I have the same question, unfortunately I am not able to find a solution to this often discussed question (must be me). If you found a solution, can you let me know the link please? Thanks!
If you uncheck these boxes in your picture, then you disconnect the 4 tracks from the main out while still getting the fx there so you can get each 4 tracks (individual outs) + fx (main) out in analog:
Actually you can solve this with Overbridge. The work around I found is to NOT route the 4 tracks to main (like asys also says in this thread), then with Overbridge you have the four raw tracks and FX separately via USB.
Yeah pretty much. I’m new to the A4 but I’m more than a decade into Music Prod so having that FX track is exactly like having the Return tracks in Ableton (or any DAW) that I mix into my tracks. Go nuts, side chain it to one of the A4’s other tracks and glue it all together, whatevz. Besides listening like that is exactly how you’re listening normally on the A4, as the FX is just a seperate return channel that all the tracks are sending signal to.
As you probably know, you can just record the main outputs if you really want the FX already blended with the synth.