Isn't the Analog Four the most incredible and deep instrument from Elektron so far?

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
#445

me too :partying_face:

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#446

MKI or MKII ?

#447

Had an hour with OT arp into A4 multimap. Always forget what a pleasure this is. Sounds something like 4 dfams at once :upside_down_face:

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#448

mk1 4 life

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#449

I tried @estragon’s technique of abusing the polyphony settings via “use trk sound” and I feel like I can’t go back to making stuff that doesn’t sound utterly ridiculous.

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#450

well, most of everything else i got has to go for it, of course.

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#451

MKII since i always try to opt for future proof (and having warranty).

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#452

Too many of something is only too many if it starts to hinder the goal that motivated the multiple purchases in the first place.

You can have multiples of a thing and achieve the goal you set out on acquiring them, even if others looking in might consider it excessive.

That’s the beauty of hobbies / music production. You roll your own way.

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#453

Is 3 times the price of an MKI, which form factor suits DIGIs. You choose…

#454

That’s not the whole picture when it comes to comparing used MkIs and MkIIs.

Plus my MkII fits perfectly with my Digis?

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#455

You can pick up black Mk2s with a couple of years warranty for less than 800 quid on eBay these days.

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#456

Which is what I did.

#457

No-one likes a show off

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#458

I do

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#460

that’s the plan, just with Syntakt and Digitakt :wink:

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#461

Literally a £20 double monitor Vesa mount that clamps to my desk

#462

BTW I am totally excited to hear the source of these magical £270 A4 MkIs in the same condition as my £800 MkII

I will absolutely buy one of those today to double my voice count :smiley:

#463

I’d say the OT isn’t even that deep, rather that it’s really wide. With the OT you have to rely a lot on effects, retriggering tricks, slices, LFOs, scenes, etc. which granted are quite powerful. But the A4 is both wide and deep with a deceptively simple set of components, so much interaction between them, and so many sweet spots and ways to navigate them. It has the fewest tracks of any post-Sidstation Elektron, which I think is what makes many people overlook it.

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#464

Ok twice the price second hand.

Anything would fit “perfectly” that way! :content:

Check this :

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#465

The beauty of fitting things that way :smiley:

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