Been using my syntakt to make some dark vibey triphop/ambient loopy stuff this week and these songs could really be more fully formed but I love the sounds I’m getting.
Syntakt with Artemis
Syntakt with Peak and Artemis (guess which is which!)
I have been controlling it with the multitrack on Oxi one mk2 lately which leads to less dynamic sequences than its sequencer because I’m much more comfortable with the elektron interface for stuff like conditions and micro timing but I think I’ll end up in a better spot from the time spent.
I almost didn’t watch this because I don’t care about techno but I’m glad I did because when you said “bit of reverb” and dialed it up above 90% mix I LOLed. Also pretty amazing how you worked 5 steps and a delay into a pretty satisfying backbone sound.
Thanks! I’ve been working towards a personal sound and I think I’m making good progress on it. These dark and downtempo but rhythmic parts make a really good backdrop for very lush or choppy sounds to come in and out, though as I said I’m still getting a feel for starting to work with pattern chains instead of building on looping patterns. Using Oxi helps because I can mix up the sequence without changing pattern or losing my original triggers (Tonverk performance modes are gonna help with this too) but when I write guitar-based music the compositions have many parts and learning to write in a way that those parts transition in a way that feels natural and tells a story was a lot of experience and time. Doing so with synths is harder because I can’t just be like “OK you play an interlude passage here” to my talented co-guitarist, I have to plan it all myself. In the second recording I think I got some progress there though, the part on my Peak that almost sounds like a guitar and closes the song out makes a really nice canvas to introduce a new direction of sound.
Not sure I showed this demo yet. A buddy of mine has been singing over some of my electronic stuff and we’re slowly forming a side project where we’ll add a few traditional instruments in (guitar, horns, drums). This one is 100% Syntakt except the vocals
I’m in the process of making a cute little sample pack of ST through Monotron Delay - kicks, snares, basses and all that, including some of the better patches from the SSLs. Thinking of some loops as well. All proper dirty and mangled by the MD. Will share when ready!
Thanks! It’s a couple of Swarm instances with amplitude modulation from an LFO with some fade in to get the bowing kind of sound. Might have some pitch mod on the attack as well, not entirely sure… The phaser-ish sound is the FX track notch filter being modulated.
