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Elektron Syntakt
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Description

12 Track Drum Computer & Synthesizer
Enter a sonic metropolis with Syntakt. Analog and Digital synthesis. Drum and melody. In full fusion.

All your sound crafting, sequencing, and performance needs are fulfilled, in an all-round music mega box that fits in your lap. Syntakt is a drum specialist, full of percussive possibilities, but its four analog and eight digital tracks can be used for melody, harmony, and bass sounds too. Experience epic sounds from the past, pulling others into existence from the future.

The streets of Syntakt are never-ending, the neon lights are never-dimming, its underground is fathomless. Discover worlds within worlds. Adore now. Explore forever.

Specifications

Digital track features (×8)

  • 10 × selectable machine
    • 1 × Bass drum
    • 2 × Snare drum
    • 1 × Cymbal/hihat
    • 1 × Percussion
    • 1 × Clap
    • 4 × Tonal synth
  • 1 × digital overdrive per track
  • 1 × digital multimode filter per track
  • 1 × digital base-width filter per track
  • 2 × assignable LFOs per track
  • Switchable to MIDI machine

Analog Drum track features (×3)
  • 15 × selectable machine
    • 6 × Bass drum
    • 4 × Snare drum
    • 2 × Rimshot
    • 1 × Dual VCO synth
    • 1 × Impulse
    • 1 × Noise generator
  • 1 × analog overdrive per track
  • 1 × analog multimode filter per track
  • 2 × assignable LFOs per track
  • Switchable to MIDI machine

Analog Cymbal track features (×1)
  • 12 × selectable machine
    • 5 × Hihat
    • 3 × Cymbal
    • 2 × Cowbell
    • 1 × Impulse
    • 1 × Noise generator
  • 1 × analog overdrive per track
  • 1 × analog multimode filter per track
  • 2 × assignable LFOs per track
  • Switchable to MIDI machine

FX track features (×1)
  • Delay and reverb automation
  • Analog stereo overdrive
  • Analog stereo multimode filter
  • 2 × assignable LFOs
  • Assignable to each track
  • External in

Performance features
  • 1 × Retrig modifier
  • 1 × Velocity modifier
  • 2 × Assignable trig modifiers
  • Keyboard mode with 36 different scales

MIDI Machine features
  • 4 note polyphony per step
  • 8 × assignable CC controls
  • 1 × assignable LFOs per track

Sequencer features
  • 64 steps per pattern and track
  • Individual pattern length per track
  • Individual time scale multiplier per track
  • Parameter locks
  • Trig conditions & trig chance
  • Retrig
  • Micro timing

Send effects
  • Delay
  • Reverb

Hardware
  • 128 × 64 pixel OLED screen
  • 2 × ¼” impedance balanced audio out jacks
  • 2 × ¼” audio in jacks
  • 1 × ¼” stereo headphone jack
  • 48 kHz, 24-bit D/A and A/D converters
  • Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port
  • MIDI In/Out/Thru with DIN Sync out

Physical specifications
  • Sturdy steel casing
  • Dimensions: W 215 × D 176 × H 63 mm (8.5″ × 6.9″ × 2.5″) (including knobs and feet)
  • Weight: approximately 1.53 kg (3.6 lbs)
  • 100 × 100 mm VESA mounting holes. Use M4 screws with a max length of 7 mm.

Miscellaneous
  • Overbridge enabled
  • Class Compliant USB Audio
  • External Input mixer
  • 3 year Elektron warranty

Included in the box
  • Power Supply PSU-3c
  • Elektron USB cable
  • Quick Guide
  • Exclusive artwork & epic stickers

Discussions

Incoming - Elektron Syntakt!

I am surprised that I haven't found this info yet, but what can you do with the two analog inputs on the Syntakt? Even the manual did not seem to give me an answer.

Behringer Edge

Fair comment, I only had a week to learn the synth, script, record & edit the video and ended up a bit glued to the square waves which make the patches sound quite in your face, less subtle. However there's my second video of just jams coming on the Behringer channel in the next couple...

5U or less rackmountable analog or hybrid desktop synths with patch storage

...heavy compared to something like a TR-8S (which has no Vesa mount either) or an Elektron box like the Syntakt. Anyway, the size slightly larger than a standard 19U rack really annoys me, it rules out a lot of possible places in the studio. Not just the standard big vertical rack, but also using a...

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