Thanks you!
That I don’t know.
I haven’t. But that should work fine - it’s just midi. You just wanna decide what four parameters to control!
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Great work. You have produced some excellent content for this community I’ve recently learned. You are to be commended sir.
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Thanks!
This is what I most missed about my A4. I’m a (crap) keyboardist at my core so traded up to an AK ages back and just didnt click with it. I think with keys you really feel the 4 voice limitation but when playing like you are you don’t. Probably a psychological thing I couldn’t get past as obviously its fundamentally the same engine after all.
Another great tune though. Still trying to keep it real and not get carried away by the new shiny toys but I think a Mk2 will be acquired somewhere down the line. I wasn’t fussed at first for the new layout but seeing it in peoples hands I have to say Elektron have really nailed this revision.
Praying the AR Mk2 does not pique my interest. Never liked the AR (twice owned one). Might just avoid any video of it just in case…
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So did I; A4 to AK about two years ago. I really like the AK. It’s been my fav and goto synth for a long while. But I’m almost wondering if the A4 MKII doesn’t beat it from my point of view. Definitely in sound - but also in workflow.
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Okay. I’m officially interested now. Either I’ve just never caught on to the sonic depths of the A4/AK, or something’s different enough this time around that I’m finally catching on to it. All demos on this just sounds great. I didn’t think so of the A4.
Though I’m prepared to admit that I’ve got front row seats whenever the Emperor shows off his new outfit.
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But I did dress up in my finest clothes. Was considering being naked to add some buzz, but am trying to refrain from too cheap tricks.
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Yeah. And also, naked’s so done.
Seriously, tho - is the MKII a potential converter if you didn’t like the MKI? People seem to just approach the II differently, somehow.
you just caused me to buy a touché.
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I don’t know. The sound is tweaked to the better. And the new form factor is more approachable (I think… I know those who say it’s too clumsy, especially for packing when gigging).
But it is the same thing. Tiny evolution. No revolution.
But I liked MKI - and I’m a sucker for new and shiny. it is very possible I would have made a change in any case.
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Ok, thanks. Awhile ago, I was debating whether to get s Sub37 over an AKeys. One of the reasons I went for the Moog in the end, was the very profound differences in its raw tones. The Sub’s just more beatiful there.
But I’m hearing similar beauty in the new A4, and the functionality to boost can’t be beat.
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About sound… I am using an external oscillator together with the internal tri wave osc. But I think the raw beefy aggression comes from the tweaked filter and overdrive. Don’t think I’d come close on the MK1 or AK.
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Ok, thanks for letting me know. Even if it’s super awesome, I’m deep into the Deluge now, so I see myself playing the AK4 MKII in the store, probably loving a lot of things about then but then return home to my trusty New Zealand work-in-progress and just let it know that it’s got nothing to worry about 
All the same, thanks for sharing and being such a great guy - that’d be you I’m referring to, not the A4.
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Hello Carl Mikael,
May I ask, if you use A4 asan instrument (jumpng back and forth patterns, kits i suppose) how you deal with the pattern autosave thing. Doing this spontaneous, putting in plocks, changing sounds and trigs results in a mess because on a4 you can toggle
Auto reload kit on pattern change but not auto reload pattern on pattern change.
Whats your steategy to deal with that.
Im very sorry to always only speak about this topic, im curious how elektronauts handle this behaviour.
As customer i can say that I cant turn on machine, go wild with encoders and knobs without worries, turn off and machine is like before turning on is what is keeping me away from replacing my a4 one day with a4 2
without doubts.
Thanks for your videos and in general thanks for this great forum
Interesting, I was just going to start a thread about whether or not the A4MKII sounds better than the AK. I just saw Cenk’s video and he seems to say they oscillators, filter, and overdrive are all tweaked.
I don’t own an A4 (or a touche for that matter) but this is the sort of thing I visit Elektronauts for. Such a cool idea, and a great video with downloads available as well … way to give back. My hat’s off to you!
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Twice AR owner as well. Wanted to, but never gelled with it.
Other than the mono, I’ve owned all the Elektrons.
The A4 and Machinedrum were my favorites.
I’m picking up my A4 MK2 after work today
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…and such positive feedback makes me a happy one!
Cheers! 
Hey PDP - well…
In this type of performance I don’t do such changes. The patterns (everyone hosts its own kit) are pre-made in a pretty structured manor. I have four song parts; Part 0 (intro, breaks, extras), Part A (verse), Part B (bridge), Part C (chorus). Each part covers a maximum of four patterns with variations of the same chord progression, laid out with increasing intensity.
This is my way of having something I can “play” while still maintaining concentration on singing.
Thanks. I m really impressed.
In other words you not only have the self discipline to prepare the whole thing but also to not touch any trigs, plocks, arps during your jam.
I m not really musical, lazy and also cant resist the trigs…
But apart from that, still somehow on topic
The most appealing aspect of a4 to me is to see it as a p lockable c trigable sequencer INSTRUMENT. Just the autosave on pattern change or after an accidental trig push takes away much of that instrument attraction.
I know im annoying but really mostly surprised that that doesnt seem a big concern for most electronauts and am interested how they use the instrument that they dont care about that.
Because otherwise i love the open concept of a4. (On pattern 2 dirty drums, on 3 a cheesy poly pad., as it seems on mk 2 also more fat stuff)
Thanks for time and energy to you and rest of e nauts.
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