OS Upgrades: Analog Four 1.50 & Analog Rytm 1.60
 

Swedish musical instrument company Elektron today released substantial firmware upgrades to partner the new-look Analog Four MKII, their analog synthesizer, and Analog Rytm MKII, their analog drum machine. These upgrades extend all the way back to the MKI versions of the machines (and Analog Keys) for many features, meaning there are plenty of music-making bonuses for everyone!

Class Compliant USB Audio (MKII only)

Class Compliant USB Audio is now available on the Analog Four MKII and Analog Rytm MKII. Connect to a compatible phone, tablet, or computer, and record or process your audio easier than ever before. Add software superpowers via apps to give you countless possibilities: Parameter automation, bi-directional audio processing, audio recording, MIDI sequencing & sync, and that’s just the start. More modulation, more LFOs, more magic.
 

Step Recording mode 

Step Recording comes to the Analogs! Fresh from its splashdown on the Digis, the machines can now input notes into the sequencer step by step. For Analog Rytm users, you can even input multiple tracks simultaneously. On Analog Four, things stay tasty allowing you to input chords per step. Flex the feature’s power to the max by controlling other gear using Midi, CV, and Gate!
 

Trig Probability 

The Analog Four and Analog Rytm now have the power of Trig Probability in their arsenal. With great power comes controlled unpredictability. Take a pattern, take a chance, and see where you go!

 

Trig Preview 

Trig Preview on the Analog Four and Analog Rytm lets you beat the pattern to the punch. Preview individual trigs quickly and easily whenever you want, keeping you ahead of the track and never missing a step.
 

Improved sample & sound management 

Keeping your Analog Rytm and Analog Four organized is now easier than ever. Improved sample and sound management lets you remove whatever you’re not using, giving you more room for new sounds and new music. Get purging!
 

More improvements & fixes 

You also get access to the sweet new factory content released with the new-look MKIIs, for all machines except Analog Four MKI & Analog Keys. For a full list of improvements and bug fixes - check the release notes.
 

Overbridge

To use the upgraded Analog OS with Overbridge, please update to Overbridge 2.0.41, also released today to support the new firmware. 
 

About Analog Four MKII

Organic, steely, warm, cold, chaotic, exact, and all the shades in between. Immerse yourself in countless sonic possibilities with the Analog Four MKII. Use this four voice polyphonic analog tabletop synthesizer to vocalize and mold your own basses, leads, drums, and whatever other abnormal noises can be dreamt up. Make them as glistening and airy or dark and dense as you desire. With sounds as vast as the most infinite of palettes, entire tracks can be created from scratch. Control external gear with the four CV/Gate outputs. A digital mind and analog soul. This machine fuses together the best of both worlds.

About Analog Rytm MKII

Feel the depth of booming kick drums, the snarling bite of snares, the bellow of cavernous toms and the airy shimmer of hi-hats. The Analog Rytm MKII is an eight voice analog drum machine & sampler full of countless possibilities and infinite destinations. Fine-tune or maul the analog sounds to your liking, then access ultimate creative versatility by layering samples on top for something uniquely yours. Release them all using the twelve velocity-sensitive pads. Make your fused beats as smooth, as rough, as realistic or as fantastic as you’d like. A one-stop solution beat machine.