I feel this also. Instead I began with a Model:Cycles, which I never really gelled with, and eventually sold at a good price to someone who seemed very enthusiastic about it. Partly I did not know how to work within its limitations, and partly the things that experience alone could not fix (the physical aspects of the device) are alleviated to a considerable degree by Syntakt (also some of the non-physical limitations). But the result is that I am leery of Syntakt, though if the right deal comes along, I will jump. This is unfortunate, but the way it is. The other Elektron devices I have – A4mk1, AHmk2, DK – are each amazing in their own way. It’s hard to explain for each of them, because on paper they don’t seem like much, and it’s not like I can’t criticize each of them. But they are just exceptional within their category. You can live perfectly well without them. But I don’t think you will regret acquiring any of them.
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