Fairly new A4 owner here. Somehow I’ve turned performance mode on and I can’t turn it off. It’s lit up white and the first six trigs are lit up (red) as quick mutes. If I hit FUNC + PERF the perf button turns blue and it goes into Performance Configure. I’ve tried hitting the button by itself, tapping in combination with NO, etc.
How do I get out of Performance Mode?
Thanks.
You can press any other menu key, like OSC 1 for example. And you’re out 
So simple, can’t believe I didn’t accidentally do it. Thanks, @Octave.
The A4 is new to me too, and I stumbled upon the exact same issue ^^
I Think a lot of us have been there In the learning Stage. Momentarily trapped in performance mode. I know I have 
Okay, this from the guy who couldn’t figure out how to get out of performance mode yesterday…
The Analog 4 is freaking amazing. I hesitated to buy it because of all the talk about how it sounds flat. God, even if that were true it is beside the point. It’s like disregarding the OB-6 because you don’t like its percussion sounds.
I think A4 all naysayers should get stuck in performance mode. That’s where you realize what this machine can do. It’s mind-boggling. It’s a whole gig in a box.
I will spend the next year deep diving this thing and I doubt I will find the end of its abilities.
I have been hesitating in a very similar way with the decision to A4 or not to A4. As I mentioned somewhere else before I didn’t feel ready for this machine in the end.
However Elektronauts has been proven as an invaluable resource for in depth information about many not-so-obvious techniques and possibilities. If you haven’t already, you might have a look here: When did you start to have rewarding moments w/ A4. There’s more to be found in some other (sometimes very old) threads, too. Happy exploring!
So I have a strange issue with my Analog Keys where I can’t exit performance mode even though pressing for example OSC 1. The track mutes stay on regardless of what other buttons I press.
Only a turn off/on solves it, but it somehow goes back to the non exitable “track mutes state” after a while (not sure if consistently yet), even though I do not even press the Performance button.
What am I missing?
Already tried factory reset, empty reset and reisntalling latest firmware.
No errors in early startup mode.
I can believe it. It’s a weird design choice. Some of the other buttons on that side of the panel exit back to whichever track param page you were on if you hit [No] enough times. It’s confusing that [Perf] doesn’t work the same way.
Sounds like the button is making contact by itself. Can you run test mode and see what it does?
Hold [Func] whilst turning on the machine. Press [Trig 1] when the menu appears. Wait for the self-test to finish, and check it for issues. If the report looks ok, wait a bit to see if the display changes to indicate the unit thinks [Perf] is pressed.
I’ll test and see if that happens.
The thing is that the performance mode light is not lit when this happens. And everything else works as expected. So I can do everything while this happens, only that the trig mute keys are constantly lit and mutes/unmute tracks.
I have created an empty project to see if the project I was working in somehow became corrputed 
I’ll leave it on for a couple of hours and check later.
Just a quick update. It seems as if it only happens on one project (luckily only a small insignificant project). So it seems as if that project became corrupt somehow.
The strange thing is that this didn’t happen with the same project half a year ago. The AK has been stored inside in its box since then because of moving to a new place and more.
So its a bit worrying that the project became corrputed when not in use
Not sure if it’s related, but my AK also developed the well known “screen burn issue” during this time aswell…