Trying the arpeggiator on the ANALOG FOUR.
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- The arpeggiator on the ANALOG FOUR is a great feature. I try to show how it can used by one synth-engine. I am a fan of sequencing and arpeggiator notes. The A4 can play four arps (and edit all the independed notes live !) with the four engines at the same time...Isn't that MORE than great ?
Listen to the end... at 6.36 the arp is panning fantastic to your speakers !
The drums you hear is the analog Tempest.
What a machine from Elektron, if you have the money: Buy it !
Enjoy...
Thanks man, I appreciate your compliment. Hope you get your A4 back soon.
I love this machine !
Dutch Grtz
This is really good. One of my favorite A4 demos on YT. I'm getting mine back (I got a defective unit) this week, and I can't wait to get my hands on it again.
Beautiful tune.
Hi all,
You can send midi notes, so you can sequence other synths by using midi.
You can also use CV and Gate for sequence. No problem
Grtz from the Netherlands
This is from the manual, page 36:
MIDI SYNC
Controls how the Analog Four receives and sends MIDI clock and transport commands. Change settings by using the [LEFT]/[RIGHT] arrow keys.
I *have* read the manual, but I think you're confused about what it means to be a MIDI sequencer. Let me put it this way for you: exactly what track do you use to record MIDI notes to then send them out to an external MIDI sound module? I'm not talking about using the A4 to send CC messages, or send notes from the front panel controls. I'm talking recording and playback. It's not what the A4 does.
First: Thanks for watching. Yes there is a close tamberine sound, the A 4 can create all souds you want its a great machine.
Grtz from the Netherlands
Ahh. You are lucky to have all the poly covered with such a fine machine as the JX10.
very nice
sweet jam!
Yes, you ought to be able since the Tetra is a multi-timbral synth. DSI gear is at the forefront of midi editing capability. The owner(Dave Smith) is a founding father of midi and has created midi editing features from note on/off to pretty mucheverything in between. Your imagination is your limit.
and the setup of the MIDI channels are on page 35 on... enjoy...
5:23 area is awesome man...this machine is excellent!
Correct. It's not a MIDI sequencer. I use mine for sequencing internal voices as well as my dotcom modular (through CV). I feed it a master clock from Cubase 7 on my PC to keep it in sync with other stuff. It's not a MIDI sequencer, though. Its internal sequencer is for internal voices. The CV track (which actually requires allocating another track for gate/trigger for all but the simplest stuff) is great for sequencing CV-controlled analog gear.
I have a MIDI controlled device hooked up to the MIDI out on the A4 and it's sending the step sequence out. Read you manual! In fact you can make the A4 listen to both MIDI and the USB channel at the same time. I believe it's on page 36-37.
ok, this is seriously fantastic. can you please make a step-by-step manual how you accomplished such a delicate arpeggiated sound? I'll be more than grateful and maybe will do a song for you :)
I LOVE how that dude is bitching at you telling you you're wrong. This thing does NOT sequence midi. Syncs clock in out through midi and USB, and even that is wonky right now, I've had a few freezes, it's a common problem, but it's well documented that this unit sequences CV as its "nitch" if you want midi sequencing get a octatrack or monomachine those have amazing midi sequencing capabilities. Oh and also, AMAZING video. AMAZING track. Take care
Because the tetra hasn't got the sequencer, the depth of possible mod routing, the great effects and the classic Elektron parameter locks and the new performance modes.
No. See my other comment here. I really like this device, I just don't want people thinking it can do things it can't. Post a video showing it in use as a MIDI sequencer - notes stored in the tracks and played back, through MIDI, on an external module. I've used it for MIDI clock sync, and for CV control of my modular. All great stuff.
See the Elektron Analog Four FAQ on the electron site. I can't post a link, but electron dot se / products / analog ? section=faq and scroll down to the question about the MIDI sequencer.
Tetra has better UI than Tetra. I have both and I've kept both. I was going to sell the Tetra to pay for the A4, but the sounds are different enough that I decided they should both stay. If the A4 did MIDI sequencing, they'd be an awesome two machine setup.
I don't own either synth. But from what I understand the Tetra is more limited on editing the patches unless you use the patch editor software. The A4 gives you far more immediate control and an amazing sequencer also with great immediate control and is far better for a live performance. It can also send CV signals to other analog gear. Some say the Tetra sounds better but I think that is subjective to what type of sound you are looking for. Tetra is poly but there are tricks for that on an A4.
Arrgh! MIDI Sync is clock, not notes. I've used it as a MIDI clock source to help keep other things in sync. I've also used its gate sequencer to control my modular setup. Someone post a video showing how to use this as a MIDI sequencer (record and play back MIDI notes stored in the elektron and played back on an external synth) and I'll shut up. I love this device, I just don't want people thinking it can do things it can't.
I've been trying to find out about elektrons midi spec .This from the A4 FAQ might be part of the confusion and elektron saying in an interview it couldn't sequence midi gear only cv:
Does the Analog Four have dedicated MIDI sequencer tracks?
No. Instead it features a dedicated CV/Gate track, controlling the two dual CV/Gate outputs.
From the manual I gather that you can record most parameters as cc automation in your DAW. Not sure about midi notes. I hope so! Mine arrives on Monday!
wow....apples and oranges buddy, apples and oranges :)
I see a lot of complaints about the A4 midi (sure we all have gripes); but I think the obvious answer is a marketing/business angle. Elektron still wants you to buy a Monomachine or an Octatrack to sequence external gear. From a business perspective, I see why they would have certain limitations on their gear. If one box did it all, why would you need the other boxes? It doesn't really bother me, as I use Ableton for now, and I'm sure I'll end up with an OT next year.
1 year after....do you have a ot allready?...and if yes, tell me things about
I have two OT, but I sold them... Too much for me and I prefer analog modular now
nice
very
The built-in sequencer in the A4 doesn't send anything other than clock through MIDI. You can't use it to sequence externally connected MIDI devices.
in case anybody is still reading....you can now thanks to an update from a year or so ago.
Why get this over the tetra?
Perhaps they just meant you can not sequence external gear using parameter locks by midi - only by cv? Have you tried recording the note output of the A4 successfully without a midi/cv converter? Have you successfully recorded automation cc in your DAW from your live performance tweaks and fed it back into the A4 after editing? Have you note sequenced synths via midi using the A4?
that's your CPU man, not the Analog. I used it with my laptop, as long as I'm not running more than 6 programs besides ableton, I've had 0 clock errors.
Are you sure you have the A4? because I'm sitting right now and making it sequence MIDI and trying to figure out how all the performance parameters works and it's actually routed out the MIDI out gate! There's also MIDI via USB which is pretty clever because I actually believe Live is the best MIDI sequencer I can get simply because it can do MUSIC to MIDI and reverse on the fly making the A4 able to play the most crazy violin part I've just sampled.
Try reading appendix D: MIDI in your manual!
You've created some really nice sounds. I hear a little sound that sounds like a tamberine. Am I close?
I had a Tetra and sold it for a Minitaur. The UI of the Tetra was bad!! And I never got to understand the software...
Could you control all 4 Tetra voices from hard midi sequencing?
Like heaps
I'll forgive your snark because you misunderstood :) The A4 is not a MIDI sequencer. What you're describing is its ability to be externally sequenced via MIDI.
Specifically, why? It has no polyphony, while Tetra has 4 voice polyphony.
By now you k ow your wrong on poly
Good demo freelanderride,
but Peter is right, A4 don't send midi notes.
May be one day!
Sounds like Robert Hood
do you mean it doesn't output midi notes from it's internal sequencer?
it definitely should and probably will (not sure if i have the latest OS actually). I meant to moan about this to elektron. i'm sure it'll be there eventually, keep hassling them ;) there's no reason for it not to work (various menu options to configure this would be easy to implement and user friendly)
sequencer, parameter locks, CV, upgrades,.... downside: just pair of stereo outputs
? I do not understand you, its only the A4 you hear with his great arp.
how can u make one note last whole sequence?tyx
Sorry, I dont know what you mean. Do you want to know about the sequence or arpeggiator ?
i want to have 1 chord sustain throughout the whole sequencers....
Jesse K OK, push the note wich you want to change the sustain (or other) while pushing: change the sustain and when you finished: take your finger off the note and the "led" note blinks, so you have change this in the sequence.
And dit it work ? I think so :-)
Hi Eric, its very easy to do: Press a trig while pressing a note... or pressing several notes/chord (at the same time) Its easier to connect (midi) a keyboard/synth and set into global "automatic midi channel" when you press on track, the sound correspondenting is hear. So its much easier to play chords..
And let me know when its working Eric
Who was this in reply to?
er A4 has better UI than Tetra. I should proofread :)
great machine. fantastic possibilities.
but somehow I miss character. It sounds flat and I miss dynamics.....
There is no analog dirt in the Elektron machines.
I might be wrong though......?
Jane Snijders yeah, you're wrong
Unfortunatelly u r wrong, it`s a meaty and punchy sounding machine. Try to pick up the vol :)
Wrong!!!!!!!
Flat?.. I guess it all relative dave smith synths sound flat to me.