'Analog' sequencer on PC?

[David Halliday (Volt Computer)]

You could use a joystick as one of your input devices...  

Two modes, data entry and playback

left/right movement moves from stage to stage in data entry and
slows/speeds step rate in playback

When you were entering the individual stages, you could also hit the
fire button and it would pay back what you had at a fixed tempo ( 80-100
BPM ) to audition...

front/back movement raises/lowers voltage in data entry and can operate
as a continuous controller in playback affecting overall voltage (
multiply entire sequence by xxx ) or another parameter ( portamento,
another CV ( filter, attack, etc... )


You could also watch for the speed of movement on the left/right so if
you gradually moved it, it would affect the playback speed but if you
jinked it suddenly to one side, it would start playing back the next
stored sequence...




> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steven Curtin [SMTP:sdcurtin at lucent.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 27, 1997 8:32 AM
> To:	synth-diy at horus.sara.nl
> Subject:	Re: 'Analog' sequencer on PC?
> 
> At 08:09 AM 8/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >This is kind of a survey question...
> >
> >Does anyone out there think that a MIDI sequencer running under
> Windows
> which >uses a hardware analog sequencer metaphor would be a useful
> thing?  
> 
> This would definitely be worthwhile.  MIDI sequencers operate under
> the
> "player piano" and/or tape recorder model where you play something in
> and
> it just plays it back.  Analog sequencers allow you to adjust each
> note on
> the fly.  Doepfer makes a MIDI Analog sequencer that is very nice.
> One
> thing I would would suggest is adding inputs from the game port- the
> current stage of the sequencer would be edited in real time based on
> the
> current game port value.  Got for it!
> 
> Steve C
> 
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