Probably yes, what we could do is gather just all available sounds and then make a public excel sheet and rate them or smth.
The only problem I see is that when you make a kick from a HH sound, you rely a lot on the FX track , so sounds should be sufficient as is. That will be a testament to the machine though. We could also annotate with a * if a sound needs boost from fx
this is a great idea indeed!
as an alternative or in addition, how about having a dedicated thread per elektron device for distributing / showing off individual sounds, optionally in the context of a song.
simple rules could be:
all sounds shared are shared via generous licensing terms tbd 
so everyone could grab all the sounds they like most, rating (if necessary) via ālikesā.
While we all appreciate some new sounds, I also feel this could sidetrack things in terms of what I personally think SSLās are about. I can imagine what would happen - most folks would just wait for the sound pack to drop, instead of trying to learn how to coax new sounds from the machines themselves. So in a way, wouldnāt that detract from the original idea of the SSLās? Which I always thought was about getting to know the box deeperā¦
So while I aint opposing the idea per se, I wouldnāt personally want to prioritize the sound bank aspect too much
Also, the sounds are already there in the sysex data ppl have posted, you dont have to waitā¦ Surely, if you hear a sound you absolutely love, its not too much ask to DL said sysex, load it into your box, find the sound and save it to your plusdrive? All it costs you is timeā¦ and the dopamine reward you get for expending some effort for it is greater than downloading a bunch of stuff you later āforgetā to even useā¦ (Disclaimer - I am a cynic when it comes to human nature, and believe we all gravitate to the least path of resistance all too easily. Modern conveniences make us lazy and all that)
hmmā¦ I donāt personally feel responsible for what people download and how they are going to use it. if someone instead prefers using the sounds instead of learning from the patches, fine with me. itās always an option, but, if I may speak for myself, I wouldnāt share those sounds primarily with the goal in mind of expecting everyone to use it in a particular way but rather for having a competitive hobby among sound design nerds, pushing limits, learning from each others, exploring. i feel doing it this way is an even more sound-design centered approach.
I love the idea. It would be a nice celebration of the work and the results the SSLs will produce. I also think it would feel like a much more convenient and accessible way of getting your hands on those sounds.
If we should be so lucky as to get Elektronās attention on this, we would reach out to a lot more people as well.
Off the top of my head, Iām thinking of two issues to consider:
Iām not so worried about this taking focus away from our regular SSLs. Saving sounds could be just be a small additional activity when youāre finishing your efforts in an SSL. Go through the patterns youāve created, save the sounds you like to a separate SSL bank.
Maybe itās a good idea to find a naming system already now? So we donāt have to go back and edit the names of XXX number of sounds later
Yes, this is nr 1 problem for me as well, my experience is that the magic lies into the organic interactions between sounds, gain staging, fighting for headroom etc. not all sounds are created equal I guessā¦
I guess not all machines are made equal as well, and people will be able to extract much more versatile palette from SY Bits for example, which is itās own synth, compared to some HH machine.
I guess there is also distinction on what kind of material people want to post in the SSLs - if you compose and like to post beats, thatās when FX is crucial, if you just post examples of sounds (how to make a clap or a snap), itās more connected to the actual engine
Yeah, I feel the same.
We donāt have to decide now though. Weāve only just begun so this may develop in new directions. After 20-30 labs we may see things in a different perspective, and other options may surface. Itās a great idea, so letās just store it in the back of our minds and bring it up again when weāve come a bit further.
NOTE Iām not meaning to silence the discussion. More thoughts are welcome, as always
Totally, letās focus on the labs as is and have this in mind;)
How about an entirely distinct SSL which focuses entirely on creating playable sounds instead of patterns? This would immediately lead to sounds created with the intention of being played, such a thing would be trivial to turn into a sound bank later. It could be a long running SSL just like the ones we have already (ie with no definite closing date)
Maybe its just the way my brain is wired, but this would be a better alternative IMHO than to spend a lot of resources into turning other SSLs into reusable sounds
Would a separate running SSL thread for just ST Sounds be okay instead? Thatād make it optional for those that want to participate with exporting the sounds.
It also leaves room, without commitment for curation or leaving as is for the curious ST user.
Forgot to reply to this. The SY Chord is my number 1 Syntakt machine 
Itās limitless. One of the tracks Iām most proud of was done entirely with SY chord. Iām excited to hear what you all will squeeze out of it
My personal gripe with the chord machine is the inability to get a tracked analogue filter after it. If the FX track ever gets filter keytracking, I will cry tears of joy
I guess you know about the key tracking on the digital filterā¦ itās not analog though So youāre left with p-locking the FX filter cutoff, which is pretty tedious.
About using sysex versus Elektronās proprietary formats to dump data. Iāve been meaning to address this and add some info in the original post. But I must admit Iām not entirely sure about all the differences. Hereās an attempt at a small write-up. Please correct me if Iāve gotten some of the details wrong, and please add any useful info:
With sysex you can transmit/receive OS files, projects and patterns. Youāll need a sysex tool. Elektron used to offer C6 for this, which was very easy to use. I donāt think itās available anymore, though you may find it in some old buried corner on elektron.se. There are other alternatives. You can use either the MIDI port or the USB port for sysex. (Iāll add a link if I can find it)
With the proprietary format you can transmit/receive OS files, projects and sounds. Youāre locked to using Transfer. Personally I find it very easy to use. Youāll need to use USB as far as I know.
The main drawback to dumping only patterns is that any sound locks will be lost.
Really? I didnāt know thisā¦ Is this because sound locks require the sound pool of a project to be configured a certain way, hence requiring the entire project memory? I suppose a pattn only saves the sound pool slot number info on the sound lock trigsā¦
C6 can be downloaded from archive.org - someone linked to it on this board only a few days ago. You can also use any sysex librarian software, there are plenty out there for every platform (including iOS & Android)
I just tried it to be 100% certain. I exported a pattern with sound locks from one project and imported it to another using C6. It keeps the trigs but not the sounds, theyāre just replaced by whatever sound is stored on that track. It just says Ā«sound 4Ā» instead of the sound name if you hold the trig.
The explanation must be that locked sounds are stored in the sound pool, not in the pattern. If it did export the sound pool sounds as well, it would need to correct the links when exporting to the new project. If not, there would be a risk of overwriting sounds in the new project sound pool. At least thatās my guess.
I found a C6 download link on elektronās home page as well:
https://www.elektron.se/support-downloads/machinedrum
Confirms what I thought. Pattn without sound pool data will result in incorrect recallā¦ although there could be a source of happy accidents in there somewhere?
Hah, yeah I guess. The cumbersome version of changing kits randomly on an MD/MnM 
New SSL is up here !
I think weāre going to see some amazing takes on this one.
What do you think peeps? Weāve done a decent job of crafting sounds, beats and atmospheres from the SY Chord. The thread activity has gone down lately, so maybe itās time for a new lab?
What machine would you like to explore this time?
Please post your suggestions here
If you have any other comments or thoughts related to the SSL, theyāre always welcome. Please post them here.