Elektron Syntakt Manuel utilisateur

Syntakt

User Manual

FCC compliance statement

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference

received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,

pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection

against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can

radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may

cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference

will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment o and on, the user is encour-

aged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent from that to which the receiver is

connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

European Union regulation compliance statement

This product has been tested to comply with the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU and the Electro-

magnetic Compatibility Directive 2014/30/EU. The product meets the requirements of RoHS 2 Directive

2011/65/EU.

This symbol indicates that your product must be disposed of properly according to local

laws and regulations.

Legal disclaimer

The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a

commitment by Elektron. Elektron assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this doc-

ument. Elektron may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and programs described

in this document at any time without notice. In no event shall Elektron be liable for any special, indirect,

or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or proﬁts,

whether in an action of contract, negligence, or other action, arising out of or in connection with the use

or performance of this information.

Canada

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003.

WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

AVERTISSEMENT: Cancer et eet nocif sur la reproduction – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

ADVERTENCIA: Cáncer y Daño Reproductivo – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

IMPORTANT SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

Please read these instructions carefully and adhere to the operating advice.

1. Do not use this unit near water.

2. Never use aggressive cleaners on the casing or on the screen. Remove dust, dirt and ﬁngerprints with

a soft, dry and non-abrasive cloth. More persistent dirt can be removed with a slightly damp cloth using

only water. Disconnect all cables while doing this. Only reconnect them when the product is safely dry.

3. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Make sure you place the unit on a stable sur-

face before use. If you mount the unit in a rack, be sure to tighten all four screws in the rack mount holes.

4. Connect the unit to an easily accessible electrical outlet close to the unit.

5. When transporting the unit, use accessories recommended by the manufacturer or the original box and

padding.

6. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or any other equipment

(including ampliﬁers) producing heat.

7. Do not cover the device while it is powered on

8. This product, by itself or in combination with ampliﬁers, headphones or speakers, is capable of produc-

ing sound levels that may cause permanent hearing loss. Do not operate at a high volume level or at a

level that is uncomfortable.

9. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles,

and the point where they exit from the unit.

10.Only use attachments/accessories speciﬁed by the manufacturer.

11. Unplug this unit during lightning storms or when it is not used for long periods of time.

12. Refer all servicing to qualiﬁed service technicians. Servicing is required when the unit has been damaged

in any way, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the unit, the unit has been exposed to rain

or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of ﬁre, electrical shock or product damage:

• Do not expose the unit to rain, moisture, dripping or splashing and also avoid placing objects ﬁlled with

liquid, such as vases, on the unit.

• Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight, nor use it in ambient temperatures exceeding 35°C as this can

lead to malfunction.

• Do not open the casing. There are no user repairable or adjustable parts inside. Leave service and

repairs to trained service technicians only.

• Do not exceed the limitations speciﬁed in the Electrical speciﬁcations.

SOUND PEAKS

• A brief signal will be sent to all audio outputs of the Syntakt when the Test mode on the STARTUP Menu

is activated. Remember to turn down the volume on all speakers and headphones before activating

Test mode.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE POWER ADAPTER

• The adapter is not safety grounded and may only be used indoors.

• To ensure good ventilation for the adapter, do not place it in tight spaces. To prevent risk of electric

shock and ﬁre because of overheating, ensure that curtains and other objects do not prevent adapter

ventilation.

• Do not expose the power adapter to direct sunlight, nor use it in ambient temperatures exceeding 40°C.

• Connect the adapter to an easily accessible electrical outlet close to the unit.

• The adapter is in standby mode when the power cord is connected. The primary circuit is always active

when the cord is connected to the power outlet. Pull out the cord to completely disconnect the adapter.

• In the EU, only use CE approved power cords.

RESTART

• For a complete restart of the Syntakt, wait for at least 30 seconds after turning it o before turning it

on again.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ...............................................................10

1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL............................................................ 10

2. THE SYNTAKT.................................................................11

3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS ...........................................12

3.1 FRONT PANEL ............................................................................. 12

3.2 REAR CONNECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.3 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE SYNTAKT ................................................ 14

4. QUICK START .................................................................15

4.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESETS .......................................................... 15

4.2 TEMPO .................................................................................... 15

4.3 USING KEYBOARD MODE .................................................................. 15

4.4 USING MUTE MODE........................................................................ 15

4.5 EDITING PARAMETERS .................................................................... 16

5. SYNTAKT SOUND ARCHITECTURE ............................................17

5.1 DIGITAL VOICE TYPE ....................................................................... 17

5.2 ANALOG DRUM AND ANALOG CYMBAL VOICE TYPES ...................................... 17

5.3 SEND EFFECTS............................................................................ 17

5.4 ANALOG FX BLOCK........................................................................ 17

5.4.1 ANALOG FX BLOCK ROUTING.............................................................18

6. OVERVIEW OF THE SYNTAKT DATA STRUCTURE ..............................19

6.1 +DRIVE .................................................................................... 19

6.2 DATA STRUCTURE ......................................................................... 19

6.2.1 PROJECT .................................................................................19

6.2.2 PATTERNS ...............................................................................19

6.2.3 SOUNDS .................................................................................19

6.3 ABOUT THE TRACKS ...................................................................... 19

6.3.1 AUDIO TRACKS, VOICE TYPES, AND MACHINES ...........................................19

6.3.2 MIDI TRACKS.............................................................................20

6.3.3 THE FX TRACK ...........................................................................20

7. INTERACTING WITH THE SYNTAKT ............................................21

7.1 SCREEN NAVIGATION ...................................................................... 21

7.2 TRIG KEYS................................................................................. 21

7.3 ROTARY ENCODERS ....................................................................... 21

7.4 KEY BEHAVIOR ............................................................................ 21

7.5 PARAMETER EDITING......................................................................22

7.5.1 EDITING THE TRACK PARAMETERS .......................................................22

7.5.2 PARAMETER VALUE JUMP................................................................22

7.5.3 CONTROL ALL ...........................................................................22

7.5.4 [FUNC] KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS......................................................22

7.6 QUICK SCROLLING ........................................................................22

7.7 COPY, CLEAR, AND PASTE .................................................................22

7.8 THE NAMING SCREEN .....................................................................22

7.8.1 POP-UP NAMING ..........................................................................23

7.9 KEYBOARD MODE .........................................................................23

7.9.1 KEYBOARD SETUP MENU .................................................................23

7.10 MUTE MODE ..............................................................................24

TABLE OF CONTENTS

7.11 TRIG MODIFIERS ..........................................................................25

7.11.1 SETTING UP TRIG MODIFIERS ............................................................25

7.11.2 USING TRIG MODIFIERS ..................................................................25

7.12 MIDI NOTES ...............................................................................25

7.13 OVERBRIDGE .............................................................................26

7.14 CLASS COMPLIANT DEVICE...............................................................26

7.15 BACKING UP THE SYNTAKT ...............................................................26

7.15.1 BACKING UP PROJECTS AND SOUNDS ...................................................26

7.15.2 TRANSFERRING BACKED UP FILES TO YOUR ELEKTRON DEVICE ........................26

8. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS .................................................... 28

8.1 THE +DRIVE SOUND LIBRARY AND THE SOUND POOL ......................................28

8.1.1 ADDING SOUNDS TO THE SOUND POOL ..................................................28

8.2 PLAYING A SOUND ........................................................................28

8.2.1 PLAYING A SOUND USING AN EXTERNAL MIDI DEVICE ....................................28

8.3 EDITING A SOUND .........................................................................28

8.4 LOADING A SOUND ........................................................................29

8.5 SAVING A SOUND..........................................................................29

8.6 THE SOUND MENU.........................................................................29

8.6.1 SETUP....................................................................................29

8.6.2 SOUND BROWSER .......................................................................31

8.6.3 SOUND MANAGER .......................................................................32

8.6.4 LOAD SOUND ............................................................................33

8.6.5 SAVE SOUND ............................................................................34

8.6.7 RENAME TRACK SOUND .................................................................34

8.6.8 INIT TRACK SOUND ......................................................................34

9. THE SEQUENCER ............................................................ 35

9.1 SEQUENCER TEMPO .......................................................................35

9.2 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS .............................................................35

9.2.1 SELECTING BANK AND PATTERN .........................................................35

9.2.2 PATTERN CONTROL .....................................................................36

9.3 EDITING A PATTERN .......................................................................36

9.3.1 TRIG TYPES ..............................................................................36

9.3.2 GRID RECORDING MODE.................................................................36

9.3.3 LIVE RECORDING MODE .................................................................37

9.3.4 STEP RECORDING MODE ................................................................37

9.4 MICRO TIMING MENU ......................................................................38

9.5 RETRIG MENU .............................................................................38

9.6 QUANTIZE MENU ..........................................................................39

9.7 METRONOME MENU .......................................................................39

9.8 SCALE MENU ..............................................................................40

9.8.1 PER PATTERN MODE .....................................................................40

9.8.2 PER TRACK MODE .......................................................................40

9.9 SEQUENCER FEATURES ................................................................... 41

9.9.1 PARAMETER LOCKS ......................................................................41

9.9.2 SOUND LOCKS...........................................................................42

9.9.3 TRIG CONDITIONS AND CONDITIONAL LOCKS ...........................................42

9.9.4 FILL MODE ...............................................................................43

9.9.5 SWING ...................................................................................43

9.9.6 COPY, PASTE AND CLEAR OPERATIONS..................................................43

9.9.7 TEMPORARY SAVE AND RELOAD PATTERN COMMANDS .................................44

9.10 CHAINS...................................................................................44

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9.11 SONG MODE ..............................................................................45

9.11.1 THE SONG EDIT SCREEN .................................................................45

9.11.2 CREATING AND EDITING A SONG ........................................................45

9.11.3 PLAYING A SONG ........................................................................46

10. AUDIO TRACK PARAMETERS................................................ 48

10.1 EDITING THE AUDIO TRACK PARAMETERS ................................................48

10.2 TRIG PARAMETERS PAGE.................................................................48

10.3 SYN PAGE ................................................................................49

10.4 FLTR PAGE 1 ..............................................................................49

10.5 FLTR PAGE 2..............................................................................50

10.6 AMP PAGE 1 .............................................................................. 51

10.7 AMP PAGE 2 ..............................................................................53

10.8 LFO PAGE 1 ...............................................................................53

10.9 LFO PAGE 2...............................................................................54

11. MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS .................................................. 56

11.1 EDITING THE MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS...................................................56

11.2 TRIG PARAMETERS PAGE .................................................................56

11.3 SYN PAGE.................................................................................57

11.4 FLTR PAGE (CC VALUE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

11.5 AMP PAGE (CC SELECT)...................................................................58

11.6 LFO PAGE.................................................................................58

12. FX TRACK PARAMETERS ....................................................60

12.1 EDITING THE FX TRACK PARAMETERS ....................................................60

12.2 TRIG PARAMETERS PAGE.................................................................60

12.3 SYN PARAMETERS PAGE .................................................................60

12.4 FLTR PAGE 1 .............................................................................. 61

12.5 FLTR PAGE 2..............................................................................62

12.6 AMP PAGE 1 ..............................................................................62

12.7 AMP PAGE 2 ..............................................................................64

12.8 LFO PAGE 1 ...............................................................................64

12.9 LFO PAGE 2...............................................................................65

13. DELAY, REVERB AND MIXER PARAMETERS .................................. 66

13.1 EDITING THE DELAY, REVERB AND MIXER PARAMETERS ..................................66

13.2 DELAY ....................................................................................66

13.3 REVERB ..................................................................................67

13.4 MIXER PAGE 1 ............................................................................68

13.5 MIXER PAGE 2 ............................................................................68

13.6 MIXER PAGE 3 ............................................................................69

14. SETTINGS MENU ........................................................... 70

14.1 PROJECT .................................................................................70

14.1.1 LOAD PROJECT ..........................................................................70

14.1.2 SAVE PROJECT AS.......................................................................70

14.1.3 MANAGE PROJECTS .....................................................................70

14.2 SONG ....................................................................................70

14.2.1 RENAME ................................................................................ 71

14.2.2 CLEAR .................................................................................71

14.2.3 LOAD ...................................................................................71

TABLE OF CONTENTS

14.2.4 SAVE TO PROJ .........................................................................71

14.3 PATTERN ................................................................................. 71

14.3.1 RENAME ................................................................................. 71

14.3.2 CLEAR .................................................................................. 71

14.3.3 SAVE TO PROJ ..........................................................................71

14.3.4 RELOAD FROM PROJ....................................................................72

14.3.5 AUDIO ROUTING (PATTERN).............................................................72

14.4 MIDI CONFIG .............................................................................72

14.4.1 SYNC ....................................................................................72

14.4.2 PORT CONFIG...........................................................................73

14.4.3 CHANNELS..............................................................................74

14.5 SYSEX DUMP .............................................................................75

14.5.1 SYSEX SEND.............................................................................75

14.5.2 SYSEX RECEIVE.........................................................................75

14.6 AUDIO ROUTING (GLOBAL) ...............................................................76

14.6.1 EXTERNAL IN ............................................................................76

14.6.2 MAIN ...................................................................................76

14.6.3 SEND TO DEL/REV ......................................................................76

14.6.4 USB IN ..................................................................................76

14.6.5 USB OUT ................................................................................76

14.6.6 INT TO MAIN ............................................................................77

14.6.7 USB TO MAIN [dB] .......................................................................77

14.6.8 PRE/POST FADER .......................................................................77

14.7 GLOBAL FX/MIX ..........................................................................77

14.8 SYSTEM ..................................................................................77

14.8.1 USB CONFIG.............................................................................77

14.8.2 LED INTENSITY .........................................................................78

14.8.3 REMEMBER SUBPAGE...................................................................78

14.8.4 OS UPGRADE ...........................................................................78

14.8.5 FORMAT +DRIVE ........................................................................78

14.8.6 CALIBRATION ...........................................................................78

15. STARTUP MENU .............................................................80

15.1 TEST MODE ...............................................................................80

15.2 EMPTY RESET ............................................................................80

15.3 FACTORY RESET .........................................................................80

15.4 OS UPGRADE .............................................................................80

15.5 EXIT ......................................................................................80

16. SETUP EXAMPLES ...........................................................81

16.1 SYNTAKT WITH A MONOPHONIC BASS MACHINE .......................................... 81

16.2 CONTROLLING A SYNTHESIZER USING THE MIDI TRACKS ................................82

17. USEFUL KEY COMBINATIONS................................................ 83

. TECHNICAL INFORMATION.................................................. 85

. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION ..................................... 86

APPENDIX A: MACHINES ....................................................... 87

A.1 VOICE TYPES AND MACHINES .............................................................87

A.1.1 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO THE ACTIVE TRACK ...........................................87

A.2 DIGITAL MACHINES .......................................................................87

A.3 ANALOG DRUM MACHINES ................................................................93

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A.4 ANALOG CYMBAL MACHINES ............................................................ 101

APPENDIX B: MIDI ............................................................. 108

B.1 TRACK PARAMETERS .....................................................................108

B.2 TRIG PARAMETERS ......................................................................108

B.3 SYN PARAMETERS .......................................................................108

B.4 FILTER PARAMETERS ....................................................................108

B.5 AMP PARAMETERS .......................................................................109

B.6 LFO PARAMETERS .......................................................................109

B.7 FX PARAMETERS .........................................................................109

B.8 VAL PARAMETERS ....................................................................... 110

B.9 MISC PARAMETERS ...................................................................... 110

B.10 FX TRACK PARAMETERS .................................................................111

APPENDIX C: LFO MODULATION DESTINATIONS................................112

APPENDIX D: UNISON AND CHORD SETTINGS ..................................114

APPENDIX E: KEYBOARD SCALES ..............................................115

INDEX ..........................................................................116

1. INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing Syntakt. The Syntakt is a compact drum computer and synthesizer from Elektron.

It contains all the necessary tools to make people move to the music. A digital and highly ﬂexible sound

engine, an analog fx block with multi-mode ﬁlter and drive, a live-friendly sequencer, the means to control

external MIDI gear, and Overbridge support. To get the most out of your machine, we recommend that you

read this manual in its entirety.

1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL

We have used the following conventions throughout the manual:

Key names are written in upper case, bold style and within brackets. For instance, the key labeled “FUNC”

on the main panel is written as [FUNC].

Knobs are written in upper case, bold, italic letters. For instance, the knob “Level/Data” is called LEVEL/

DATA.

Menu names are written in upper case letters. The SETTINGS menu is an example of that.

Parameter names and certain menu options where settings can be made or actions performed are written

in bold, upper case letters. For example, VOL.

Upper case letters are used for parameter setting alternatives. For example, OFF.

Messages visible on the screen are written in upper case letters with quotation marks.

For example, “QUANTIZE LIVE REC”.

LED indicators like the Keyboard LED are written like this: <KEYBOARD>.

The following symbols are used throughout the manual:

Important information that you should pay attention to.

A tip that will make it easier for you to interact with the Syntakt.

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