Syntakt is the best synth for sound design ever made. Let me show you. Minimal Chilltronica Live Set
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- For me anyway. I've owned a lot of synths. None of them allow me to get the sounds I want quicker than with the Syntakt. It's just the nuts. Obviously here it's being wonderfully complimented by the Digitakt 2 and the MPC One, but the sounds I can get from it are just so pleasing to my ears anyway and no other synth comes close to the efficiency of working with the Syntakt. It's a dream.
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Gear used:
Elektron Digitakt 2
Elektron Syntakt
MPC One+
MIDI Fighter Twister
Motu M2 Audio interface
Panasonic Lumix S5
Mac Studio
Logic Pro X
Came for the Design, stayed for the music. Nice session!
@@studiobischof thanks man! 🙌
Holy shit dude I just watched your video from yesterday and was like, damn there’s a lot of jams on here, and made my way all the way here, and there are so
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And also, even more rare, they’re all extremely good?
Nuts, I’ll be staying up to date with these for sure. So sick.
@@Bezz_Jeens thanking you sir. Glad your found something you enjoyed on my smorgasbord of random music 😎👍
1 x Syntakt 1 x Digitakt 2 and a MPC One plus, thats an expensive tables worth of gear! -
I like what you're doing here, it sounds really good.
Undeniable that's it's not an expensive set up. But pretty modest compared to some of my previous configurations ☺I got the Syntakt 2nd hand and the MPC was a good price new bought on 3 month's installments so it felt cheaper 😉Glad you like what you hear.
Actually, some good value there.
@@EshockT 💸😇
Very nice 🙂
@@mann-vom-mond thanks 👍👍
@@DanChippendaleMusic 🙂
I was thought of digitone as my next purchase, but you keep bringing that syntakt into the equation. Great jam
@@optikronix I've owned the Digitone twice now. It's another brilliant box but FM is a bit too wild for me and it can go to some very cool places but it can also go to some very challenging places quickly and I didn't always like what I heard. The Syntakt has some of the magic of the Digitone but with guard rails so I always get far more pleasing results. Horses for courses I guess, but the Syntakt just has more of what I'm looking for. Glad you liked my jam 👍😎👍 thanks for listening
ayy man that actually is some absolutely beautiful sound design. I sometimes struggle to get it out of it's starter Lofi-ish realms soundwise. Any plans on making a soundpack or some tutorials? Would love to learn the ways to these juicy sounds
thanks! Means a lot to get nice feedback 🙌🏼 I've not thought about sound packs actually. Maybe I should. It's just about having time really. I'm just addicted to making music, the other stuff gets descoped. I've had a fair few requests for a MIDI/Audio routing and workflow video and I really want to try ASAP. I do spend a lot of hours sound designing. I work at the same desk with my gear so I tend to just work on the same loops for hours, occasionally tweaking between work calls and designing stuff. I also love the randomise on the SYN page. So many happy accidents with that or places to tweak from. Also I always copy and paste the previous sequence I've worked on to a new pattern, clear the sequence and then just tweak the sounds from there. Each track is like an evolution of the last. Ultimately it's just about ploughing as much time in as possible. Also, just have fun! Don't beat yourself up if you make something crap. It's just part of the journey. I oftn delete an entire project and start again with the same sounds and it usually ends up better ☺
Most of this stuff wasn't terribly complicated design wise. I would recommend truly learning how envelopes and filters work, as well as how the different waves sound (sine, saw, triangle, square etc.) A lot of this is basic waves with some detune, filter, and envelope stuff. Roll off the highs for that lofi sound too.
@@mashappeal At no point did he claim it was good for *complicated* sound design, just effective. Sure, there's options they left on the table, but thinking that using everything is the point is where most go astray. These sounds are lovely!
Dope track. Really good. And agree about the Syntakt, it’s a desert island box for me. A lot of YT vids of the Syntakt seem to go into the raw/industrial/hard techno space which the Syntakt does brilliantly, but it can also do dark, soft and mellow as well. Great bit of kit.
@@touchthatdial cheers pal. Glad you liked it. Yeah Syntakt would be my desert island box too. Easily. Although it does get pretty hot so would need to use it in the shade of a palm tree 🤣 Yep, there's a lot of techno stuff out there. I'm not a huge fan generally of hard techno. I'm a sucker for more melodic music. This kind of thing I made here feels like a natural fit
Ok one more sub. Likes your vid and read your about page, nice. A fellow Londoner
🙌🏼 Thanks for the sub. I appreciate it I really do. Hope you continue to enjoy my random music 😆 South East London here! Almost in Kent
it really is a dream machine. nice work man
whats the mpc one doing here? do you usually use that for arranging/layering sections/clips?
Nice one! The MPC is that brassy pad sound at the beginning (and anything that is affected when I use the MIDI Fighter Twister). I'm just using the MPC as an external synth(s) in this current set up. I just have the MPC receiving clock from the Digitakt 2. I'm currently just making a few 8 bar tracks on the MPC and recording MIDI notes to the grid either with the drum pads or the Keystep keyboard I have under my desk. The great thing about the MPC is that with MIDI learn I can just set up some parameters to control and assign them to the MIDI Fighter with a few button presses. I find it a lot more intuitive than the Q-Links on the MPC itself
I had to trick myself to like the syntakt… only when routed through some filter or effect unit
@@bryanbytes I know what you mean, it takes a lot of effort to get to know it. I'm happy with the internal FX but would love the chorus from Digitone and Digitakt2 and maybe another effect or two.
That's a pretty bold claim. This sounds cool tho. I owned a Nord Mod G2 about 5 yrs, many years ago.
haha finally someone challenging my bold claim! Thanks. I was hoping someone would start the debate. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. I'm not a keyboard player, I mean I have a go but it takes me a lot of goes to get right, so for me the Syntakt is the best because it makes amazing sounds but also has one of the best sequencers in it too. I have always looked at Nords with a lustful eye, but that kind of thing is totally wasted on me due to my aforementioned lack of playing skills 😆
@@DanChippendaleMusic 👍 Check into what the Nord Mod G2 is all about tho. You can build your own synths, drum machines, effects, sequencers, using all the base componentry. You can also use logic, which can give your creations the ability to make descisions on their own, essentially playing, and evolving by themselves. But, you can also assign any functions to the onboard controls, so they are played by you. The black and whites are a good thing to have as a non-keyboard player, because of their traditional use, but also because they can be used to do lots of other things, each one also being a "button". Inside G2, you can also use mutator to evolve the patches settings, which is based on genetics. Really a fun way to explore patches, and performances sound potential, and see how your patches can evolve, without even needing to tweak controls, or evolving with a few simple tweaks. G2 is a very powerful virtual modular system, as large as a huge room full of modules. It truly can be made to do a million different jobs. Sound design on a G2, is extremely powerful. Far more powerful than Syntakt, several times over. 😉
@@DetroitMicroSound must. Not. Look. At. New. Gear .. . . *Head explodes 🤣 that sounds wild. I'll take a look 👍
Syntakt to me is what a modern music device should be, ease of use and size wise. You’d need entire racks of stuff not so long ago to make what you can now with just the Syntakt!
Exactly. 12 tracks all with LFOs and modulation potential. Of all the synths I've owned I feel most comfortable with this. Parameters are constrained enough to offer some guard rails but deep enough that you can find sweet spots where you didn't before. It's a gem. I just wish Elektron would bless us with an update. A new machine, or effect or some polyphony. Something. I'm hopeful. I hope they're listening 🙏🏼
I would counter .... the Iridium ...
Please do not come here and trigger my GAS 😂 I was lusting over the iridium recently but went for the MPC instead. The iridium looks soo deep and watching a few videos I was a bit overwhelmed. I guess once you're used to it and all that. Also the price is quite high.
Question how does that midi twister handle the reload function of the digi? Does it reset the state of the knobs also?
@@ronsone8373 I've only got the Twister controlling the MPC. It plugs and plays with that right away and I've been too lazy to even try and configure it with the Elektron boxes. I probably should 🤔😄
This one made me move!
@@kostisv Always my aim. Either physically or mentally 🕺🏻/🧠
@@DanChippendaleMusicPerformance Macros! 16 matches well with the Syntakt. DT2 took it to the next level. James Orvis turned me on to them.
I agree that it's a dream, I am just looking for the same experience with a polyphonic synth :D
I'd LOVE some form of polyphony on the syntakt. It's thew one thing that lets it down. I'm sure that ST uses the same codebase as DN and that has polyphony. Even 4 voices with stealing would be fine. Just allow me to link tracks 1-4 and 5-8 as two 4 voice synths if I wish. Same with the analog tracks. I'll take anything. Just to be able to do some triad pads would be sooo good. Even without this I love this box. Sort of a constraint you get used to but would love something. I'd even pay Elektron for a custom firmware 🤣
@@DanChippendaleMusic I've been getting some decent results with that Retrokits RK-002 cable when I play the Syntakt's 3 main analog tracks with MIDI guitar (an SY-1000). Only problem is that you've got to limit your tweaking to, preferably, just one CV controller as a foot pedal... otherwise it all just gets out of hand. Another thing is that 3 analog voices are kinda overkill to the main mix output. I'll probably reprogramme the RK-002 to just give me two voices so taps and pull-offs on the guitar don't end up cutting off the sounds. The SY-1000's synth voices are more than enough, but adding the Syntakt is real nice, a much rounder and smoother sound...
@@gattart Wow, this sounds serious! I get so nervous about experimenting with my set up. If it ain't broke, don't fix it philosophy. I'm 100% sure I could get some crazy new work flow if I just took some time. Thing is I just love my set up as it is and I'm in a golden cage, so have a mental block about ruining it while it's all working and have the hours of swearing and head scratching 🤣
Yea, I know what ya mean... For jams and the last gigs I did, only had a few pedals and my good old VG99. I forgot to mention that even the Blokas Hidihub can easily do the polyphonic thing like the RK002, just happens to cost almost 4 times as much, though it does a whole lot more as splitter/merge/Midi effects etc... amazing box, I use two of them, but I'm trying to cut down.. 🤷♂️
Have you looked at Elektron's Analog Four poly synth?
Really nice jam! However, the Syntakt being the best part of a grand is way above my pay scale ☹
@@liamg6328 thanks! Yes it's not a cheap box but it is definitely great value for money. Also can be got 2nd hand (my one is) and it was a lot less than retail
@@DanChippendaleMusic Might have a look at some deals 😉
do you like to use the drum machines for synths as well? i find all the machines, even hi hats, can be pitched into tonality with varying degrees of "personality" left over. with the sound pool holding thousands of sounds and 12 tracks of per-step sound flipping it's endless fun
Yep! Even track 12 can be made to make synth patches. That's what I love about it. You can turn an analog hi hat into a lovey soft synth pretty easily. So good
I'd say the Syntakt is pretty basic when it comes to sound design. The EX5R I just got has so many more insane layers for sound design.