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Subject: Re: [motm] No kitchen sinks & run/skip/rest (sequencers)

From: elhardt@...
Date: 2001-01-30

n0nspaz@... (markus) writes:

>>my naive $.02 on the sequencer thing.
i vote for the 'modular sequencer' idea where one starts first with, say a
basic 1x8 module which then interfaces to.... (purchase #2) some kind of
master brain module for the sequencer modules(a 1u or 2u module with
functions for the daughter modules). would it actually be possible to buy
as many sequencer modules as one liked ?<<

NFAY@... (norman fay) write:

>>IMO run/skip/rest switches for each stage is THEE essential feature on an
analogue sequencer.<<

I have been totally baffled by all the interest in simple analog step
sequencers in the recent years. People want 7 steps instead of 8, some want
skip/rest switches (like Polyfusion), some want to be able to link sequencers
to expand beyond 8 or 16 steps, and a million other things. You can have all
of those things and more. You can have up to 12,500 event storage, 8 control
voltages, 4 gates and 4 triggers per step, real-time cv/gate entry, step-time
cv/gate entry, numerical entry, ext clockable, voltage controlled sequencer
rate, and so on. It's called the Roland MC-4. Even when it was mentioned
that Rogue music still had some new units at only $400 I didn't see hordes of
people bang down their door to grab that great deal. What's wrong with
everybody?

-Elhardt