dbivins@... writes:
>>The simple analog step sequencers you're talking about have knobs and the
ability to work with voltages in real-time. You are not enslaved to a
calculator-pad entry method and edits are immediate.<<
Well the CV outputs on a Roland MC-4 or MC-8 get patched into a synth to
control some parameter which will still have a knob that can be tweaked in
realtime. If you're turning knobs on the analog sequencer in real-time,
you're kind of defeating the point of a sequencer. Might as well use an LFO
as a gate and just start turning knobs on the synth.
>>But what I'm curious about is why you would use such a device, which, if it
has
storage uses tape backup (can't recall), instead of a computer or hardware
sequencer with a rock-solid MIDI interface (such as the newer type that
buffer timing information) and a full-featured MIDI-CV converter.<<
I knew if I brought up using a computer and midi-cv converter I would be too
far away from an analog sequencer and would just get an endless chain of
posts about how it doesn't replace an analog sequencer. The MC-4 sits right
next to the synth and is more immediate to use and is basically a replacement
for an analog sequencer but far more flexible. I see people fork out a lot
of money to generate 8 or 16 notes or CV's on a very limited analog sequencer
when they can do far more with an MC-4. I don't use my MC-4 for full length
compositions because a computer with midi-cv interface is far better at that.
When I bought my MC-4, there was no such thing as Midi though. The reason I
brought this up is because people keep asking for features that already exist
in the MC-4.
Now if you are buying an analog sequencer because you like the looks of all
those LED's lighting up, I can see the appeal there. And supposedly if they
can be clocked fast enough, you can use them to generate audio waveforms.
That could be interesting.
>>BTW--are you sure it was Rogue who had the NOS MC-4s? Because Dr Sound
used to have a boatload of NOS MC-4s and MC-8s (as well as 100m cabinets
and keyboards). If Rogue had any, I would bet they got them from Dr Sound.<<
Now that you mention it, it probably was Dr Sound. I always tend to get
those two mixed up.
-Elhardt