nice post SUBQ … thanks!
My A4 sounds like this, fantastico 
https://soundcloud.com/floppydisk-pirates/ace-analog-four-pattern
Something like this?
https://soundcloud.com/steeboo/seq73/s-HB2lF
Something like this?
https://soundcloud.com/steeboo/seq73/s-HB2lF[/quote]
That’s a pretty darn good job of sounding similar; has the same vibe. The Eowave Magma does have much more snap/bite. I’d guess that its analog envelopes, and filter character attribute to this.
Something like this?
https://soundcloud.com/steeboo/seq73/s-HB2lF
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That’s a pretty darn good job of sounding similar; has the same vibe. The Eowave Magma does have much more snap/bite. I’d guess that its analog envelopes, and filter character attribute to this.[/quote]
Yeah that eowave sounded darn good indeed, more character. This is on filter 1, filter 2 has more character so maybe I should have used that as main filter.
look at sb-six busting out the patch…hat eating time 
you sharing your settings?
Sure
- A saw wave on osc2,
- feedback osc1,
- filter 2 is highpass filter set to 25 with a bit of reso,
- The env depth of filter 1 was plocked (live recorded some knob twists to the sequencer)
- Shortened the amp and env decays
I think that’s about it… No overdrive, no sub, no sync, no am…
Still think the eowave demo sounds better, more clarity and character
I’ll try tonight to see what happens if I use filter 2 as lowpass on the same sequence.
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My A4 sounds like this, fantastico 
https://soundcloud.com/floppydisk-pirates/ace-analog-four-pattern
https://soundcloud.com/floppydisk-pirates/ace-analog-four-pattern
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Yeah, i like this. Are you using any external fx/processing? Cheers!
The A4 recreation sounds an octave too deep to me. But yes, filter characteristics and envelopes might be an issue here anyway.
Something like this?
https://soundcloud.com/steeboo/seq73/s-HB2lF
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Take 2 with filter 2 
https://soundcloud.com/steeboo/seq74/s-mNyrh
very nice
Something like this?
https://soundcloud.com/steeboo/seq73/s-HB2lF
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Take 2 with filter 2
https://soundcloud.com/steeboo/seq74/s-mNyrh
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This version comes closer; really diplays how versatile the A4 can be. Still not as punchy though…
That Eowave stuff sounds pretty nice. I’d never taken time to check any of their stuff out.
The Analog Four sounds really great overall. I’m more than happy to have one.
I’ve learned not to try and compare things to death; everything is going to have its differences and there’s no sense dismissing something because it can’t nail down some highly specific sound(s). If there was one instrument that could do exact Moog bass, perfect 303 acid sequences, searing Odyssey leads, crazy VSC3 effects and lush CS-80 pads:
A) It would either cost $13,000
or
B) It would be the only synth on the market because there’d be no need for anything else.
There will never be a single instrument that does “everything.” Even things specifically designed/built to be a “clone” of something still ends up having some minor differences, at least to hardcore synth heads ("…but the original sounds more analog/warm/etc!").
That said, I mean… have any of you heard an analog synth currently in production that actually sounds BAD? Like, no redeeming qualities, can’t even do rudimentary sounds, zero oscillator stability, just straight up trash?
I haven’t.
If you have, I’d love to hear it! 
^ agreed, each analog synth has it’s own character
…I’ve run across a few that I didn’t personally like…not sure I could call them straight up trash though…they are instruments…they may work for certain situations and/or someone else may love the sound of them
Fully agreed, but i just like doing comparisons. Its fun, challenging and you learn alot about the individual devices.
Yeah, for sure. It’s a blast to try and approximate certain sounds as either a challenge or a learning process. I probably spend half of my time doing that sort of thing. 
The little characteristic differences are the reason many of us own truckloads of gear. Also, most the current analogs out there are still fairly “young” and no one’s really uncovered all the tricks just yet.
The Analog Four may seem like a “Jack of All Trades” type at the moment in that it does everything fairly well but doesn’t seem to have a particular sound it excels at, but give it time. It took nearly ten years after being discontinued before the TB-303 even became relevant.
Who knows, years from now someone may come up with some new sound on the A4, spawn a micro-genre, and we’ll all be like “Whatever… that new polyphonic Moog can’t even do PCP* bass…”
(*Assuming music genres are still being named after drugs in the near future)
Someone once referred to the analog four as mass effect in a box. That’s how I see it too, I think it excels in spacey sounds.
I’ve seen a guy referring to the A4 sound as “closed”. Not quite sure what he means, but I admit that I’m finding it difficult to get the kind of bass sound I’m after from it, although I haven’t tried using external EQs / compressor on it yet.
Although I work in different genres, I’m trying to put together a techy psy-trance live set using all hardware. So, I’m after rolling 16th bass notes which will sit together with a hard kick (from the Rytm). Usually a low-pass filtered saw, possibly with a bit of sub (usually sin or triangle) sat underneath. What would be really nice, is a phase reset on the oscillators, but I’m not sure Analog 4 can do that.
I might have to resort to sampling the bass and playing back on Rytm or Octatrack. Might be the only way to ensure that the start phase is predicable.
Try TRG (oscillator retrig) on OSC 2, page 2.
Ah - thanks!
I’d missed that.