SergeModular

if you take all the time you're going to put into 'sergeifying' things, and
count that at whatever you normally earn, wouldn't it just be as much in
money as, say, a serge tkb? especially since you already have a serge
panel..

just a thought,

r.




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Van: Jim Johnson <jamos@...>
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Datum: donderdag 31 januari 2002 2:33
Onderwerp: [AH] The quest for an analog sequencer (long)

>I've decided to share the source of my angst with the list. Hopefully it
>will be thought-provoking,or at least entertaining.
>
>My modular has been sitting idle of late, primarily because I'm weary of
>playing it with just knobs. This is no surprise. I had always planned to
>control it with a sequencer, either analog, faux-analog (SQ-16, etc) or my
>own Seq-303. Alas, nothing I've tried does the trick. (In the case of
>Seq-303, this is due to a need to get away from the computer: I write code
>all day, and playing a mouse-based sequencer just doesn't give me the
>release I need).
>
>I've been through a couple of different sequencers in the last year, and
>neither did it for me. The SQ-16 was too damn hard to use, lacked knobs,
>and forced me to do a lot of mental bookkeeping ("track 1 is assigned to
>MIDI channel 2, which is routed to output 4 on the Expressionist", etc. Too
>much like work.) The Mobius lacked knobs and was non-intuitive to program.
>
>So I'm looking again, and I thought I'd solicit advice. What I want is
>something that can create complex, polyrhythmic patterns, under real-time
>control, with pitches entered from knobs or sliders, and with lots of
>options for permuting the sequence, either by patching or via controls. I'd
>like to have at least one 16-step CV channel, at least two 8 step (min)
>channels, and an equivalent number of trigger channels. Quantization would
>be nice; I haven't decided if it's essential. Ease of interface with my
>banana jack system. Rack mountable. MIDI sync.
>
>After ruling out the Serge stuff (just too fucking expensive and hard to
>get), the Schaltwerk (too expensive and no knobs), and the Regelwerk
>(maybe?) I've decided that my options are as follows:
>
>1) An MAQ 16/3
>2) 1.5 panels of Doepfer modules, consisting primarily of a pair of A-155's
>and assorted support modules, and then either
> a) Sergiying the Doepfer by replacing the mini's with bananas;
> b) Sergifying the Doepfer by ripping ALL of the module guts out and
>mounting them behind a custom Schafer panel, or
> c) Building a very large banana to mini conversion panel
>3) Going the DIY route, perhaps enhanced with a few gutted Doepfer modules
>(the quantizer, for example). This might not be as hard as it seems at
>first, due to the availability of PC boards for some interesting sequencer
>designs. However, as my wife points out, time is not something I have a lot
>of.
>
>For reference, the synth I'm looking to control is a Fenix combined with a
>single Serge panel: four VCO's, four filters, 8 VCA's, and attendant
>goodies.
>
>Any comments? Suggestions? Outright ridicule?
>
>Jim Johnson
>Metaphoric Software
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