Another suggestion: Selectable filters on the digital engines.
eg. a TB-303 style filter - I bet they could sell an extra million Syntakts if they add that.
(or maybe a machine which is a “TB-303” soundalike)
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It’s funny that the Korg Drumologue (which I don’t hear much about nowadays) was responsible for the Syntakt changing from a mini rytm with a sample machine on it to instead be a model cycles + other digital engines. Those 12 bit PCM waves in the newer analog machines have gone a long way in terms of needed sample-based sound variety and depth, but I’m wondering if they’ll lean into more sample based machines or other digital machines more at this point. Maybe the new Digitone PCM sounds will make it in too.
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Yeah I mean drumlogue is now EOL and poses no competition to Elektron (it arguably never did in hindsight), so you never know… but I’m not sure full sample stack fits their vision for ST anymore… Nonetheless, even some PCMs as transient fodder would go a long way in adding textural scope to the sounds ala D-50
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What do you guys think about relative parameter locks?
Now they are absolute. It is just a value.
What if it will be difference against default value?
For example I set TUNE for some step to the relative lock +10.
If I change TUNE on SYN page - that relative lock will still be 10 steps higher than default. In other words - we will have automatic transpose.
I think it maybe interesting feature. Useful for all the parameters .
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You can kinda achieve that with velocity. If you assign a parameter to be velocity modulated you can p-lock the velocity and it will affect things relatively.
Sure.
But VEL like other parameters from TRIG page are not “modulatable” by LFOs.
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You can plock the LFO instead, which works relatively?
If anything, deep plocking the LFOs is a secret weapon on the Elektron boxes
@jm2c Can you please explain?
If you want a TUNE to be -10 relative in a specific step, plock the LFO to give you what you need. like a Square shape set to HOLD with the appropriate value, should work, no?
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Pattern master volume. I was just skimming the Ableton Move manual (thinking of buying) and saw that you can hold down a set button and adjust the master volume to balance the levels of your sets. Would be great to have something similar on the ST where you could hold a pattern and adjust the master…
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The one thing I really wish for is a Base/Width filter for the analogue tracks. I’m really struggling to get the low-end under control right in the box, especially for kicks, which tend to be really boomy. I could use the FX block filter for that, but then I’d lose the option for fake-sidechaining 
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I dont think that’s going to happen, as the analogue sections do not have any digital sections… and the base/width filters on the Syntakt are digital
IME, if a kick sounds too boomy in the mix, it is usually too long - maybe tighten up the decay?
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Yeah, I thought that might be the case.
Short decays are an option, but not for every project. so I might just sample the kicks into the Digitakt. That’ll free up an analogue track for melodic elements, too 
If I could get only one single feature added to the ST I would choose the kits functionality from DTII and DNII. Not sure how they would implement it with the buttons it has right now but that would make me way happier than new machines.
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I keep thinking about what they could have in mind for that lone DRIVE parameter in the FX block. Assuming that they’re keeping the FX block analogue-only, nothing like Chorus or any other digital effect will be possible, but what instead?
I’d love to see the DRIVE broken down into components somehow. Maybe a BIAS control? And perhaps the DRIVE could go even higher than 11?
For those who know more about circuits, any other ideas of what could be added there?
(The DRIVE parameter is currently volume-compensated, so I guess adding more drive parameters will require a lot of tweaking on Elektron’s side to not lose volume compensation.)
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I would love to see an analog compressor. They already have the necessary analog components there in the FX block, just need to send them the right compressor-y control signals.
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I have always wanted this, think it complements ctrl-all too unlike fixed-values.
Some sort of compressor like function might indeed be in the cards for the fx block… might…
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You are right! That should be possible. A stereo analog VCA already exists in the FX block — it should be easy to code, ahem… I mean… implement a compressor using the same dual VCA. It would be a matter of adding/subtracting voltages from said VCA.
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I doubt it would sound much better than running into a humble Electroharmonix Platformer or the like. I wouldnt worry too much about it.
Besides, now with the digi IIs out, people wouldnt still be satisfied with a Syntakt, even if it had a compressor (like, does it even 128 step sequence bro? etc)