That Syntakt Sound

Well, like I said, I can get at least a duophony going with the key prioority parameters alone, by some mixing & matching. And I do in fact have a RK-002 smart MIDI cable; its currently doing MIDI input filtering, but I could swap out the firmware for a rr poly script instead…

In fact, I wish there was a way to get a “round robin polyphonic output” script going inside my Launchpad Pro MK3 directly… Isnt the LPPMK3 FW user “hackable”?

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A couple of techno jams, straight from the Syntakt.


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Awesome!

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Thanks! :grinning:

This started off as an exercise in abusing the ST drum machines for other purposes then became more of an exercise in drone-y excess, seasoned with the FX Block as always.

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Tremendous! I wanted it to keep going!

So, how does one exactly get the FX block to feed back on itself? That’s certainly something I still have yet to try…

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I had fun recording a little ST jam tonight and figured I’d share it:

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Haven’t tried it yet, but I’m guessing you need to route a cable from either the headphone out or one of the L-R outputs into one of inputs. Then go to the FX routing page and activate the inputs.

I would start gently. There are many level stages that will affect the feedback level and resulting output level, and there is theoretical a risk of blowing the inputs and/or outputs.

Let us know how it goes :slight_smile:

Edit: I just tried this, but I can’t for the life of me get it to work. I drove all levels to max but no hint of feedback. I must be doing something wrong.

The setup: I ran one cable from L out L in, and from R out to R in. Routed physical inputs to FX track in the FX routing menu. Main audio from headphone out to DAW. A simple SY Bots oscillator on track 1.

I was expecting this to create a feedback loop since all audio from the main outs should be fed back to the inputs, and the inputs are in turn routed to FX track, which is fed to master out, etc…

Thoughts?

EDIT 2: Got it to work now, I had forgotten to turn up the input volume on mixer page no 3. all I can say is, this gives the ST a new level of distortion :open_mouth:

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Why is your ST Grey? Is it one of those anniversary models?

NVM, saw the silver faceplate in some of the pics

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Alrighty then :sweat_smile:
Great video, that explains it all.

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Everything I make on the Syntakt sounds like the same old boring shit and these tracks sound completely amazing holy crap lol Guess the problem is the musician and not the gear :sob:

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That’s a really nice compliment, thanks.

Was conscious that I normally let them run too long so deliberately eschewed that, even though I’d been happily running some of the tracks in the background for long periods.

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Same and I think that is why the ST is underrated.

It seems simple at first but there is a non-traditional depth to it.

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Thanks for the kind words. There’s no magic to what I do, I just keep exploring and tweaking, trying to pick up as many tricks and techniques as I can along the way. I have a studio full of toys but it’s all collecting dust because I only use the Syntakt. I just find it immensely fun to push it as far as I can.

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Another Bergfotron song out. Like the previous, it’s done entirely on the Syntakt and OG Digitone plus vocals.
The lyrics (in Swedish) are about how people look much better on social media than in reality.

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A Swede making a swedish song about swedes on the sosh, using swedish musical instruments, distributed through a swedish music streaming platform - Do you happen to get cultural backing from your goverment by any chance? :wink:

j/k

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