Welp, this just confirms that my “Ooops,I slipped and the Syntakt magically appeared in the shopping cart…” moment wasn’t wrong. :). And thank you for running through the key/scale modes, that was really helpful!

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@leftmono1016

2 жыл бұрын

My wife doesn’t fall for that one any more 😢

No nonsense and straight to the point. Great vid. Liked and subbed.

Awesome improv! And your approach to discussing your favorite features is excellent. I’ve recently subscribed and I’m looking forward to Sunday’s jam.

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching!

that was explained very informatively and exactly what i was looking for to control external devices with this device - thank you!

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you got something out of it. Thanks for watching!

thats funny the track you mentioned sounded like Depeche Mode I immediately thought of Dopplereffekt/Drexciya when I first played it when I got my Syntakt and it totally vindicated the purchase of it for me

Loveee! Thanks for the info and amazing track! Sweet sounds you got! Waiting mine for the next week! 🪐

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching!!

wow, sick jam. I especially like your snare roll technique with the fill button on the DT

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Another great Syntakt video. Thanks!

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

Thank you for the awesome video. I'm trying to catch up on the last couple videos. This is a great video series. Your style is different from all the synth channels. It's very informative and hands on. It just clicks with my mind when you explain things. Now the question is, continue saving for rytm and a4 or grab the ST first. Decisions decisions...

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you are clicking with the videos! What will you be using the gear for? That will answer a lot of the questions on what to get. Thanks so much for watching!

@Number01

2 жыл бұрын

@@SURCOlive I'll be using the gear for sound design focused music creation. Analogue and digital. I'm a hobbiest synthesist and still relatively new. I'm slowly expanding my studio set up, but being careful to pick the sounds sources I really like with the workflow that I understand. So far elektron is really jiving with how I think. The appeal of the ST is really alot of what you described today. The flexibility especially with midi and external synths is where I what to go. Even two ST for midi control with the E sequencer would be pretty cool. The goal eventually would be live performance in a similar fashion that you do. Each show with a unique set using only the gear I have to perform using just improvisation. So either the A4 + RT or the ST in any order, I guess. I like how your E gear cascades the signal path through each other. It's really innovative and efficient.

Great outro jam!

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

glad to see a more synth focused look at this beast. I've been eyeing an Analog Four quite some time, but this just turned my head big time. wondering if this might be a comparable companion to my ARmkii instead of the A4 hmmmm....

This is the exact way I want to use syntakt.. More of this please.. BTW, subscribed..

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thank you!

I love the tip about using a high pass filter on the kick, that’s smart!

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to share! Thanks for watching!

@spyhardman

2 жыл бұрын

Terrific jam, too, dang

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

@@spyhardman thanks!!!!

good stuff :)

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video, thank you! Does scale mode work with external synths?

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it does! Thanks for watching!

The high pass technique on the kick for more fatness is golden. Definitely going to try that out.

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

Man was waiting for you to adress the non drum machine part of it :) Gonna do exactly the same than the place it takes in your set up !! Just one question, interrested in what routing you are gonna do in your set up, as you have analog heat where in the audio routing the syntakt is gonna be ?

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! I route the Swarm and 1010 Blackbox into the Syntakt (were into the Digitone before). Syntakt in to the C and D inputs of the Octatrack. Digitakt output into the A and B inputs of the Octatrack. Then the Main out of the Octatrack goes into the Analog Heat before going to the House System (or recorder, etc). Thanks so much for watching!

When doing Sound Lock is there a way to preview the new sound before confirming the change? And can you control note length onboard for the synth sounds?

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

yes you can preview by pressing ‘yes’. also, there are multiple ways to control not length since they are synths and not samples. there is a ‘length’ function, plus you have the Amp envelope, plus there are separate decays for each sound (one for each oscillator on the dual vco and the fm synths). thanks for watching.

@henryouyang

2 жыл бұрын

@@SURCOlive thanks for the reply! Really informative video. I'm GASing up

Does Syntakt quantize incoming midi note data if you’ve set a global scale?

@SURCOlive

Жыл бұрын

I don't believe so. I think the scale is just for the keyboard layout.

Nice talk. I wouldn't call Bo "in depth". You just did 50 minutes that's arguably the best of the bunch.. I've got a Rytm and Model Cycles and seriously considering paring down to just the Syntakt. That form factor is tough to beat.

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Haha. Thanks! I love watching those guys for each of their unique takes on things. I’m a fan! For performance and form factor it would be a great trade. I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of my Rytm as a studio sound design monster though. Syntakt has for sure earned a spot in my portable live rig though (sorry Digitone)! Thanks so much for watching.

is it possible to have tracks 1 to 8 just be drums and 9 to 12 synths for bass(9), synth(10), lead(11) and another rhythmic percussion (12)??

@SURCOlive

4 ай бұрын

It is possible. The only limitation is the analog drum synth engine on track 12 is a dedicated ‘cymbal’ engine. It works for percussion but is not as versatile as the others.

@emilianoibarra3537

4 ай бұрын

@@SURCOlive thank you so much!

i remember when they came out with the sidstation, i didnt expect they will grow into this :)

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

They’ve come a long way!

Loving this video too! Great info as well but not helping me... because i want the syntakt to go with my digitone argh lol. I need a money tree!

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

You can do it! Thanks so much for watching!

HI man, its quite a long video, some bookmarks / timestamps would be great

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Noted! I'll add them in! Thanks

Jack of all trades master of none Absolute waste of money in my eyes

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Valid personal opinion... Not mine in the least, but valid none the less. Ironically the full quote from Shakespeare is “a jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.” and is considered a compliment. Thanks for watching!

@thebadterrorists5323

2 жыл бұрын

@@SURCOlive Nice, saw what you did there. Not sure these latter day Elektrons are hitting the spot for me. Old school MachineDrum user and frustrated Octatrak Mk1 owner here. So the "pre-wrapped pre-cooked" synth sounds make me think of a convenience box, but heh if it gets people on board, at least it doesn't say Roland on the box.

What sucks is hearing that button click all the time while trying to make sounds. How hard is it to make soft spongy pads like Roland used to do on their drum machines? And it would be simpler to switch patterns using a knob. You can only make beats so creative without pads and a simple interface. I like the audio input thing though. No individual outs means no way to thicken up individual sound inside mixer channels or a modular. By itself, the sound seems kinda stale and bland to me. Thin and tough, not like a Vermona synth. Rather than buying cheep sounding analog box, check the Gotharman's LD3. You can have 4 audio inputs to analog filters with quality digital effects. You get 16 parts with up to 4 outputs. The AD converters are everything you could hope for.

@SURCOlive

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not for everyone for sure. Thanks for watching!

@leftmono1016

2 жыл бұрын

Pattern switching is much more visually intuitive using buttons. The buttons area really clunky but I like that, very robust positive feel to them. Separate outs would be very useful, even if it was just a few aux outs, say 4, which you could sent out to separate effects or mixer channels. Comparing it to a Vermona synth is a bit odd, the A4 being fully analog would be a better comparison. Saying that I’ve got an A4 and would still love a Perfourmer as they sound amazing.

@jmfhsmith4923

2 жыл бұрын

You could select ANY pattern to play next with one knob during Song Mode. That is way simpler than holding 1 button and then pressing some other button, especially since you sometimes need way more patterns in a track than that method would give you. It's a quick and simple way to micromanage your song in many smaller sections. My old Boss machines have way more patterns than Electron gear and I often use every pattern in one song. I like complexity over cheesy 4 on the floor patterns. Want to make real songs rather than sample tracks. I'm only comparing (quality of sound) to the Vermona's. The DRM-1 has a thick, heavy snare drum you can't get with cheap analog or samplers with thin converters. Get a Gotharman, get a SP1200 remake. If you really like the Electron, use it for a few light backing tracks. Runn it through something nicer to spice it up. But only if you can't get that sound some other way.

@leftmono1016

2 жыл бұрын

@@jmfhsmith4923 - you appear to have a very special use case if you need so many patterns for one track. The Elektron way suits most people. Don’t forget that any genre can be made to sound cheesey, or boring, or just plain shit. Crap sounding music isn’t genre specific unless you’re close minded enough to believe that we all like the same thing. You mention the quality of converters, if you perform live I’d strongly suggest projecting the technical specs of your superior converters as no one will have a clue otherwise. Personally I really like Elektron gear, having bought and sold synths/gear for over 30 years the Digitakt was a real eye opener for me. Sound locks, parameter locks etc - stuff that you can do on other gear but takes seconds on an Elektron sequencer. The DT lead to an OT, DN and A4 so I don’t really need the Syntakt - but I checked out Surco’s video just to see what it can do. I don’t particularly like using MPCs and the Deluge is not for me. As such I don’t go on associated comments sections saying how other gear is better. 1. I understand that everyone’s likes/needs/dislikes are different and 2. I don’t want to sound arrogant when it’s impossible for me to prove myself otherwise.

@jmfhsmith4923

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the masses agree with you. I don't like most music anyway. I find it thin and shallow. I don't care who I sound arrogant to and don't care to please or fit in. I don't need go with the waves to make money. I don't even like the MPC workflow. There is no one genius enough to make the kind of sequencer I would love. It would have a lot of pads 2 pads for each note. One pad would trigger note on and the other would trigger note of. Both real-time quantized. Each track would have it's own independent sequencer, patterns and song chain. I want roll, flam, erase and note shift buttons. I don't want to have to go into step sequence to delete notes. P-Locks are fine but don't replace a more inspiring work flow. I don't think the same as the masses so I am not satisfied with wimpy sounding gear all you can do with is make some minimal grove everyone will feel comfortable with around and respect. Time for something truly new and better, don't you think? Quality sound you can feel in your bones!

Did I just binge watch this channel? Yikes.

@SURCOlive

Жыл бұрын

😂 At least you don’t have to wait long for season 2. :)

@audiolego

Жыл бұрын

@SURCO I'm in Vegas for vacay and during downtime, I just binged this channel till 3 am. I'm sure I'm a geek

@SURCOlive

Жыл бұрын

@@audiolego awesome!!! Thank you so much for watching!!