I don’t care what anybody thinks I’m calling it the beatmachine with vision! 
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If “syn” means eyesight then someone at Elektron missed a few separate outputs on the back, as we say here “should’ve gone to spec savers” 
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2 more Outputs to separate the Drums from the Melodic stuff would have been self-contain heaven. There is always OB for that task, though.
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Absolutely I mentioned this before however I want to use my hardware synths without the need for a computer at any stage. IMHO it’s a waste of time buying hardware just to have it used with a computer, cheaper buying soft synths, just my opinion of course. I’m sure Syntakt is great but more outs would have been nice. 
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I do think there’s a genuine reason to be a little disappointed that there’s no extra outs on the Syntakt.
There’s plenty going on in there that I’m more than happy with just the stereo out, but 12 tracks is kind of asking for it really, given there’s no per-track effects available.
Having said that, I feel like the real joy is to be had using all those voices to layer up sounds, which makes a stereo out less disappointing.
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Does each pattern function like a kit - i.e. each pattern can have unique sounds and sound settings? Similar to the Digitakt?
Thanks!
Yep, like I say Iv’e read the features and it does sound really good but 12 tracks is gonna mean a lot of HPF going on or your gonna get muddy mixes unless you use Overbridge hence my issue with the lack of out puts. For a machine this powerful surely there was room for a few more outs. But I don’t own a Syntakt but happy days to those who do. I just don’t wanna use computers to use my hardware 
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Someone mentioned on one of the myriad Syntakt threads that they were pleasantly surprised to find a 303 inside the ST.
And some of the demos have also had some 303 going on, even one of the original tunes on the preview radio show.
So what machine are people using for that? DVCO?
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According to the manual, yes.
Yeah, I’d be surprised if I use more than about 8 or 9 tracks at a time, to be honest.
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Adding lower powered sampling to Syntakt after the initial release expectations is pretty savvy. Though some people will still complain that its not quadraphonic or whatever, short mono samples would be a huge bonus if you weren’t expecting it at all. If they were there from the beginning everyone would be begging for stereo
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and yea DVCO
I mean, it works enough for me, but I’ve never had a real one, so depends how close it needs to be. I’m sure true 303 users will hugely disagree with this mind.
Someone else mentioned there are also no slides so it’ll never get fully there though.
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Yeah, understood - it’s 303-ish. Was just curious if it is the DVCO.
Indeed, but
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Yea!! 
Or p-lock the LFO depth, LFO in trig mode, assigned to pitch. Making it a mod envelope.
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how to use the DVCO to make an acid like bass? (which settings)
I’m the wrong person to ask, don’t have one. 
But probably a low pass filter and turning up the resonance will play a big part. Also filter envelope.
I got somewhat close on the AR. I can’t remember the exact settings, but it’ll get pretty close. I mean, it can get acidic, but not necessarily 303-acidic.
It may be that it’s easier on the Syntakt though.
Also someone did a tutorial on the Digitone on YouTube of how to make acid-style slides using the LFOs. You might want to search that one out, just in case the Syntakt works more like that than the way the AR does.
Anyway, you’d want to get a square wave. (the hollow transistor type if the Syntakt has it, not sure) accent your filter on some notes (you can p-lock small changes to do this) etc. etc. You can p-lock the envelope too, which can really help (almost more than direct setting locks on the filter).
The slide behavior is most important to an acid baseline IMO. You want that constant time style (like 303 for example) rather than constant rate which just doesn’t sound right. This could involve using the LFO technique to get right.
This is the DVCO on the AR. I couldn’t get it exactly the way I wanted, but somewhat close:
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