Woah. Nice. Sounds like I should have got one of those instead of a Blokus MidiHub. I’m sure the MidiHub will prove to be useful when I have a larger set-up (I have loads of gear, just not space or time)… but I use my Syntakt on the move mostly, so the Retrokits sounds more useful to me.
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Alto Music in the US has them at the $799 new price.
Plus it earns 15% “alto bucks” toward a future purchase. ($119.85, make sure to use the code in the banner)
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I think as folks are speculating in other threads that we’re looking at compression, and that the vinyl sim sound might even be noise pumping through it. Sounds good!
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Well why what’s the point?
There are other machines for sampling
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What was the price in US before?
$999
That’s a solid reduction
Smaller and less expensive than the Rytm but otherwise meh. I pass and get Rytm instead but that is just me.
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I have Rytm mk2 and I had Syntakt which I returned
Syntakt sounds better but Rytm is more fun
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Did you have the compression and distortion cranked up on the Rytm? I betcha fed into heat it sounds better than Syntakt.
I’d bet that Syntakt fed into heat would also sound better than Syntakt 
It also has a few things that set it apart from the Rytm, like the digital machines and the FX block, which is a pretty unique feature imo. I did think of getting the Rytm instead but those two features alone made the Syntakt win for me.
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RYTM sample lock, sound lock, sample chain with a lot better interface with scene lock, performance pads, makes it a lot more playable in my opinion, on mk2 there is sampling too. I am still a bit grumpy about the hh engine ob the syntakt, they should improve that engine first. (ok it sucks on the rytm aswell, but there are samples to fill that hole.)
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Well isn’t the Syntakt like a gimped Digitakt with more tracks and no sampling? That is how it comes across to me. I’m happy now with my OT, A4, DN and AH combo. May add a Rytm or some other high end drum and bass synth to the mix next year or after that.
What do you mean by this? One is a synth and the other is a sampler. Two totally different sound sources. Neither is meant to be a version of the other.
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Never mind. I still prefer Rytm over Syntakt in spite of the larger size and cost.
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Personally, I find hoping for updates is a bad practice that leads to frustration and stress. A gentle “want” and maybe a message to the feature request email address is good tho’.
this is why i’m glad the syntakt came out when it did. I really want it eventually but I can’t afford it and I’d rather wait for it to become a bit more fleshed out.
Also what’s happened with the Digitakt which will probably be my first elektron upgrade from the Models
I don’t regret my Rytm MKI. I miss the master compressor for sure.
I’d never buy a huge thing like Rytm MKII. Rytm have 12 tracks, but 8 voices, it was warping my head and I didn’t like toms machines (possible to use samples instead but…). I found macros frustrating, boring to set and hard to play compared to OT scenes and A4 macros…
Great features, but not for me.
I wanted to replace it with Digitakt and a kick module like MBase 11, but it didn’t make it.
Happy with Syntakt, my favorite OT companion.
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Yes, in the same way that an apple is like a gimped orange.
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Is the A4 a gimped OT? 
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