The MNM loves the A4’s chorus. Don’t overlook it - it’s gold. And it lets you dedicate the other effects to the A4.
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I just re-bought an Analog 4, to pair up with my MPC Live.
They complement each other really well, especially when you start using the A4’s reverb to replace the poor MPC Live one.
Sampling/resampling heaven.
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Good idea, will also use the “chorus-buss” trick for sure!
Well, the A4 is the first bit of synth gear that I’ve bought for a second time. Confident I’m better suited to it now than I was before.
Last time I was guilty of focussing too much on the things it didn’t do and not accepting it for the unique instrument it is. Intending to hook it up to a 0-Coast this time as a self-contained creative space.
I bought Analog Keys for third time
It is big, in size and in possibilities
But I love it
Gives a lot of life to my music!
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I focus on my Digitakt… for songs
Play things on Keys, and sample it
And When inplay the song…
I add live conponents like fx, leads and pads through the song…
Combined with joystick and macro…
Better than ever before…
At the same time, I start to dislike the Keys
The workflow is too long for me
Menu diving
Endlsss possibilities
The complexity makes me stop making music
I think I will sell it within a month
To go for Rytm and a simple (maybe modular) and erfective instrument
A modular is not the most simple and straight forward instrument I can think off 
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Wow. A 4 day cycle from “love it” to “dislike”. 
Having once owned an Akai MiniAK (basically a rebranded Alesis Micron) and an MPC500, A4 does not feel like menu diving at all. Except for setting up performance macros. But once those are set up, they’re pretty useful and something I’d love to have on the Monomachine (Guga’s SMD (now called Goliath) helps there, though).
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I’m with all positives for the A4. I’ve gone away from it once or twice, owned 2 at the same time, and now I’m just down to one but it’s great. As far as the bass goes…once you adjust filt2 freq and resonance it seems to be fine to me (I also have a sub so maybe that helps).
Lately I’ve been using each elektron machine kind of stand alone + an analog heat and that has been helpful and fun. The A4 does so much on it’s own…and then you run some euro into it…and then you use OB and run some M4L modulators to that…
I love the keys
amazing sound
such a big and amazing synth
but… 2 maschines doesn’t make my music better
When i had my ak i hardly used it. Much more cumbersome than the a4 to use. I hate leaning over keyboards to program stuff. But an a4 or digitakt on the sofa is perfect.
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Standalone jams are great.
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AK for the separate outputs!
…until the new A4 at any rate.
I love the a4 the most.
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