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Table Of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL
2. THE SYNTAKT
3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- 3.1 FRONT PANEL
- 3.2 REAR CONNECTORS
- 3.3 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE SYNTAKT
4. QUICK START
- 4.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESETS
- 4.2 TEMPO
- 4.3 USING KEYBOARD MODE
- 4.4 USING MUTE MODE
- 4.5 EDITING PARAMETERS
5. SYNTAKT SOUND ARCHITECTURE
- 5.1 DIGITAL VOICE TYPE
- 5.2 ANALOG DRUM AND ANALOG CYMBAL VOICE TYPES
- 5.3 SEND EFFECTS
- 5.4 ANALOG FX BLOCK
  - 5.4.1 ANALOG FX BLOCK ROUTING
6. OVERVIEW OF THE SYNTAKT DATA STRUCTURE
- 6.1 +DRIVE
- 6.2 DATA STRUCTURE
- 6.3 ABOUT THE TRACKS
7. INTERACTING WITH THE SYNTAKT
- 7.1 SCREEN NAVIGATION
- 7.2 TRIG KEYS
- 7.3 ROTARY ENCODERS
- 7.4 KEY BEHAVIOR
- 7.5 PARAMETER EDITING
- 7.6 QUICK SCROLLING
- 7.7 COPY, CLEAR, AND PASTE
- 7.8 THE NAMING SCREEN
  - 7.8.1 POP-UP NAMING
- 7.9 KEYBOARD MODE
  - 7.9.1 KEYBOARD SETUP MENU
- 7.10 MUTE MODE
- 7.11 TRIG MODIFIERS
  - 7.11.1 SETTING UP TRIG MODIFIERS
  - 7.11.2 USING TRIG MODIFIERS
- 7.12 MIDI NOTES
- 7.13 OVERBRIDGE
- 7.14 CLASS COMPLIANT DEVICE
- 7.15 BACKING UP THE SYNTAKT
  - 7.15.1 BACKING UP PROJECTS AND SOUNDS
  - 7.15.2 TRANSFERRING BACKED UP FILES TO YOUR ELEKTRON DEVICE
8. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
- 8.1 THE +DRIVE SOUND LIBRARY AND THE SOUND POOL
  - 8.1.1 ADDING SOUNDS TO THE SOUND POOL
- 8.2 PLAYING A SOUND
  - 8.2.1 PLAYING A SOUND USING AN EXTERNAL MIDI DEVICE
- 8.3 EDITING A SOUND
- 8.4 LOADING A SOUND
- 8.5 SAVING A SOUND
- 8.6 THE SOUND MENU
9. THE SEQUENCER
- 9.1 SEQUENCER TEMPO
- 9.2 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
  - 9.2.1 SELECTING BANK AND PATTERN
  - 9.2.2 PATTERN CONTROL
- 9.3 EDITING A PATTERN
- 9.4 MICRO TIMING MENU
- 9.5 RETRIG MENU
- 9.6 PATTERN MENU
- 9.7 QUANTIZE MENU
- 9.8 METRONOME MENU
- 9.9 SCALE MENU
  - 9.9.1 PER PATTERN MODE
  - 9.9.2 PER TRACK MODE
- 9.10 SEQUENCER FEATURES
- 9.11 CHAINS
10. AUDIO TRACK PARAMETERS
- 10.1 EDITING THE AUDIO TRACK PARAMETERS
- 10.2 TRIG PARAMETERS PAGE
- 10.3 SYN PAGE
- 10.4 FLTR PAGE 1
- 10.5 FLTR PAGE 2
  - 10.5.1 DEL
- 10.6 AMP PAGE 1
- 10.7 AMP PAGE 2
- 10.8 LFO PAGE 1
- 10.9 LFO PAGE 2
11. MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS
- 11.1 EDITING THE MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS
- 11.2 TRIG PARAMETERS PAGE
- 11.3 SYN PAGE
- 11.4 FLTR PAGE (CC VALUE)
- 11.5 AMP PAGE (CC SELECT)
- 11.6 LFO PAGE
12. FX TRACK PARAMETERS
- 12.1 EDITING THE FX TRACK PARAMETERS
- 12.2 TRIG PARAMETERS PAGE
- 12.3 SYN PARAMETERS PAGE
- 12.4 FLTR PAGE 1
- 12.5 FLTR PAGE 2
  - 12.5.1 DEL
- 12.6 AMP PAGE 1
- 12.7 LFO PAGE 1
- 12.8 LFO PAGE 2
13. DELAY, REVERB AND MIXER PARAMETERS
- 13.1 EDITING THE DELAY, REVERB AND MIXER PARAMETERS
- 13.2 DELAY
- 13.3 REVERB
- 13.4 MIXER (1/3)
- 13.5 MIXER (2/3)
- 13.6 MIXER (3/3)
14. SETTINGS MENU
- 14.1 PROJECT
- 14.2 MIDI CONFIG
- 14.3 SYSEX DUMP
  - 14.3.1 SYSEX SEND
  - 14.3.2 SYSEX RECEIVE
- 14.4 AUDIO ROUTING (GLOBAL)
- 14.5 SYSTEM
15. STARTUP MENU
- 15.1 TEST MODE
- 15.2 EMPTY RESET
- 15.3 FACTORY RESET
- 15.4 OS UPGRADE
- 15.5 EXIT
16. SETUP EXAMPLES
- 16.1 SYNTAKT WITH A MONOPHONIC BASS MACHINE
- 16.2 CONTROLLING A SYNTHESIZER USING THE MIDI TRACKS
17. USEFUL KEY COMBINATIONS (QUICK KEYS)
18. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
19. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
APPENDIX A: MACHINES
- A.1 VOICE TYPES AND MACHINES
  - A.1.1 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO THE ACTIVE TRACK
- A.2 DIGITAL MACHINES
- A.3 ANALOG DRUM MACHINES
- A.4 ANALOG CYMBAL MACHINES
APPENDIX B: MIDI
- B.1 TRACK PARAMETERS
- B.2 TRIG PARAMETERS
- B.3 SYN PARAMETERS
- B.4 FILTER PARAMETERS
- B.5 AMP PARAMETERS
- B.6 LFO PARAMETERS
- B.7 FX PARAMETERS
- B.8 VAL PARAMETERS
- B.9 MISC PARAMETERS
- B.10 FX TRACK PARAMETERS
APPENDIX C: LFO MODULATION DESTINATIONS
APPENDIX D: UNISON AND CHORD SETTINGS
APPENDIX E: KEYBOARD SCALES
INDEX

5. SYNTAKT SOUND ARCHITECTURE

The illustrations below show the Syntakt sound architecture, with its analog and digital voice types and send

eects. The illustrations also show what components of the sound architecture are analog (grey boxes) or

digital (white boxes). The audio from the voice output is then routed through the Analog FX block or directly

to the Main mix. For more information, please see “5.4 ANALOG FX BLOCK” on page 17.

5.1 DIGITAL VOICE TYPE

ANALOG

SOUND

GENERATOR

OVERDRIVE

MULTIMODE

FILTER

AMP

FILTER

ENVELOPE

AMP

ENVELOPE

REVERB

SEND

DELAY

REVERB

NOISE

GENERATOR

EFFECT SENDS

DELAY RETURNS

FADE

ENVELOPE

LFO

DESTINATION

REVERB RETURNS

PAN

EFFECT

SENDS

VOICE

OUTPUT

DIGITAL

SOUND

GENERATOR

MULTIMODE

FILTER

AMP

FILTER

ENVELOPE

AMP

ENVELOPE

PAN

EFFECT

SENDS

ANALOG

DIGITAL

VOICE

OUTPUT

AMP

DRIVE FILTER

MAIN MIX

OUTPUTS

EFFECT

SENDS

VOICE OUTPUTS

EXTERNAL INPUTS

EFFECT RETURNS

MAIN

BASE-WIDTH

FILTER

OVERDRIVE

5.2 ANALOG DRUM AND ANALOG CYMBAL VOICE TYPES

ANALOG

SOUND

GENERATOR

OVERDRIVE

MULTIMODE

FILTER

AMP

FILTER

ENVELOPE

AMP

ENVELOPE

REVERB

SEND

DELAY

REVERB

NOISE

GENERATOR

EFFECT SENDS

DELAY RETURNS

FADE

ENVELOPE

LFO

DESTINATION

REVERB RETURNS

PAN

EFFECT

SENDS

VOICE

OUTPUT

DIGITAL

SOUND

GENERATOR

MULTIMODE

FILTER

AMP

FILTER

ENVELOPE

AMP

ENVELOPE

PAN

EFFECT

SENDS

ANALOG

DIGITAL

VOICE

OUTPUT

AMP

DRIVE FILTER

MAIN MIX

OUTPUTS

EFFECT

SENDS

VOICE OUTPUTS

EXTERNAL INPUTS

EFFECT RETURNS

MAIN

BASE-WIDTH

FILTER

OVERDRIVE

5.3 SEND EFFECTS

ANALOG

SOUND

GENERATOR

OVERDRIVE

MULTIMODE

FILTER

AMP

FILTER

ENVELOPE

AMP

ENVELOPE

REVERB

SEND

DELAY

REVERB

NOISE

GENERATOR

EFFECT SENDS

DELAY RETURNS

FADE

ENVELOPE

LFO

DESTINATION

REVERB RETURNS

PAN

EFFECT

SENDS

VOICE

OUTPUT

DIGITAL

SOUND

GENERATOR

MULTIMODE

FILTER

AMP

FILTER

ENVELOPE

AMP

ENVELOPE

PAN

EFFECT

SENDS

ANALOG

DIGITAL

VOICE

OUTPUT

AMP

DRIVE FILTER

MAIN MIX

OUTPUTS

EFFECT

SENDS

VOICE OUTPUTS

EXTERNAL INPUTS

EFFECT RETURNS

MAIN

BASE-WIDTH

FILTER

OVERDRIVE

5.4 ANALOG FX BLOCK

The Analog FX block primarily consists of three analog parts, the drive, the multimode ﬁlter and an ampliﬁer.

The audio from the voice outputs, external inputs, and the eect returns can be separately routed either

through the Analog FX block (pre) or directly to the Main mix (post). For more information, please see “12.1

EDITING THE FX TRACK PARAMETERS” on page 58.

ANALOG

SOUND

GENERATOR

OVERDRIVE

MULTIMODE

FILTER

AMP

FILTER

ENVELOPE

AMP

ENVELOPE

REVERB

SEND

DELAY

REVERB

NOISE

GENERATOR

EFFECT SENDS

DELAY RETURNS

FADE

ENVELOPE

LFO

DESTINATION

REVERB RETURNS

PAN

EFFECT

SENDS

VOICE

OUTPUT

DIGITAL

SOUND

GENERATOR

MULTIMODE

FILTER

AMP

FILTER

ENVELOPE

AMP

ENVELOPE

PAN

EFFECT

SENDS

ANALOG

DIGITAL

VOICE

OUTPUT

AMP

DRIVE FILTER

MAIN MIX

OUTPUTS

EFFECT

SENDS

VOICE OUTPUTS

EXTERNAL INPUTS

EFFECT RETURNS

MAIN

BASE-WIDTH

FILTER

OVERDRIVE