Analog Rytm MK2 vs Syntakt vs Machinedrum | Elektron Drum Machines
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- In this video we take a look at three different flagship drum machines by Elektron: The Analog Rytm MKII, Syntakt and the mysterious Machinedrum SPS1 UW+ MKII. Each one is very different from the other, so which one is the best? None of them. Because none of them is the same as the other. So yeah. Enjoy this blathering on about some drum machine synthesizer boxes.
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I'm User Friendly. A sound designer and electronic musician exploringexperimental glitchy sounds with hardware synthesizers and samplers such as such as Euroack, Elektron Analog Rytm MK2, Analog Four MK2, Octatrack MK2, Syntakt, Machinedrum UW MK2 and much more.
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0:00 intro
0:27 size
0:37 selecting sounds
1:52 experience
5:01 live control
8:00 MD is weird
9:33 why is it weird?
12:30 closing thoughts
12:59 AR MKii sounds
14:46 Syntakt digital Sounds
15:17 Syntakt Analog Sounds
16:10 MD MKii sounds
You get more trig condition options on the Syntakt when you hold down the step.
Ahhh excellent! Thank you. I was definitely surprised haha
Thanks for the video. I really enjoy your content and hope your channel sees some significant growth. It's definitely worth it.
Thank you so much. I appreciate that.
The default kit on the RYTM is like a meme compared to how unhinged it can sound when pushed to its limits
I feel like this is true for any elektron box! Well except for octatrack. Octatracks default kit is straight up on John cage mode.
That's just the Elektron way. Tame on the surface, but those who know, know.
@@userfriendlysoundsI read all your comments in your voice lol
Thank you for making this video, its a solid review and deliciously weird
You are more than welcome and I am so glad you enjoyed. Thank you for watching!
Ahh the 3 elder gods. Azathoth, Nyarlathotep and Cthulhu just hanging out bonding as a family
Surely the elder gods are MD, MM and octatrack, no? 🤔😸
@@userfriendlysounds fair point actually lmao with that being said when u finishing the elektron flagship infinity stones collection and getting ur hands on a SOPHIEmachine?
I hope this year. But gosh, the MK2 + command a pretty penny. 😿💸💸💸
@@userfriendlysounds aye that’s true but u don’t really need the command with the mnm imo its, makes sense w the md and no doubt it’s nice to have.
But the monomachine doesn’t really care about all the new sequencing modes cause it’s arp feels like it was made by doctor Seuss and it just does its own thing 👽✨
@@alexconroy696 my ocd wouldn't allow it. Like, I could never work with a Mk1 a4 and Mk 2 Rytm. I'd rather have both MK1's haha. I know the Mk 1 and 2 mm machines don't look any different, but I have a mk2 md, so it has to be mk2 mnm. Remember, you are chatting with a crazy person right now. haaha
Youve become a favorite stop of mine on YT as of late. Cheers
I just picked up DT to go with my ST/OT/A4 but I bet I’ll end up swapping it for a Rytm at some point if it doesn’t play the way I need
@@Hysteric_Subjects so glad to hear that! Thank you so much. DT seems really cool and I’d really like to get one when I want the fluidity of the takt boxes with the fun of a dedicated sampler. Then again, I do love the restraints of rytm as balance against the depth of octa.
Lovitzzz
I love your sound design, especially for techno and for these bro step sounds
Everything you said about the MD from 8:15 is spot on! The more time I spend with it, more synapses are made. I keep learning and understanding things years after.
Brilliant review. I love your descriptions. Just what I needed, although your fuct up voice was a bit disturbing with a 6am Sunday morning hangover! 😁 😂
Thank you so much for watching! My voice is perfectly normal? You must have some hangover…. 😆
@@userfriendlysounds I have just watched your vid again, as I have just 1 hour ago bought a MD via ebay. Trouble is, I now also want an AR based on the mental sounds I heard here! ! ! I only got a Digitone last week to make weird drum sounds with (& BTW it excells at that!).... Oh my god I must stop!
That MD face plate is so sick. Any chance you remember where you got it from or if they are still available? I've looked but nothing. Great content too, love seeing the sounds you squeeze out of these machines
Thanks so much! Yeah I got it from Audio Parasites. Shoot them an email!
Love this MD skin !!! how did you get thst ?
Audio Parasites!
Been falling in love with the MD all over again after spending time w/ RYTM and digitakt. Worth mentioning, is that you can control all prams AND reset the kit similarly to the newer boxes by hitting function and turning a knob to ctl all, and function + Classic/Extended to reset the kit... absolutely crucial for performing and rescuing your carefully designed kit
I plan on triggering an analog kick module from the MD (it can send an impulse out of any of its outputs) and then It'll step all over the newer boxes, IMO. Especially once i hook up a Megacommand to upgrade the sequencer with all the new elektron bells n whistles
Have you tried using the FX track with the sequencer turned off and use trigs like octatrack scenes?
No I can’t say I have. This sounds super interesting though. Which box(es) would that technique be on?
You can do this on the Syntakt FX block and and with Midi loop back with the midi macros in the sound settings.
Digitone and Digitakt are also able to do this
Check it out here
ua-cam.com/video/vZx6uHOaLac/v-deo.html
@@Jxnxdoe that’s fantastic! Thanks for sharing the video!
Are you using the unofficial machinedrum x.08 firmware?
Yes I am!
This distorted voice blows my mind out ) I can't listen more than 20 sec.
SAME.
Yeah. I dig the cyborg vibe but the constant pitch shifting makes it really jarring to listen to for more than a few minutes.
This is prejudice with the boys voice, you dont know how's a cyborg life to say mean things like that
This video would be amazing if it was just easier to listen to. Couldn't make it past two minutes
Agreed. This channel will go nowhere.
Hah! Just sussed the sample..... Predator. Marvelous. 😂
I've been contemplating the Syntakt to replace my Machinedrum SPS-1 MKII. I only really use the EFM sounds on the Machinedrum, I love the crisp sound and all that, and I sometimes use E12 samples, but pretty much that's it (I'm not a fan of the Virtual Analog, and I rarely use P-I though it's very cool). I'm also always trying to make tones on MD, but Syntakt has a more robust set of FM machines PLUS FM tone machines (so I don't have to fiddle with the Cymbal or Cowbells to make a tone). Also, I have a RYTM and only use the pads that they migrated to the Syntakt anyway, so it seems like maybe the one Syntakt can give me what my MD and RYTM were giving me (I also sold my Monomachine and I feel like some of the spirit of the MnM is in the Syntakt's FM Tone machines).
I prefer working only on one machine at a time, I never play them together.. so having the ability to do FM percussion/tones, Analog percussion/tones, and little chiptune type sounds (like my old Monomachine) all in one box is very attractive.
But I worry that there will be something I will miss on the MD that I will end up regretting having lost.
The main thing is that I pretty much use nothing but EFM on the Machinedrum (and glitch out the samples, but I also have a Digitakt so I use that for the glitchy stuff now)
What about the Machinedrum makes you stay with it, while having the Syntakt?
I'm the same way for the most part. I like boxes by themselves. I think that it really boils down to work flow on each machine for me. Personally, I don't find much overlap between any two elektron boxes. They all feel very different to me. I would have a hard time letting go of the Machinedrum for a syntakt largely because the environment is so much different. Syntakt is very easy and very fast. Machinedrum can sort of twist your head up pretty quickly. I personally would not let go of an MD for a syntakt. I could understand swapping out the Rytm for Syntakt, but I wouldn't do that either. The built in sampler is too useful when it comes to sound design. I'd actually argue that aside from speed and ease of use, and the fx block, syntakt is actually the weakest of the three. But again, I really think that all three are very different when it comes to really digging into each one.
@@userfriendlysounds Thank you so much for that thoughtful answer. Considering I have the Digitakt (which I love) I think I'll still trade the Rytm for the Syntakt (also selling my Analog Keys, I just don't like the workflow and it's my least used one). The RYTM has such a great internal signal chain, something about it, everything you put in just sounds good coming out. But workflow in my opinion is more important and I think the Syntakt will give me what my Monomachine used to - the ability to comfortably make a whole song in one little box, with raw synthesis. (I would use two tracks for percussion.. 1 Sine and 1 Noise, then FM/SID on the other 4). The Syntakt is way more capable for that purpose.
Anyway, thanks again and great videos, I'm subscribing now. Keep up the good work
I feel like the Syntakt is missing proper hats, hiss, cymbals. It sounds a bit more dark and modern, whereas the MD can do those sounds all day long.
I agree with that. There are a few instruments that you can use to get different style hats, but by and large I think the digital hat department is one of the weak links of the syntakt
@@userfriendlysounds funny you say that, the Analog RYTM always gets hate for its hats
I hope Elektron adds a Sampling machine for the Syntakt in the future
Gosh me too. Even it it’s just a super simple 12 bit sampler with pitch control. Anything. Honestly, I don’t even want to load my own samples. I just want the flexibility to sample the internal sounds
@@userfriendlysounds Yeah, that's what I think, something simple, nothing complex, that would be a nice update
Whats your favorite?and why?
Honest answer: it depends on which one I used last.
Fake answer: The Armk2. Because it is the most balanced in ability vs fun vs depth.
May have ti buy a Rytm , based on your true answer.
Thanks Iggy
Wats an Iggy
14:47 is this the Syntakt demo? I'm so sorry... but this is Pure Sonic Fire... it should dethrone everything around for just that demo.
Hahah well, here’s the full track of you like
ua-cam.com/video/BuWwLBpC5V8/v-deo.htmlsi=wTtnOMsq1ToWpdRN
yo the link is dead ;(
ah sorry. I must have deleted the samples at some point. Sorry!
MD FUNC+trig jumps to the track. manuals are good. no need for the knob to jump tracks.
Oh I like the knob! Especially for clicking through and making quick edits to lots of tracks
@@userfriendlysounds but you can do the same...and jump from track 2 to track 11 in an instant. ;)
ohhhhhh That’s a great point. I’m gonna have to break this knob habit I have!
@@userfriendlysounds I rode the knob for a while too 🤣 old habits die hard
Why the murder voice?
Do not ask questions
Would be interested in this video but somehow unwatchable for me because of the voice effect. sad.
Don’t be sad! It’s not worth watching and nothing of value is said anyway.
Dude, what happened to your voice? But keep coming this kind of content, I like it!
It got stuck in ableton! 🙀 haha thanks for watching!
Who's Dylan?
He’s friends with “MAC!”
Great content but it’s hard to understand you sometimes and it distracts from the great ideas/messaging
I put subtitles on and now I’m liking it more haha
Excellent! Thanks for giving it another try 🤗
Ugg
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how do you talk like that
The voice thing was cool, until you started talking more.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣JK…….kinda
hahaha
It's a shame you have to put that effect on your voice
It really is
@@userfriendlysounds I mean it's just hard to hear what you are saying ;) And I like your explanations in your videos