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ANALOG 4 REFERENCE GUIDE
A BLUESKYREPUBLIK PUBLICATION
A reference guide for using Elektrons Analog Four Synthesizer.
A4 Is developed by Swedish company Elektron and is an
analogue four voice synthesizer. 2 Analogue Oscillators, 2 Sub
Oscillators and a Noise Osc per voice. It contains 4 synth tracks,
FX Track, CV Track, and Sequencer.

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  • Page 1 ANALOG 4 REFERENCE GUIDE A BLUESKYREPUBLIK PUBLICATION A reference guide for using Elektrons Analog Four Synthesizer. A4 Is developed by Swedish company Elektron and is an analogue four voice synthesizer. 2 Analogue Oscillators, 2 Sub Oscillators and a Noise Osc per voice. It contains 4 synth tracks,...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1. REFERENCE IMAGE 2. CONFIGURATION ANALOG 4 3. GLOBAL 4. TRACKS & SOUNDS REFERENCE 5. KITS 6. SEQUENCER GUIDE 7. PERFORMANCE MODE 8. CHAINS & SONGS A BLUESKYREPUBLIK 9. MIDI & CV PUBLICATION 10. OTHER I/O INTRODUCTION 11. MISCELLANOUS This guide is designed as a reference, based more on workflow.

  • Page 4: Configuration

    2. Configuration The A4 contains 4 Voices, with 2 Osc, 2 Sub Osc and noise Osc per voice plus a ladder filter and a multimode filer each. Voice 1 to 4 Voice X (x4). Parameter pages are shown Noise OSC 1/2 Mod &...
  • Page 5 Modulation Section (Env & LFO) FILTER CUTOFF’s FIXED DEST ENVF Page 1 2x ASSIGNABLE DESTINATIONs ENV2 2x ASSIGNABLE DESTINATIONs Page 2 LFO1 Page 1 2x ASSIGNABLE DESTINATIONs LFO2 Page 2 2x ASSIGNABLE DESTINATIONs External Routing (to FX Track) CHORUS CHORUS INPUT INPUT Left...

  • Page 6: Global

    Song Structure BANK PATTERN 8 Banks host 16 Patterns each Up to 4 Sounds Trigs for Synth, CV & Track 1 (Synth) • • (1 per track) plus FX + Trigless Locks Track 2 (Synth) CV and FX track. Parameter Locks •...

  • Page 7: Tracks & Sounds

    Up to 4 storage slots are available to save global configurations 1. Select Global Mode 2. Select ‘Global Slot’ in the menu options Global Slot Selection 3. Use [<] or [>] to select the desired slot 4. The setting flashes until [Yes / Save] is pressed to confirm. Any global parameter changes will be stored in the selected slot 1.
  • Page 8 1. Select a track with sound to store by pressing [Trk 1], etc 2. Press [FUNCTION] + [KEYB D1] i.e. Sound 3. Select SAVE TRACK SOUND press [Yes/Save] 4. Use (LEVEL) control or [<] [>] buttons to browse to sound slot (max 128) Saving Sounds 5.
  • Page 9 Use the Keyboard Keys to play a sound C# D# E# F# G# ●● ●●● Playing a Sound ○○○○○○○○ C1 D E F G A B C2 [˄] [˅] keys to move the keyboard octave up and down. Octave Led Use the on the left of the keyboard shows current position 1.
  • Page 10 4.1. Envelopes and LFO’s The A4 has a number of configurable modulation sources. Track 1-4 Each Contains • An output stage AMP Envelope per track. • 2 Configurable and routable modulation envelopes per track, ENVF and ENV2. • The first envelope ENVF also by default is linked to the 2 Filter’s cutoff. •...

  • Page 11: Kits

    5. KITS A Kit is a combination of all 4 synth track sounds, FX and CV Tracks, Level Settings and Performance mode parameters. Kits do not necessarily need to contain any sounds. but sound settings are saved with kits. A pattern is always ‘linked’ to a kit. A maximum of 128 Kits can be stored.

  • Page 12: Sequencer

    Open Kit to be renamed and save it to its current location which allows Renaming Kit renaming at point of saving. 1. Press [FUNCTION] + [KEYB D1] i.e. Kit 2. Select the LOAD KIT or SAVE KIT Option, press [Yes/Save] 3.
  • Page 13 1. Press [Bank Group] to select the group from which to choose a pattern. Toggling the [Bank Group] switches between bank groups A-D and E-F. D ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ 2. Press [Bank A/E] or [Bank B/F] or [Bank C/G] or [Bank D/H] to select the Selecting a Pattern desired bank.
  • Page 14 1. Press and toggle [FUNCTION] + [BANK GROUP] Immediately Change Patterns Yellow ☼ LED ‘Pattern Mode’ indicates Direct Start mode is selected. at same step during playback 3. Select a new pattern. The pattern will start at the same synchronised step (Direct Jump Pattern Mode) to the previous playing pattern.
  • Page 15 6.1 Creating and Editing a Basic Pattern 1. Select the track to add a sound for a pattern i.e. [Trk 1] 2. Enter GRID RECORDING Mode by pressing the [REC] transport button. The REC Led lights red ☼ and Rec ● is displayed on the main display. 3.
  • Page 16 Quantize notes destructively 1. While recording press [FUNCTION] + Press Encoder (D) while recording Immediately Change Patterns 1. Press and toggle [FUNCTION] + [BANK GROUP] Red ☼ ‘Pattern Mode’ LED indicates Direct Start mode is selected. to beginning during playback (Direct Start Pattern Mode) 3.
  • Page 17 1. Select SCALE MENU by [FUNCTION] + [Page] Quickly Changing Pattern 2. Press [TRIG] at selected step length position. Trig LEDs indicate step Steps length 1. Select Track eg [Trk 1] to adjust 2. Select SCALE MENU by [FUNCTION] + [Page] 3.
  • Page 18 6.2 Advanced Pattern Settings The NOTE Menu [NOTE] allows control of the note settings for the active track and are used for the TRIGs. These are not stored with Kits. These are typically used as default settings for generating a number of Trigs.
  • Page 19 ☼ Changing Octave range of 1. Use [˄] or [˅] to adjust octave range, keyboard octave led reflects keyboard value Destructing transpose 1. Select [Trk X] + [˄] or [˅] (permanent transposition of trigs) Note: Transpose active is not needed for this function 1.

  • Page 20: Performance Controls

    1. Select track [Trk X] 2. Select and Press Desired [TRIG] + [BANK GROUP C/G] i.e. Note Slide Quick Note Slide between each other (NOTE SLIDE) ☼ Bank C/G LED is Lit when TRIG is pressed if a Note Slide is in place 1.
  • Page 21 1. Select Track (Trk X] 2. Select GRID MODE by pressing [REC], Rec LED Lit 3. Press and Hold the selected Trig button [TRIG] Adjusting the parameters per 4. Adjust the Parameter using one of the DATA ENTRY Controls (A)-(J). Trig in GRID Mode 5.

  • Page 22: Performance Mode

    6.5. Arpeggiator The A4 has an Arpeggiator per track i.e. Total of 6, the settings of which form part of the pattern. These are not stored with the kit. 1. Select Desired Track [Trk X] 2. Open Arpeggiator Setup Menu,by pressing [ARP] button 3.
  • Page 23 1. Select [FUNCTION] + [Perf] to enter Performance Menu 2. Select PERF CONFIGURE option using (LEVEL) or [˄] or [˅] and [YES/SAVE] to select 3. Select a desired DATA ENTRY knob to control the macro by turning the selected knob or [˄] or [˅] and pressing [YES/SAVE] . These are named in the menu alongside the controller (A)-(J).

  • Page 24: Chains & Songs

    8. Chains & Songs Chains:Sequences of several patterns Songs:Patterns and Chains structured in sequence to form a full song. One Song is always active. Songs contain Song Rows (shown by row number i.e. 00,01,03 etc) and Scratch Pad Row (shown by _ _ ) Create or select sounds and assign to tracks, creating a Kit •...
  • Page 25 1. Enter Song mode as shown in the ‘edit chain’ section. 2. Select the cycle setting number (i.e. 1x), number is highlighted with a box Clear a CHAIN when selected 3. Press [FUNCTION] + [PLAY] i.e. Clear : Undo function by repeating 1.
  • Page 26 120.0 120.0 120.0 ►120.0 Transport Status and BPM Tempo 0001:1 0001:1 0001:1 0001:1 Bars & Beats Played ---------------- Song Display T T T T – – – – 64 64 64 64 Pattern Transpose Offset □□- □□□ Pattern Mute Status (Shows Track Muted) - - - - : - Start position of Next or Selected Pattern Use (LEVEL) or [˄],[˅] to Navigate Up and down the Song...

  • Page 27: Midi & Cv

    1. Select [FUNCTION] + [KEYBD G1] i.e. Song to enter Song Menu 2. Select Option RELOAD using (LEVEL) control or [˄] [˅] and [Yes/Save] to select. Reloading active song (restore to saved version) 1. Press [No/Reload] + [KEYDB G1] to reload 1.
  • Page 28 1. Select [FUNCTION] + [KEYBD C2] i.e. Global Mode 2. Select MIDI CONFIG option using (LEVEL) or [˄] or [˅] and [YES/SAVE] to select 3. Select MIDI PORT CONFIG option using (LEVEL) or [˄] or [˅] and [YES/SAVE] to select 4.
  • Page 29 1. Press [PLAY] to start clock with a 2 millisecond delay to allow devices to react. Sending MIDI DIN Sync 2. Press [STOP] and [STOP] again will prepare sync and hold clock until [PLAY] is pressed or a midi start message is sent (no delay) 9.2 CV Configuration 2 dual (AB)(CD) ¼”...
  • Page 30 1. Select [FUNCTION] + [KEYBD C2] i.e. Global Mode 2. Select CV CONFIG option using (LEVEL) or [˄] or [˅] and [YES/SAVE] to select 3. Select CV x CONFIG (where x is the selected channel A,B,C or D) option using (LEVEL) or [˄] or [˅] and [YES/SAVE] to select 1.

  • Page 31: Other I/O

    9.3 CV Track The CV Track parameters will change depending on what the CV Configuration for each channel is set to. Typically the parameters that are common are TUN / FIN for Course and Fine Tuning, VAL, Voltage Level of CV (Value Lin), SRC, Notes for Sending to CV Output. 1.
  • Page 32 Requires connection to external Sysex source i.e. PC or MAC via MIDI / USB MIDI and a SYSEX File Utility e.g. Elektron’s C6 SysEx Tool 1. Select [FUNCTION] + [KEYBD C2] i.e. Global Mode 2. Select SYSEX DUMP option using (LEVEL) or [˄] or [˅] and [YES/SAVE] to select Saving KITS using SYSEX 3.

  • Page 33: Miscellanous

    11. Miscellaneous 1. Press [FUNCTION] while turning on the power switch to the A4 2. Press [TRIG 1] for Test Mode Test Mode 3. The Diagnostic results should show 0 Errors, UI [+] and NVRAM [+]. If errors occur contact Elektron. 1.

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