Syntakt vs LXR-02

Elektron Gear Syntakt
#42

i reviewed the LXR 02 for eurorack, might help some decide :slight_smile:

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#43

Apart from distorted sounds (which are cool) can it do other cool drum sounds?
I didn t here any demos on the second.

#44

Does this help?

Or this? In this one all of the sounds are from the LXR-02, including the synth sounds (but some external reverb added).

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#45

Syntakt seems weak compared to Lxr02…

#46

nope

… old … Syntakt internal analog drive crushes - YouTube

… old … "shards" - elektron syntakt industrial - YouTube

just one track sy raw machine:

Similar one, completed:

two recent sketches:

Completed:

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#47

Yeah, pissweak.

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#48

Mine comes this week! Favorite drum synth I’ve played next to the Machinedrum.

#49

God damn. Those last two are some serious early AFX vibes. I’d love to hear this stuff on a venue soundsystem.

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#50

Still rocking my lxr-01. It was a build kit back then and im emotionally attached to it. I use the digitakts midi channels to control it. Best of both worlds.

I dont have a syntakt (yet?) but from what i’ve i seen it takes a lot more work to get a syntakt to sound like it’s breaking. I feel like with the lxr you just hit that morph kit knob and you’re off into some wild/dangerous/sketchy territory, if that makes sense.

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#51

Thanks a lot!
To me it seems more distorted than biting.
But I may be wrong. A side by side comparison would be best.
Truth is that I got the Lxr02 and to me seems kind of limited and i wish I switch it with a Syntakt, just not sure it has same bite.

#52

It’s a matter of the taste of the person operating it :wink: Perhaps you mean something like this (syntakt, no fx drive):

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#53

Yes! Really nice‼

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#54

That s what I want to do, because apart from kicks and crazy sounds (which I like), all other drums are too experimental and limited for my taste and let s not forget the price.
But for what is does sounds powerful.

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#55

To my ear it really sounds like LXR often goes to electro territories. Or is that just how YouTube makes it sound?

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#56

Aha a real bone crusher and you’ve even got the style gloved hands to boot! A real sound designer. I dig it! I proved to myself that my new Analog Heat was a good buy when I took dull beats from my TR08 and fed it to that box. So what FX are you using to get that crunchy distortion on the Syntakt? If I didn’t have a new Rytm arriving soon, I would have bought a Syntakt.

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#57

Thanks for your kind words! :slight_smile: I’m just using the Syntakt’s in-build analog fx drive.
That crunch comes direct out of the Syntakt :wink:

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#58

You’re welcome. Sounds great! If I did not want pads for finger drumming, I would have bought the Syntakt over Rytm. But with a new Rytm arriving soon and my OT, A4 and Digitone, have all bases covered. My friend bought a Syntakt so I want to compare the tones and distortion between Rytm and Syntakt.

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#59

I have a bunch Erica Synth modules but for stand alone boxes, Elektron wins easily over Erica Synths due to better sequencer and workflow. Even Perkons. I chose a new Rytm over Perkons as it was cheaper, had 8 voices vs 4, better sequencer and workflow.

#60

This is the way.

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#61

“The crunch is coming from inside the house!”

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