute pleasure to watch. The presentation reminded me of an op-doc on frontline or A&E. I have sold ALL of my drum machines within months of getting them as I always end up finding myself back in the DAW. Circuit Rhythm on the way in the mail today lol we will see how that goes. Can’t wait to watch more of your work!

This is one of the best videos iv seen, i feel completly the same with my drum machines, anf i have alot haha....also really courious to try the Perkons! Please make more vidos like this! :D

you edited this so well man. Felt like I was watching an episode of a TV show, not a RU-vid video.

Amazing video, LeSynth!! Gives me G.A.S. ❤

Excellent work! Thank you!!

I think this is my dream drum machine.

Loved this video journey of your trip to Perkons and drum synths. For me, the Access Virus TI2 and Elektron Rytm MK2 are perfect balance for live hands on beat making and sounds plus tons of on board effects, amazing sequencer with song mode that lets me save and recall lots of sessions. I can still finger drum too on the Rytm MK2.

Wow! Superbe vidéo!!

it's MONO? ughghg. This is the main thing keeping me from the DFAM and it's other two units. Totally agree. I usually like panning my hats and other percussive elements. Why does this keep happening. I'm literally begging a company to take my money with a solid drum machine. I don't mind limitations, but stereo is a basic essential in my opinion.

My man! First of all, amazing video. For a smaller channel, producing content this high quality is impressive! Second, to answer your question at 9:38: Don't sell any gear! Instead, create a sample library of the Perkons and sell that to pay for the actual Perkons. 😎 Record a ton of kick samples with slightly differ parameters, since we won't be able to configure them ourselves (not having the knobs). But if you tweaked several of your go-to kicks, snares, etc, you would be accomplishing two things: You help pay for the unit this way, and second, you give yourself your own samples to use for when you need tigher production or integration (since you could then tune the sample when needed, or have alternate control over it since its now a wave file). It'd also make it easy for you to put together grooves that might not be so easy on the physical unit itself. Just subbed! Keep up the good work!

I have had a Perkons since Feb 23 and I swear it is the most fun thing I have bought in many years. Sounds fantastic, fits into my music and workflow and 100% hands on! My tip is use voice 2 for kicks!

Another great video! Been considering a Perkons myself but the high pricetag combined with odd limitations and reports of serious bugs is putting me off. It's possible I'll do like I did with the Syntrx and wait for the 2.

thank you stopping my GAS !

God my first thought when I heard ‘pedal’ was “could that possibly have 1 output?” Good review 👍 I appreciate knowing stuff like LFO-clicks (ugh)

At the moment, I'm in the pre-purchase obsession phase. By now I've understood that I have to have it. Any money I spend on a cheaper device would be wasted. I think I can live with the limitations you mentioned, the biggest being mono. But with a ping pong delay on one voice, even that should be manageable.

Lol I 100% agree with everything you said .. it's so expensive but so much fun to use and explore with .l bu5 it's also got a solid heavy sound . The type of hihat sequences I can make on this thing is outrageously wide and again limitless fun . I love it and I will definitely keep mine.. it will be a stable drum classic in my working lab , (not in my every growing museum of drum machines in the collectors corner of my room ) . The only thing say /advise is that I use the banks on the Sd card as different beds of experimental ideas .. and once a bank is full of kits and patterns i simple move on to make a new 1 . But on the SD card directory we can name banks ..and back them up in named folders .

One solution to get you past the single Mono issue is to just buy the Elektron Octatrack and use each of the voice outputs in OT’s A-D. You can pan, use effects, etc. These two are a match made in heaven!

I does look great. I've stop looking for the Perfect Drum Machine though and now just obsessively collect Step Sequencers, I prefer to scratch build my drum patched on modular. The sequencer to me has become the more important item, it's like a violin bow

Great video! I have a Perkons myself and can relate :-) Not being able to name kits and patterns is indeed a limitation. If I heard right you say you can only save 64 kits and patterns. Kits and patterns are stored in Banks, so you can store 64*64 patterns and kits. Finding kits or patterns won't be getting easier though...

amazing video!

Sorry for me it's the SOMA pulsar-23 but this one is so perfect too 😀

I've been using an LXR-02 for a while now and I can't fault it. I'd love one of these, but I can't justify it with that sitting there.

We have one. What’s that noise gate pedal you use please?

I have the same obsession as you on synth gear (I have endless playlists for any machine on RU-vid), but probably I do not have the same money of you, so my obsession focuses either on cheap synthesizers or even worse on used synthesizers that cost very little and that fascinate me, and so the obsession also becomes searching the Web for the lowest possible price for that machine. Then when I buy the gear after a lot of research, I use it a little and would like to sell it to buy another one that I almost always saw on RU-vid. Of course, I end up with a lot of small synthesizers that I use very little. Lately I have been focusing on the Stylophone CMP DS-2 Analog Drone Synthesizer, which will cost rather little, but fortunately for me it will only be available for purchase in the late September of this year. 😏 I think I suffer from severe acquisition syndrome as you or worst. 🙄😏

LeSynth Can I not use my DSI Tempest to gate each drum?

Fabulous video! The presentation and stylistic elements make it so easy to watch.

arturia drum machine i think is best out there...its got 1/8 din so can hook it up to that cool eurorack behind you..pads are great for finger tapping and great work flow

This thing seems more like the emperor's new clothes.

each voice has an output, why you say about 1 mono output?

The new firmware solves a couple of those I believe....

I know exactly what your problem is , yes I know , disposable income , you simply can afford whatever instrument you want or almost...not a bad thing but if you couldn't afford it you would get stuck with whatever drum machine and squeeze everything out of it , no ?

Funnn ! Love the Perkons 😊

The production on this video… *chefs kiss*!!!!!!

I run each channel into my computer. From there I can pan, add fx, etc. that addresses at least some of your limitations.

Awesome video! This is a great sounding drum machine and the experience of playing it is probably quite pleasant, but that part about GAS was so true! Also, I mean, look at it!

I mean, it's cool to fiddle around with but the sounds are kinda samey, clangy. I also had a Vermona kick and it sounded kinda the same. Not good if you make hip hop, like I do.. but maybe cooler for experimental stuff. It's about what inspires you, though, and it does look cool.

thanks for a great video, im keen to try out the Perkon and its good to understand its limitations from your experience :) just wondering have you explored the analog rytm? (with update 1.7)

Awesome video!!

I still have GAS for the Analog Rytm.

great video... now I want a Perkons

Wow this video is superb! I see this channel blowing up!

Le Ned!

I like this video well done.

Fattal!!!

1 mono out ,,, obviously a huge NOOO! how could they,, just a bottleneck for money... and its digital,,, please MK2 now!

I dont like it. Its like no soul in this instrument.

Nope