What would be your second choice/ recommendation?
I was also considering Digitone plus M:C - which I could get used off Reverb for less than a used Syntakt.
it depends on what youâre into I guess.
the models are a cheap entry which is good.
digitakt is a great starter box if youâre into samples. Iâd personally go syntakt over digitone for a beginner as fm can be a bit confusing. I find the 4 tracks on the Digitone a bit limiting personally. thatâs just me tho.
but again, it really depends on the individual, what youre into, what your budget is etc.
id also recommend starting with a single box rather than 2. best to focus on one & learn it well before adding more stuff into the mix. that just complicates things n can make u not learn either as well.
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Appreciate the guidance.
(Already have an Akai for sampling, which is why Iâm not jumping on the digitakt first)
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Thanks for the thoughtful reply, youâre a legend!
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Can I run the filters in parallel guiding the left and right channel separately into each analog filter and modulate each filter on its own?
Not possibleâŚ
Is it possible to treat the L + R inputs as two separate mono inputs, as is possible on the Digitakt? I donât see a âDUALâ option on the EXT MIXER page, so maybe not :-/
Yes you can. Itâs in the settings menu, as stated in the manualâŚ
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Did a search, but couldnât find the specific info: Is it correct that all the rytm machines are included in the syntakt, except the tom machines? Iâm considering a switch.
Yes indeed, in terms of sound generators only toms are missing.
And sample playback.
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There is a External in Stereo/Mono option indeed, but unfortunately no individual settings for level, pan, fx send like on the DT.
feature-request@elektron.se
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changing the keyboard notes scales is a great addition to syntakt, but there is no way to changes scales to a pattern already written, right? Minilogue xd can do this
To my ears, without the filter, the tone machine sounds identical to the cycles, I have even recreated many of my model cycles presets exactly on the syntakt. The syntakt is definitely more shapeable because of the additional filtering and adsr, but it is the same core sound generation algorithm as the cycles.
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Right, and no transpose, apart per octave. You can use Control All to change tune though.
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You could also copy to a new Pattern and change the TUN.
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Do I need an audio driver to use Syntakt as main audio interface for Ableton?
Syntakt works as audio interface for my windows 11 laptop, but when i try to set it on Ableton it doesnât work.
If i set Asio4all driver on Ableton, than Syntakt works.
Of course Iâm talking about not using overbridge.
PS: My laptop is new gen. intel 12th.
Make su you change the USB config to USB audio/midi in syntaktâs settings. It then becomes a class compliant audio interface that you can select in Ableton
