Elektron Analog Four MKII, User Manual

Page 1: ...Analog Four MKII Digital mind analog soul User Manual...

Page 2: ...quipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Europea...

Page 3: ...e they exit from the unit 11 Use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Unplug this unit during lightning storms or when it is not used for long periods of time 13 Refer all servicin...

Page 4: ...16 5 2 4 BANK 16 5 2 5 PATTERN 16 5 2 6 SONG 16 5 2 7 CHAINS 17 5 2 8 GLOBAL 17 5 3 ABOUT THE TRACK TYPES 17 5 3 1 THE SYNTH TRACKS 17 5 3 2 THE FX TRACK 17 5 3 3 THE CV TRACK 17 5 3 4 EDITING THE TR...

Page 5: ...QUICK PERFORMANCE 27 9 5 POLYPHONY 27 9 5 1 POLYPHONY CONFIGURATION 27 9 5 2 VOICE ROUTING 28 9 6 SOUND MENU 31 9 7 SOUND BROWSER 31 9 7 1 VIEW POOL 31 9 7 2 VIEW DRIVE 31 9 7 3 SORT ABC 31 9 7 4 SORT...

Page 6: ...TRIG TYPES 39 10 3 2 GRID RECORDING MODE 39 10 3 3 LIVE RECORDING MODE 39 10 4 TRACK MENU 39 10 4 1 NOTES SETUP 40 10 4 2 ARP SETUP 40 10 4 3 RELOAD TRACK 40 10 4 4 SAVE TRACK 40 10 5 PATTERN MENU 40...

Page 7: ...ATIONS 49 10 12 13 QUICK SAVE AND RELOAD COMMANDS 50 11 CHAINS AND SONGS 51 11 1 CHAINS 51 11 1 1 DETAILED MODE 51 11 1 2 QUICK MODE 51 11 2 SONGS 51 11 2 1 SONG EDIT MENU 52 11 2 2 ADDING SONG ROWS A...

Page 8: ...MKII CONTROL OF AN EXTERNAL ANALOG SYNTHESIZER 71 15 2 ANALOG FOUR MKII WITH OTHER ELEKTRON GEAR 72 15 3 ANALOG FOUR MKII AS A FILTER BANK 73 15 4 USING AN EXTERNAL OSCILLATOR WITH THE ANALOG FOUR MK...

Page 9: ...TABLE OF CONTENTS 9...

Page 10: ...The OSC1 menu is an example of that Parameter names and certain menu options where settings can be made or actions performed are written in bold upper case letters For example VOL Upper case letters...

Page 11: ...n of modern technology and tried and trusted ways of sound generation lets you experience the analog realm to its fullest Analog Four MKII is the new benchmark for analog tabletop synthesizers Tweaked...

Page 12: ...tering sub menus and for confirming choices 8 NO key Used for exiting an active menu and backing one step 9 Screen 10 The ARROW keys Used for menu navigation They are called UP DOWN LEFT and RIGHT 11...

Page 13: ...peration 26 SONG MODE activates deactivates SONG mode 27 CHAIN MODE activates deactivates CHAIN mode 28 BANK A H selects between banks A H 29 PATTERN MODE LEDs indicate which PATTERN mode that is chos...

Page 14: ...t covered by warranty For more information please see 17 TECHNICAL INFORMATION on page 80 3 3 CONNECTING THE UNIT Make sure you place the Analog Four MKII on a stable support such as a sturdy table wi...

Page 15: ...THE SIGNAL PATH The signal path from the oscillators to the audio outputs is completely analog The signal path from the external inputs to the audio outputs is also fully analog The digital send effec...

Page 16: ...jects are saved loaded et cetera in the GLOBAL menu For more information please see 8 PROJECTS on page 21 5 2 2 KIT Kits contain four Sounds one for each synth track and settings for the FX and CV tra...

Page 17: ...THE SYNTH TRACKS The synth tracks consist of tracks 1 4 To edit a synth track press the TRACK 1 4 key Sounds are loaded to the synth tracks Sounds can be played polyphonically 5 3 2 THE FX TRACK The F...

Page 18: ...he parameters of the active track 6 1 PARAMETER EDITING The DATA ENTRY knobs are used to change the value of the track parameters The physical location of the knobs on the front panel correspond to th...

Page 19: ...vailable letters symbols and digits Entering characters in the pop up menu is often a considerably faster naming method When a NAMING menu is open press the FUNC key to access the pop up menu While ke...

Page 20: ...knobs and listen how the sound of pattern changes 7 3 ADJUSTING PARAMETERS Each track contains six PARAMETER pages There you can find the parameters that affects the sound 1 Make sure a pattern is pl...

Page 21: ...everything sound as it did before the power cycling Please note that changes are not automatically written to the Drive You need to save the project manually to store the active working state of the p...

Page 22: ...empty project slots DELETE removes the project from the slot RENAME opens a screen where you can rename the project LOAD FROM loads the selected project to the active project SAVE TO saves the active...

Page 23: ...ctive kit When you press the TRACK keys this information briefly changes to reflect the name of the track The name of the track Sound will be displayed for the synth tracks Note that several patterns...

Page 24: ...information will be permanently lost until the kit is saved to the same kit slot as it was loaded from 9 2 5 PERFORMANCE Opens the PERFORMANCE SETUP menu For more information please see 9 3 1 PERFORM...

Page 25: ...ENTRY knob This is called a performance macro Track muting and an overview of all synth and FX track levels are available in this mode as well The PER FORMANCE mode settings are saved as a part of a...

Page 26: ...rmance macros Press FUNC QPER again to unmute the PERFORMANCE mode to let the changes affect the parameters again The QPER key is green when PERFORMANCE mode is active and turned off then PERFORMANCE...

Page 27: ...ngine which is able to change sound instantly and allow completely dynamic voice allocation see figure below The sequencer is fully polyphonic allowing overlapping notes and chords to be programmed on...

Page 28: ...y used voice is used for the new note UNISON Uses all voices to play the same note Employs the adjustable parameters DETUNE and PAN SPREAD mentioned below USE TRK SOUNDS forces the selected voices to...

Page 29: ...OICE B VOICE A B C D VOICE A D VOICE A PLAYED NOTE ASSIGNED VOICE BEGINNING OF NOTE END OF NOTE SHOWN AS PLAYED FROM TRACK 1 POLYPHONIC VOICE ALLOCATION METHOD ROTATE C D D F VOICE D VOICE C VOICE B C...

Page 30: ...VOICE C VOICE B D VOICE B VOICE A C D D F VOICE A B C D PLAYED NOTE ASSIGNED VOICE BEGINNING OF NOTE END OF NOTE VOICE STEALING C VOICE STOLEN BY G NOTE D D F G VOICE C VOICE D VOICE B VOICE A VOICE A...

Page 31: ...to the SOUND MANAGER menu it lacks the SOUND OPERATIONS menu Also empty Sound slots are not shown Pressing LEFT will access the SORTING menu Press YES to execute the commands Press NO or the RIGHT ar...

Page 32: ...r the Sound pool Scroll the list by turning the TRACK LEVEL knob or by pressing UP DOWN Pressing LEFT accesses the SORTING menu The available commands are the same as those found in the SORTING menu o...

Page 33: ...o channel The Sound is played through the active track Please note that if the previewed Sound is routed through the effects the current effects settings will affect it Several Sounds can be simultane...

Page 34: ...ected For more information please see 10 12 7 NOTE SLIDE on page 48 OFF turns portamento off No played notes will be affected ON turns portamento on All played notes will be affected LEGATO activates...

Page 35: ...the FX track 9 12 1 PLAYING A SOUND WITH A MIDI KEYBOARD The synth voices are also possible to play with an external MIDI keyboard connected to the Analog Four MKII Which MIDI tracks the voices respo...

Page 36: ...ols the signal sent from the CV C output CV D controls the signal sent from the CV D output ENV1 2 offers two freely assignable envelopes for control of the CV track parameters LFO1 2 offers two freel...

Page 37: ...f the previous pattern will be preliminarily selected and the kit number will start flashing on the screen to draw attention to the fact that the kit is not yet decisively linked to the new pattern Lo...

Page 38: ...EQUENTIAL will change patterns after the currently playing pattern reaches its end This mode is the default mode DIRECT START will immediately change patterns The new pattern will start playing from t...

Page 39: ...de the KEYBOARD keys or an external MIDI keyboard connected to the Analog Four MKII can be played in real time to input trigs to the tracks It is also possible to enter parameter locks in real time Tr...

Page 40: ...saved state Press YES TRK for a short cut to the SAVE TRACK com mand 10 5 PATTERN MENU In the PATTERN menu patterns can be saved and reloaded Open the menu by pressing PTN Select be tween the availabl...

Page 41: ...ject A setting of 6 equals 16th notes a setting of 12 equals 8th notes and so on 10 6 3 RNG Sets the octave range of the arpeggiator After each finished arpeggiator cycle the arpeggiated notes will be...

Page 42: ...s make the last three note trigs share a different note length compared to the first three To add individual settings per note utilize parameter locks For more information please see 10 12 1 PARAMETER...

Page 43: ...LEVEL knob Change settings with the LEFT RIGHT arrow keys 10 9 1 GLOBAL QUANTIZE Affects all micro timed trigs of all tracks The higher the quantize value the more all micro timed trigs will be quanti...

Page 44: ...ess the SCALE SETUP menu by pressing FUNC PAGE Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select between the available settings Use the UP and DOWN keys to adjust the differ ent settings and to select betwe...

Page 45: ...s for how long the active pattern will play before a chained pattern will start playing This can be overridden by the CHNG parameter CHNG controls for how long the active pattern will play before a cu...

Page 46: ...ith which a set of conditional rules can be applied to any trig using a parameter lock Each setting is a logical condition that will deter mine whether a trig set in the sequencer will be triggered or...

Page 47: ...e and for any duration by pressing and holding the FILL key when the pattern is playing GRID RECORDING mode cannot be active The FILL mode is active for as long as the key is held 10 12 5 TRIG MUTE Th...

Page 48: ...rameter found in the second page of the OSC2 menu For more information please see APPENDIX A SYNTH TRACK PARAMETERS on page 82 Note slides can be added to note trigs Keep the note trig pressed and pre...

Page 49: ...that when transpose lock is activated the KEYBOARD keys will not be able to play Sounds or set the note value of note trigs They will only be used for transpose duties The secondary functions of the...

Page 50: ...n page 23 To quick save the track Sound of the active track press YES SND This command is the same as the STORE TRACK SOUND command found in the SOUND MANAGER menu For more information please see 9 6...

Page 51: ...rn and a new pattern is selected the high lighted pattern will be replaced When activating CHAIN mode the patterns in the chain will be played in sequence The chain will be looped once the final patte...

Page 52: ...n For more information please see 10 1 1 SELECTING A PATTERN on page 37 To add a chain to a song row select a song row and press the RIGHT arrow key The song cursor will move from the pattern position...

Page 53: ...renamed et cetera Access the menu by pressing SONG RELOAD will reload the active song It will be restored to its saved version Press NO SONG for a short cut to this command LOAD will open a menu wher...

Page 54: ...h of the four Global slots to use Select the active slot by using the LEFT RIGHT arrow keys Press YES to confirm the selection All changes made to a Global slot are automatically saved A slot stores t...

Page 55: ...GHT arrow keys CLOCK RECEIVE will when active make the Analog Four MKII respond to MIDI clock sent from exter nal devices CLOCK SEND will when active make the Analog Four MKII transmit MIDI clock TRAN...

Page 56: ...UT FROM selects the source the Analog Four MKII will receive MIDI data from DISABLED will make the Analog Four MKII disregard any incoming MIDI data MIDI will make the Analog Four MKII listen only to...

Page 57: ...nalog Four MKII sends MIDI data on this channel the keyboard will control the active track This is useful when for example quickly changing between the active synth tracks to play different Sounds PRO...

Page 58: ...e note on the keyboard on which to start the desired keyboard range RANGE HIGH sets the note on the keyboard on which to end the desired keyboard range If a sin gle key is to be mapped set to the same...

Page 59: ...ote on the keyboard on which to start the desired keyboard range RANGE HIGH sets the note on the keyboard on which to end the desired keyboard range DELETE ENTRY deletes the whole entry Select and con...

Page 60: ...by ear Repeat the process for NOTE 2 and VOLTAGE 2 but choose for example C5 or C6 Finally play some random notes to see if they are in tune If not then you probably need to change from PITCH V OCT to...

Page 61: ...values is mainly useful if you wish to send pulses with very exact voltage levels or to generate very speci c voltages as a linear value and if you believe that the factory trim of the Analog Four MKI...

Page 62: ...ee modes CV Control Volt age EXPR Expression Pedal and OFF CV ZERO LEVEL Available when mode is set to CV Sets the Volt level at which CV modulation amount is zero A control input level equal to this...

Page 63: ...complete backups of various data WHOLE PROJECT will send all kits Sounds patterns songs and global slots to the receiving de vice I e the complete project ALL KITS will send all kits to the receiving...

Page 64: ...slot available To the right of the bank indication the amount of free slots can be seen PATTERN will store a received pattern to the selected pattern slot To the right of the pattern slot the name of...

Page 65: ...lity C6 It can be downloaded from the Elektron website If the Analog Four MKII is receiving the OS upgrade through the MIDI ports use the Elek tron TM 1 USB MIDI interface for up to 10x transfer speed...

Page 66: ...tings will be re initialized If you wish to keep the active project remember to save it to a Drive project slot higher than 1 before you perform a factory reset To perform a factory reset press TRIG k...

Page 67: ...e produced A square wave contains only odd numbered harmonics of the fundamental frequency and has a hollow sound not quite as full as a sawtooth waveform Changing the PW makes the pulse waveform asym...

Page 68: ...the oscillator waveform as the audio source the audio coming from the ladder filter output will be used Just as with the oscillator the LEV parameter sets the level of this signal path Turning it up...

Page 69: ...he higher the resonance the narrower the filter notch will be This means that in contrast to the other filter modes the effect of the resonance parameter is greatest at a low setting giving a wider no...

Page 70: ...release The envelope will immediately rise to the full envelope level and stay there for the whole attack phase The ATK parameter sets the duration of this attack phase The envelope shape is useful a...

Page 71: ...itch and filter cutoff will be controlled 1 Connect three standard mono phone cables to the Analog Four MKII CV A B and C outputs 2 Connect the CV A cable to the external synth pitch CV control input...

Page 72: ...controlled from the FX track When setting another track as the SRC selection the arpeggiator of that track can be used as well to send note trigs 15 2 ANALOG FOUR MKII WITH OTHER ELEKTRON GEAR To P A...

Page 73: ...R MANCE SETUP MENU on page 25 15 3 ANALOG FOUR MKII AS A FILTER BANK Thanks to the neighbor routing all the filters of the Analog Four MKII can be used for providing an immense mono filter bank consis...

Page 74: ...the other tracks Turn off oscillator 1 on tracks 2 4 Turn down the track level to 0 for tracks 1 3 Make the Analog Four MKII listen to MIDI clock and transport controls sent from the Monomachine When...

Page 75: ...he filters and envelopes of track 1 will shape both the internal and the external oscillators 1 Connect a standard mono phone cable from the Analog Four MKII CV A output to the pitch CV control input...

Page 76: ...he first most basic method uses the FX track to turn the Analog Four MKII into an effects box sporting the Wideshift Chorus Saturator Delay and Supervoid Reverb effects The second more elaborate metho...

Page 77: ...This is required to start the envelope processing of the feed from the electric guitar 8 Press play on the Analog Four MKII The three main send effects are a perfect choice when performing at large a...

Page 78: ...reloads Sound YES TRK saves Track NO TRK reloads Track YES PTN saves Pattern NO PTN reloads Pattern YES SONG saves Song NO SONG reloads Song 16 6 SEQUENCER SETTINGS FUNC TEMPO to tap tempo FUNC TRK to...

Page 79: ...CHAIN EDITING FUNC CHAIN to create new scratch pad row CHAIN LEFT RIGHT to move chain cursor CHAIN NO to remove Pattern from the chain before cursor or selected BANK X X TRIG to enter a new Pattern in...

Page 80: ...ratio 102 dBFS 20 20 000 Hz Unit power consumption 15 W typical 20 W maximum Recommended power supply 12 V DC 2 A HARDWARE 128 64 pixel OLED screen MIDI In Out Thru with DIN Sync out 2 1 4 impedance b...

Page 81: ...Fabian Hundertmark Christer Lindstr m Jimmy Myhrman Jon M rtensson Viktor Nilsson David Revelj Mattias Rickardsson Martin Sigby Daniel Troberg ADDITIONAL DESIGN Ufuk Demir Thomas Ekelund DOCUMENTATIO...

Page 82: ...possible to choose one of the two External Inputs to send external sounds through the filters or to activate Filter Feedback Note that selecting a waveform does not change the PW parameter which affe...

Page 83: ...veshape back and forth around the set PW parameter PWM OSC2 PWM Depth sets the amount of the oscillator s Pulsewidth Modulation around the set PW parameter OSC 1 2 page 2 AM1 Osc1 AM engages Amplitude...

Page 84: ...both negative and positive modulation depth is possible Note that ENV always affects Filter1 regardless of which modulation des tinations are chosen FRQ Filter2 Frequency sets the cutoff frequency of...

Page 85: ...lope Several linear and exponential shapes are available A dot to the left of the visual representation of the envelope indicates that the envelope will restart from level zero In other cases it will...

Page 86: ...elope Confirm a selection by pressing YES DEP EnvF Depth B sets how much the envelope will modulate the destination chosen by the second DST parameter The knob is bipolar both negative and positive mo...

Page 87: ...ow much the LFO1 will modulate the destination chosen by the second DST parameter The knob is bipolar both negative and positive modulation depth is possible LFO2 page 2 SPD LFO2 Speed sets the speed...

Page 88: ...ough to the Supervoid Reverb effect PAN Ext L Pan positions the signal from the left external input in the stereo field When using the au dio inputs as a stereo pair pan this signal hard left VOL Ext...

Page 89: ...modulation of the chorus taps WID Width sets the stereo width of the Wideshift Chorus FDB Feedback sets the feedback of the chorus taps HPF HP Filter sets the highpass filtering of the input signal LP...

Page 90: ...en left and right pan positions The WID parameter controls the amount of panning WID Width sets the stereo width or placement of the delay signal FDB Feedback sets how much of the delay output that wi...

Page 91: ...ncy of a shelving filter Together with the GAI parameter it can be used to dampen the reverberated signal above a chosen frequency making the reverberation sound darker GAI Shelving Gain affects the d...

Page 92: ...s how much the LFO1 will modulate the destination chosen by the second DST parameter The knob is bipolar both negative and positive modulation depth is possible LFO2 page 2 SPD LFO2 Speed sets the spe...

Page 93: ...trigged note will be offset SLI Note Slide time sets the CV control of the slide time of note slides SRC Source Track sets the track to use for send ing CV signals The CV track FX track and synth trac...

Page 94: ...e EnvF envelope Confirm a selection by pressing YES DEP Env1 Depth B sets how much the envelope will modulate the destination chosen by the second DST parameter The knob is bipolar both negative and p...

Page 95: ...or LFO1 Confirm a selection by pressing YES DEP LFO1 Depth B sets how much the LFO1 will modulate the destination chosen by the second DST parameter The knob is bipolar both negative and positive modu...

Page 96: ...I I 67 0 127 0 8 0 127 Performance Parameter J J 68 0 127 0 9 0 127 MODULATION PARAMETERS The following messages affect modulation parameters Which parameters they will in turn affect are set in the...

Page 97: ...CC LSB NRPN MSB NRPN LSB Pitch A 17 0 127 49 0 127 1 0 127 20 0 127 B 1 0 127 Detune C 1 0 127 22 Keytracking D 1 0 127 23 Level E 78 0 127 1 0 127 24 Waveform F 79 0 127 1 0 127 25 Sub Oscillator G 8...

Page 98: ...Shape E 1 0 127 54 Chorus Send Level F 91 0 127 1 0 127 55 Delay Send Level G 92 0 127 1 0 127 56 Reverb Send Level H 93 0 127 1 0 127 57 Pan I 10 0 127 1 0 127 58 Volume J 7 0 127 1 0 127 59 ENVF Pa...

Page 99: ...127 89 0 127 LFO2 Parameter Encoder CC MSB CC LSB NRPN MSB NRPN LSB LFO2 Speed A 118 0 127 1 0 127 90 LFO2 Speed Multiplier B 119 0 127 1 0 127 91 LFO2 Fade C 1 0 127 92 LFO2 Start Phase D 1 0 127 93...

Page 100: ...0 127 48 Send Level J 2 0 127 49 DELAY Parameter Encoder CC MSB CC LSB NRPN MSB NRPN LSB Time A 2 0 127 50 Mode B 2 0 127 51 C 2 0 127 52 Width D 2 0 127 53 Feedback E 2 0 127 54 HP Filter F 2 0 127 5...

Page 101: ...2 0 127 93 LFO2 Mode E 2 0 127 94 LFO2 Waveform F 2 0 127 95 LFO2 Destination 1 G 2 0 127 96 LFO2 Depth 1 H 2 0 127 97 0 127 LFO2 Destination 2 I 2 0 127 98 LFO2 Depth 2 J 2 0 127 99 0 127 CV TRACK P...

Page 102: ...end Depth F 3 0 127 45 CV C Note Slide time G 3 0 127 46 H 3 0 127 I 3 0 127 J 3 0 127 CV D Parameter Encoder CC MSB CC LSB NRPN MSB NRPN LSB CV D Coarse Tune A 3 0 127 50 CV D Fine Tune B 3 0 127 51...

Page 103: ...2 J 3 0 127 79 0 127 LFO1 Parameter Encoder CC MSB CC LSB NRPN MSB NRPN LSB LFO1 Speed A 3 0 127 80 LFO1 Speed Multiplier B 3 0 127 81 LFO1 Fade C 3 0 127 82 LFO1 Start Phase D 3 0 127 83 LFO1 Mode E...

Page 104: ...HORUSSEND DELAYSEND REVERBSEND LFO1 LFO2 ENVELOPE2 ENVELOPE1 ENVELOPE2 VIBRATOLFO BENDENVELOPE SYNC FADEENVELOPE FADEENVELOPE LFO1 CV1 CV2 CV3 CV4 LFO2 FADEENVELOPE DELAYSEND REVERBSEND REVERBSEND FAD...

Page 105: ...config 54 Synth config 54 SysEx dump 62 GRID RECORDING MODE 39 K KITS 23 Clear kit 24 Load kit 24 Performance mode 25 L LEGATO MODE 34 LIVE RECORDING MODE 39 LOADING Kit 24 Song 53 M MASTER TUNE 54 ME...

Page 106: ...ongs 53 Tracks 40 SCALE SETUP Advanced mode 45 Normal mode 44 SCREEN 18 SEQUENCER 37 SETUP EXAMPLES 71 AF MKII as a filter bank 73 AF MKII with electric guitar 76 AF MKII with external oscillator 75 A...

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