The sound of the A4/AK... like or dislike?

They are called Biopads Vol. 1 and 2, on the Elektron web site.

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Patching this guy for 9 years now and still like the sound a lot!

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The first Biopads is free and is a standout offering

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imho its a chameleon, you can make it sound however you want if you put in time with it, i recently thought i wanted to sell it because it wasnt getting much use but that same day i fired it up and dug deep for a few hours and now i cant imagine selling it, fits great in a mix with my digitone and digitakt too! love what comes out each time i turn it on and if you spend some time setting up the pattern/kit relationship it helps immensely (i spent about an hr linking and naming kits in correlation to patterns the other night)

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I still like mine after several years. Solid gear.

Those are great sound packs! Really enjoy these on my A4.

The filter is so musical. All of that finely controlled modulation combined with the way the resonance works is magical.

I’ve been exploring quite a bit sound design with it lately and really enjoy the way it can do so many insane sounds and sound so unique. Some small improvements to the arp and note length for a mod destination and it would be perfect.

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I’ve had my Analog Four MkII for a year now, and I’ve absolutely loved it from day one. As for “the sound”, I really wasn’t sure what to expect, based on all the opinions I read. But my immediate opinion was, it sounds incredible!

My previous hardware synthesizers were Serge modular, Waldorf Blofeld, and Digitone. So clearly my preference is for deeply programmable synths. But with even minimal programming, I think the sound of the A4 can be incredibly rich. That sonic power combined with SUPER fast, detailed digital control is… mental.

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