To all the people saying that someone shouldn’t try something if they don’t like the online demos. I can almost guarantee there are uses for synths that are not represented well in most of the mainstream demos.
For example, out of all the Syntakt videos I’ve watched, I don’t believe that anyone was even attempting any form of electronic Latin percussion. So you would never actually know if it could do it unless you tried it out.
Based on the amount of posts along these lines, I bet a lot of people miss out on excellent hardware because they didn’t see a demo that matched their style of use. Kinda silly.
First, I agree with others that if you want REAL Latin percussion, the sampler (Digitakt say) is the way to go. However, if you want synthetic Latin-style sounds (like some of the drums on the 808 for example, (and beyond) then the Syntakt can do that quite well.
Honestly, a combination of Syntakt-Digitakt would cover all of this ground quite well.
I see this come up all the time. “I don’t like the way the Syntakt sounds.” Well, you’re not going to know by just watching demos. It can sound like all kinds of things, so it really is down to the user.
Anyway, all that aside. I spent a few minutes trying to make some pseudo-Latin type percussion. Some of it’s closer than others, but for 15 minutes of sound tweaking, I think it works pretty well. I’d like to try making some multi-hit sounds like castanets for example, guiro sounds, and other of the more distinctive types, so maybe I’ll try that later today. 
I put this together for the Latin-ish-House sort of sound I heard in a Python video. Of course he seemed to be using a mix of synth and sample, so mine will only have synthesized sounds.
It also occurs to me that I should have dropped certain parts out, so one could hear the clave, cabassa, etc. a bit better. They kind of blend in with the cymbal.
I also think I want to try some pitched timbale/conga type stuff. Pretty sure it’ll be no problem. I just didn’t have time to really dig.
