User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. THE SYNTAKT
- 3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- 4. QUICK START
- 5. SYNTAKT SOUND ARCHITECTURE
- 6. OVERVIEW OF THE SYNTAKT DATA STRUCTURE
- 7. INTERACTING WITH THE SYNTAKT
- 8. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
- 9. THE SEQUENCER
- 10. AUDIO TRACK PARAMETERS
- 11. MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS
- 12. FX TRACK PARAMETERS
- 13. DELAY, REVERB AND MIXER PARAMETERS
- 14. SETTINGS MENU
- 15. STARTUP MENU
- 16. SETUP EXAMPLES
- 17. USEFUL KEY COMBINATIONS (QUICK KEYS)
- 18. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- 19. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
- APPENDIX A: MACHINES
- APPENDIX B: MIDI
- APPENDIX C: LFO MODULATION DESTINATIONS
- APPENDIX D: UNISON AND CHORD SETTINGS
- APPENDIX E: KEYBOARD SCALES
- INDEX
8. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
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VIEW +DRIVE lists sounds available on the +Drive sound library. The command is only available when
you browse the Sound pool of the active project.
SORT ABC sorts the sounds in alphabetical order. The command is only available when sounds are
being sorted by slot number.
FILTER opens a list where sounds can be arranged according to tags. Select and deselect tags by
pressing [YES]. You can select multiple tags. Exit the tag list by pressing [NO].
SEARCH will perform a text search and list all sounds with names matching or including the text input.
For more information, please see “7.8 THE NAMING SCREEN” on page 22 on how to enter text.
Press [RIGHT] to access the SOUND OPERATIONS menu. The available operations will aect the
highlighted sound. Press [YES] to apply the commands to the selected sound. Press [NO] or the
[LEFT] arrow key to exit the menu.
LOAD TO TRACK loads the selected sound to the active track and makes it a part of the active pattern.
COPY TO... Copies the selected sounds to one of the following:
• SOUND POOL copies the selected sounds to the first free slots of the Sound pool.
• +DRIVE copies the selected sounds to the first free slots of the +Drive sound library.
• +BANK (A-H) copies the selected sounds to the first free slots of a specific bank inside the
+Drive.
SAVE TO HERE exports the active track sound and saves it to the selected slot.
RENAME Opens a screen where you can rename the selected sound.
EDIT TAGS opens a menu where sounds can be tagged. sounds can have any number of tags, but
only the first two will show on the sound list. Press [YES] to apply or remove tags. Highlight <SAVE>
and press [YES] to save
DELETE deletes the sound or selected sounds.
SELECT ALL selects all sounds in the list.
DESELECT ALL deselects all sounds in the list.
TOGGLE enables or disables write protection for the selected sounds. When a sound is write pro-
tected it cannot be overwritten, renamed, tagged or deleted. A write protected sound has a padlock
symbol next to its name. The command is only available when you browse the +Drive sound library.
SEND SYSEX sends the selected sounds as SysEx data.
• Sounds in the +Drive sound library are organized into eight banks, ranging from A to H.
Each bank can contain 256 sounds. Use the [TRIG A–H] keys to view only sounds located
in a specific bank.
• You can preview the currently selected sound by pressing [FUNC] + [YES]. All sounds
available for the active track can be previewed. Please note that if the previewed sound is
sent to the eects, the current eects settings will aect it.
• Several sounds can be simultaneously aected by the commands available in the SOUND
OPERATIONS menu. Select/deselect individual sounds by highlighting them and pressing
[YES].
• Press [FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN] for faster scrolling in the sound list.
8.6.4 LOAD SOUND
Loads (copies) a sound from the +Drive to the active pattern. Turn the LEVEL/DATA knob or press [UP]/
[DOWN] to scroll through the list. Press [YES] to select a sound and then press [TRACK 1–8] to select
the track to where you want to assign the sound.










