To be clear, yes, there is a screen protector, I was just hesitant to remove it. Some of y'all let me know that I'm good to do so, so I'll do that in the intro of my next Syntakt video. :)

@Jason75913

2 жыл бұрын

You ever tried the Volca Drum or Drumbrute Impact? The Syntakt in other demos demonstrating the factory grooves sounds a lot like those drum machines, and in some grooves resembles Maschine expansions and JD-Xi factory grooves. I'm not the least bit interested in the Syntakt, but I like your channel. I've already got a couple of grooveboxes and a few keyboards that can make grooves just like the Syntakt, lol, more than enough already if I want glitchy, funky beats in that Drumbrute style (which I don't).

Wow, nearly immediately sounds so characteristically in your style. Cant wait to see what you make with it

Oooou, Gabe! You've bought this magic little box! My congrats 👏 !

Have been waiting for your video until I considered this. Can’t wait.

I can’t wait till mine comes in. That beat you made on this is sick!

Many valid points and reasons to make the universe expand more! Lovely

Super! Syntakt is an ultimate powerful combo of Analog Drum machine, Digital synthesis and Elektron’s unique sequencer.

Jaw dropping at how fast you deep dive into this thing.

Congratulations!

I thought I had a screen scruff too! turns out, there was a film on mine after all! Double check yours! What i have a problem with is some of the knobs are a little too loose for my liking compared to digitone and digitake. Looking forward some to presets packs from you!

Great video this thing is fire.

It sounds sooooo nice. I don’t even make any genre close to modern EDM but I still find the sounds very irresistible

I got one, gave it a week, didn't gel with it and then sent it back to get the Roland Juno-X instead. Totally different device but let's see if I like it was much as I did from the demos.

I'm really on the edge about this thing! I didn't really like the model cycle too much... I might give it a try and return if i don't like it

I didn't get the bag with mine 🥺 but like you, I'm absolutely loving mine. Just need to figure out how to hook all 3 up to where I can use my digitone keys keyboard on a few of the Syntakt tracks🤦‍♂️ might have to just rethink how I utilize my trio.

The classic elektron screen protector plastic haha, take it off, it’s there just hard to peel. Scared the crap out of me peeling it off on my first digitakt. But have peeled it off a second digitakt and the digitone since. I take the corner of a credit card and slightly rub till it peels off. Clarity on the screen gets much better, you may still even have the plastic on your digitakt if you never peeled it off

I'm so glad I watched this video. Your energy and excitement for this is what catapults it to the top of my list of enjoyable Syntakt vids.

The damn screen scratch would drive my ocd nuts lol , this thing‘s pretty dope I skipped it because I felt price a little high and no Polyphony, but some of the coolest animations I’ve seen on a device teenage engineering style.

@DrFearCo

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a cover on it. He didn’t look close enough.

@SonicVibe

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrFearCo he said it had no cover

12:20: that 808 😍

The screen protector is supposed to come off, but most people leave them on until they fall off, or start to bubble up and obscure the view. I’m sure the glass is fine underneath. The screen looks a lot better without the protector on, FWIW, and seems pretty scratch resistant in my experience.

This is a great fun video! Q: Does a track using chord mode send midi out of the chords?

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! No it doesn't, it still sends just one note of midi out. The chords are baked into the oscillator.

Awesome, what's next with Elektron? Syntone? 12 track synth machines would be awesome.

Can't wait to see your full review on this thing. Might ditch the DT and get this instead. It just seems a little more complete, ya know?

@starboundexplorer508

2 жыл бұрын

I'd keep the DT and try it with the Syntakt for a bit. They work great together. DT doesn't have as many tracks but it has some sound shaping features the syntakt doesnt and it's nice to isolate drum/groove from leads/melody.

@ildafons

2 жыл бұрын

Syntakt is not a replacement for DT but addition :) I keep my DT as I still love to use voice samples and many other sounds that Syntakt simply can't do.

@evelyn4885

2 жыл бұрын

cant use samples on this! basically if you actually wanted the best of both worlds youd wanna go for the rytm. i havent looked back since i got mine.

Will you still have a place for the DigiTakt with the Syntakt or has it superseded it for you?

Love your channel. Could you recommend to me a standalone beat maker with pads, so that I can play drums in real time?

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

If you mean bigger, drum stick ready pads, I don't think that's really a thing (outside of the drum pad devices that Roland and Alesis make), but if you mean finger drumming, the MPC should serve you well. You can even connect bigger drum pads to an MPC, I think Freebeat did a video on that a while back.

Nice, congrats on your purchase 😎 So, which one did you like better between this one and the digitakt?

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's hard to say this early in, but so far I'd say the Syntakt.

@jaydeepalmer

2 жыл бұрын

@@GabeMillerMusic ooh, so things are getting pretty serious from what i can see 😅

This is the most tempted I've been by any Elektron hardware, but the price is hard to justify when I already have an MPC and a couple analog synths/drummachines. For 200 more than the MPC One, is it really a good value? Akai could probably settle the question decisively with a software update to their step sequencer.

@ToyKeeper

2 жыл бұрын

Would like to hear Gabe's thoughts on that, but it'll take a few weeks or months of use to really compare things. It seems difficult to justify a Syntakt in a world where the MPC One exists.

@themainman3900

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure the mpc one is a great comparison since its focus is sampling and arranging whereas the syntakt is synthesis. There isn’t much overlap in terms of their capabilities and someone who is in the market for a sampler isn’t going to be considering the syntakt and vice versa with synthesis. I think a better comparison in terms of feature set would be the mc 707. All that being said I’m still not 100% sold on the sound pallet and price myself. It will be interesting to see if they add new “machines” or the ability to swap them out.

@sugarhigh4242

2 жыл бұрын

@@themainman3900 you make good points but MPC has pretty good (digital) synthesis since the latest updates. The fact that it's got sampling on board just adds to the value. There's also overlap in their ability to sequence midi gear. I think Syntakt might have MPC beat as a performance instrument, but it's less equipped to produce a whole track.

@ToyKeeper

2 жыл бұрын

@@themainman3900 MPC and Force have a lot of synthesis capabilities... an entire set of drum synths, and several subtractive-style synths for tonal instruments. Also a ton of pretty decent effects which can be applied per drum, per track, and as sends/busses. And a bunch of configurable performance controls which can be played live or recorded as automation. Akai makes it easy to create entire songs without touching a single sample. The main thing Elektron's gear does that Akai currently doesn't ... is algorithmic sequencing. Like, trig conditions and randomness -- tools to make repeating patterns less repetitive. Personally though, I've never much liked that sort of thing, because it feels like a band-aid for a deeper issue: Elektron's design and workflow push people very hard to make short loops... and that's exactly what I want to avoid in my music.

@christdolphin69

2 жыл бұрын

does the mpc have analog vcos and analog saturation and analog filters and a elektron sequencer?

Oh, i didn't get that fancy bag!!

I didn't get a bag with cables :(

Great demo! Each track mono only?

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And yeah, all mono.

It’s like the Electribe 2 , but better yes ?

Just to show my appreciation for what you do. I like the music and the info on the gear.

@blkrbbt

Жыл бұрын

I'm making my way through the video.... picking up on the gems... "Its about drive... It's about power...."

I always leave the screen protector on, in case I want to sell it and wind people up

Is there a lot of menu-diving on this one? Had to sell my Model Cycles because of the menu-diving.

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

There will be some for selecting preset sounds and for saving stuff, but from what I've found so far, it's not nearly as reliant on menu diving as the Cycles.

@evelyn4885

2 жыл бұрын

memorize what the menus do and which buttons correspond to them and then it just is muscle memory. a faderfox controller helps some people not have to do quite as much of that.

Ok is it a beefed up cycles or what ?

@evelyn4885

2 жыл бұрын

it has four analog synth tracks. its quite a lot more than a “beefed up cycles”. its more like a new generation of the machinedrum/baby brother version of the rytm that cannot sample.

Faster Naming/Renaming = Press [FUNC] + [NO] to quickly erase letters. Then hold [FUNC] to see the full alphabet, use arrow keys to navigate + [Yes] to select.

I bet this could totally do some Sophie.

why nobody makes a deep-dive on the chord machine.

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I've covered a lot of its aspects on the Model:Cycles in the past. I'll definitely go more in-depth on it in future videos.

@andreaaiazzi4501

2 жыл бұрын

@@GabeMillerMusic that'd be awesome, thanks I'll keep an eye on ur vids. Chord machine is a real dealbreaker for me

When is the next Syntakt video????? :)

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

In the next couple of weeks!

Does it have a battery

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

No, unfortunately, you to plug it into wall power

UGHHH... I really want to hear some half time DnB from you... Gimmie sumthin NARsty

@GabeMillerMusic

Жыл бұрын

Does the second drop of this count? kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmiEmM-JYM6qZdY.html

@blkrbbt

Жыл бұрын

@@GabeMillerMusic Hek Yea! Thats literally what I was talking about.

don't split the ship with a dog needle

If you're paying that much for a brand new machine then I would for sure not accept the screen coming damaged out of the box. I assume there's still a screen protector on it, otherwise, I would RMA it immediately. Because you really don't have to be OCD for that screen to annoy the heck out of you day in, day out and constantly making you regret you accepted it.

@evelyn4885

2 жыл бұрын

it wasnt damaged. he didnt peel the sticker off. i’ve bought many elektron devices, theyve all come shipped to my house perfect. calm down.

@Drrolfski

2 жыл бұрын

@@evelyn4885 Maybe you should read comments better before you demand people to "calm down". I said I assume it was the protector. He suggested though that he would accept a scruffed screen if that wasn't to be the case which is just not wise.

Im getting this one not a bad price

wow, the digital engine sounds really thin

First!

of course there's a screen protector. yes you're supposed to take it of. every one of their boxes have that. unbelievable. who does this guy think he is "reviewing" elektron instruments? where are your credentials, sir?

i dont get it. why would you make a video like this without having any knowledge of the product or even the company in general? you didnt bother to even skim the manual?

@GabeMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I had knowledge of both the company and the specific product going in. I watched multiple videos covering the Syntakt, and like I mentioned in the video, I've used both the Digitakt and Model:Cycles quite a bit. I do like to do some figuring out on the fly for these videos though, because it gives the consumer an idea of what that learning and discovery process is like (what comes easily, what might be frustrating, etc). I referred to tutorials for a few areas where I got stuck, and I restricted myself to giving opinions on stuff I for sure understood. For the screen protector thing, I even mentioned that it was present, just that I was scared to take it off. I got my Digitakt secondhand, so that's why I wasn't 100% sure.

@rodolphep0nthus555

2 жыл бұрын

He owns a Digitakt, so it isn't as if it's the first time he puts his hands on an Elektron product. Elektron devices all have the same worflow philosophy

@christdolphin69

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodolphep0nthus555 could have fooled me

@shaunlamminga4326

2 жыл бұрын

Why so salty? Are you a child?