I found out about elekton through my friend Stacey (hexinverter) about 6 months ago.
Somehow we were talking about sequencers and I was explaining how I prefer programing my sequences on my modular because I am terrible at playing a keyboard. He told me I had to check out the analog four. I watched a few videos and was immediately sold.
Needless to say I now own the dark trinity. If I didn’t just move out of my parents I’d be on the hunt to complete the collection.
Also soon after discovering Elektron, I realized that my 1st physical encounter with their machines was at last year’s Knobcon. I encountered the Keys and Rytm. I had no idea how to use them at the time, but I remember digging the sounds I was hearing.
My A4 was actually my first non-modular hardware synth!
My approach at synthesis started in software land where I only used presets and had no idea what I was doing and abandoning that and diving straight into modular… Now (two years later) I do most of the calibration & testing as well as R&D for WMD.