User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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