I understand it’s a hardware limitation and you simply can’t “add voices” without underlying changes. My intent is not to be argumentative, please don’t take it as such. I was simply saying it’s not just four monosyths. While it’s not a true paraphonic synth, simply the fact that voice stealing is implemented means that it’s capable of playing polyphonic notes.
Of course, how one intends to use it is up to them whether that’s the initial intent/design of the device or not. I (probably much like the OP) would use it for chords as much if not more that more of a monosynth role. I think it would be great if there was an MKIII that had more voices and adding true paraphonic capability without workarounds would be killer. Think of it as Elektrons version of a Novation Peak, but with their already killer sequencer and functionality.
Alas, this isn’t what the A4 is (today), but I can’t really fault someone for wishing it could be.
EDIT: I don’t own an A4 and have never used one. Maybe I’m being a complete idiot (which is entirely possible) but I’ve always been under the impression that the voice stealing thing implementation allowed for playing up to four notes at once. If that’s not the case, then my fault.