100% Syntakt hypnotic Dawless Techno jam // feat. OTO Boum
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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A new Syntakt track featuring a perfect companion for it: OTO boum.
This track is a rolling uptempo techno track that is quite crunchy because of a lot of overdrive stages being used. But it's done in a way that the track still sounds quite smooth and clean. Hope you enjoy this one !
Shall I post more like this?
This track was completely made with Syntakt. The only post processing was a hint of bus compression, and a limiter (hitting -2db max).
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Love those little pops, adding cereal crunch to this fire track!
Evolves nicely.
More Syntakt please ❤
Sigh… alright then…. 😉
Great hypnotic techno performance🔥
I love jamming on the Syntakt!
Thanks !
Amazing break!!
Funny how small the Syntakt looks next to that Boum. It‘s hard to tell when watching just videos, but those OTO devices are pretty huge.
:) nice form factor though. And small enough for a smallish setup
Synthesis based mixing is for me😮
Nice chune!
Yess Baby new Stuff..
This is soo good
Great jam ! I'm halfway through your course and it's pretty awesome. How about some performance ideas (similar to what you're doing here) for part 2 ? Bonus question : would you recommend the OTO over the Analog Heat ?
Thanks and great to hear you’re enjoying the course !
For the performance aspect for DT, DN, and ST I have something interesting in mind for the courses :). Can’t share yet what exactly but it’s going to be cool I think. Part 2 for syntakt will dive deeper in more complex use of its functions and creating a more complex groove.
Currently boum is the one I prefer. :)
FIRE! For once someone demos REAL techno instead of that pretend shit they call techno.
🙌🔥🙌
hi dave, what do you think of the boum compressor compared to the new AH+FX? which do you prefer?
Hey ! Late response. Ehm. I use them in such different ways that it’s difficult to really compare them. The AHFX gives more complete control over the compressor obviously. The OTO Doesn’t have such fine control but it does what is does in a very nice way. I especially like to use it as a parallel processor so that I can use some heavier settings. One cool thing the oto can do that AHFX can’t is negative ratio compression. Which is pretty crazy when fully wet but when dialed in in a subtle way it’s really great.
So no clear winner I’m afraid. They both have things going for them. I think in terms of vibe I’d choose oto
@@Davemech thanks ;)! guess i'm keeping them both too
Was thinking is it possible to master a yrack on that comp like the Stimming one you did a video on? Looking fir a cheaper option
I also made a video for the OTO boum similar to the IMC vide and also for the analog heat :). They’re on my channel 👍
nice, but why do you still call those digital audio workstation boxes "dawless"??
Thanks.
Well, it is not a daw, nor a workstation. It’s a synth / drum machine / groovebox.
@@DavemechIt's a digital system that manages audio and can create full tracks; by definition, it's a DAW. An example of what isn't a DAW would be editing and manipulating tape or vinyl or playing an electro-mechanical or acoustic instrument. greets!
@@MRTM-kl5dda bit too purist for my taste. I’m an instrumentalist myself (guitar, bass guitar, piano, singing) and this is just as much an instrument. It’s not a daw and neighter does it fit the definition of a daw. By that definition any synthesizer with a sequencer would be a daw. Which makes no sense whatsoever. But to each their own :) May I suggest you look into what syntakt actually is and how it works ? It might make it a bit more clear for you what it actually is. Cheerio
@@Davemech Well, that's the point. An analog synthesizer with an analog sequencer is, by definition, not a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). I know exactly what the Syntakt is, as well as every other Elektron box. Most of them are simply a DAW with sampling and/or a synth engine. And that's a defined term, not a matter of "taste". I also didn't deny that it's an instrument, but it's also a DAW! Greets :)
@@MRTM-kl5dd so as soon as there is any digital component it is a daw in your book ?
Besides you can’t actually record production into these devices so there goes the definition ;).
In any case who cares 👍
Syntakt desperately needs the Digitakt Compressor plus and Arpeggiator too
Would be nice but the inverted env on the Fx block’s amp page works wonders as well
Bought a compressor , lets see what it brings
Going to connect it in parallel
Can you make Mistakes too???😂
Most definitely 😄
🙏
I dunno, it sounds really squished to me...kick is barely punching through to my ears.
That’s odd, because Oto boum is not doing that much as it’s subtly blend in and there is no heavy compression on the master. ;) for the mix within syntakt the kick and bass are layers of one another so it’s more a rolling vibe than a “4/4 punch in your chest” thing. That was a creative choice though.
This is high class techno dude and i don’t think syntakt has an option to do inside sidechain like the DT for example
@@daveywaltz1830 ❤️
it does have the inverted env on the FX block’s AMP which can be used in a similar way. :)
Your welcome :) aaah ik snap hem, net als de octa ongeveer. Zou je Boum aanraden als een warming unit of gebruikt je het meer als live performance tool voor compressie? Fan van je cursussen trouwens!! Thanks voor dat👊🏻❤️
sounds bad
If you prefer no music
This sounded so good that in the duration of this song I reconsidered my whole setup and looked up the pricing of the Boum 😂 Amazing stuff, great sound and energy 🔥
Haha 😆 thanks 🙏
god damn this is super groovy, your loops are very complex
Thanks Filip ❤️🙏
The Boum 1/4" jacks are unbalanced, correct? I sometimes misunderstand the issues with balanced vs unbalanced, but are you running the output back to an audio interface with balanced ports?
How are you triggering the sidechain? Are you?
Nobody has done a video with midi cc triggered sidechain, which would be helpful for syntakt and digtakt owners who don't have separate outputs for the kick. Wondering how that works since the manual is kind of vague.
That wouldn't be very useful as it would then also compress the kick itself. Especially because there's no seperate output for the kick ;)
I'm not using sidechain here. Sidechain compression is not a must. It's a nice effect sometimes but it is not necessary to glue a mix. I make sure the tracks sound as good as possible within the grooveboxes and then boum is just a big cherry on top gently saturating and glueing the mix. if you want a side chain effect you can create those with lfos on the DT and with ST we have the FX block that can be used for that with the amp envelope. Digitakt 2 has a routing menu for the comp so there we can do proper SC comp by having the kick bypass the comp. Hope this helped :) cheers
Nice combo what’s on the left interesting 🧐
The Elektron Master 💥
Thanks Dave I learn so much from your videos!
Awesome 😊❤️ always great to hear!
Love this Dave. What settings are you using on the Boum? I find it so easy to overcook it!
Thanks ! Honestly can’t remember exactly but I think attack on 10ms, release on 100ms. The rest can be seen on the front panel :)
wow splendid!!!!
💣💣💣💥💥💥👏.
💃💃💃
MATCH!!!😎👍💣😆
Loving your jam 😊 how have you set your Boum ? Attack, release gate etc. Have you tried using your syntakt to control your Boum ? I've seen a video off a chap modulating his Bim and Bam
Thanks ! Honestly can’t remember exactly but I think attack on 10ms, release on 100ms. The rest can be seen on the front panel :) no gate.
Have yet to dabble into modulating stuff on the boum. Mainly using it as a bud comp/ sat right now
@Davemech thanks, similar to your other video I watched today. I've had a dabble with the gate and release time, interested to see your take on how it operates 😀 Great stuff 👏
Legit!
Great track !!
Thank you !
Great Techno as always Dave! I also learned two things that I hadn't seen mentioned anywhere else, and I did RTFM. 1) You can save and recall to temp storage using the TRK button, I thought you could only use FUNC. 2) You can enter mute mode even if the TRK button is held down, I thought that would take you to Keyboard mode. These two tricks will definitely help with the finger gymnastics. You just convinced me to sign up for your new Syntakt course ;)
Awesome to hear :) !
Yeah I do use those a lot. One addition though: when you keep holding track and control all some stuff, then press NO it reverts to the state before control all rather than the saved state. Which is cool because that gives us another layer ;)
@@Davemech Nice! Thanks for the tip, that will DEFINTELY come in handy. So does FUNC + NO/YES and TRK + NO/YES save to different "locations" so that they can function independently? So you could save to temp with FUNC, then do a bunch of stuff with control all, hit TRK NO revert that state, do some stuff, and then hit FUNC NO to take you back all the way?
@@sgsrules exactly :). TRK + NO only works as long as you keep holding TRK. As soon as you let go you’ve only got func+no left. And we can also copy a pattern. So that gives 3 layers total hehe
Wow. Just learned something cool there.
NICE!!!
Man, that's sick! How'd you get your kick to be that boomy?
Thanks! It’s really the combination of the kick, bass and boum that glues it a bit. So it’s not just the kick but the interaction between multiple things.
@@Davemech Understood thanks, it sounds REALLY good!
are you using the syntakt compressor and the oto boum compression on the top ?
Syntakt doesn’t have a compressor but I did use the inverted envelope on the Fx block to add some ducking yes 👍
@@Davemech ok thank you
Hi Dave, great sound. I do think the compression is a bit much. You want to stay in the middle of the bottom row lights or less on the OTO Boum.
Don’t look at the lights ;). It’s heavy compression (as I meant to) but it’s only mixed in subtly. When using parallel compression it’s okay to push it. The dry sound is most of what you hear. The wet sound is only there to strengthen the sound basically:)
When turning the comp beyond 12 o’clock it goes into negative ratio compression and you’ll pretty much always have the bottom row leds completely lid up.
Yes I was totally like woah look at that compression dial! but then immediately my eyes went to the mix knob and saw that it’s some subtle parallel compression. I love my oto boum.. just trying to get my kick to pop through more. Loved your oto boum deep dive btw!!
Don‘t mess with the Mech. He knows what he‘s doing.