[sdiy] programmable synth module

[elmacaco]

I think we are losing sight of the initial idea, a great performance
sequencer which can in real time keep outputting one set of cv's while the
next line is written/ tested. As GRant Richter said, a "keep doing what I
just did" button.

The PSIM looks amazing, and having something that open in a modular is
filled with possibilities, making a bigger and better PSIM is a different
issue, as having this integrated into the sequencer is really the ideal.
While a separate module can get the job done, it seems like it would still
fall slightly short of any implementation that integrates it into a nice
sequencer.

Personally I've been hoping someone with micro skills would read the Buchla
MARF manual and make a sequencer with multi outputs like that and all that
flexibility.  Seems like a much more realistic plan with a micro than with
CMOS, and once that's there it could be attempted to have a few Banks of
sequences all simultaneously available on the multiple outputs instead of
having to divide the 16 or 32 steps into the different outputs.  Once that's
done then a simple switching system can be implemented or some kind of edit
buffer tied to the "keep doing this" button.

Step sequencers are great, and there are great ones available, but I don't
think they've been really reached their pinnicle at all, and that's just
looking at the different features available in different models over the
years.  The performance aspect can also be refined and optimized in new ways
as well.