AK and Moog Minitaur, ¡bass!

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
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Sorry if this has been already posted elsewhere, but I have noticed that the A4 is quite bass weedy without some tweaking (the old feedback trick and overdrive trick).

The Moog Minitaur, just sounds good and bassy without tweaking anything. With a sawtooth going through the low pass with no res, it has so much presence and yet sounds so musical.

What about the AK, does it also have bass mojo (obviously it’s not a moog, but does it have ‘it’)?

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I have an Analog Keys, and bass is not its strongest point. I always go to my Moogs (Voyager and Little Phatty) for bass that just can’t be touched by anything else!!

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Sorry if this has been already posted elsewhere, but I have noticed that the A4 is quite bass weedy without some tweaking (the old feedback trick and overdrive trick).

The Moog Minitaur, just sounds good and bassy without tweaking anything. With a sawtooth going through the low pass with no res, it has so much presence and yet sounds so musical.

What about the AK, does it also have bass mojo (obviously it’s not a moog, but does it have ‘it’)?
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I don’t have either AK or AF, but the general consensus amongst owners who reported on the forum was that (despite some very minor improvements to the circuits of the AK over the AF) the AK and AF are indistinguishable in sound.

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@DC astro, @ PeterHanes

thanks for the input. I won’t be buying an AK then, although maybe I will because of my utterly incurable GAS :wink:

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Better to get another synth that is more geared toward the bass.

Currently sequencing microbrute with AK and sometimes running the microbrute through the filters of the AK. Sounds fucking huge.

Meanwhile, the AK makes amazing leads, pads, drums, noises.

It’s very interesting that it’s an analog synth that isn’t “ALL ABOUT DA BAZZ”.

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I actually like the “da bazz” on the A4/K! But then I’m kinda into more electronic indie stuff where you don’t need that bass to be banging loud. Saying that though if I was going to go on another spending spree I would probably look to add a strong mono (Pulse 2 perhaps…) to compliment.