Syntakt Elektron is an extensively equipped drum machine with hybrid sound generation, the possibility to be a synthesizer and of course the sophisticated sequencer. The compact instrument with the same dimensions as Digitakt and Digitone offers twelve tracks, which are divided into eight digital and four analog tracks. These tracks are populated with machines and ultimately stored in the drum kit. The machines, of which there are a total of 37 different ones, are specialized in certain sounds and can be edited extensively. or you equip a drum kit only with kick drums, twelve synth tracks, funky percussion, a thunderstorm of metallic cymbals and
The twelve simultaneously available tracks are divided into eight digital and four analog tracks, which are loaded with a "Machine" and from then on specialized in certain sounds or categories.
The eight digital tracks offer 11 Machines, which are divided into 1x
The four analog tracks are initially divided into three
Tonal Synth and Dual VCO Synth Machines? Yes, the Syntakt offers 7 machines designed for typical synthesizer sounds; one of them is even analog! The final touch is given to all tracks with the excellent sounding digital effects
The sequencer of the Syntakt is absolutely suitable for live, quickly programmable and above all easy to learn. Real time and hard timing are the magic words for Elektron's recipe for success. A total of 128 patterns can be stored. Each pattern can have a maximum length of up to 64 steps (4 bars), furthermore each track can be provided with its own step length and scaling. naturally the Syntakt also masters parameter locks, so that individual parameters can be locked to one or more steps without permanently affecting the sound. Other features like the keyboard mode with 36 scales, shuffle, micro timing or programmable trigger probability effectively round off the intervention possibilities. Additive to the 12 internal tracks there are four MIDI tracks for external
With Os1.20, a lot has happened in the syntax! Besides some bug fixes and detail improvements, the main focus of this update is on the two new synth engines. SY Raw is an analogue machine with two oscillators that can be tuned against each other and a noise generator. OSC2 can be controlled with a decay envelope. If necessary, the phase can be restarted with each note, which benefits basses in particular. Both oscillators can be ring modulated and there is a dedicated overdrive for this machine. SY Swarm is a digital machine with the famous Supersaw. Around a fundamental oscillator there are six symmetrically arranged, tunable oscillators. These are modulated by a decay envelope, three LFOs and a noise generator to create the popular rave sounds. Of course, SY Swarm also has a separate overdrive.