Analog Four as a drum synth?

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There’s a couple of discussions on this topic already, the first being the most recent:

Using the Analog 4 as a Drum Machine

that is what I’m doing too… it slowly morphed into a percussion machine for me. I also use one sound per trig and it’s percussion is layered over my kick, snare and hats which are on my OT which I also use for stems. I then record the tracks of the Analog 4 and OT I want using CUE for transitioning using the “transition trick” that everyone here knows. this works well for me so far and the A4 makes nice percussion. So far I have not saved that many sounds… only kits. each kit is the next par…

Analog 4: a good choice for a drum machine?

Thanks ALL of you for the kindness and great answers, you good folks helped me a lot After all your explanations, I think that the Analog 4 is not my ideal first choice and I´m now considering the Analog Rytm or the Octatrack. However, as I live in Brazil and shipping the gear back is not a viable, I need to be precise in my acquisition. A friend is using the OT and is really impressed by the machine’ s workflow and the possibility of “happy accidents”, something that appears to…

Having said that, I use an A4 Mk1 as a drum synth all the time, and it’s generally excellent for that purpose, especially when using sound locks to add more than one drum or synth sound to a sequencer track.