Mike,
I still didn't buy the HAWK for my EX800, but want to buy this year.
My opinion is that there's no need for both - sequencer and arpeggiator on any MIDI instrument. Since the time MIDI hardware and software sequencers, and MIDI file players were invented, we can program everything in the sequencer.
But maybe for certain music styles or for live play somebody wants to use arpeggios controlled in real time. To me it just sounds boring, too mechanical. More interesting would be polyphonic arpeggiator where each voice would play different arpeggio pattern (including different time signature). Or more sophisticated rhythmic patterns, not just complementary rhythm.
Also S/H function, random note generator with settable range and selection of notes can have some use. Of course it's possible to add random selection of notes to arpeggiator - one of patterns can be random.
Daniel Forro
On 15 Jan, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
At this point, the HAWK has been a wonderful project. I've met alot of great people from all over the world. Most of you would have noticed that development of the HAWK software has slowed down to almost none at all. However, I would still like to put an arpeggiator into the HAWK. To do that I would like to ask you all if you would mind if I took the old step sequencer out entirely. I doubt many of you use the sequencer at all. But before I pursue that direction, I thought I would ask all HAWK owners if they would mind if the sequencer was removed.
Let me know,
Mike