After the filter vs “inside” the filter…
Maybe, but it’s not very clear imho…
Let’s say you want to play a C4 with its 5th, G. Normally, on the same octave, G4 is 7 semitones above, and on the octave below G3 is 5 semitones below.
A4 uses 7 semitones below, for me it’s a fourth (F3).
A workaround to get a fifth (above) is to increase osc by 7 semitones, C4 become G4, F3 become C4, and now you have a fifth with C as root note.
On the second osc you can increase osc by 10 semitones (with 5th sub on), and you get a Cm7 chord.
Chart for making chords with osc's - #7 by sezare56
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Thanks for that explanation! That makes sense!
Will try to experiment with your chart;-)
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I love the combination of my A4, my Heat and my iPhone or iPad.
A4 -> ah
ah is sound card for iPad
I use Loopy Pro, with fab filter and have perfect compressor, filters, volume control and looper.
Now I have more ‘stage-ready’ sound, and a looper for transition.
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Do you do it this way with the transistor pulse or with the regular pulse wave?
With this one. Sorry forgot to specify
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Had a A4 mk1 a few years ago and I sold it to buy something else, it was my first synth I liked it but isn’t very beginner friendly al least to learn synthesis in a fast and easy way. Anyway sold it, kind of regret it but I wasn’t plan on buying another one.
In the last month I play with the dsi evolver and it reminds me about the A4 ( 2 vco with feedback, 2 filters, envelopes and lfos) so yesterday I bought a AK and I’m waiting to have it! It will be my main synth and midi controller ( hope the joystick is as fun as on playstation 
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I had in mind of buying it again sometime and reading thru all yours comment made me do it.
I have also a DNK but I’m selling it to buy the small version
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How do you connect ah to iPad?
Perkons?
Audio Class Compliant since OS 1.20
You need an USB interface, like Camera Kit3. I think A4MKII is also Audio Class Compliant.
The AH MKII has an audio interface. Is it class compliant? - #18 by d4ydream
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These are so good im thinking your trolling. 
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the first one is pure Equinoxe 
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Thanks everyone 
I’ll post more soon, I’m waiting for my stand to put Digitakt, Syntakt and A4 on, and was concentrated during the last days on getting even more brutality out of the Syntakt (and it totally worked) 
(pssssh subscribe to my channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CatenationIndustrial for more 
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Btw., the negative and positive side of distortion could both be called soft or hard, depending on what one perceives as such.
Negative get’s quieter, sounds like fuzz [= hard?] but not crackly [= soft?]. The positive side get’s louder, doesn’t sound like fuzz [= not hard?] and can get sound pretty bad and crackly [= not soft?], depending on the source material. I’m just happy we have two flavours
Oh and one more thing about the DFAM stuff. I’ve used the second Filter, because - at least to me - that one sounds so much better than the first Filter. But I could’ve used the first one for dfaming and then the second one just to boost the lowend with a highpass Filter.
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The second filter sounds much better I agree. I only use the first one if I want to use the peak filter on the second. The peak filter is magic
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Are you rocking a mk1 or mk2?
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It’s an MK2
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I’m sure this will have been said before in this forum/thread, but A4 is the most flexible machine Elektron still makes IMO - appreciate MD is great also, but discontinued and too expensive now #kindawishi’dnotsoldmineyearsago.
Having an ARmk2, I can say that the A4mk2 is much better as a pure drum machine and kinda like Tempest in terms of flexibilty. I know that you can create a lot with 4 tracks, but for ultimate control it would be great if there was an 8 track polyphonic version.
I’ve posted this before, but I use mine with a DN and this makes a great combo - possibly similar to results you may get from a ST…
Maybe getting a second A4mk2 could be the solution 
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Can you talk more about this? I’m super interested in these differences. I know it has the individual outs, but I don’t know about the other features that make it better as a drum machine.