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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

12. FX TRACK PARAMETERS

12.6.4 SUS

Sustain Level sets the sustain level of the amp envelope. This parameter is only available if MODE on

AMP Page 2 is set to ADSR.

12.6.5 REL

Release Time sets the length of the release phase of the amp envelope. This parameter is only available

if MODE on AMP Page 2 is set to ADSR.

12.6.7 DEP

Depth sets the amount of modulation from the amplitude envelope. This parameter is only available if

MODE on AMP Page 2 is set to AHD.

12.6.8 DEL

Delay Send sets the amount of the sound from the FX track that is sent through to the Delay eect. For

more information, please see “13.2 DELAY” on page 63.

12.6.9 REV

Reverb Send sets the amount of the sound from the FX track that is sent through to the Reverb eect.

For more information, please see “13.3 REVERB” on page 64.

12.6.10 PAN

Pan positions the sound in the stereo ﬁeld. The knob function is bipolar with 0 being the balanced mid-

point, L64 sends all sound to the left channel and R63 sends all sound to the right.

12.6.11 VOL

Volume sets the volume of the FX track ampliﬁer. Unlike the track LEVEL, this parameter can be parame-

ter locked.

To prevent an audio feedback loop, the DEL and REV parameters are disabled when the

delay and reverb respectively are routed in to the Analog FX. For more information, please

see “5.4.1 ANALOG FX BLOCK ROUTING” on page 18.

Inverted amplitude envelope with a ﬁxed HOLD time.

TIME

AMPLITUDE

Note On

Attack

Decay

Hold

Note O

Attack

Decay

Hold

Note On Note O

Attack

Decay

Hold

Note On

Note O

Inverted amplitude envelope with HOLD set to NOTE.

TIME

AMPLITUDE

Note On

Attack

Decay

Hold

Note

O

Attack

Decay

Hold

Note

Note O

Attack/

Hold

Decay

Note On

Note O