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Originally Posted by TheHobbit
How are you getting on with yours? Got the Analog Keys a while back and about 80% of the way to selling it...not gelling at all.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheHobbit
How are you getting on with yours? Got the Analog Keys a while back and about 80% of the way to selling it...not gelling at all.
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Just thought I'd add that I have had an A4 for about a year now and I am same as you in that I just find the interface, method of working, and the whole mind f**k of the relationship between kits/patterns *entirely* non-intuitive and probably the worse gear purchase ever made on my end. Very close to selling it and would get a lot of pleasure while watching lightening strike it while plugged in...yeah, "the Elektron way" simply does not agree nor bode well with my brain...plus, lack of individual time signatures, lack of multi-direction of sequencer, and (this is huge) inability to adjust volume level of sub oscillators and NO MIDI OUT...dealbreakers. Elektron advertised it as having "full midi specs" but it simply is not entirely true. They want and expect you to purchase their other boxes to get the missing features intentially done and find that form of marketing manipulation really sucky! Also, the Reference Manual has to be the worse written document ever. I fell for the hype and learned an important lesson with this. (yeah, I hate the thing)
Not holding out for overbridge because have a strong feeling it will be just as convoluted to use and probably mainly cater to the Ableton Live crowd, of which is not my DAW and highly doubt they make it inclusive for Reaper.
I have never tried so hard to wrap my head around a piece of gear as I have with the A4 and has been really frustrating because their forum seems to have a lot of people that give answers as if they are texting while riding a roller coaster, not to mention quite snarky and immature answers. RTFM is popular answer and that would be all and well if the Reference Manual were actually well-written...it's not! Kind of spoiled with Access and Waldorf consistently having extremely well-written User Manuals.