A4 tutorial - performance controls

seenfromspace · 2014-11-15T20:57:22.000Z

franz_maslow · 2014-11-16T10:45:52.000Z

Thank you!

We need more tutorials like this! Simple and clear.

seenfromspace · 2014-11-16T12:06:17.000Z

I will be doing others. Had a request on YT to do one on pattern chaining. Any particular topics that you think worth covering? Thanks for your kind comment.

krusty4president · 2014-11-16T12:29:31.000Z

Big thanks! This was a fantastic tutorial. Great work and contribution to the community!

It would be great with a tutorial on how to create beautiful looong reverbs. I am struggling with them.
Covering the reverb setting but also in balance with amount settings on the sound them selves and also. I am trying to acieve those long dubby reverbs but they sound a litle too cold and artificial. Maybe you have a good tutorial on that.

Michael_R_Grant · 2014-11-16T14:09:36.000Z

That was a very clear tutorial. Thanks very much! +1 for one on chain mode - I would also like to see tutorials covering the song mode and the arpeggiator if you’re taking more ideas!

ZenPunkHippy · 2014-11-16T14:50:51.000Z

Very nicely done, thanks for taking the time to record and post!

Peace,
Andy.

PlayRecords · 2014-11-16T14:59:28.000Z

Great tip on negative filter envelope amount against the filter opening. Nice one.

tsv · 2014-11-16T16:47:11.000Z

Nicely done!

Thanks

seenfromspace · 2014-11-16T18:27:16.000Z

Thanks All for your suggestions for more tutes. Definitely some things to think about, including some on features I’ve never personally used on the A4 - - oops! Some homework to do obviously.

seenfromspace · 2014-11-16T19:02:01.000Z

@krusty4president If you want big reverb, the nature of the sound you put through it makes a huge difference. Some sounds really don’t lend themselves to cavernous reverb, especially ones with a sharp attack. If your filter envelope has quite a spike on it, there can be lots of harmonics in there that reverberate in a rather clashy way that doesn’t sound good to my ears. If you have a long reverb set for your kit, it’s safer to reserve it for the tracks that have sounds with a softer attack and maybe not too much bass.

Also worth playing with the Hi and Lo Cutoff in the reverb. (This goes for the delay too.) Roll off either, and that part of the sound spectrum will decay more quickly. This is handy for stopping the mix becoming muddy. e.g. if a sound has lots of bass harmonics, rolling this off can allow the other frequencies to reverberate (or echo) away nicely without congestion at the low end.

Same goes for a very toppy sound - roll that bit off to stop the mix gathering tons of HF mush.

The really tricky bit is getting a reverb that sounds good for ALL the tracks you want to use it on:-( Some compromise with decay and cutoff settings may be in order. In 2000 I bought my Supernova II with its multi-timbral FX. It still feels luxurious all these years later!

sicijk · 2014-11-16T19:33:23.000Z

I would add that a faster way to edit the macros is that, after pressing PERF CONFIGURE, if you move the encoder you want to edit, the top-down menu with all macros listed, jumps directly to that knob…without scrolling one-by-one.

This saves me a bit of time when I am in extensive macro creation.

spike_spykstra · 2014-11-17T04:26:55.000Z

+1 Chaining.

The perf tutorialwas sweet.
Nice and simple to follow and good results to show for it…
Keep up the good work… Please.

edit- Sorry its all bold dont know how i managed that.

mezz303 · 2014-11-17T04:57:35.000Z

""seenfromspace"":

In 2000 I bought my Supernova II with its multi-timbral FX. It still feels luxurious all these years later!

I picked up a Supernova 2 keyboard earlier this year. It’s one of the most fun synths I’ve ever owned.
I bought it based on reputation thinking that if I didn’t gel with it I would just throw it on ebay.
Within 5 mins of plugging it in I had not only decided I am never getting rid of it but also it’s possibly one of the greatest synths I’ve ever owned. And I’ve had lots of nice synths over the years.(40+)

Great tutorial videos. Thanks for taking the time. Couldn’t have been better timed for me actually as I am about to dive into the performance mode on my AK

seenfromspace · 2014-11-21T09:49:34.000Z

Morning Guys.

A new A4 tutorial on using FX:
http://www.elektronauts.com/t/a4-tutorial-2-using-effects/8995

franz_maslow · 2014-11-23T00:52:40.000Z

I would like to see a basic tutorial how you guys create song, how the hierarchy works, what is saved and what not in terms of kit/sound/pattern/trigs…so just a basic workflow of making a song and saving all of its settings.

Orwell · 2014-11-24T20:06:40.000Z

very very good tutorial
thank you makes me want to delve into the macros

seenfromspace · 2014-11-25T21:46:47.000Z

Hi. Sorry been out of the forum a few days. Cuckoo does a good tut on the sequencer. It’s quite long and he covers song mode, sort of towards the end so you can skip to it if you like.

Doing this on iPad, so not sure if that link’s active!

Zymos · 2014-11-25T21:57:13.000Z

Link is fine, am on iPad also.

I’ve watched Cuckoo’s video two and a half times so far…

seenfromspace · 2014-12-05T11:42:03.000Z

Hi All. A new tutorial on creating a space drone. I posted it on the Keys pages then tried doing the same on the A4 pages and something broke! It won’t let me embed it again.

Edit: Tried putting it into a reply. It appears 3 times! Hmmm I suppose normally you’d expect to pay extra for that. We should be grateful.

seenfromspace · 2014-12-05T11:46:26.000Z