I’ve had the ST almost a year now and have never found a way to stop a tracks sound from syncopating and going in between timed, when play is pressed and the pattern commences, to untimed after several (or more) bars have executed… depending on the FLTR/AMP envelopes this can happen over a shorter or longer period
I’m playing in the 180~220BPM range and even on a fresh new project if I lay a simple 4x4 pattern down on default machines and play without LFOs or any delay/reverb eventually the track audio syncopates and sounds untimed, what I have tried so far:
Trig length set to 0.125, decay 25~35, FLTR adjustments to isolate parts of the sound, AMP envelope hold for 30 cut at 0
Routing through FX block and setting trig/parameter locks with 0/100% probability to try cut the sound before the next trig
Track trig parameter locks to cut the sound before the next trig is played
Tried all different machines, digital and analogue
I’ve made some videos and put on FB to try and get some help from the community but so far haven’t found anything to eliminate this issue I am facing, there must be something I am missing here but for the love of Elektron can’t figure out what it is!
This seems quite strange to me. I find Syntakt has very solid timing for me by itself. The only sync issues I’ve had involved non-Elektron gear connected via MIDI. I’ve also never heard anyone else having problems like this. I don’t say this to cast doubt, I’m just saying it seems unusual to me.
Any chance you could put some up here to demonstrate the timing issues?
Internal sync between tracks sharing the same internal clock source should be a non-issue and is very strange. You’d have a much better chance of resolution with contacting elektron support.
I’d try the normal stuff like update to the newest firmware or reload firmware if you’re already up to date, try setting up a brand new project as a test to make sure you are unimpacted by the current project’s settings, check test mode for errors, unplug any external midi in, and then if tests internally are still failing you could hook midi in back up and try an external clock source to see if it goes away or gets worse, and if you’ve made no headway in those steps, I would definitely contact elektron.
In fact, just because you might have to wait for a reply, I would contact them from the support form in your elektron.se account and then proceed with troubleshooting.
You can also check the syntakt bug reports thread on this forum for similar issues.
Thank you for the replies so far! This is happening using ST standalone with latest firmware… I’ve made a short video using a new project to emphasise what I am experiencing, it’s subtle but I am sure distinct enough for anyone to hear