True Cuckoo Unleashes Elektron’s Tonverk: Sampling Gets Savage

Elektron Tonverk, Synplant 2, Twisted Electrons Twist FM, Universal Audio Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ, Universal Audio Ocean Way Studios

If you’ve ever wanted a sampler that doesn’t make you want to throw it out a window, True Cuckoo’s deep dive into the Elektron Tonverk might just be your new rave weapon. This isn’t your nan’s groovebox – it’s a beast with auto-sampling tricks, SD card brains, and enough connectivity to make your studio sweat. True Cuckoo, in his signature blend of nerdy enthusiasm and practical wizardry, rips through hardware, computers, and even mobile devices, showing just how filthy and flexible the Tonverk can get. If you think sampling is a chore, this video might change your mind – or at least make you want to sample your toaster. Strap in.

Tonverk: Elektron's New Sonic Street Weapon

Elektron’s Tonverk lands with the subtlety of a brick through a window – True Cuckoo wastes no time hyping up this high-end sampler as a serious power move. Forget the endless debates about pronunciation; what matters is that under the hood, this thing is running a Linux-based platform, and it’s got more muscle than a squat rack at a techno gym. The big question: what will Elektron actually let it do? Right now, they’ve focused that horsepower on making a sampler that doesn’t suck to sample with.

Cuckoo cuts straight to the heart of the matter: if a sampler makes sampling a pain, it’s dead on arrival. Thankfully, Tonverk flips the script with a sampling process that’s almost suspiciously easy, especially when you start using the auto sampler. No more menu-diving nightmares or MIDI spaghetti – this box is built for getting your sounds in fast and getting weird even faster.

This is a beast of a hardware. It can do anything they want it to do.

"This is a beast of a hardware. It can do anything they want it to do."
© Screenshot/Quote: Truecuckoo (YouTube)

Plug In, Auto Sample, Go: External Devices Made Easy

"So crisp, so crisp."
© Screenshot/Quote: Truecuckoo (YouTube)

Connecting external gear to the Tonverk is about as painless as it gets. Cuckoo shows off the back panel – power, USB, SD card (no more internal storage headaches), MIDI, four outputs, and a couple of inputs ready for action. The SD card move is a win for anyone who likes to back up their chaos before it explodes.

With a Twist FM synth plugged in, Cuckoo demonstrates how you can quickly set up MIDI control and audio routing. The auto sampler takes centre stage, letting you define key ranges, velocity layers, and even how granular you want your sampling to be. It’s the kind of workflow that makes you wonder why other samplers still feel like they’re stuck in 2009. If your external synth is noisy, no problem – Tonverk’s got tricks to help you wrangle even the crustiest signals.

Sample Anything: Hardware, Computer, or Phone – No Sweat

Tonverk doesn’t care where your sounds come from – hardware, computer, or even your phone, it’s all fair game. Cuckoo runs through sampling workflows that would make most grooveboxes cry: routing a synth through Logic Pro for pre-sampling EQ, noise gating, and stereo trickery before piping it into the Tonverk over USB. Latency? Sure, it’s there if you go wild with plugins, but for sampling, it’s a non-issue.

Want to get really cheeky? Sample a software synth like Synplant 2, complete with per-note randomness and lush room emulation. The Tonverk slurps it all up, letting you build multi-sampled instruments that sound like they came from another planet. And if you’re feeling old-school, you can still drag samples in via USB disk mode. The point is: whatever your setup, the Tonverk slots in like it was born for your bunker.

You can sample from any software synthesizer on a phone or iPad or a computer.

"You can sample from any software synthesizer on a phone or iPad or a computer."
© Screenshot/Quote: Truecuckoo (YouTube)

Jam Time: Tonverk's Sampled Mayhem Unleashed

After all the nerdy setup, Cuckoo finally lets loose with a jam session that shows what the Tonverk can really do. With a fresh arsenal of multi-sampled patches – some crunchy, some lush, all dripping with character – he fires up the sequencer and gets to work. The result? A wall of sound that proves this box is more than just a fancy sampler; it’s a full-on performance weapon.

Effects, filter tweaks, and a few happy accidents later, it’s clear the Tonverk isn’t just for sample librarians – it’s for anyone who wants to mangle, twist, and perform with their own sounds. If you want to hear the full chaos, though, you’ll have to watch the video – words can’t do justice to the grit and groove coming out of this thing.

Why You Need to Watch the Full Dive

Look, you can read about auto sampling and clever workflows all day, but the real magic is in seeing and hearing it in action. True Cuckoo’s video is packed with sound demos, patching tips, and those little workflow hacks you only pick up from a true synth head. If you’re even half-interested in the Tonverk, this is essential viewing – because some things just hit harder when you see them in the wild.