> Hello all -
> I am probably gonna get major flamed for this (or at least some snickers),
> but *what good* is an analog sequencer? all it can do is cycle through the
> *same* 8 or 16 notes *over and over*.... (sounds like some top 40 music I've
> heard as of late). This may work in techno, where repitition is pretty
> much the norm (or standard operation), but is not too useful in more, uh,
> dare I say "musical" applications. (I know, I'm asking for it now ...).
> As if you haven't figured it out already, I do *not* like techno, but I
> *love* synthesizers, especially analog and (dare I say) FM synthesis.
> (I can't help it - the DX7 was my first professional keyboard! [way back
> in 1987] I *still* program it!). What it boils down to is this ... Are
> there any other uses for analog sequencers other than repetitive arpeggio
> basslines and such? I would like to know!! :P
>
> Duane
I myself am more of a fan of analog sequencers where you can change the
pitch on each step, in Semitones, as oppossed to discrete pitches.
Sequencers like the ones that Tangerine Dream used in the late 1970s, in
their basslines. As long as the pitches can be changed like that, then
you're not locked into repetition.
I don't know of any sequencers available nowadays like that, except for the
Doepfer MAQ machine.
Someday, I'll have my quantized sequencer finished. :) I need more
building time.
Ric
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