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Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about Elektron Syntakt. Is this member of the Elektron Dark Trinity just a rehash of recycled technologies taken from instruments like the Digitakt, Digitone, Model:Cycles, Octatrack, Analog Rytm and Analog Four? Does it provide real innovation? Thanks to Klangfarbe for letting lending me one of their floor models: Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:07 Overview Elektron Syntakt 01:27 Analog vs. Digital Voices 01:36 Analog Voices 1-3, Synth Functionality 02:15 Analog HiHats/Cymbals/Metallic Stuff 02:25 Analog Filter 02:36 Digital Engines (Drums, Claps, Percussion, FM, Chords) 03:07 Polyphony (or lack thereof) 03:15 Workarounds 03:32 Analog FX Block 03:46 LFOs, Envelopes 04:01 Reverb, Delay 04:06 Workflow, Philosophy 04:17 Probability, Parameter Locks, Retrigger, Fills 04:44 Song Mode, Unquantized Rec, Microtiming, Trigger Modifiers 05:04 UI, Lack of Velocity, Outputs, Overbridge 05:18 Midi 05:26 What else??? Pricing! Thanks!!! 05:56 Hate 06:23 Jam 1 (Downtempo) 07:19 Jam 2 (Hard Synthwave) 08:20 Finale (Tech House) 08:50 Verdict
