Isn't the Analog Four the most incredible and deep instrument from Elektron so far?

[philroyjenkins]

@JohnnyEgo

I was referring to this mislabeled case

Ah I understand. I’d hope there was some kind of safety net there.

But then again a buddy fried my first Rev2 by sending phanton power with some stupid XLR to 1/4" jack.

[B_LD]

Thanks!
FM is one of the few areas where I would agree that patience is required to come to satisfying results with the A4. Small parameter changes are really key imo and can sometimes alter the sound drastically. And often the sweetspot hides on a single note/octave while the rest shine in oddworldly weirdness. Never gets boring to explore for sure!

[Bitsnbobs]

grey a4 is givignn me gas even tho i have two black mk1

[Taimi]

Can you relieve what kind of settings did you use? I once tried that cv-out trick but couldnt make it work.

[B_LD]

Some good starting points over here:

CV outs back into Inputs or Expression input

Had some experiments with CV A → Input A config today. I used PITCH V/oct setting for CV A (secondary menu). [IMG_4676] The TUN parameters becomes the voltage output by the CV out. So basically the level of the signal received on Input A. Or more precisely, a big variation in TUN will send a high voltage difference, so a big volume. So on the screen bellow, TUN represents the floor level of the voltage that we will modulate with envelopes. My thinking was to use V/oct setting to get an e…

[geecen]

This is great!

[geecen]

Got an AK on the way!

I had an analog rytm mk1 for a while with the intention of using is for more synth and drone type stuff. When it got down to it though I found the synth engines quite limiting for anything outside drums or percussion, especially as you can’t have envelopes trigger from zero, so have to ensure the envelope has fully closed before the next note or spread across tracks. All quite fiddly.

The sample playing was ok on the MK1 but will make do with M8 or computer for now.

I’ll report back on my experiences after it arrives

[Oculist]

Thanks!

[brisket]

A4/Keys is deceptively deep! I’m still learning after four years with the Keys.
I think it’s very much like the Octatrack in that it takes a long time to build up the muscle memory and intuition for how patches and menus are structured- the rewards come late in the game when you realise what an incredibly flexible, modulatable, performance synth you have. It’s a great instrument that I would only recommend to patient individuals.

[convergent_lines]

People sleep on the CV abilities too…

[salami.wav]

that’s my baby there!

thankfully I tend to always read the printing on the front panel (which is correct), but there have been a few times I’ve almost got confused when looking at the back.

This unit is one of the very first batches, inside there is a sticker warning the tecnician that all main ICs (dont remember the part number) have been mounted rotated 180 degrees due to a mistake during the IC chip manufacturing. lol

But it has the most solid and smooth endless potentiometers out of all the elektron boxes i’ve ever used, and it’s still in perfect shape!

[salami.wav]

@JohnnyEgo

on this misprinted A4 case it would be a disaster to plug external audio output into the mislabeled Audio Ins.

It’s dangerous but afaik most audio outputs have at least a DC blocking cap at the end of the circuit, that should block any CV voltage and not result in such catastrophic damage, yet I’m not gonna risk it thats for sure!