This is already a feature, at least that’s how it works on my AK.
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tw1psy
1225
Interesting, how do you do it? the only way I can record is either via live-recording or holding trigs and pressing a key on the keyboard.
Record+stop like you said
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Not quite the same 
Learned something new today 
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tw1psy
1228
crazy. how did I miss this for so long. funny that the implementation of it is almost identical to my proposal. mega thanks!
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tw1psy
1229
now that I’m here I thought to ask this one as well:
is it possible to have portamento work with the sequencer. currently I can only get it working if I play live.
Sip
1230
I think you’re looking for the Note Slide feature. Check this thread out:
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Comb filters for filter 2 
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State variable digital filters would indeed be a nice addition!
Hard to tell if the audio is routed hardwired on the PCB or within the DSP.
My guess is that pretty much all audio is hardwired as a design choice. Not sure if the idea of a more open system which enables machines existed at the time they were developing the A4 MK2.
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Having played a couple of gigs with the A4 during the last 12 months, I am once again ask for an optional feature that turns the PERF labels into their corresponding QPERF numbers while QPERF is pressed. Having to uphold a mental map of which macro corresponds to which QPERF number across all my kits is cognitively taxing.
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Jeanne
1234
Never, sice A4‘s filters are analog …
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Expanding the modulation FX … instead a chorus… for example
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Yeap, realised that soon enough, just dreaming here.
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“Chorus” is printed on the faceplate, so probably not. Besides, it’s fantastic once taken to extreme settings/modulated.
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Jeanne
1238
That’s my big wish for Digitone II: A third comb filter that’s like that chorus 
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The Not 1:8, 2:2 etc conditional trig would be welcome.
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Fin25
1240
What FX do you think are missing?
If you don’t like the chorus, turn it into a flanger, you can do that with the delay too, a little bit.
A comb filter is not so easy to emulate with the A4, but you can get close with what’s there.
Also, you can use a couple of tracks neighbored up and get some pretty decent phaser effects going by modulating a couple of notch filters.
You can even get some crunchy, digital, sort of SRR effects by subtly modulating things with audio rate LFO’s being modulated by other audio rate LFOs with key tracking for extra sizzle. A lot of purists moan about all the modulation being digital, but it can be exploited to make very interesting sounds and create some effects that other subtractive synths can only dream of.
That’s what’s beautiful about the A4 for me. It’s all there, you just have to put it all together yourself, and it’s that journey, of trying to get somewhere in odd ways, that ends with the really good shit.
But I get it though, sometimes it would be nice just to be able to throw a flanger on your hats, or comb filter that bassline without spending half an hour repurposing something to get there.
A4 ownership is a commitment unlike any other synth, if you make it too easy, it’s not really an A4 any more.*
*This coming from a guy who has sold two A4s and an AK over the last two years because I can’t be arsed to make sounds with them.
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ligature
1241
Totally with you on that and it really is rewarding go about odd ways with A4.
But sometimes it’s more about what do you want to spend your modulation on—like if I’m going to have to sacrifice one of four tracks to modulate another/emulate an effect I might have better use for.
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Fin25
1242
Yeah, it soon ends up like a pro level game of Jenga if you’re not careful.
