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@@primarqo Really appreciate it, thank you! 🙏

One one of my older MPCs, I didn't peel it off for like forever but at some point it started to look like some oily stuff was leaking down to the surrounding rubberized coating. It made the coating wear off a bit. Not sure if it was related to the protective film or not, but that's when I decided it's probably best to remove it sooner this time. 😊

Thanks for the feedback! It's a pretty fluid process to tweak the sounds and arrangement of each voice/track to play nice together so technically you're right that it does take some time, but it's happening in parallel with the arrangement, sequencing and jam rehearsals so it's a bit like meditation to me.

@@MFPRODUCTIONSCHANNEL Thanks! I use a Birdcord 12V PD adapter from Songbird. Then any decently spec'ed PD compatible powerbank will do. 😊 I use a 65W PD powerbank which is probably a bit overkill as I'm told some have been successful with a 25W version. But 'PD' here is key - it stands for power delivery and it means it can deliver, among other voltages 12V. Hope this helps!

@@sinewaymusic Thank you for your help!

@@jasonjayalap It's definitely a potential rabbit hole if you're making synth music like me. But then again it's about what sounds you really like. I *love* Jura. It's right up my alley. But I'm not sure yet if I'd 'need' any other plugins. You can often widen the sound palette *more* through careful study and sound design with an existing synth than you can by buying a new synth. It's a choice between quick fix and hard work. 😊

@@fredrikw1447 Hahaha 😭🤣

@@fredrikw1447 Wow, stort tack för den mycket fina komplimangen! 🙏🌟

@@sinewaymusic alltid roligt när man möter på kvalitativt och inspirerande innehåll!

@@fredrikw1447 Tack än en gång. 😊

@@seanleeduncan Hey there, let's see if anyone here can help with this as I don't know. Though, you can definitely use the Keystep Pro sequencer to play over four different midi channels (and thus tracks on the MC-101). The part I'm not sure if is whether Keystep Pro supports sending PC messages. Pretty sure MC-101 can receive it though.

Really appreciate it! 🙏 ❤️

@@Riekeberg hey, thanks for the feedback and glad to hear we're thinking alike. It really is a joy to make music with the Syntakt. 🙏🌟

Thank you! 🙏

@@BeatsNBed Right back at you! Looking forward to seeing more from you. 🌟

Thanks! It's a great piece of gear. 😊

Thank you! If you ever upload music on your own made on the Syntakt , please let me know!

@@sinewaymusic Will do! 🙏🏻

@@filipzawadzki9424 That's sometimes the best way to go! Which one is your favorite though? 😊

​@@sinewaymusic I like MC-101 audio out connected to Synkakt audio In and both connected by MIDI to use sequencer on Syntakt. In that way you have all Syntakt approach with additional sounds of MC-101 if you need a let's say Rhodes Electric Piano deep house chords 😊

@@lofijoe3867 That's the best way to use them together for sure. 👌

Thanks Jan! I agree, and for a long time we struggled with it. The envelopes are also quite snappy but you can really soften them up by dialing them down a bit. And we almost always put a base width filter that cuts somewhere north of 3-6 khz. It's a very gentle slope (I'm guessing 6 dB per octave) so you still retain a lot of top end in the full mix. With tricks like this, the Syntakt can sound very warm and rich with both the analog and digital tracks. 😊

@@sinewaymusicThanks for the info, I’ll try it out!

Hey, that's interesting! As someone who is *very* far from an FM sound design expert, could you share a little more on this one? 😇

@@sinewaymusic The LFO's can do audio rate modulation which can be used to turn them into two extra operators, they only go to 2k though. Basically you can assign the LFO to the pitch of a machine's oscillator and crank the frequency up as high as 2000 (and then a bit higher with the speed knob). You can use the LFO amount knob to control the level of said operator. The problem is, there is no keyfollow on the LFO rate, so to achieve musical results (for example if you want to play a melody) you need to change the LFO rate every time you play a different note in the step sequncer. So if I play the C3 note and the LFO is set to 260Hz for example, if you wanna play C4 which is an octave higher (2x higher frequency) you would have to double the LFO rate to 520 as a parameter lock for that specific step with the C4 note to keep a consistent operator to carrier ratio. I haven't tried making any melodies using this methods so I don't know how it sounds, but I have used the LFO's to modulate pitch to make some gnarly percussion. Each LFO also has fade settings that can be used as envelopes. In theory you can use the second LFO as an envelope to modulate the slope of the fade on the first LFO so you can get different envelope slopes. You can also directly use the ramp shape to modulate LFO amt. You aren't limited to frequency modulation, you can also use audio rate LFOs for amp modulation and Filter FM

@@SparkySubie This is super fascinating. Although I do understand the fundamentals of FM synthesis, I can't really imagine what kinds of sonically different timbres you might achieve through this approach. You mentioned some gnarly percussion, but I wonder if there are some more common examples of "FM sounds that recuire more than two operators". I guess I'll have to explore on my own to see if I end up making a sound that sounds different from what the SY Tone settings can achieve on their own - and if those new sounds are pleasing. But on paper, it does sound like it might get a bit too tedious for my taste to then carefully dial in p-locked tuning to get it right. To me, the core strength of the Syntakt is in how quickly you can make something sound great, and how fun that process is. But the theory you're suggesting is nevertheless intriguing and worth exploring. Thanks for sharing!

@@sinewaymusic So I tried making something more melodic, the results are still somewhat musical so long as the LFO depths are kept small but it's nearly impossible to tune any of the sounds by ear on a per step basis and they still don't sound like a digitone 😄. Still usable for adding a wierd dissonant /aliasing bell flavor to melodies though! Just not for proper FM synthesis

@SparkySubie Thanks for reporting back. I have yet to give it a try myself but I will at some point. 😊

@@Honeysmack Wow, thank you - that's one heck of a composer to even be remotely compared against. 🙏🌟Thanks for listening and sharing that!

Thanks for listening and for the feedback!

@@wakinglife7065 That sounds like a killer combo!

Kay, thanks for your comment. I always appreciate your feedback. The Syntakt is an enigma to me. It's like it pulls me in new directions every time I use it.

@@mankismelbournejay Haha 😂 Appreciate the Hans Zimmer remark. 🐮 I'm using a Birdcord 12V PD cable and a PD compatible powerbank. It's really neat. My battery lasts for more than six hours on a full charge. 😊

@@Bobo Thank you for your comment, it means a lot. You're right, I hear those movie soundtrack drums in my head sometimes when listening to this piece. With a couple of more tracks, we could have attempted it right on the Syntakt, but probably easier to add it in the DAW. 😊

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Thanks! Love your user name. 😂

It definitely punches above its weight! Thanks for your feedback. 🙏🌟

I'm glad to hear that, thank you for listening! 🐮❤️

Thanks Simon! 🌟🙏

Thank you! On to the next mission. 🫡😅

Thank you brother! Appreciate you. 🌟

@@sinewaymusic 🙂

She was definitely getting more and more curious the longer we played! I absolutely love cows. ❤🐮

Thank you! 🙏

Good point, I'm demoing this extensively in the video. You hold down the TRK (track) button and twist a knob. That then modifies the parameter that knob is controlling for *all* tracks at the same time. Hope this helps!

@@vergellim7361 Thanks for the compliment about the music, really appreciate it! 🙏 Honestly, with that kind of setup, my first thought is: do you really need more gear at all? Both the MPC and the Force are full-blown production environment that can do everything from samples and synths to drum synthesis. Then you have the Push 2 which means you have access to the entire world of Ableton Live too. And then you have yet another sampler in the SP-404 MKII? 😂 So I can't really see what's missing there. But if you *really* want more gear, between those three choices, the Syntakt would be the most interesting one. The Digitakts are more of what you already have in a way, it doesn't seem like you'd benefit from even more samplers. But again, I'd think some more about it if I were in your shoes - maybe you already have what you need?

@@sinewaymusic I think you're right. Maybe its just GAS. I never owned an Elektron device and I was intrigued by the sequencer and how easily can tweak sounds with good results. Thanks for your input.

@@vergellim7361 Don't get me wrong, they are easy and fun to tweak with great results. 😊 I just don't personally believe that more gear is better. For me it's the opposite and I'm the most productive when I focus on one piece of gear at a time.

@@jiffybox Haha, yes I won't hide it, I'm thrilled about this announcement! 😂 I also have the Push 3, Tracker+, Tracker Mini and the Digitakt, but I use the MPC more than all of those others together. With a recently bought 20V Birdcord and this software update, I really struggle to find anything I don't like about the MPC Live 2 anymore. I guess that would be the lack of Retro Edition colors. 😭 I can see why you might have regretted that sale. 💔

Same here I love grooveboxes/samplers than synthesizer. I also use Ableton suite and push 2. I want the push 3 but Im holding myself in getting those because of the price. But If I have the 3 I dont think you need any other grooveboxes.

@@vergellim7361 I hear you, but have to say that after owning the Push 3 Standalone for over eight months, I haven't used it nearly as much as I thought I would. It's just too big, heavy and slow for me to make music on compared to the MPC which I'm flying over. I've made only a couple of songs on the Push so far. Haven't given up on it but I'm not sure I will ever be able to describe it as the groovebox to rule them all because it isn't that. It's very different and feels much more like a controller for Ableton than its own thing. All in my humble opinion, of course.

Do you have it? It seems optimized for vocals so probably not ideal for our use cases. 😊

@@sinewaymusic yes. It's a very good seq. sound module 7 track. I dont use vocal track . sampler part is not good . The screen is the major problem. But the quality of sound .... The best.

I never really enjoyed *working* with the MC-101 but love the way it sounds. So I can see why you like the MV-1 for similar reasons. 😊

@@alexandervaldorf1825 Thank you! You can do so much with just the original Digitakt. 💪

@@drahcirpsy Thank you, really appreciate it! 😊

You're getting one? 😊

@@sinewaymusic Yes. Perfect match to the Octatrack 2.

@@rumo201 Congrats! Slightly jealous. 😊

Hey, really appreciate it! Thank you. 🙏🌟

Yeah the MC-101 wins from a sound palette perspective and the workflow is smoother on the Syntakt. 😊