That would be SO wicked. Probably my greatest wish for the Syntakt.
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Another feature working weird:
When setting Mute Dest (Midi settings) for External+Internal or External, syntakt still sends midi if track device is MIDI. Iād expect it to mute midi output for MIDI track if itās muted too, as currently it doesnāt allow to program midi mutes for the song mode, when using external devices.
Maybe digital machines are just too hard to make for Syntakt. Maybe thatās for the best, the 1s and 0s - who can make sense of it anyway. The only Elektron with a whole lot of digital machines will only ever be machinedrum, probably.
Iāve had my Syntakt for a couple of weeks so hereās my feature requests:
- A stereo chorus/flanger/phaser effect on digital tracks. These require very little CPU to implement but really add a LOT to sounds (eg. Roland Juno).
- Smooth parameter interpolation between trig locks.
- PWM on one of the waveforms in the SY RAW machine.
- A digital version of the SY RAW machine (ā¦with PWM on one waveform)
- Three LFOs
- A way to route MIDI data internally without using a loopback cable. A cable is messy and thereās only one MIDI input socket and I want my keyboard there. Internal routing also eliminates MIDI latency.
Things I donāt particularly want:
- Polyphony (would make the sequencer messier, although I might not be against a MIDI track being able to drive two or three other tracks via internal routingā¦)
- Sampling (probably impractical anyway due to CPU/memory/storage limitations)
- Any more BD machines
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All I wanted for easter was a compressor
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Yes, please give us a phaser and a chorus, this would make the Syntakt next level. If I could dream I would also add a stereo imager to unwiden the sound if needed.
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Maybe you know this, but there is already a phaser in the Syntakt. The single-notch and dual-notch modes of the FX track filter are effectively phase shifter modes that sound like a 4-stage and a 6-stage phaser respectively.
You can also use the existing delay for chorus-like effects with slight modulation of the time parameter, but itās not the same as a regular chorus. As for the chorus, I personally donāt see the need but Iād love it if the ST had a p-lockable track delay for each of the digital tracks, (just like on the Monomachine), that could act as both delay, flanger, chorus, and be used for Karplus-strong effects. Probably not in the cards though, that would probably be very processor-intensive.
As for p-lock slides,ā¦. letās not go there 
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Yeah I saw that on Dave Mechs YouTube recently actually. A great tip but unfortunately havenāt been able to get it to sound as rich as an actual phaser despite modulating it to taste. Any tips settings I can try? IMHO a dedicated phaser/chorus is what it needs to be the bomb and get those old school Detroit sounds
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Some simple tips for the most typical phase shifter sound:
- Make sure thereās fairly rich high frequnecy content in the sounds you want to process
- Set the FX filter to zero feedback.
- Sweep the FX filter frequency with an LFO
Hereās an example, phasing effect starting approx mid way through. Thereās a project file to download, let me know if you want it and I can post the link here.
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Cheers mate, will try tomorrow. Although since Iām after more extreme phasing sounds I think the comb filter on the DN2 will do the job better still. Track sounds lovely as per though!
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To me, the issue is that I have to use the FX track filter and LFOs to get the phaser / chorus effect. Would much rather leave it open for other purposes and just have a chorus send like the A4 has.
EDIT: But, itās quite nice having the different filter options and the capability of doing this with a notch filter. Iām happy enough with it! Just imagining that a chorus send would be pretty awesome tooā¦
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Please, Multimap.
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Yeah, I messed with the delay with very short time (which is what chorus is) but it doesnāt really sound like a chorus effect. Not really. Same with the filter trick for āphaserā.
The other problem is that these tricks affect all tracks that use the FX unit - hardly ever what you want.
I donāt need anything fancy, just something like the Juno chorus button. Press it and get chorus!
(OK, maybe a mixer for wet/dry, especially for phaser/flanger effects)
Chorus delay is usually about 3ms so at 48kHz sample rate itās only 144 samples in a circular buffer - should easily be possible. Phaser/flanger are similar in terms of resources.
I guess itās up to the marketing department more than the engineers.
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If not a whole compressor as in the Digitakt then just some kind of a rudimentary limiter would be my wish.
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As for p-lock slides,ā¦. letās not go there
Iām new here. Iām guessing this has been discussed before.
If the ST is to get any sort of chorus effect (doubtful - where would it even fit in the UI?), it absolutely needs to have a HPF control for the wetpath. IME, a chorus is useless for most things, unless you can remove excess low freq information from it depending on context. Something like a juno chorus is only useful for certain type of sounds, and would be absolutely useless for āchorus busā duties
As for p-lock slides,ā¦. letās not go there
Iām a programmer so I can see it would be tricky to implement. You need to know where itās going and this is impossible if we allow all possible conditions (including adjacent-track conditions), the unknown number of loops, etc.
Maybe thatās why they donāt do it.
Whatās needed is another page similar to LFO but allows you to set values for some virtual āfadersā. Two would fit on a page.
At each trig you could set a target value for the āfaderā, how long it takes to go there, whether itās linear/exponential/instant interpolation, and destination for the value.
Thatās 4 things so a single page of values would hold two āfadersā nicely. Press the trig button to get there.
If the ST is to get any sort of chorus effect (doubtful - where would it even fit in the UI?)
In the āAMPā pages. Thereās a spare box at top-right which could turn effect on/off and five spare boxes on the next page that could select type (chorus/flanger/phaser) and mix wet/dry, etc.
(or just put it all on the second AMP page)
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Yes, to the extent that some users here could not stop complaining about it 
In short, this was a standard feature on the older Elektrons, but was abandoned on the Digis.
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Have to add Track Swapping to the list, such an awesome feature for project management
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