303sequencer

[Christopher List]

> conclusion....why the hell did I waste so much time?...The main thing
> sounds like a 303 but without the little sequencer you need so many
> voltages to create the same old sound.  I threw in the towel!  Back to the

After making my modular sound exactly like a 303 simply by driving it from the 
gate/CV of the 303 I realized the same thing. 

This led me to ask the obvious question....

How hard would it be to BUILD a simple hardware sequencer? I mean, something 
like the 303, but maybe a little fancier - like 2 channels, ability to select 
between 16 patterns while playing (rather than 8), etc.... It can't be THAT 
hard - I mean, look at the interface! It's got 16 or 18 buttons  and a bunch of 
LEDs! The toughest stuff would be the firmware (I guess). Maybe the fact that 
it has to be able to run at different tempos is tricky too, I dunno. I've never 
done any assembly or analysis on uProcessor based circuits. Would is be so 
hard? 

Maybe an MC-303 with a midi->CV converter would just be a lot less trouble - 
but that's not FUN!

- Chris