Stimming - 15 Minutes with Elektron Syntakt

Stimming is back. After many gear reviews, here he returns to inaugurate a brand new series….
15 minutes with...is 100% Stimming, spontaneous live jamming, impressive face expressions and accompanying dance moves, still with his kind of raw honesty and playful programming. The focus here however is what he can do with each of these machines as well as some commentary on his like and dislikes. So don’t expect a deep tutorial with every little detail.
This time Stimming chose the Syntakt by Swedish company Elektron. It’s no secret that Stimming is kind of an Elektron fanboy therefore he’s always very critical.
The Syntakt is a 12 track drum computer & synthesizer, fusing analog & digital synthesis into one all-round music mega box. So let’s see how Martin put the machine through its paces...
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[@kgbinfo]

I have recently realized that I don’t care at all about the machines being reviewed in these videos. I’m just here to watch Martin dance.

[@Hell_Inc]

safe to say that’s about 99% of us here. Stimming is awesome.

[@remka2000]

Me too haha. Do the dance ♪

[@nigelericogden3200]

Me too !

[@stkinnord]

I just got a Syntakt last week and am so excited to watch and rewatch this. I just wish you had more time to elaborate and further explore the avenues you were going down! Love the 15 min idea but I guarantee you’d have thousands of loyal viewers who’d be even more excited for an hour of jamming and chatting. Anyway, love this regardless :)

[@stkinnord]

update: trying to get that ducking sound at 14:00 down. Seriously cool

[@steventaylor3789]

Love the format. There are plenty of KZbinrs reviewing and explaining so it’s a delight to just watch Stimming go for it.

[@musictalk-tech]

Glad you like it.

[@ringtangting]

I really agree, but I do also hope Martin will keep throwing some (more) of his opinion in there. I don't need a tutorial, but I love to hear what he likes and doesn't!

[@RobbekenSynthMusic]

Absolutely flying around this awesome machine.

[@zobkiw]

Couldn't agree more that this is the Machinedrum for the 21st century. It's a great box!

[@jesseukkonen]

Inspiring as always, going back to my Syntakt to dig more of these kinds of grooves and textures ✨🤝🏽

[@bendixmax]

Mix feeling and Knowledge and mix in a massive amount of fun at experimenting and you get martin! Einfach stimmig 😁

[@yurikalashnikov2460]

This is my first Stimming video. I am happy : )

[@saxonguitarness]

Nice. Finally the syntak review cycle Is over with a bang

[@Seanrayamusic]

I remember always using Stimming as a reference for my mixdowns as he has some of the cleanest in the game (especially his percussion!!). To know how awesome he is as a human being too, he is an exception to the never meet your heros rule. Love him!

[@doridorime4711]

Yes I had the pleasure of meeting him during Berlin Superbooth. The dearest and most humble person you’d expect.

[@soundfaenger]

I like his movements like he is deep in there ^^

[@PerseusTraxx]

That was delightful!

[@CharlieThorstenson]

Alright Martin. I guess I actually should sell the Rytm and get the Syntakt, as you said. Great video as always, and nice to hang out a bit! ☺️☀️

[@MStimming]

haha, as I said, yes :) was great meeting you, I'm sure we gonna meet again and next time with a gig that actually happens and no police stopping DC10 from opening that day!

[@CezarCazan_evx]

Whoa ❤❤ awesome sounds

[@weepwow]

I picture you as the Marching Band front-man with the Tall feathered hat with a baton leading your band in a Parade. Kidding aside., excellent Syntakt video review. Thinking of trying one out someday. Great puffy Bass sounds.

[@criptafarcio9125]

Bro you are too damn fast 😂❤

[@maleficenthardware]

wow. just wow

[@BB69175]

Stimming is Stimming’s biggest fan

[@sushant2095]

12:27 needs to be a track! Also Stimming, between this and the Analog Rytm which would you keep?

[@Tolivar]

Elektron machines have crazy sounding buttons. Love them though :)

[@tentsio]

Personally I love that click sound, it makes pressing buttons so satisfying.

[@easibroeasibrode6381]

Disfruto de tu trabajo, gracias!

[@lindsaywebb1904]

Is that PSI audio active bass traps? Would love a review

[@DeluxeJunkie]

Is Stimming using default preset in Syntakt at 12:50?

[@emixbase]

Sound great, but theres something that I do not like, like at the end of the base, it may be the recording microphone or the speakers, otherwise its good.

[@dustdistrict9296]

Whatever happened to the tempest video?

[@musictalk-tech]

It’s here since a long time Stimming presents modern classics: DSI Tempest kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWakoqhjis6tY8k

[@cbubbb]

Why the time limit?? I would easily watch an hour+ stream

[@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT]

So somehow the spark didn't jump over this time, did it? So not for me either. I also had the device recently and returned it. Your expression "come on come on" almost in many ways for this video 😮

[@MStimming]

I love it and its gonna be often used tool in many tracks to come.

[@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT]

@@MStimming sorry for miss interpreting

[@MStimming]

(forgot an 'an') ;)

[@diegobelinque1347]

Is the digitakt still worth getting?

[@musictalk-tech]

It's a sample Drum Machine with the same sequencer. So if you like samples, yes.

[@GeorgeLocke]

Samples are so different.

[@djlemesbr2]

do digitone too.....

[@f.f.5239]

Another syntakt review full of rapid and spastic clicking and twitching I can barely follow. Do you have to be this way to use this machine?

[@youtubeii434]

To me, ever since it’s release it sounded dry, muted and flat.. toned down and sterile even. This one isn’t for me elektron

[@BobbyBundlez]

For some reason this makes me not want to get this synth after all…. Lol. Idk why. I love stimming but nothing he’s making with this is that listenable lll

[@SURCOlive]

Awesome as always. I could watch Stimming review a potato. Thank you!!

[@jdaddyaz]

Sometimes moments happen in our lives that makes us grateful for still being alive. For me, Stimming reviewing gear makes up some of those moments.

[@aceboo7541]

If the releases of stimming videos were modded by a lfo, i think i would immediately increase the rate of this lfo. Always enjoyable to see the notification of a new videos from here 👍

[@nakiradams]

Of the many Syntakt videos this is one of the few where the music that is heard is pleasing to my ears.

[@DawlessHouseMusic]

I think this is the video that finally sold me my Syntakt.

[@BrokenTekk]

I do prefer the review format as Stimming has such a unique voice in that space, and hope full reviews will continue on this channel, but this was fun for what it was

[@meilstone]

Stimming is great at getting any machine to sound like his musical style...

[@JRosevelt]

Stimming is so damn fun to watch, makes every device look so fun!

[@thebadterrorists5323]

Stimming welcome back, The KZbin has been a lonely dull place without your sympathetic bopping gyrations.

[@michaeltrenier]

Yooo my man is GROOVIN I love it! That’s how ALL producers feel in the moment man I’m glad he’s cool enough to let it show!

[@sub-jec-tiv]

I’m not gonna lie, i am gonna miss his reviews. 😉 This was cool though

[@Nothingspeshalwaysfresh]

Only trust it coming from Stimming .. don't know why but the integrity of his reviews is always a pleasure Edit : @13:22 he leaves earth

[@smartti1970]

exactly... .. thanks Stimming

[@burningguitarsoul]

why 15 mins? I want a 2 hour breakdown from Stimming!

[@falk3nn]

"the German Colin Farrell" 😂 loved this vid. 2nd only to your double octatrack lighthouse vid, which was absolutely epic 🔥

[@Vingul]

LOL, this is great. Helps that the music sounds dope.

[@milan-wechselzahn]

Stimmings Reviews sind immer sehr nice weil unkonventionell, bodenständig, lustig und abgedreht. Mir gefällt der ungekürzte Stimming besser. Hier hastet er etwas wirr durch die verschiedenen Pattern und irgendwie fehlt einfach die Zeit sich richtig zu entfalten. Trotzdem Dankeschön dafür. Bin auf die nächsten Videos gespannt. Evtl. kann man auch mal andere Artists einladen für dieses 15 Minuten Format?

[@thomasmehl63]

Ja, man lernt bei Stimming normalerweise auch immer viele nützliche Handgriffe. Vielleicht ja künftig ein kurzes Video nur mit Performance und ein längeres, das die Tricks dahinter etwas erklärt? Natürlich in gewohnt unvollkommen-spontaner Stimming-Art!

[@ManuOval]

"I don't have too much time anymore"... Whyyy ? Please take it! 😊

[@LoonZen]

Es sieht so unglaublich einfach aus als wenn jeder so schnell könnte ... unglaublich wie geil das klingt was er da zaubert

[@MultiHemlock]

Lol. Hes typing a letter to an old friend at times 😂 love it

[@MsJoentje]

WoW bought the syntakt…. So much to learn…thanks for the inspiration

[@montecoucou53]

"A machinedrum from the 21st century" That's not what I wanted to hear. Now I need a Syntakt.

[@suntzu6122]

Do perkons hd01 from erica synths!!!!!!

[@Max-yu7qi]

stimming is like a german Ross Geller that gives gear reviews. lovely.

[@chateautemp]

Thanks! As always I could watch you review the phone book. Interested in how you'd use the Syntakt in real life. Jams? Live? Ideas? Recording? All of the above?

[@user-dt9kk6sg8z]

Good stuff! Very useful and fun. As this is a new series, I allow myself as a video creator/editor to make some small technical comments: your face is not in focus, I can recommend setting focus manually before the shoot. Second thing, it would be great to add a few comments in text, things that you would have liked to say about the specific button you push or the place the groove goes. But anyway, great video! Almost makes me want to get the syntakt as a first "serious" synth, but for now I still have the Octatrack in mind ;)

[@Hegelmusic]

So inspiring, Thanks SMM. 15 minutes with the Kijimi Synth by Black Corporation would be great. One of the most expressive analog poly synths in Stimmings hands.. hmmm.

[@unclemick-synths]

Great video 👍. This is the first review that's made me think "hmmm I should consider getting this!"

[@khaledabdrabo]

how long does it take with you to be familiar with the device ??

[@MStimming]

took a while!

[@oggyogg586]

plz Stimmung don't make me buy a Syntax

[@Danteyy2k12]

6:17 das als Track wär der hammer❤ genau mein Sound

[@GeorgeL909]

The Syntakt really clicked for me when I stopped trying to make it sound like other instruments. It can do very strange things like turn a hihat into an ambient pad, or a bass sound into a snare, and you can morph in between the sounds, even lfo them in weird ways. Lends well to the angry esoteric music I make, so for me it's been a dream.

[@christdolphin69]

All elektrons are this way, they work best on their own as their own instrument. You have to really put yourself into a deliberate meticulous sound design mindset and things get rewarding very quickly

[@dublplus3332]

Yes, well said. I have not played with the syntakt but my experience with the digis is exactly as mentioned. The magic is outside the lines when you find yourself in uncharted territory.

[@J1M0TEE]

Nice. Do any of you have recordings of your Elektron box shenanigans? I used to not like them but am enamoured by the Syntakt and Digitone and it's hard to choose between the two. I'd love to hear some strange music made with these awesome machines :)

[@soldfaith]

14 mins of this dude dancing.

[@pierrefitch]

I just got a Syntakt and own a Digitone Key and Digitakt will this make a solid Trio combo for creating electronic music stuff ....

[@wellenfeld8463]

Oh no, drei Videos mit Stimming gesehen und drei Geräte auf der Bukett List. Das Format geht auf und gibt mal tiefere und mal unterhaltsamere Einblicke auf die vorgestellte Ware. Finde die Reihe sehr lobenswert und gibt Anreiz sich eingehender zu vorgestellter oder vergleichbarer Hardware zu informieren. Top

[@shoontz]

This is a GREAT idea for a series! Love it!

[@quiddam]

Hey Stimming, I was wondering... what reverbs you actually do like? ;)

[@MStimming]

:) the gfi specular tempus (and its smaller sibling) are nice!

[@mofateam1]

I´d like to see you jamming with the Erica Perkons...

[@iamjamessmith]

Seconded!

[@mofateam1]

@@iamjamessmith Martin even can make a turd sound nice and funky. Not to say Perknos is a turd - the exact opposite.

[@istvantoth7431]

The bass drum is not sufficient on the Pulshar 23?? 😂 That bass drum is the thunder from heaven sent by the ancient Greek Gods themselves. 😂

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

The Stimming Cut is the best kind of review.

[@ONLYFLAMS1]

Just knocks out more tracks in 15 minutes than most in their lifetime- stimming always got the gravy

[@bahutu802]

Although I could watch Stimming for hours, I really like the 15-mins format. It might take 2-3 videos until the hastiness disappears, nevertheless I think this really might work out in the long run

[@tdmusic]

Great video, always fun to watch Stimming talk about gear! I wonder if he would consider releasing some of the grooves from this video as a SYX file for us Syntakt owners? They sound amazing, I'd love to look at how he made them in more detail!

[@fabro5814]

Great format. Stimming you are the best!!!

[@marob1]

Hammer! Thanx lot for dirty fast fingers and showing reverence-class experiance on the electric swedan. Nice „komm schon…“ ahoi

[@dillipphunbar7924]

Gr8 to hear the Stimming magic again. On the "reverb" point, would love to hear you do a set with the Syntakt running through an Empress Zoia.

[@thomaskoeln3872]

ja ich hatte da was ähnliches und vermutlich meine Nachbarn auch ...sehr kreatives Teil ....und dann noch diese verflixten Klanglichen Möglichkeiten yep. ...reverb klar kein M7 ab wen juckst

[@audiolego]

At 7:03, that's the way I look ready to go #2 after eating 1 Tommy's Cheeseburger.

[@sumocloud]

I wish it had more audio outputs. With just stereo out it will remain just a curiosity to me.

[@DG-ss1gc]

I think all of elektrons devices are just that, a curiosity. That’s why it’s so impressive to see someone go ham on the octa-track, and some of stimming here was impressive but if you step back and look at the actions per min (like if it’s an real time strategy game) it’s way too high . So when simply being proficient in operating the device is itself a performance , that’s showbiz .

[@adognamedshinji]

It can output every track separately over USB

[@andrewknox9360]

I’ve been wondering if you’d put out a Syntakt video. I appreciate your ever-thoughtful critique.

[@technokind1503]

Tolles Video. Ich bin vor kurzem mit dem Cycles in Elektronwelt eingestiegen. Und bin verliebt. Wo mach ich weiter. Digitone, Digitakt oder Syntakt?

[@davidbaader6028]

The song at 6:30 is an absolute banger haha! Please release it!:))

[@leonnaffin]

if you had to choose betwen this and the tanzbär which wuould you choose?

[@tomvnc]

King Stimming 👑

[@eos777]

Amazing performance with only one machine

[@howlinberry1645]

Yesss!!!!!!!!

[@rvller]

Awesome review as usual! The way you’re doing it is so hilarious :)

[@daibando9893]

Ja! A new Stimming vid! Always looking forward to more.

[@78thandSynth]

Loving this but first Elektron and lost on how to make it song length. It’s seems like preset patches so much longer than what I am making. Great videos man.

[@Tony2dH]

I have a Digitakt rather than this but I think one big difference between the presets and your patterns is that you need to make more use of the probability in the sequencer. For example, have a sound/step/trigger only come in every 4 times the loop goes around (4:1) rather than every bar. Or have some steps only come in at 30% probability etc. Also you can have some tracks be of a different step length like 25 steps, so it loops in a different time to the other tracks. Finally, use parameter automation to switch models on some steps and these steps/triggers can have probability as well.

[@rijksvoorlichtingsdienst4427]

Womth

[@ethermod307]

Stimming is legend. We need more time.

[@SebastianBeyer]

mir sind die preise bei den schweden zu fgett geworden leider :/

[@fentanyljones6956]

Great use of dynamics and depth

[@tommy2nes]

Go on, show us how you made the patterns

[@Rollur1234]

Great skills! I like this jam :)

[@Moe_DeGrasse]

Wish he could release it it's so good

[@Smirnovich]

Every time you’ve talk about reverb on this like mashines we should’t forget about Bricasti M7 )))

[@clovis991]

La drogue, c'est mal

[@MStimming]

haha, reviews are always sober (except coffein) but yeah, could be roots from the past that shine through here and there ;)

[@henninghoefer]

Suggestion: Turn off autofocus (focus seems to be on back wall, our hero is a little blurry)

[@DenisG7]

just imagine seeing such performance in a club purely crowded with beautiful people 😍