Hi-pass filter (~22), some resonance (~15), very short Filter Envelope Decay Time (~10) with subtle ENV (~+10) gives a lot of “kick” to… well… kicks! Tweak ENV and Filter Decay Time to your liking and you can find a nice snappy transient + some rumbling sub body. I use this trick not only with ST, but also with DT (even if I use fancy processed kick samples).
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Nice examples, partly pretty extreme on the sub, I guess to show what can be done… I’m happy with the Syntakt kicks, no need for any other drum synth, and I’ve owned a few incl. mfb.
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I agree, the Syntakt offers tools for sound surgeons, while the Digitakt is limited when it comes to in-depth editing a sound (obviously). You can also sample a kick from the Syntakt and process with Digitakt (like sample or bit rate reduction).
Wut?
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… I am comparing it to the Syntakt, whose synth machines have many sound parameters to generate and control the sound…
I know 
I’m just disagreeing as to the flexibility of both machines. Digitakt can go as in depth as any Syntakt machine depending on the samples being used. It’s rather a limitless pool of creativity when you consider something like resampling to be part of it as well.
Not really an interesting discussion I guess as both are very capable and probably can cover as much as the other. But the sentence did trigger me a little 
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Haha, glad to have lit up a trig on a real master of both machines 
! (I like your videos and expertise, thanks for sharing so much!)
Guess it’s a philosophical question (what defines sound synthesis/creation?), you are definitely right on the resampling part of it… didn’t think of that. Maybe it’s because I have owned the Syntakt longer than the Digitakt and am still learning to grasp its potential. 
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Absolutely lovely kicks on the Syntakt. They need a bit of work but not much actually jus fiddle with it for a while. I use both the digital and the analog layered. Its fat and heavy 
I’ve been really interested in the ST for so many reasons but I’m afraid it’s gonna be a hard pass given the complete lack of kick drums 
I have many complaints about the Syntakt, though the kicks are not one of them, it won’t sound like an 808, 909 or Jomox, though it will do the best modern short decay, punchy, clicky kicks.
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I don t know what some people here are after but between the analog and digital voices I get a ton of great kicks.
This thread would be a lot more informative if people would post audio samples of what they re achieving (un)satisfactorily and when not, references for what they would like to achieve.
(Edit: Oops i thought this was another recent thread about ST kicks but my comment still applies here. Very little actual sounds in between the chatter.)
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ST has killer kicks. 
That is IMO an odd observation. The kicks are the strength of this machine, so many possibilities and sound scaping options. What makes you say this?
Haha, that was a sarcastic reply following Userfriendly’s video! Proof I guess of how tone is lost in text given two people took that seriously… I realize I shouldve quoted the video cause its way further up in the thread (oops).
- I actually want a Syntakt BECAUSE of its kicks and bass!
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So you don’t have phase issues when layering kicks in ST? Even the analog bd machine resets the phase on trigger?
Or do you not worry about phase cancellation and just tweak until it thumps?
haha, I was hoping that was the case 
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Exactly 
You’ll clearly hear when it does work. And often I’ll use the analog layer as the bass and sub, digital layer more as a click or mid punch. For example.
On Elektronauts we don’t do sarcasm.
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Haha, I think i’m learning that!
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