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Re: [korgpolyex] arppegiating the poly, sequencing, etc.

2004-09-23 by Tim B

Yep.  Just search your favorite music retailer for "arpeggiator" - there
are plenty of standalone hardware arpeggiators.  I was just tracking an
Oberheim Cyclone arpeggiator on ebay - went for $100.  There's an Akai one
up now for $20 - ends in 5 hours.

There are also many sequencers for palmtops.  Here's one:
http://www.minimusic.com/hardware2.html



On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, jisatsuboy wrote:

>
>
> i'm sure this is nothing new.  but i've been using the midi in/out to
> arrpegiate my poly -- the midi out sends the signal to the program
> which is set to arrpegiate, which sends a signal back to the poly.
> i'm using Fruity Loops to do this, but you could use any good midi
> program, I bet.  It works really well.
>
> My question:  does a hardware equivalent exist for what I'm doing?  I
> mean, like a little box that you could plug your midi cables into and
> select the arrpegiating mode or whatever.  Cause that'd be rad.
>
> Also, I'm trying to think of a cheap way to sequence the poly 800 in
> a live setting (think way cheaper than a laptop).  I had an idea...
> that maybe sequencing software has been written for little palm pcs.
> and as long as they have usb, the midi is a go.  or some kind of
> inexpensive little sequencer gadget.  help.
>
> eric

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