Elektron Musical Instruments

> 
> >     A parallel idea would to be to have a kind of function 
> > machine that could be programmed into the step sequencer 
> > like any other machine. Each time it's triggered it would 
> > change some set of parameters. It could perhaps even have a 
> > duration so that you could modulate paramaters for a couple 
> > beats or bars.
> 
> Hmm... what's wrong with the LFOs? 
> 
> I use them quite a lot, one neat trick is to use external audio
> sources and then auto pan the with a triangle LFO.
> 
> /Janne

Not too much is wrong with the lfo's, except for the noises 
they can generate if the modulation is set too high, or 
that they don't go slow enough for my tastes... however,I 
don't think my idea for the "function machine" would cover 
the same ground as how the lfo's work. My focus would be to 
record changes of the global effects parameters, or 
to change mute settings using a trigger from the sequencer. 
The idea could be applied to other functions in a kind of 
mod matrix, maybe accent, swing amount, and other 
functions could be included. Some of these ideas could be 
worked around using multiple patterns and the song 
sequencer, but I think it would be cool if do these types 
of things on the fly. Shortcuts are cool and liberating.

jdb