The first 2 weeks with my new Syntakt
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- I recently bought an Elektron Syntakt and decided to make a video about my first two weeks with my new instrument. Discovering a new piece of gear can be inspiring and challenging at the same time and documenting that process felt like a good idea.
I used the Syntakt standalone, with Overbridge, in an Ableton session and in a dawless setup and I'm sharing my thoughts about every step of that journey. Maybe that's interesting to anybody....
This turned out to be a rather long video. Feel free to jump to the part you're most interested in.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:21 First Baby Steps
7:05 Night 2
9:30 First Jam
10:58 2 Days Later (Checking out Overbridge)
13:18 Using Syntakt in my Production Workflow
18:24 Second Jam
19:26 Day 13 (Dawless Setup)
25:13 Last Jam
26:17 Conclusion
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Best video on the Syntakt ever! Thank you for this, gave me a very good idea of how owning it would be like.
Thanks for the very nice comment! I'm glad I could help
Johnny! Good to have you back on youtube! Expect to see more videos like this! Love to follow you insta posts and really understand your workflow behind the scenes!! Great work! Congrats!
That's great to hear! Thank you 🙏
Nice in-depth review with good sounding tunes! Thank you!
Love everything about this. Thank you for sharing
That dawless jam was awesome. Sounds great!!
Thank you. Good piece.
Thank you for this brother, very useful 👏
Subbed immediately at the waffle break. :) nice chill format. Will look for more of your vids. Cheers.
This working review is really helpful 👍🏻
really great video !
Nice Dawless jam !! 😎
Excellent video! I wish I had seen this sooner! I’m running into the same issues with the overbridge workflow.
So, you get all individual tracks but no FX at all? Can you not run it all back through the Syntakt ext. input to apply overdrive or whatever?
Thanks for the great video. I love the Syntakt for it‘s immediacy when being used as a live instrument, if that makes sense. 😊
absolutely. I can agree on that!
Good vid !
there’s a special place in hell for people that eat food in my ears when i’m wearing headphones.
SUBBED GREAT SOUND !!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the device.. really helpful advice.
Could you explain how you made the lead synth in the drumless Second Jam? sounds really sweet! :D
My first two weeks have been incredibly creative.. but I’m already familiar with the Elektron workflow.
Having experience with the model samples also definitely helped me getting started. Love the Elektron workflow🙌
I just got a Syntakt and own a Digitone Key and Digitakt will this make a solid Trio combo for creating electronic music stuff ....
Nice video. For me a groovebox needs to be an inspiring piece of gear that allows me to create a piece of music without a pc that I enjoyed making and want to listen to (and hope others do to:). I think you showed this can be true with the syntakt. I’m still not sure if it is right for me… but maybe Santa will deliver one to me to try :)
You can create cool stuff on the syntakt alone but I also really enjoyed connecting it to other gear. I hope Santa will do the right thing :)
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Hey thanks, very helpful vid as I consider buying one. About the overbridge problem, you get all individual tracks but no FX at all? Can you not run it all back through the Syntakt ext. input to apply at least some overdrive after or something?
To recreate the Kshmr kick on the Syntakt, try playing around with the BD Plastic analog machine. It has a lot of that higher-end punch you need.
cool, gotta try that. I mostly used the analog kick engines so far.
@@johnnygorillas it's analog! Have fun ✌️
@@iamjamessmith oh, why did I read this wrong?😅 the word plastic just sounded so digital to me, I guess…
@@johnnygorillas Lol, very understandable!
Hey nice of wifey to bring you waffle, and excellent journaling. Do you think it’s worth getting a Syntakt when I already have a Digitakt and a JX08? I’m finding it hard to justify the big price but I kinda love the idea of Syntakt as a stand-alone techno box
Do you sequence the JX from your Digitakt? That gives the Digitakt basically one external synth engine, doesn't it? If you want 12(!) more, the syntakt could be great ;)
Dude... the song You are working on sounds great. The tittles on the screen sayin "I suck" offends me! You do a great job!
Thanks for the nice words 🙏
Nice waffles! I meant the video! :)
Would you recommend this machine as a first one for a newbie?
@@AlexanderShelestov I friend of mine actually bought one as as a total newbie and he loves it so far. If you want to have a hardware setup (and no computer) and start with one piece of gear, the Syntakt is great. If you want sampling you could go either Digitakt or something like a Maschine/Mpc. Novation Circuit can be a cheaper alternative for starting as well
I’ve sold my first one to get an analog rytm mk2. Ended up buying Syntakt again, it’s so quick to create ideas on, I never feel not inspired
I was thinking of getting a Digitakt but damn... I have a feeling that I will never understand the Elektron workflow. How bad is it to learn? But be honest ;-) Anyway, great video!
Depends where you're coming from. I've had a Model Samples before, so I knew a lot already. There's always a learning curve but I don't think it's too hard with the Digitakt/Syntakt.
Do you continue with Syntakt 5 months after the video?
if I'm still using it? Yes! I just uploaded a YT shorts video with a dawless jam featuring it heavily
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Really, no delay or verb or any fx at all via overbridge? 🤔
you get the reverb and delay returns via overbridge. Only the "bus effects" cannot be part of the individual tracks....which actually makes sense, so I guess there's no way around it. Yes, you could later send everything back into the external ins but not sure if that is a effective workaround
you got a really nice touch on this machine! 😊 great vid! the production workflow section reminded me why I sold my Rytm in exchange for the Tanzbär. The pure sounds were never exactly what I needed. Its all about the modulation and sequencing capabilities of the electrons. Complex percussions and baselines - this is where they shine... I'd like to see more gear porn from johnny gorillas. Someone should tell Benn Jordan he can retire 😜
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Tanzbär Sounds are awesome, no doubt! And I definitely agree on the positive aspects of the Elektrons. There’s a lot of of useful musical ideas in here, no matter if I use the BDs and Snares in my tracks 🙌
lip smacking sounds and tasting the roof of your mouth is so frustrating for me