Preset sounds on the A4 versus self programmed sounds

[jim5]

@""rikrak""

[quote=“jim5”]The presets sounds good for certain type of music but I didn’t like it for the type of music I make. I thought it sounded too “clean and nice” for an analog synth. I was seriously thinking about selling the A4 since I wasn’t too thrilled about menu diving and the small screen on the A4 to create patches.

I then found the patch editor one of the member was selling for $5 from this forum. Using it, I was able to come up with sounds I liked and decided to keep it. $5 very well spent.

Could you point me towards that Patch Editor? Searching on the Forum just brings me to your above post.

EDIT: found it with good old Google.

Editor for Analog Four

Hello, I made a A4 editor with MaxMsp/M4L. [image] [image] [image] Make sure your A4’s OS version is latest. Features: It contains standalone and M4L version. And some M4L patches. track all = you can edit all 4 track at once. This function can be used for poly mode. randomize = You can randomize parameters per module(VCO,VCF,VCA,LFO). Also you can customize randomize behavior by advanced menu. poly/layer mode = You can use A4 as a poly synth. BUY: You can buy the patch from the l…

Looks great - cheers![/quote]
Good you found it. The editor has good randomizer function if you ever get in a rut when designing sound.

I also use the randomizer to get a slight variation of a sound I like so that I can use several similar sounds in a song to give it some variety.