If you have no plans on using the CV outputs on Analog Four, adding a Nord Drum 1 ($150-$200 used) or Nord Drum 2 ($450 open box with warranty from some retailers) is a great way to add drums to A4’s sequencer.
All you need is two cheap TRS insert cables to send the CV outs to ND’s trigger inputs, and a midi cable to send program change.
Sequencing on the A4 CV track is a little different than the 4 voice tracks as you have to parameter lock each of the 4 CV outs for each step, but it’s absolutely worth doing. In fact, it made me better at using my A4, as I had to quickly get hip to copy/pasting trigs.
And you can get all CV 4 outputs sending at the same time on a single step (less limiting than “sound locks”). Routing ND’s audio output back into the A4 external input for parameter locked FX and pan on the FX track brings the two nicely together.
Worth considering as it nicely fills out the A4’s capabilities.
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