You mean by pinging the filter?
No, only the CV signals trigged from CV track, back into audio.
Here for use as a sub:
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Thanks for the tip! I’m very much interested in understanding this device as a whole and it just seems like new ways to use it always come up when I think I know something hehehe. 
Testing it right away!!
edit:
Got it working and in the process of trying to understand how it’s supposed to happen I learned some other new techniques as well.
When setting the track 1 osc to input L there are so many ways to have all kinds of interesting amplitude fluctuations going on.
This instrument is basically a modular that consists of synths instead of per function modules. The routing possibilities are almost endless.
So cool! Thanks again buddy!!
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Well that’s funny… I actually tried the CV kicks yesterday, too. Needs a bit of tweaking to sound acceptable to be honest, but it’s big fun – even when it starts clipping. 
What voltage range do you set for these ideally? Does it make sense to have a bi-polar range from -5V to +5V for example?
Next level for me would be feeding CV back into control inputs for “side-chaining” or any kind of additional modulation.
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Here are a few settings I had written down back then.
Beware of the voltage btw.
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Thanks, your detailed post was very helpful indeed! Seen that already before, of course. 
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Just in case you’ve missed it, this thread has a lot of tricks…
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I’ve just been trying this on my old AK. Had no idea you could use Func+CV buttons to change the type of output, I thought they were fixed! Managed to get some raw oscs generated by the CV LFO coming into track 1 but they’re pretty buzzy with metallic overtones, bit-reduced kind of sound to them. Guess this is just the resolution of the clicks. Not too bad with a some filter overdrive, cool trick to know but not something to rely on as a sound source
I did manage to make some nice kicks though…
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Same here! Nice. Still no idea how to get rid of that higher pitched noise, though. I wish there‘d be a cleaner tone.
It’s sounding a bit better with tri shape LFO. Or random for noisy „snares“.
Will need to tweak a bit more.
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My Analog Four has this to say:
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Here we go. A4 CV_A track sounds fed into track 1 via Osc1. Gradually applying delay and filter and just noodling around. Adding 2nd oscillator around 1:50. Kick and hats on track 3+4. Boom.
[crossposting from current sounds. because… ]
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A. Nice!
B. Is your A4 black with grey buttons? what is this witchcraft?
Thank you 
Sorry, it’s just black with black buttons and weird light
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holy fuckin shit I had no idea you could save a sound with the arp on and the recall it this fuckin changes everything (not really but wow)
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oxygenic analog four (just a short)
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Last night I was playing the A4 with a keyboard via midi, and wow it’s quite a different experience. I’m no great key-pusher, but just a simple filtered single-saw sound feels really nice to play polyphonically.
The keyboard I was using is a Hydrasynth Deluxe, so next I tried to recreate the A4 sound there. I’ll wasn’t able to get very close even though there were very few modifications on top of the saw oscillator. I did enable warm mode, analog FL, and the random phase setting on the hydra.
I bought the hydra thinking it would be a solid synth and useful as a poly AT controller, but now I’m thinking of selling it and saving for a trigon or some other analog poly.
In the meantime, going to make sure I keep a keyboard connected to the A4 because wow.
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I don’t want to get off on a Hydra tangent in an A4 thread, but if “solid synth and poly AT controller” is what you’re going for, I’d stick with it. Very much like the A4 (see! On topic!) the simple, sterile oscs can be underwhelming, but with (expressive!) modulation, and (in the case of the hydra) experimentation with the many different filter types warm sounds can be had. Maybe even consider routing it through the A4 to take advantage of its ladder filter? And maybe even its reverb/chorus (fx of the hydra don’t do it for me)
Moreover, as a poly AT keyboard it’s pretty much unmatched by anything short of the osmose. Honestly it’s almost worth the price for the keyboard and ribbon alone, IMHO.
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Appreciate the take on the hydra. I’m totally happy to chalk my dissatisfaction up to a lack of skill and patience exploring its depths. In the end, I think I’m more of attracted to an instrument with its own character even if it’s not as flexible as the hydra.
You’re right that the A4 and HS both seem to offer a wider range of sound than other synths at the cost of making sweet spots harder to find. This is why I was so surprised at how awesome a low-effort A4 patch felt to play. I’m excited to work with it more in that context.
Makes me wonder what a successor to the A4Keys could look like.
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The Trigon does seem amazing. I watched Loopop’s demo
I don’t own an A4 (yet…:p) but this is the same with the Digitone imo. It’s a completely different instrument the moment you plug in a keyboard.
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