My first job in software was at elektron. Glad to see they are still putting out stuff!
I didn't see a breakdown of what's inside this new product, that is always very interesting to me, the collapsing of all those cool UI features and (virtual) audio-generating "machines" down onto actual CPU/FPGA resources. Also makes me wonder if they can source whatever chips they need, now seems like a sad and annoying time to release new hardware products. :(
By the way, if it's not obvious, "Syntakt" is an amalgamation of "synth" as in synthesizer, and "takt" which is the Swedish word for "beat" (and/or "rythm", I guess) in the musical sense. So it makes sense for a combined synth and drum machine, I guess.
Wow, TIL ! Thanks, I had always assumed it was made to sound like "tactile" or "Kontakt"
Correct me if I'm wrong (also hard to know since it's a private company), they are self-funded. Started out with a school project and building the SidStation (with a Commodore 64 SID chip), and went from that.
Bit of links that go through the history
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektron_(company)
- https://sonicstate.com/news/2014/06/04/elektron-from-sid-to-...