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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

APPENDIX A: MACHINES

CY METALLIC

TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the ring-modulated oscillators of the metallic cymbal.

TONE (Tone) sets the tone of the metallic transient.

TDEC (Transient Decay) sets the length of the transient decay phase.

DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase of the oscillators.

OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive.

CY RIDE

TUNE (Tune) sets the pitch of the interacting oscillators that make up the ride cymbal model.

TYPE (Cymbal Type) selects dierent sets of fundamental oscillator frequencies, as well as dierent

inter-oscillator logical interaction. (A-D)

HITD (Hit Decay) sets the top decay.

DEC (Tail Decay) sets the tail decay.

HIT sets the level of the hit sound component.

TIMB sets the level of the timbral sound component.

WASH sets the level of the wash sound component.

OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive.

CB CLASSIC

TUNE (Tune) sets the base pitch of the two oscillators.

DEC (Decay) sets the length of the decay phase of the cowbell sound.

DET (Detune) sets the detune oset of the second oscillator.

OVER (Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the analog overdrive.