Finally a video that shows that the Analog Keys is capable of really heavy analog sounds, not just these snappy cold sounds a lot of demos are showing. Tack Cenk!
You have two sub oscillators per voice, 2 VCOs, one 4 pole filter, and one variable 2 pole filter. The 4 pole filter has two types of overdrive to boot. Plenty of sound sculpting options, and that's not getting into the LFOs, routing or the built-in FX unit, which has quite a lot of tweakability itself. There is also a feedback mode for oscillator 1. You can make the A4 and AKeys sound as peaceful as a butterfly and as angry as a swarm of bees. This sonic range is what sold me on it. That and the sequencer along with the ability to use it as 4 mono synths or as a 4 voice poly with everything in between.
***** and to add on to that...I tried STACKING the voices and playing 2 separate patches with one key press. That allowed me to have 4 oscillators, all of which were totally tunable against eachother. Got a VERY Moogy bass sound at that point.
Fantastic; inspiring and clear. Been racking my brains over what synth to put centrepiece of my live setup. Feels like it has been staring me in the face this whole time but needed this video to make the penny drop!! 🙏 😃
I love my Analog four like my Digi! Thank you Elektron, for me personally, you are the most precise and innovative electronic music company these days. You brought the most creative energy in my life!
Thanks Cenk this tutorial sold me on the AK! The sound design tips for bass/pads and all the performance control setups are super helpful and hands on. Such a unique and underrated instrument and also integrates well with other synths being controlled via and fed into the AK
so, after watching this video let's say hundred times in last year i finally decided to go at it:) in few days my keys are arriving to my studio. i guess i wanted to say thank you for this video:)
This has to currently be the best piece of music equipment price wise on the the second hand market right now. Absolutely beautiful synth, sounds stunning, less than half of the original rrp on average. But it’s monster, actually brought this as it stood really well in the demos sonically through a timoo. Sounds weird I know, but the other synths capable of sounding rich in that area where the higher tiered synths price wise. Dominion one sounded great also. tempted by a pro 2 however the ak on average is cheaper. So glad I’ve got the ak, it’s incredibly inspiring and great fun to use and it is intuitive and don’t have an issue at all with the screen. My first elektron, very pleased. Bit of a sleeper at the moment, as for Overbridge, wow!!
The AK is probably the most sophisticated analog synth on the market. Nothing comes close to what these things can do. They are not perfect, there are some idiosyncrasies, but it's basically 4 modular synths in one with a sequencer that rivals a lot of DAWs.
@@tears_of_heckI don’t think he’s saying it’s the best. But the AK and the octatrack are with no question some of the most sophisticated synth/sequencers out there
I’m curious whether folks who hate on the A4 actually own one or have spent a few months getting to know one deeply. It is an absolute BEAST of a synth. I have a Subsequent 37 and the A4 gets just as heady and creamy as the Moog, except that it also has a fuckload more modulation and a sweet sequencer. Not hating on the Moog, it is awesome for what it is, but the A4 is 🔥
This was quite helpful. Just got my Four a few days ago. Extremely happy with it. Well built and great sound to boot. It's my first analog synth and my first Elektron product. Still learning how to get the most out of the sequencer, but it was easy to learn how to create patches from scratch. This video helped with learning the sequencer immensely. Looking forward to getting another Elektron Music Machine in 2015 to compliment this one :_D. Thank you for putting in the effort to design something of quality. Will learning the A4 OS carry over to some of the other Elektron devices? There's a bit of a learning curve there, but now that I am starting to remember how it all works, I can create patterns, sounds, and parameter locks more quickly each time.
***** Will learning the A4 OS carry over to some of the other Elektron devices? it will, especially the sequencing part as most elektron products use the same concepts.
Very helpful. Just got my A4 and I'm very pleased. It sounds amazing, and is more intuitive than some have claimed. The sound sits very well with my other analog gear. Thanks, Elektron.
amazing machine, and i am happy to have one. but why he says that the analog four signal pad is fully analog? while the envelops and lfo's etc are not? only the DCO right?
Really clear explanations & work flow. I got quickly the same once I got them in few weeks so no lies here. By the way, Does he make music ? I would be curious to hear him pushing these machines a bit more out of their limits, out of the box ;)
+TheBioBeast nice peace of gear a lot of fun and easy to use, dunno why so many people complain about it's interface. But the most important is how it sounds: in poly mode is just like heaven. Many of the factory patches are to hard and wild, i dont like them, but its a question of taste and you can tweak a shit out of them. The sequencer is awesome . I think better buy this synth instead of couple of cheaper ones. I like the sound of my bs2 better even if is just a monosynth.
G. A. Molnar I agree the bass station is a badass little machine and definitely worth it. I can see if that's the sounds you want the bass station has some incredibly different oscillators than the AK. But in terms of sound thickness and punch. To my ears the AK has an amazingly warm sound for such a modern machine and you can get any type of sound from it. From soft silky pads to hard bell like tones and beefy bass. They are just different synths but you can hear the authenticity of the analog keys.
I love this synth .. but each time I go to use .. I have to dig back into learn mode ... probably because if feels different from everything else I own
Absolutely amazing synth and tutorial :| Are the drums presets wav or synthetic? Can we create our own and save them? (not to talk about all your other magic boxes and the "one Usb cable and vst" workflow that makes them the PERFECT hardwares imho)
no samples here, just synthesis. Drums are the oscilators with noise added and the ADSR settings to get hi hats or snares or kicks etc. If you want samples they have the octatrack
And it's a big chunk of change... ??? IDK.. I remain on the fence. I've also heard overbridge is not really 100% functional.. Just can't pull the trigger yet.
Why are the screen so small on all these instruments. These machines have some very deep menus. You're always looking at the screen. This should of been bigger. Who decides let's have this screen? He needs sacking Peace ✌️ out people
Henry Barford I'm thinking they will have a new flag ship one day....prob will depend on the sales of the mk 2s....or at least I tell my self that bc I just bought one lol I didn't even care...can't wait for something that doesn't even exist yet ya know?
Seekthetruth3000 It really depends on what you want to get for your money. Not only is AK cheaper, but the oscillators are more flexible, it's 4 voice polyphonic and multi-timbral, it has a 6 track sequencer (1 per voice, 1 for FX, 1 for CV out), high quality reverb, delay (with infinite feedback), and chorus, memory for 4,096 patches and over 16,000 patterns, you can split the keyboard into different zones (up to 128) and each can do different things--for example play different patches, so you can have like an "analog drumkit", you can use the keys to trigger patterns, and as of this month, the USB cable allows you to stream 8 separate channels of audio straight into your DAW and control the synth as a VST. The advantages of Moog, in my opinion, are the roundness of the oscillators and filter, the "1 knob per function" layout, and the name "Moog". Up to you. Often people find that a brand name can persuade or dissuade them from a purchase. While Moog has around 50 years of experience re-iterating and perfecting the somewhat same idea, Elektron has 17 years of very diverse and forward thinking machines.
***** The signal path is entirely analog. The effects returns are digital, of course, but they are "send" based, so the dry analog voices are still heard in the main mix! Analog Four and Keys can sound very digital if you want them to, but of course, the user has control over oscillator drift, unison mode, 2 types of osc detuning, etc...
No, no need to plug it into an amplifier! The synth has on-board effects, you can plug it into your computer to record the song into your computer if you wish, or just made a whole song with a pair of headphones on. And yes, you can make sounds like Depeche Mode!
Some of these sounds that my cenk was using in this great demo are from my new soundpack released by elektron for free: www.floppydiskpirates.com/products/depthandvision cheers, Janosch
DoglessEndeavor I'm not sure but I think the fp snares are from my first "bpm" sound pack. In my first pack I used the shortcut "FP" before every named patch.
Microphunktv Keyboard/joystick area and separate output per voice is the only official difference but i've heard the filter differs too and can have more low end
I dare elektron to make a simple visual flowchart that explains the structure of this thing. It should include: soundpools, drive(s), project, song, pattern and banks. This gear is made 100% by engineers, not designers
@@lawrencebiancardi9363 It's a fact that a lot of people hate the systems, and it's not them being idiots, it's a design problem by elektron. And it's smug to not properly explain it, just like you referring to a extremely shitty manual. So glad I got rid of all electron gear
I'm not your buddy, friend. But seriously, I tried many times to make sense of the system hierarchy, just thinking about that little screen and the million menus to dive just to change something basic gives me PTSD. How is it I can pick up something like polyend tracker and use it fluidly within a couple of hours? Elektron needs to look at the userdesign aspect of their products.
its like they wanted to make a near perfect synth, one that would be remembered for an age... and then put the tiniest shittest screen on it that you need to use constantly whoever designed the layout is a moron, how did nobody in fact at the company see that and say wait a minute guys we should use that remaining 30% of the front and increase the screen size a bit
3:54 OK I'm happy with this sound so let's start to sequence this.. 🤔 Err I forgot what my original idea was now. Was it A, E, F? 🤔 Peace ✌️ out people
Dos minutos tocando una tecla... Casi tres minutos para tocar otra... cuatro minutos para tocar tres teclas... nueve minutos para modificar un sonido en una escala ... otros dos minutos para cambiar la onda y tocar cuatro botones ... 12 minutos para poner una secuencia y otros dos para repetirla ... 14 minutos para variarla mínimamente ... diecisiete minuto para equivocarse y salir del paso como buenamente se pueda ... y, por fin, 18 minutos para mostrarnos lo que se puede hacer con esta máquina... y con cualquier otro sinte de cualquier otra marca. ¿De verdad vale la pena la inversión de tantos euros para nada?
+Miguel Ángel Egido Pablos Most of his videos are actually far to quick to follow what he does and always people ask questions, then he does a slow detailed video and someone get annoyed. If you think all synthesizers are equal why are you watching these videos?
Para nada, todos esos artistas usandolas deben estar locos.Seriamente: son instrumentos, escoge lo que te inspira, en realidad no necesitamos nada de esto si lo escogemos es sólo por el gusto e inspiración que nos da un instrumento. A veces me inspira un plug in, a veces mi elektron, a veces Push, a veces un minitaur. Lo importante es disfrutar. La necesidad, la busqueda de "ser mejores por medio de equipo" es una perdida de tiempo.
Cuando comienzo a ver un video no sé lo que va a pasar. ¿Tú si? Y conforme van pasando los minutos me aburro, me aburro y me aburro. Y este video es aburrido con avaricia.
No entiendo tu respuesta, yo respondí a tu pregunta "¿De verdad vale la pena la inversión...?" si el video te parecio aburrido pues que te puedo decir, es un tutorial y yo tmb me he llegado a quedar dormido viendo alguno.
It has been said in many places - really poor 'workflow vids'. At least Thavius made a decent effort - everyone gushing over that 7 year old doing a depeche mode recreation was a bit pukey, to be honest. The first thing you want to do with a new synth, is tweak, prod, play... I do not want to assimilate an entire manual before I turn on a machine. I have owned it a month, played little else, and yes, it has its strong points and qualities, and some really infuriating / ill thought out ideas. You spend your time delving, backtracking, 8 commands to get to one place and then you think fuck it' I'll play guitar instead. The lifeless reverb is awful - - Always make sure it's going through the Big Sky instead. Anyway, last night, I decided to play with the Virus instead... wow, what a joy to be back in the normal world, so effortlessly musical; I was beginning to feel like I was about to turn into 7-of-9 every time I looked at the A4.. Of all my gear, I'd part with it before I even got rid of the ms2000B.. I can see it getting resigned to a step sequencer ( one with even less capability than the virus talking to a beatstep pro within logic.. ), I kind of feel like, why would I take a 250Nm torque wrench to tighten down an 8mm cam-shaft cover bolt and just make work difficult for myself.. I ain't that impressed.. maybe a Mk2 keys version will be more studiously thought out. I can see it getting chopped for a DSI
I love both, the problem is using Diva live, carrying computer, interface and controller, plus cables. If diva existed in hardware that would be my choice
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9 years later and still the coolest sounding synth demonstration I've ever seen.
Great tutorial. Cenk's face as he rinses the sounds at 18:17 is golden. Yeah!!!!
Finally a video that shows that the Analog Keys is capable of really heavy analog sounds, not just these snappy cold sounds a lot of demos are showing. Tack Cenk!
You have two sub oscillators per voice, 2 VCOs, one 4 pole filter, and one variable 2 pole filter. The 4 pole filter has two types of overdrive to boot. Plenty of sound sculpting options, and that's not getting into the LFOs, routing or the built-in FX unit, which has quite a lot of tweakability itself.
There is also a feedback mode for oscillator 1.
You can make the A4 and AKeys sound as peaceful as a butterfly and as angry as a swarm of bees.
This sonic range is what sold me on it. That and the sequencer along with the ability to use it as 4 mono synths or as a 4 voice poly with everything in between.
***** and to add on to that...I tried STACKING the voices and playing 2 separate patches with one key press. That allowed me to have 4 oscillators, all of which were totally tunable against eachother. Got a VERY Moogy bass sound at that point.
Fantastic; inspiring and clear. Been racking my brains over what synth to put centrepiece of my live setup. Feels like it has been staring me in the face this whole time but needed this video to make the penny drop!! 🙏 😃
I love my Analog four like my Digi! Thank you Elektron, for me personally, you are the most precise and innovative electronic music company these days. You brought the most creative energy in my life!
The end of the video is pretty mind blowing.
Thanks Cenk this tutorial sold me on the AK! The sound design tips for bass/pads and all the performance control setups are super helpful and hands on. Such a unique and underrated instrument and also integrates well with other synths being controlled via and fed into the AK
Beautiful sounds!!!
Yes indeed, as others have said, more of these please. Very good Cenk!
Love all your videos Cenk. I already got an Octatrack because of your amazing videos, and damn do I want the Analog Four or Keys now!!!! Cheers
especially loving the joystick part! good job , thanx for this video
we feel you bro!!!!! Cenk you're the most vibey person ever!!!!
Awesome tune...my kind of music!!
Really cool stuff Cenk! Can't wait to try this out on my analog keys :)
great demo. you turrned me into a believer!
Excellent and very informational! More of this please :)
This video is very helpful for AK beginners like me.
Well done! 👍
Thanks a lot for it! 🙏
so, after watching this video let's say hundred times in last year i finally decided to go at it:) in few days my keys are arriving to my studio. i guess i wanted to say thank you for this video:)
great work!
Very well done instructional video. Thank you!
These workflow videos are great. Loving my Analog Keys.
This Analog Keys is so great. I haven't switch on my computer from the day I received mine.
love to hear that! hate that i got away from hard ware that involves the use of computer is asking for one of your gigs to fuck up lol
This has to currently be the best piece of music equipment price wise on the the second hand market right now. Absolutely beautiful synth, sounds stunning, less than half of the original rrp on average. But it’s monster, actually brought this as it stood really well in the demos sonically through a timoo. Sounds weird I know, but the other synths capable of sounding rich in that area where the higher tiered synths price wise. Dominion one sounded great also. tempted by a pro 2 however the ak on average is cheaper. So glad I’ve got the ak, it’s incredibly inspiring and great fun to use and it is intuitive and don’t have an issue at all with the screen. My first elektron, very pleased. Bit of a sleeper at the moment, as for Overbridge, wow!!
damn. brilliant work guys.
Fantastic synth until now 2021,🔊❤️
WTF....this video sold me completely
Awesome ! Cenk is the boss !
Cool Präsentation with cool suund!!!!
looks like it has a huge lcd/led-screen.. you should build that in !
verstaerker if I could find someone to hack even a large mounted lcd screen on my keys I'd pay. That's the only thing I don't like about this synth.
first synth where I've had to pull out my reading glasses! it's my only complaint so far
I first thought the screen was as big as the logo...
That would have been a good idea in fact ^^
good stuff!
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The AK is probably the most sophisticated analog synth on the market. Nothing comes close to what these things can do. They are not perfect, there are some idiosyncrasies, but it's basically 4 modular synths in one with a sequencer that rivals a lot of DAWs.
Not quite like a modular, nowhere near as good sounding as a moog, or future retro, but the sequencers are what make it great.
Yea…what an absurd thing to say…
@@tears_of_heck I'm not sure why it's absurd. I get that it's not for everyone, but yeah perhaps you could explain what you mean?
@@tears_of_heckI don’t think he’s saying it’s the best. But the AK and the octatrack are with no question some of the most sophisticated synth/sequencers out there
I’m curious whether folks who hate on the A4 actually own one or have spent a few months getting to know one deeply. It is an absolute BEAST of a synth. I have a Subsequent 37 and the A4 gets just as heady and creamy as the Moog, except that it also has a fuckload more modulation and a sweet sequencer. Not hating on the Moog, it is awesome for what it is, but the A4 is 🔥
Now it is in my wish, hope it does not delay too long
+ardalante It's been on my wish list for years now.
thank you!!
great tutorial!
please give a mixer mode to the octatrack, i'm jealous now ;)
Analog Four ist the best Drum Maschine i ever used.
The next workflow video is here, this time we create a song from scratch with Analog Keys / Four.
bit.ly/1suKlKK
This was quite helpful. Just got my Four a few days ago. Extremely happy with it. Well built and great sound to boot. It's my first analog synth and my first Elektron product.
Still learning how to get the most out of the sequencer, but it was easy to learn how to create patches from scratch. This video helped with learning the sequencer immensely.
Looking forward to getting another Elektron Music Machine in 2015 to compliment this one :_D.
Thank you for putting in the effort to design something of quality.
Will learning the A4 OS carry over to some of the other Elektron devices?
There's a bit of a learning curve there, but now that I am starting to remember how it all works, I can create patterns, sounds, and parameter locks more quickly each time.
***** Will learning the A4 OS carry over to some of the other Elektron devices?
it will, especially the sequencing part as most elektron products use the same concepts.
Very helpful. Just got my A4 and I'm very pleased. It sounds amazing, and is more intuitive than some have claimed. The sound sits very well with my other analog gear. Thanks, Elektron.
***** soundcloud.com/midimighty
amazing machine, and i am happy to have one. but why he says that the analog four signal pad is fully analog? while the envelops and lfo's etc are not? only the DCO right?
Terrific! I thought the bass and drum by itself was cool, too. It sounded like the soundtrack to an '80s zombie flick!
Me too, instant John Carpenter vibes.
Really clear explanations & work flow. I got quickly the same once I got them in few weeks so no lies here. By the way, Does he make music ? I would be curious to hear him pushing these machines a bit more out of their limits, out of the box ;)
outstanding
Man if it actually had a HUGE OLCD like that I'd buy it.
very useful thank
I'll get mine tomorrow. Sure i can't sleep tonight! :)
+TheBioBeast nice peace of gear a lot of fun and easy to use, dunno why so many people complain about it's interface. But the most important is how it sounds: in poly mode is just like heaven. Many of the factory patches are to hard and wild, i dont like them, but its a question of taste and you can tweak a shit out of them. The sequencer is awesome . I think better buy this synth instead of couple of cheaper ones. I like the sound of my bs2 better even if is just a monosynth.
So you prefer the sound of the bass station 2 over this? Why is that?
G. A. Molnar I agree the bass station is a badass little machine and definitely worth it. I can see if that's the sounds you want the bass station has some incredibly different oscillators than the AK. But in terms of sound thickness and punch. To my ears the AK has an amazingly warm sound for such a modern machine and you can get any type of sound from it. From soft silky pads to hard bell like tones and beefy bass. They are just different synths but you can hear the authenticity of the analog keys.
I love this synth .. but each time I go to use .. I have to dig back into learn mode ... probably because if feels different from everything else I own
Never been a Elektron fanboy but man the AK is cheap, sounds amazing and is coming my way :-)
Dear Elektron, I couldn't wait for Analog Keys mk2. Please, make it alive for us🇪🇪🏧🆘
this is a cool walkthrough! PS: where can I find a shirt like that? :D
am not a fan of blue grey mini lcd screen but the sound o dear..when they change that screen i will certainly pick one up just not now
Analog Four 10 year anniversary coming up. Hopefully a new updated keys and A4 mk3 release!
Absolutely amazing synth and tutorial :|
Are the drums presets wav or synthetic? Can we create our own and save them?
(not to talk about all your other magic boxes and the "one Usb cable and vst" workflow that makes them the PERFECT hardwares imho)
no samples here, just synthesis. Drums are the oscilators with noise added and the ADSR settings to get hi hats or snares or kicks etc. If you want samples they have the octatrack
el mejor
Lol this guys the elektron whisperer
I adore this gear.... However the work flow .... learning curve seems incredibly deep.
Couldn't agree more here. I'm so close to buying this and the octatrack but I'm not confident I will love the endless options on offer.
And it's a big chunk of change... ??? IDK.. I remain on the fence. I've also heard overbridge is not really 100% functional.. Just can't pull the trigger yet.
Something similar coming for octatrack maybe ?
A little bird told me there will be one for every machine
Can I use the Analog keys to record midi data into the Octatrack? I use Octatrack to sequence various hardware synths with the 8 midi channels.
Eric Liss of course.. midi out to OT midi in
Hey guys, probably not the good place, but just wondering, how can I record/automate all that niceness with the joystick around 18:00…?
Why are the screen so small on all these instruments. These machines have some very deep menus. You're always looking at the screen. This should of been bigger. Who decides let's have this screen? He needs sacking
Peace ✌️ out people
Is it possible to record the joystick mouvement ?
Pad sound reminds me xxxHolic ost
Will there be a mk2 version of analog keys?
Henry Barford I'm thinking they will have a new flag ship one day....prob will depend on the sales of the mk 2s....or at least I tell my self that bc I just bought one lol I didn't even care...can't wait for something that doesn't even exist yet ya know?
Is this synth as good as a Minimoog Voyager?
Seekthetruth3000 It really depends on what you want to get for your money. Not only is AK cheaper, but the oscillators are more flexible, it's 4 voice polyphonic and multi-timbral, it has a 6 track sequencer (1 per voice, 1 for FX, 1 for CV out), high quality reverb, delay (with infinite feedback), and chorus, memory for 4,096 patches and over 16,000 patterns, you can split the keyboard into different zones (up to 128) and each can do different things--for example play different patches, so you can have like an "analog drumkit", you can use the keys to trigger patterns, and as of this month, the USB cable allows you to stream 8 separate channels of audio straight into your DAW and control the synth as a VST. The advantages of Moog, in my opinion, are the roundness of the oscillators and filter, the "1 knob per function" layout, and the name "Moog". Up to you. Often people find that a brand name can persuade or dissuade them from a purchase. While Moog has around 50 years of experience re-iterating and perfecting the somewhat same idea, Elektron has 17 years of very diverse and forward thinking machines.
Great info and thanks a bunch!
And what about the AD/DA converters?? When mute fx the signal is total analog like the prophet 6 ??? sounds digital for moments ...
***** The signal path is entirely analog. The effects returns are digital, of course, but they are "send" based, so the dry analog voices are still heard in the main mix! Analog Four and Keys can sound very digital if you want them to, but of course, the user has control over oscillator drift, unison mode, 2 types of osc detuning, etc...
Thanks RhythmDroid¡
total newbie here: is this machine good for creating music like 80s depeche Mode? do you plug it to an amplifier? what amplifiers are good? thanks!
No, no need to plug it into an amplifier! The synth has on-board effects, you can plug it into your computer to record the song into your computer if you wish, or just made a whole song with a pair of headphones on. And yes, you can make sounds like Depeche Mode!
Will you develop the Mk2?
Great video, but where are the percussion sounds from, such as the FP Snares?
Of course, but these are just awesome. Most of them I already have. That arp though!
Some of these sounds that my cenk was using in this great demo are from my new soundpack released by elektron for free: www.floppydiskpirates.com/products/depthandvision
cheers, Janosch
Floppydisk Pirates Yup, had those already. Great stuff. But the FP Snares and the Arp ME4 are yours too?
DoglessEndeavor I'm not sure but I think the fp snares are from my first "bpm" sound pack. In my first pack I used the shortcut "FP" before every named patch.
is Cenk artist name is "Cenik"? btw Elektron loving your product, own ak & sfx6, pls now grate us with a mix of both ;)
edfone Dataline
Can someone explain me me wich is the different between analog keys and A4?
Microphunktv Keyboard/joystick area and separate output per voice is the only official difference but i've heard the filter differs too and can have more low end
I wish that Cenk was my roommate lol
So at any one point in this sequence there are a maximum of 4 voices sounding?
miktek yes keep in mind a single voice has multiple oscillators including a sub oscillator so he made chords with one voice
It'd be really great if Elektron could re-release this product with a better screen...
Misha Doumnov they did....it's called overbridge ;)
I'd buy one if the screen was actually that big
Yo why don’t y’all this with all your synths... the #akai61key wishes it had this workflow
how does he lay down a 3-note arp patch, if he already had bass, a pad & some drums/percs? if it's 4 voice, what keeps sounds from getting cut?
He used a dedicated track/voice for that bit
I dare elektron to make a simple visual flowchart that explains the structure of this thing. It should include: soundpools, drive(s), project, song, pattern and banks. This gear is made 100% by engineers, not designers
@@lawrencebiancardi9363 It's a fact that a lot of people hate the systems, and it's not them being idiots, it's a design problem by elektron. And it's smug to not properly explain it, just like you referring to a extremely shitty manual. So glad I got rid of all electron gear
I'm not your buddy, friend. But seriously, I tried many times to make sense of the system hierarchy, just thinking about that little screen and the million menus to dive just to change something basic gives me PTSD. How is it I can pick up something like polyend tracker and use it fluidly within a couple of hours? Elektron needs to look at the userdesign aspect of their products.
interesting, starting with the bassline.
its like they wanted to make a near perfect synth, one that would be remembered for an age... and then put the tiniest shittest screen on it that you need to use constantly
whoever designed the layout is a moron, how did nobody in fact at the company see that and say wait a minute guys we should use that remaining 30% of the front and increase the screen size a bit
it's sound good, no doubt, but it seems so hard to master ... Maybe i'm more a Volca fm type guy
Haha, because FM synthesis is really straight forward with a small screen and abbreviated functions names! :-D
3:54 OK I'm happy with this sound so let's start to sequence this.. 🤔 Err I forgot what my original idea was now. Was it A, E, F? 🤔
Peace ✌️ out people
Free A4/AK patches here: www.floppydiskpirates.com/free-patches/
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Dos minutos tocando una tecla... Casi tres minutos para tocar otra... cuatro minutos para tocar tres teclas... nueve minutos para modificar un sonido en una escala ... otros dos minutos para cambiar la onda y tocar cuatro botones ... 12 minutos para poner una secuencia y otros dos para repetirla ... 14 minutos para variarla mínimamente ... diecisiete minuto para equivocarse y salir del paso como buenamente se pueda ... y, por fin, 18 minutos para mostrarnos lo que se puede hacer con esta máquina... y con cualquier otro sinte de cualquier otra marca. ¿De verdad vale la pena la inversión de tantos euros para nada?
+Miguel Ángel Egido Pablos Most of his videos are actually far to quick to follow what he does and always people ask questions, then he does a slow detailed video and someone get annoyed. If you think all synthesizers are equal why are you watching these videos?
Para nada, todos esos artistas usandolas deben estar locos.Seriamente: son instrumentos, escoge lo que te inspira, en realidad no necesitamos nada de esto si lo escogemos es sólo por el gusto e inspiración que nos da un instrumento. A veces me inspira un plug in, a veces mi elektron, a veces Push, a veces un minitaur. Lo importante es disfrutar. La necesidad, la busqueda de "ser mejores por medio de equipo" es una perdida de tiempo.
Cuando comienzo a ver un video no sé lo que va a pasar. ¿Tú si? Y conforme van pasando los minutos me aburro, me aburro y me aburro. Y este video es aburrido con avaricia.
No entiendo tu respuesta, yo respondí a tu pregunta "¿De verdad vale la pena la inversión...?" si el video te parecio aburrido pues que te puedo decir, es un tutorial y yo tmb me he llegado a quedar dormido viendo alguno.
It has been said in many places - really poor 'workflow vids'. At least Thavius made a decent effort - everyone gushing over that 7 year old doing a depeche mode recreation was a bit pukey, to be honest. The first thing you want to do with a new synth, is tweak, prod, play... I do not want to assimilate an entire manual before I turn on a machine. I have owned it a month, played little else, and yes, it has its strong points and qualities, and some really infuriating / ill thought out ideas. You spend your time delving, backtracking, 8 commands to get to one place and then you think fuck it' I'll play guitar instead. The lifeless reverb is awful - - Always make sure it's going through the Big Sky instead. Anyway, last night, I decided to play with the Virus instead... wow, what a joy to be back in the normal world, so effortlessly musical; I was beginning to feel like I was about to turn into 7-of-9 every time I looked at the A4.. Of all my gear, I'd part with it before I even got rid of the ms2000B.. I can see it getting resigned to a step sequencer ( one with even less capability than the virus talking to a beatstep pro within logic.. ), I kind of feel like, why would I take a 250Nm torque wrench to tighten down an 8mm cam-shaft cover bolt and just make work difficult for myself.. I ain't that impressed.. maybe a Mk2 keys version will be more studiously thought out. I can see it getting chopped for a DSI
Sounds okey, but very far from impressing. Extremely overprized, and totally outclassed by U-he Diva.
I love both, the problem is using Diva live, carrying computer, interface and controller, plus cables. If diva existed in hardware that would be my choice