Dateline....I'm gonna buy your 4. This has made my mind up. This elektron product has the right amount of balance for my immediate needs. Recently, some robber stole all my equipment from my street corner studio. This will help me get back on my feet again....thanks, and I wish you well.
I went big and bought the A4 and the Octatrack....sold some other good analog equipment to get it, but it's worth it. It's the functionality of the WHOLE system that sold me.
Just came to this video today. Trying to learn something while eating lunch. Issue is that every time I look away, so many changes happen within seconds :D. Great Vid! Very inspiring!
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I also just bought an Analog Four because of this vid! great work! hoping i can make some nice textures also.
After owning and using A4 for a few weeks I start to understand what Dataline is doing in this video. I suppose I was convinced to buy one originally after seeing this particular video, but back then I had no idea what he was doing with knobs and buttons. :) Some properly produced tutorial videos from Elektron would really be nice!!!
+Lukree Industries Your comment is a year old so you've probably learned everything that he is doing in the video by now. If not, however, in about about two weeks I'm going to post a complete, chronological description of literally everything that Mr Dataline does to create the first pattern. Keep an eye out on the Elektronauts forum.
+Justin McCamish Heh, yes, after a year of practice really makes the difference! Still having my elektrons (A4 and Rytm), and while those are every now and then a bit quirky, I'll stick with them! Awesome machines. Cannot approach Dataline's Elektron Ninja level, but at least I'm not slaughtered on first level anymore.
OMG, this machine looks like the best box ever built, thank you for putting out such a high calibre demo, that's sounds like an LP to me, this pattern is outstanding, thank you for the vibe!
real nice presentation here. I can't wait for mine to show up with the mail person, she needs to hurry up with it LOL! I ordered one over the weekend and can't wait to start using it in the studio. This vid only gets me more excited, wonderful tune!
What a joy to watch a man who so knows his instrument, such a delight to listen to a man who can do music on it. What a pain it must be wearing strap on binoculars to read that screen at the same time . .
I just received my Analog Four on Friday. Thanks for getting my creative juices flowing. Just the ablity to take a monotone track and change it on the fly is very cool. All the other parameter locks that go along with it. :) Edit: I just created a track with a combination of created sounds, stock sounds, and one note rythems tweeked to perfection. This is really awesome!
You know, in the end, you're gonna have to own both ;) I started with the Analog Four, but ended up getting the Octatrack too, and I don't regret any of them, they're giving me so much pleasure and fun !
This features by itself makes this little beauty a must buy ! I'm not even talking about the sound quality which is superb, as well as the effect. A4 is a bomb !
Great video! Really nice to see someone at work that clearly knows their instrument very well. I just picked up an A4 and am really looking forward to getting my teeth into it :)
This is very interesting if only you could go through it step by step for us beginners. You are the master of these instruments. So please again can you do some step by step videos for us!
Thank YOU for this video! You are my electron HERO! very nice programming of the sounds - great sequence - it gives me so much inspiration! please make more such a kind of videos! THX MR. DATALINE ; )
Your demo's are SO great... one thing I'd love to hear you do is make some really messed up dark-tweaked sounds and use them in a less predictable & non-grid (or multi-grid) manner to really show how free-range/form the sequences can get - a machine consumed with consuming itself... ;) If anyone can do this, YOU can. :) Thanks for all the fab examples.
Good music here, very clear video and sound. Perhaps some more explanation as to what you are doing? ( Even though at HD Res, you can see the controls at life size, so it is all there! )
Machinedrum is another instrument, it's mainly built for drums and percussion-type sounds, you have 16 tracks that can play all at the same moment. Analog 4 is much different, being analog having 4 tracks (that can trigger different sounds) and very beautiful effects (delay, reverb, chorus). Machinedrum also has effects but more digital and less sophisticated sounding
Really great video. Sounds nice to me. Does this have swing or swing per sound and is there any way of quantising the stuff you record using the mini keyboard? Also have an idea how parameter locks work but say i wanted to program a filter sweet over 3 of 16 steps how could i do that so it sounded smooth like an automated rather than step sequenced filter. Is this fully automatable in a DAW too? With the fx is it say one global (eg.)reverb for all tracks and then you just send and return Thanks.
Hi! I am trying to figure out the A4 and was trying to mimic this video. At 3:48 how does he get that snare sound? Is it possible to get multiple sounds on one track?
Hey, can you make more of this tutorials please? I have read the manual over and over but can't find how I do the simpelst things. Example, automated changes of parameters, how to switch a sound and a sequence within the same project and preformance mode. It would be great if you could help me. Grtz
can't express the words...fantastico !! currently selling a few kidneys in order to buy this the octotrack and machinedrum , I need some Elektron gear in my life truly outstanding equipment and musicianship :@)
brilliant! thanks for your kind efforts in the absence of anything from elektron. i don't suppose there's any chance you could post a walk thru of loading in sounds from the sound packs? seems the folks at elektron saw fit to offer free sounds with no explanation as to how to get them into the device or into a track once there. merçi!
It's just a demo. I can see exactly how I'm going to use this synth in my setup and I can't wait to get it. If you want to hear more complex stuff, check out MrDataline's actual finished music. Certainly not "lazy repetition of an insipid beat".
bout to cop this. for youz guyz complaining about the price, I gotta say that this unit is very reasonably priced - they coulda tacked a few hundred more. but here's a pro tip for music fiends with little cash - pool some friends together and buy gear online from Sweetwater. if you buy a bunch of gear at once, they will work with you on the price.
+AK Mr Dataline achieves this by taking the following steps (just does it amazingly quickly): 1. Switch to the note parameters page via the Note [PARAMETER] key so you can set the default parameter values for all notes (in the absence of parameter locks) on the track. 2. Change the length of the note to infinite by turning the DATA ENTRY knob C (Length, labelled LEN) clockwise until the value above the corresponding icon on the LCD shows 'INF'. * Keep in mind that some people claim to have encountered note stealing issues using INF. Personally, I haven't encountered that problem yet.
+AK Glad I could help. I'm really just starting out but I'm determined to reach into all the darkest corners of this little black box. As a kind of thank you to the Elektron community for all the help I've got so far, in about about two weeks I'm going to post a complete, chronological description of literally everything that Mr Dataline does to create the first pattern. Keep an eye out on the Elektronauts forum.
That's pretty cool. Thanks a lot mate. Any thoughts of my other questions below. Think I might be ordering one too very soon. Really liked the track you ended up with too. Good melodic techno :)
Watching this 10 freaking years later and still going OMG at the ease you are banging those sounds out!
I agree
Still the best thing I’ve ever heard on an A4.
Still
still.
still is the best example in 2022
still
Are you guys sure about that?
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The best part of this video is from 0:00 to 16:55
Dateline....I'm gonna buy your 4. This has made my mind up. This elektron product has the right amount of balance for my immediate needs. Recently, some robber stole all my equipment from my street corner studio. This will help me get back on my feet again....thanks, and I wish you well.
it's amazing, before this video I never even knew I need a 4 voice analog synth!
That note sequence(A,B,F#,E) (IV, VI, ii, I) is infectious. I went to get coffee and found the sequence still playing in my head. Good work! :)
The beginning two oscillator synth sounds like atoms for peace, the synth that plays the happier part in Default. Very professional quality.
The video that made me get an A4. No regrets 4 years later.
I went big and bought the A4 and the Octatrack....sold some other good analog equipment to get it, but it's worth it. It's the functionality of the WHOLE system that sold me.
Do you still have the A4 and the OT?
👍
I bought one after seen that precise video!, but your the master of analogue four by far! best instrument ever made!
This is best demo of elektron mashines on youtube :) when listening this demo i am realy high.The tonality is my home.
Just came to this video today. Trying to learn something while eating lunch. Issue is that every time I look away, so many changes happen within seconds :D.
Great Vid! Very inspiring!
I also just bought an Analog Four because of this vid! great work! hoping i can make some nice textures also.
Thanks for making this video, DL.
It was the main inspiration for me getting the A4 so many years ago- led me down quite a scenic path
After owning and using A4 for a few weeks I start to understand what Dataline is doing in this video. I suppose I was convinced to buy one originally after seeing this particular video, but back then I had no idea what he was doing with knobs and buttons. :) Some properly produced tutorial videos from Elektron would really be nice!!!
agreed
+Lukree Industries
Your comment is a year old so you've probably learned everything that he is doing in the video by now. If not, however, in about about two weeks I'm going to post a complete, chronological description of literally everything that Mr Dataline does to create the first pattern. Keep an eye out on the Elektronauts forum.
Justin McCamish thanks! please post how to work with chain/song mode. and your thoughts on approaching this machine as a composing/performing tool.
+Justin McCamish Heh, yes, after a year of practice really makes the difference! Still having my elektrons (A4 and Rytm), and while those are every now and then a bit quirky, I'll stick with them! Awesome machines. Cannot approach Dataline's Elektron Ninja level, but at least I'm not slaughtered on first level anymore.
Did you post description ? If yes- could you share the link? Or write your name you use at elektronauts
OMG, this machine looks like the best box ever built, thank you for putting out such a high calibre demo, that's sounds like an LP to me, this pattern is outstanding, thank you for the vibe!
real nice presentation here. I can't wait for mine to show up with the mail person, she needs to hurry up with it LOL! I ordered one over the weekend and can't wait to start using it in the studio. This vid only gets me more excited, wonderful tune!
this is so perfect. incredible timbres. what a beautiful box
I actually bought one of these after this video! :D!!
Mark Sweeney Me Too!!
+Mark Sweeney Same here!
What a joy to watch a man who so knows his instrument, such a delight to listen to a man who can do music on it.
What a pain it must be wearing strap on binoculars to read that screen at the same time . .
I just received my Analog Four on Friday. Thanks for getting my creative juices flowing. Just the ablity to take a monotone track and change it on the fly is very cool. All the other parameter locks that go along with it. :)
Edit: I just created a track with a combination of created sounds, stock sounds, and one note rythems tweeked to perfection. This is really awesome!
This is hypnotic shit. I had to order my A4 just because of this video :)
Wow, this is so cool!
Now i can't decide between A4 & octatrack...
Thank you for the great demo sir!
You know, in the end, you're gonna have to own both ;)
I started with the Analog Four, but ended up getting the Octatrack too, and I don't regret any of them, they're giving me so much pleasure and fun !
Laurent Cortier I am SO tempted to get an Analog Rhtm and Octatrack later in 2015 if I can swing it.
This features by itself makes this little beauty a must buy ! I'm not even talking about the sound quality which is superb, as well as the effect. A4 is a bomb !
Wow. I love this music you're making. I'm buying an Elektron Analog Four in about 3 weeks. Thanks.
This is the most fun way to explore and learn the Elektron gear.
this is one of the best drumcomputer vids ive ever seen, thank you for this presentation:)
first vid i found of someone making good sounds on an mk1. Keep 'em coming sir
Great video! Really nice to see someone at work that clearly knows their instrument very well. I just picked up an A4 and am really looking forward to getting my teeth into it :)
I have a U-He Ace and a U-He Zebra2.... :)
This video cemented my purchase of an Analog Four. Well done demonstration.
Hi Cenk...Look forward to seeing you do something like this on the A4 MKII :)
what a beautiful sounding instrument
i'm buying one tomorrow because of this video
great work dataline…. thanks
digging your work and the box!
This is very interesting if only you could go through it step by step for us beginners. You are the master of these instruments. So please again can you do some step by step videos for us!
This is enormous machine and really huge sound inside !
Just wow! That intro melody has blown me away
Wow..!! this sound is very deep and cool.. good job!!
I hope you can show more videos like this. It helped me to get up and running quickly with the A4. And kudos. Nice work.
the bassline sounds like "boards of canda - olson"
this is by far the best Elektron video I have seen. I love the sound. As I have seen under in some comment - are you Extrawelt?
Man this is Decent! Great synth, demo and music/creativity...
Extrawelt Technology...
Great stuff, Dude
just got my A4 yesterday!
have the learning curve feeling bad!
this video is very very inspiring, now just let me digest it ;)
Wuaw, the A4 is def a filthy fine peace of equipment and great handwork my german friend
great video man, thanks for the tutorial, keep them coming they are very informative and helpful in learning this complex and amazing tool!
The Analog 4 and those Parameter locks are sick ya stick
Best thing I've ever heard from an A4.
you really have fast hands, dude. I got my A4 last week and only dream about mastering it to your level.
Were liking this...another new toy for the writing of our new material for the album!
Thank YOU for this video! You are my electron HERO! very nice programming of the sounds - great sequence - it gives me so much inspiration! please make more such a kind of videos! THX MR. DATALINE ; )
I don't think a sequencer and a few voices is anything to be scared of, Mr. Fingers seems to have done pretty well with 'Can you feel it' ;)
Master mastering the machine. Deep knowledge and deep sound!
A.
Your demo's are SO great... one thing I'd love to hear you do is make some really messed up dark-tweaked sounds and use them in a less predictable & non-grid (or multi-grid) manner to really show how free-range/form the sequences can get - a machine consumed with consuming itself... ;) If anyone can do this, YOU can. :) Thanks for all the fab examples.
Great car track. listen to it with the kids all the time. One of these days I'll have one.
very nice work dude! i love this machine...it seems to be very powerfull and to offer so much possibilities....i want it now!
i'm pretty sure one of those sounds was me shitting my pants.
You are not a very good person.
+Yury Est You are not a very unuptight person.
+unabonger777 No, that was just me shifting around nervously in my chair, craving an Elektron Analog Four.
+unabonger777 WTF???
hahahahahaa
Sehr gut Schon der Anfang hat überzeugt den Syn. zu kaufen wer sich auskennt sieht wie schnell man hier zum ziel kommt
The beginning sounds like BoC. Ellerine saglik dostum :)
:)
Very good video and really shows what the a4 can do ...
Beautiful. Elektron should have you on their payroll.
Glad someone is helping out. Thanks for that.
Went from b.o.c. to masivly orbital in that first jam. Like it. What a nice bit of kit
You are very familiar with this machine. And musically skilled.
Is anywhere tutorial what magic is done on this video available? Sounds and patterns are great! But how is it done?
I would like to know as well! He is doing a LOT and at such pace and ease
The high quality DSP reverb really adds big time on this box.
Buying one today thanks to you. You just cost me $1600
Good music here, very clear video and sound. Perhaps some more explanation as to what you are doing? ( Even though at HD Res, you can see the controls at life size, so it is all there! )
Machinedrum is another instrument, it's mainly built for drums and percussion-type sounds, you have 16 tracks that can play all at the same moment. Analog 4 is much different, being analog having 4 tracks (that can trigger different sounds) and very beautiful effects (delay, reverb, chorus). Machinedrum also has effects but more digital and less sophisticated sounding
This is absolutely wonderful
Has to be my favorite A4 jam. incredible stuff.
Alessandro Cortini??? Sounds super smooth!!!
great sound! first part sounds like Orbital :)
Really great video. Sounds nice to me. Does this have swing or swing per sound and is there any way of quantising the stuff you record using the mini keyboard? Also have an idea how parameter locks work but say i wanted to program a filter sweet over 3 of 16 steps how could i do that so it sounded smooth like an automated rather than step sequenced filter. Is this fully automatable in a DAW too? With the fx is it say one global (eg.)reverb for all tracks and then you just send and return Thanks.
Hi! I am trying to figure out the A4 and was trying to mimic this video. At 3:48 how does he get that snare sound? Is it possible to get multiple sounds on one track?
Yes, “sound locks”, you can save sounds to a sound pool. (6 years later lol)
different patches(sounds) for each step! very cool.
Damn man! That second composition was sick😉😎.
This is invaluable, thank you so much !
This thing just sounds so damn good.
Hey, can you make more of this tutorials please?
I have read the manual over and over but can't find how I do the simpelst things.
Example, automated changes of parameters, how to switch a sound and a sequence within the same project and preformance mode.
It would be great if you could help me.
Grtz
Did you ever figure out the a4 ?
awesome performance! please would you show us more?
wow...the machine is one thing, the other thing is to operate with...very good..
Hey, I don't understand how you recorded the main hook live? What key commands do you need to hit to get it in that mode. Right around 2:00
Ahhh, figured it out. I couldn't tell you hit play and record at the same time. That is a huge breakthrough considering I have an A4 and Octatrack.
can't express the words...fantastico !! currently selling a few kidneys in order to buy this the octotrack and machinedrum , I need some Elektron gear in my life truly outstanding equipment and musicianship :@)
So, so good. Truly awesome.
Finally a video of someone who owns a piece of Elektron Equipment that doesn't make bland music.
it's brilliant ,send this song to warp records and will be famous
OMG...do you think that!?really!!!???afffff
brilliant! thanks for your kind efforts in the absence of anything from elektron. i don't suppose there's any chance you could post a walk thru of loading in sounds from the sound packs? seems the folks at elektron saw fit to offer free sounds with no explanation as to how to get them into the device or into a track once there. merçi!
It's just a demo. I can see exactly how I'm going to use this synth in my setup and I can't wait to get it. If you want to hear more complex stuff, check out MrDataline's actual finished music. Certainly not "lazy repetition of an insipid beat".
I'd enjoy seeing that sleight of hand a few more times for reference!
Fantastic , can you put all the values that you have used to create this sound
Thx a lot
Great Video, I want one of these now.
nice sound!!is possible, with the routing of the midi tracks, to use the internal sequencer to play an external synthesizer, like a drum machine?
Well done!! tried to copy this on my inferior Electribe.. or with my inferior skills.. - Nice melody!
Narration over top of this would be extremely nice!
bout to cop this. for youz guyz complaining about the price, I gotta say that this unit is very reasonably priced - they coulda tacked a few hundred more. but here's a pro tip for music fiends with little cash - pool some friends together and buy gear online from Sweetwater. if you buy a bunch of gear at once, they will work with you on the price.
Shit, why did i watch this, managed to avoid the analog four all this time! Brilliant stuff as always fella. :)
How do you play the note and make it carry on the full length of the bar? 1:17
+AK
Mr Dataline achieves this by taking the following steps (just does it amazingly quickly):
1. Switch to the note parameters page via the Note [PARAMETER] key so you can set the default parameter values for all notes (in the absence of parameter locks) on the track.
2. Change the length of the note to infinite by turning the DATA ENTRY knob C (Length, labelled LEN) clockwise until the value above the corresponding icon on the LCD shows 'INF'.
* Keep in mind that some people claim to have encountered note stealing issues using INF. Personally, I haven't encountered that problem yet.
+Justin McCamish thanks very much! This has bugged me for ages haha.
+AK
Glad I could help. I'm really just starting out but I'm determined to reach into all the darkest corners of this little black box.
As a kind of thank you to the Elektron community for all the help I've got so far, in about about two weeks I'm going to post a complete, chronological description of literally everything that Mr Dataline does to create the first pattern.
Keep an eye out on the Elektronauts forum.
That's pretty cool. Thanks a lot mate. Any thoughts of my other questions below. Think I might be ordering one too very soon. Really liked the track you ended up with too. Good melodic techno :)
Okay, now I really want one of these.
man i would play this track till im old. haha. the first track. great job.