Mad_Cyril It’s for tracks of up to 10 mins and doesn’t guarantee plays. But is recognition that most of the content posted to it gets no or very little engagement.
If I’m looking at AI from a what can it do for me perspective tools with the aim of creating engagement are something that’s more interesting than something that will mix a kick and bass for me.
303abuser
Still in the very early days of learning my way around it. But really impressed so far. So easy to generate polyrhythms and adding variation. I just want to focus on learning this in the short term and then start putting stuff together in Ableton. My only gripe is that the sound quality sounds slightly muffled vs my Arturia and NI VSTs. Maybe there’s something I need to change in Overbridge to optimise it.
Looking forward to hearing your new stuff. Vocals will be a nice touch. :
apyssjw
That’s an interesting synth. I can’t justify another VST, although I do have a demo of Plasmonic which is basically Absynth from the same developer. If they drop a chunk off the price off for Black Friday I could be tempted. I really miss Absynth since I moved to Apple Silicon.
Henry Polyrhythms, conditional trigs, trigless trigs, it’s all just endless possibilities. I love it for kick and bass especially, I find layering is really helpful with sound design.
Not sure about the muffled sound, mine comes out clean through overbridge. Is there a difference in the sound between the headphone output and overbridge?
303abuser
Thanks for the layering tip. Will have to have another listen for any sound quality issues. Only run it through Ableton very briefly to make sure that there were no issues with Overbridge.
I have to come clean and say that I even like the Syntakt so much that I have bought a wooden stand for it. So even if I get bored with it, it will look great on my mantelpiece and compliment the nest of tables from IKEA in the corner.
apyssjw
Absynth is the most creative synth I’ve ever used. Think it was one of the first synths I used when I started out with Cubase way back. Was gutted when I heard that NI no longer supported it. Plasmonic is great. But from the demo it’s not going to fill the void.
Henry So, I’ve gone and bought a Syntakt. 303abuser was right all along, it is absolutely fantastic. Never really got on with creating drum patterns in either Ableton/Push or with Maschine. And this little box of tricks is really what I needed to kick start the old creative process again. We’ll see….
I’m intrested. Also had Maschine but never got along with it. How would you say Syntakt is easier/more user friendly in comparison?
Does it work more like a step sequncer? I like that type of work flow.
Henry You’ll find the levels that come out of overbridge a little low, they did that on purpose to keep headroom. I put utility on each overbridge channel coming in with a 5 db boost as the default.
I bought a two tier stand for the DT and ST, looks good and is super functional. Now I start a project on both boxes, match up the patterns, and spend 15-30 minutes putting a jam together on A01, then move on to A02, A03, etc. and do the same. Write everything at 120 bpm in Gm so I can mix and match any of the sounds. It’s so quick to get ideas down and has really sped up my workflow.
mono-stereo Does it work more like a step sequncer? I like that type of work flow.
It does exactly that, I almost write exclusively with step sequencing.
mono-stereo
Syntakt is much more immediate for getting ideas down. With Maschine and Ableton Push, you are faffing about with plugins, getting patterns, variations etc down. Whereas as soon as you switch Syntakt on everything is more direct. A few taps here and there and you’ve got something going in no time at all.
303abuser Nice one.
Henry Good stuff, I thought Maschine was pointless with all the faffing about, will give one of these a go i reckon.
So with Black Friday deals starting to show up, are there any tools (software or hardware) you guys are keeping an eye on?
…just bought Arturia’s EFXMotion, had been limiting myself to Live’s effects while I got my head around them, but fancied trying something a little different that gave movement without the need for mammoth FX chains. Quite fun so far but haven’t really deep-dived with it yet.
Am also quite tempted by DS Audio Tantra 2, as it sounds wicked for reshaping rhythmical stuff, but wondering if its a little too similar to the above?
I may upgrade to ableton 11 soon, so I’ll watch for that sale, otherwise Morph 2 is the only other sale I’m really watching for. I’m sure I’ll impulse buy something, although I’ve been pretty restrained recently.
Will pick this up (when I get round to it).
…and Reason Bassline Generator if it goes on sale.
…anyone have the Soundtoys bundle? wondering how cheap it gets!?
apyssjw …yeah, the fella that helps with my mix/mastering says they are the one essential FX package he couldn’t live without.
I got Little Plate as a freebie recently, and Soundtoys says to download the bundle as a trial for a ‘special’ Black Friday deal, but they ain’t that cheap to begin with!
