Hey Dave, I missed your first request and just saw this… my findings are similar to yours. On OB the tick is much louder.
First one is from OB, and the 2nd one is from the main outs on the Syntakt.
I cleared the track sound, then choose BD Hard on track 9.
I did 3 hits with tick at 0, then at 64, then at 127 and repeated it once.
They sound quite different to me