Nope, but indeed Multimap would be cool 
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Hey, since the Chord machine is too dull … maybe Elektron should add a … Sword machine …
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Haha. I gave Syntakt a go. It’s a very cool machine. Workflow is on point for jamming out tracks. I like the sound character so far. I have tried chord too. Very useful machine for certain sounds that I like. I believe the automation is recording in somehow? Great stuff really, maybe the best 999 I have ever spent.
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Do you mean when you twist knobs, it is getting recorded to the pattern? This happens when you are in “live record” mode on every Elektron (rec + play buttons) and is really useful for inputting some quick automation!
Glad you’re enjoying it - despite a few limitations, it’s an amazing all in one introduction to Elektron.
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Sadly it’s not smooth though. I forget what they call it but I’d like to twist a knob and it records that exact sound and not sound like it’s stepped.
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I like it really. I did not know it works on all machines. I will try it on Digitone and Samples. The sound of ST is very capable.
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Yeah Elektron’s sequence data is always at a maximum resolution of 1 step, it can’t have anything in between the steps. The bigger boxes have a parameter slide option which alleviates that by smoothly interpolating between the values but for whatever reason that didn’t make it to the Digi format. Not something I miss too much but I can see how it would be a pain for filter sweeps etc.
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While the sequence is recording, any parameter changes (e.g., knob movements) are recorded as P-Locks and are shown as yellow trigs in grid record mode.
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At first the chord machine seemed pretty same-y, but if you put in some effort that feeling vanishes, well for me at least. My research (7x chord machine recorded via overbridge, no FX track (except some ducking for the subbass):
Some minor edits for length, some slight limiting.
I think every machine might be able to pull of almost everything, the cool thing is they al push you in slightly different directions. The chords do sound sweet in ‘init’ mode, but they can really take you places. For anyone’s interest: the shape is 102 for wave, for me the most SAW, punch adds a bit of power, as would overdrive but no overdrive applied.
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This sounds really awesome, thanks for sharing!
Interesting setting, and +/-1 around too.
I checked with Unison 2, Balance 0. Some other settings can be interesting too, but using filter, it can be deceiving if you expect respectable saw harmonics. Becoming soap…
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lovely work!
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An evening of spare time, so did another one. I really like the one-machine limit
lil bit of eq cause a bit to much low end, slightly limited. What machine next?
edit: a reminder, if you don’t want parameters to change when using ctrl-all, just lock them to the trigs (i find it very useful to limit the chaos of ctrl-all)
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Chords machines only. Hard to mix ! I gave up, maybe I’ll improve this track later with other machines…
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More background info from @Ess on the inner workings of the Chord machine (albeit on M:C, but I don’t think that matters much).
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It´s more of a house piano / organ / trance stab wavetable setup. At least on Cycles. Which I don´t mind.
You can always layer it with a noise channel now that you have more channels than cycles.
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More channels, and machines. 
Thanks for the tip, but there a 4 noise generators available with analogs, and the SY BITS which seems perfect for that purpose, adding noise and 2 tunable oscs to a Chord.
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Well, then there is nothing to complain about 
I remember the days when we were twisting and morphing machinedrum cymbals machines into textured chords. Now there is even more defined machines for each purpose.
And in case people feel limited by the current engines, buy a Digitone. Syntakt is after all a drum machine with limited synth capabilities.
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Much better synth capacities than MD for sure. With MD UW at least you can use single cycle waveform you can tune (3 values = 1 semitone iirc).
Concerning Syntakt and I guess MC, the behavior of envelope because of monophony is the most annoying imho, if you want to use slow attack and release, for pads.
I sold my Digitone for the Syntakt, I’m not sure to buy it again…