Syntakt only for techno?

SoundRider · 2023-06-01T10:35:24.372Z

PXion:

A MPC (or others Maschine +) is like a standalone DAW

Nowadays it’s true, that MPC-like machines are very close to what we can do with a DAW. The MPC provides DAW like features, which have been added to the original workflow without destroying or replacing it. It’s a stand alone workstation having all the old school MPC goodness.

From my experience with MPC, Cubase, and Ableton I can tell that the workflow is different for each of them. Same goes for Elektron-based machines.

I use MPC, if I want to hit the pads live and need linear sequencing and Elektron if I like to push buttons on a grid based song writing process

Jeanne · 2023-06-01T10:37:11.374Z

… and acid done with the digital SY BITS. Makes 11 tracks for acid on the Syntakt, and of course the 12th can kinda do, too

xmit · 2023-06-01T12:45:53.830Z

I make ambient music.

I’ve never even looked at a single drum sound on the Syntakt…

pads, textures, arpeggios… It’s a absolutely brilliant. The only real limit is your imagination

Jacob · 2023-06-01T14:01:15.519Z

Haha, the contrast between these two tracks is hilarious. In Jeanne’s track I’m fighting nightclub vampires and in your track I’m taking the elevator to fight more vampires. Good stuff!

Klaptastic · 2023-06-01T14:31:37.879Z

15 step alone is going to push me to say, stick with DAW. The sounds you can absolutely create, the general vibe, but like… 15 step is in 5/4 and you’re going to have a really rough time plotting that out in four 16 step pages. If you were to set the DAW to 5/4 and run Syntakt or whatever as an external instrument with the daw sending out note information it could work, but doesn’t seem worth the money imo. At that point I’d rather have a full-fledged flexible synth to create sounds with for arrangement

Mutlu_Karakose · 2023-06-01T14:34:43.731Z

Syntakt can do much more than just Techno.

PXion · 2023-06-01T14:51:39.871Z

Great !

PXion · 2023-06-01T15:04:55.405Z

15 step was en exemple for the type of music and sounds, I don’t want to reproduce it.
Syntakt seems to be a pretty good synth too (even if it lacks of polyphony).
I don’t have hardware synth (just Nord Piano 4) so I would like to use it as much as a drum machine as a synth.

enemoy · 2023-06-06T15:06:23.342Z

Can you send some examples? I am considering buying the device as I want to do Techno but with a bit more psychedelic vibe (trippy bass sounds and one shots). I want to use Syntakt an Samples from it on the Digitakt / SP404MK2. I am on the fence as there are (in general) few good examples for psychedelic electronic music with hardware and I don’t want to get my hopes up if it is just something not with doing dawlessly due to complexity. Only channel I know is Substan

chaocrator · 2023-06-07T08:00:14.856Z

i’m too lazy to record my semi-baked stuff, but have a look here:

Zelikovich - Extratearestrial (99.999% Syntakt) (Free project file for Elektronauts) Our Music

I just dropped my first solo EP in almost 20 years, and it’s all thanks to the Syntakt! It’s been such an inspiring instrument that I ended up with these 3 songs rather quickly. The Bandcamp purchase also includes the project file for the Syntakt. The songs are free to download individually, as well! Enjoy!

slicetwo · 2023-06-07T11:07:15.433Z

Much love, @chaocrator.

@enemoy The ST is fantastic for psytrance/psytechno/psy-all-the-things.

ringokidf · 2023-06-08T09:31:45.030Z

Just hoovered the whole house, washed all the floors and was feeling exhausted but this put me right back on track.
Thanks @Jeanne

harrismix · 2023-07-01T09:07:41.226Z

I didn’t think it has an apreggiator?

Octagonist · 2023-07-01T14:16:56.038Z

You can play/programme arpeggios by hand too.

J3RK · 2023-07-01T19:52:49.198Z

The Syntakt is perfect for this. I still do a bit of compression and limiting etc. on the computer, but I’ve made a ton of Syntakt only tracks. It’s probably the emperor of single device electronic music. It’s also perfectly at home doing completely live improv, and complete song mode tracks. It sounds incredible too. It’s basically made for it. Other than samples, there is nothing you can’t do on it in the Techno/Electro context.

J3RK · 2023-07-01T19:57:22.877Z

Of course, if you really want samples, you can do this

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xmit · 2023-07-03T13:14:45.340Z

yep!

ro.keys · 2023-07-03T16:01:17.636Z

As has been pointed out here, complex time signatures, automation etc. can be a pain to manage on the Syntakt…

But I’d say it is only a problem if your goal is “I know precisely how this is supposed to sound and need to make it happen”. Then a DAW is definitely the way to go. The Syntakt’s strength is instead in “Set pattern length to 15, mash the trig keys to randomly come up with a rhythm”.

mitya33 · 2024-03-25T22:09:50.874Z

Late to the party here, but could you elaborate? I’ve not seen many people advocate for the Syntakt’s ability to make pads, given the monophonic tracks. What’s your approach - chord machine, or are you running parallel tracks to build up the notes in a chord? Thanks in advance.

sezare56 · 2024-03-25T23:10:32.052Z

mitya33:

I’ve not seen many people advocate for the Syntakt’s ability to make pads