God, I love the Analog Keys.
A piece of audio collage from SDR radio on the 404 MK2 played through the inputs of the AK, all tracks on the AK set to use inputs as oscillators 1 and 2, and then used like a sequenced filter bank with effects. Recorded into Live over Overbridge with some automation captured live and a little compression.
The only AK produced sound source is some noise added on one track.
I am considering getting a second A4 mk2, to have one for drum duties, and one for the melodic parts.
I could stay with an OG DT to do the drum part though. Anyway, there’s no rush and I would have to sell things to do that.
Does anyone here have tried this double A4 setup?
Sample your A4 into DT, you already have a very powerful combo!
U have 2 x a4 mk2 and dt2
I prefer to do what lying Dalai says and record in the dt, i will sell 1 A4’2 soon
You two speak the voice of reason, thank you. I was going to try that combo anyway, since OG DT is an awesome drum machine.
If you want to save some time sampling the A4, you could grab this sample pack from @taro
I’ve done this too, looping the A4 drums into Digitone. If you use this approach, you lose the option for unexpected sequencer variations in the A4 drums (unless you record a really long drum loop from the A4), but you free up Analog 4 voices for other timbres.
Yes. That kind of why I asked for advices about this . If I rely on samples everything will remain “static” and I won’t be able to perform over it anymore . Of course I can still make a good use of the control all aspect of the DT, but it’s not the same as a custom performance like the A4 can offer. Also nei osc source would be missed.
That being said I still need to explore what the A4 /DT combo have to offer, before making any decision.
If you sample or buy individual A4 drum hits (different from the loop method I do, but the approach I think @your_lamp is talking about above), and sequence the A4 drum samples in the DT, you could still create variations in your drums (in the Digitakt).
You’d use all the usual Elektron performance and sequencer tricks (programming alternate sample-filter-pitch-fx settings for individual notes in the sequence; or changing such settings for an entire track with knobs, during performance; or sequencing probability-conditional trigs to unexpectedly change the drum pattern automatically; etc.). In this scenario you’d be doing all this in the DT, rather than in a second “drums-only” A4.
Whether that strategy appeals to you I have no idea.
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I used to feel the same
But these days i record into dt2 and play a synth (like a4) over the groove from dt2
Different ways of audio manipulation can be complementing
The sound shaping tools on the DT are very powerful even with just one shot samples. Shaping a drum sound on an A4 patch offers more flexibility, but a good core sample can be warped in many ways on a DT very quickly. In my experience, I get just as good results with both approaches, but I can get where I am going much faster on the DT when starting from a sample I prepared in advance.
Analog Four + DT2 samples
A4_nothing else.
Took a shot at making a Shepard tone on the A4.
About to buy A4 MKI. The lack of individual outs are not a big deal if my primary use case is production, because I can process them individually in Overbridge, right?
Yes, individual outs in OB
Personally , i think the magic of the A4 is its interconnections between tracks via its oscillators. So for me, individual outs are kind of pointless because its in its totality that the magic comes out.
This is why i prefer Mk2 with individual outs - it gives you a lot of flexibility
Indeed. The indiouts were a big reason why I upgraded from A4 to an AK. No regrets, and having 10 outputs on a multitibral synth is awesome