APPENDIX A: MACHINES
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APPENDIX A: MACHINES
A.1 VOICE TYPES AND MACHINES
The voice type is the underlying synthesis model and can be either analog or digital. The Syntakt has three
different kinds of voice types. Analog Drum, Analog Cymbal, and Digital. A machine is a sound engine that
uses a subset of functionality derived from the voice type. There are a large number of machines available
in the Syntakt. Every machine has its own set of parameters tailored to give you the most relevant and use-
ful sound-shaping possibilities for that particular machine. Any track can be used to send MIDI to external
MIDI-equiped devices. This is done by assigning a MIDI machine to the track.
Every track has a dedicated voice type when it is used as an audio track.
• Track 1–8: Digital
• Track 9–11: Analog Drum
• Track 12: Analog Cymbal
For more information, please see “6.3.1 AUDIO TRACKS, VOICE TYPES, AND MACHINES” on page 19.
A.1.1 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO THE ACTIVE TRACK
1. Press
[FUNC] + [SYN]
to open the MACHINE menu. Use the
[UP]
/
[DOWN]
. keys to view to the ma-
chines that are available for that track (depending on the voice type).
2. Press
YES
,
to select the highlighted machine and assign it to the track.
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You can also open the MACHINE menu by quickly pressing [SYN] twice.
•
The machines available for selection depend on the voice type of the selected track.
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Any track can be used to send MIDI. Just assign a MIDI machine to the track.
A track is either an audio track or a MIDI track. The track cannot be both at the same time.
The rest of this appendix lists the machine-specific parameters on the SYN page. The selected machine
determines the parameters available.
A.2 DIGITAL MACHINES
The Syntakt has eight Digital voices (available on tracks 1–8). The Digital machines can produce a wide
variety of sounds with everything from drums, melodic leads to chords.
BD MODERN
TUNE
(Tune) offsets the incoming note value. This parameter is bipolar. A setting of 0 leaves the pitch
unchanged.
SWEP
(Pitch Sweep) sets the depth and time of the pitch sweep.
PNCH
(Punch) adds a compressor-like envelope, which accentuates and distorts the sound.
DEC
(Decay) sets the length of the decay phase of the machines internal amp envelope.
SMOD
(Square Modulation) sets the amount of square-like modulation.
TMOD
(Triangle Modulation) sets the amount of triangle-like modulation and feedback.
MENV
(Modulation Envelope) sets the decay and depth of the modulation envelope.
OVER
(Overdrive) sets the gain amount into the digital overdrive.
