analog seq techniques

[Frank Lemieux]

>I use the trigger outs from my roland drum machines to step my
>analog sequencers. This allows me to make rhythmic patterns that
>change with different drum patterns. Add trigger outs to a 606 and
>you can step 7 sequencers. The only problem then is that a 606
>doesn't have shuffle like a 909 does. I am planning to build a
>trigger sequencer. A 16 step sequencer core with several rows of
>toggle switches then send it all 16 from the 909 so it has the
>swing. Then you can use each of those switch rows to step other
>sequencers.

I was thinking of a variable-step clock sequencer.  Switchable 6/8 steps
with a knob for each step controlling the amount of time in between steps.
It should be possible to create very complex shuffles with this method...