Syntakt doing a 909ish groove (this one uses both of my recent hihat sounds - tom is still WIP)
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A low-key, soothing tune to bob your head to. Nothing fancy here, just a repeating theme alternating between major and minor. Three tracks of SY raw at the centre.
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Tracks like these keep me motivated, although usually short on time, to set some time aside, flick open the cupboard, grab the Oxi and āElektron-of-the-dayā, and do my discovery thing 
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Syntakt was my introduction to Elektron and I still love it after getting more Elektron stuff. Had some fun making making some short jams yesterday. Not good but fun 
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Ok, Iām kind of done trying to imitate a 909 for nowā¦ ATM, Iām getting what I needed from the ST, something that brings me those 909ish jackinā feels, doesnt have to sound 100% convincing to get shit done (Iām cheating here, the kick comes from the Rytm cuz I ran out of headroom on the ST; Indiouts for the kick would be welcomeā¦). I got something resembling the kick, snare, rim, hats, low tom, clap anywayā¦
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nice sounding !!!
I really love this one. I usually only listen to clips of peopleās tracks on this thread, but this one I listened to all the way through 
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damnā¦ if you compiled all the tracks youāve posted here into a bandcamp release, that would be an instabuy
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You people 
@szzdz Thanks for the kind words. Iāve thought about it, but Iām discouraged by my inability to make them into āfinished tracksā. Feels like a bunch of half-assed demos sometimes. Musically Iām all over the place, but itās possible I could put the decent ones into one dub/techno release, and one more melodically oriented release. Though it would require that I pull myself out of my usual routine of ājust making some patternsā, so Iām not all too hopefulā¦ 
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Well, how bout recording a longer take of you playing said patterns back to back then?
I solved this by having multiple (wildly different) aliases to release under instead of worrying if āit fitsā. Really freed me up and Iām being more prolific than ever.
But yeah, finishing tracks is the hardest partā¦ Your stuff really is great though and it doesnāt have to be a lot more than a pattern with some creative muting and a couple transitions 
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Thanks, those are good tips
Hi everyone, itās my first post hereā¦ I recorded a melodic house jam a few weeks back so thought Iād share. All sounds are coming from the Syntakt, I just recorded the stereo out then added compression & mastering in Logic.
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I think people will be trying to synthesize a convincing 909 hat for a long time to come seeing as the 909 uses a sample
Iāve tried it before using VSTās like zebra and had no luck getting it exact though I did manage getting a cheap imitation, if zebra canāt do it I kind of doubt syntakt can.
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Yeah, I guess it wonāt be possible to get really close, but I was hoping to get closer than I did Especially since the Syntakt has surprised me with unexpected sounds before, like choir, finger snaps, latin perc etc. I spent a fair bit of time, going through many of the machines in the ST. Combining sounds, filtering, applying noise modulation to different parameters, adding EQ and drive through the FX track etc. But the frequency content of the 909 hats is very specific. I thought I got fairly close on the ātickyā attack, but not the main body of the sound.
Oh well. It was a fun challenge
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I find the exact shapes of the midpoint of the sound is the trickiest in terms of envelope shaping. Frequency content around that area is quite specific as well. I dont think itād be impossible to synthesize, but itād take a lot of faffing to get there. In any case, it would require more envs, filtering and tone generation features than what are present on the Syntakt.
Also not sure the scanning rates of Syntakt synthesis are quite high enough for all things, even the Microtonic modulations go to faster rates than the STās, a sad fact which makes it impossible to properly port the machine learned drum sounds from the microtonic to ST which rely on fast audiorate modulations for their psychoacoustically mimiced timbres.
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Love these
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Sketch 1.aif (9.5 MB)
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Sketch 2-trimmed(1).aif (9.4 MB)
Couple of sketches, has been a moment since last time with the ST, but I still love it
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