MOTM

> <<snip>>
> I am not starting this thread to be a " list all the features we all want in
> the mother of all sequencers."  But rather, I would appreciate hearing from
> some of the guys on this list that I know have a lot to share about their
> experience with sequencers and what features they use and depend on.
>
> Sequentially challenged
> Stooge Larry

Hi All,
 My first analog sequencer was a Polyfusion  AS-1 sequencer. It is basically a
16-step one row sequencer with 1 CV and 1 gate out. Probably the coolest feature
on this unit, was that every step had a "Stop/Run/Skip" toggle switch. (like a
Moog 960). What you could do with these switches, is make it run any amount of
steps from 1-16. After tuning up the 16 pots, you could actually play the
switches live and come up with some great interactive sequences. For example:
"1-1-1-2-1-2-4-1-2-4-5-1-2-5-6", etc. So you had some freedom in making
different patterns in a predetermined scale.

 I'm currently playing in a "Space Music" band, and using a PC software, 16 step
MIDI sequencer. Together with a MIDI2CV8 (or your favorite MIDI/CV converter),
you can come up with many different configurations, from a 16X3 with gate and
trigger (1 voice mode w/pitch CV, mod CV, velocity CV), to 4 separate pitch CV's
w/separate gates.(4 voice mode, 4 simultaneous sequencers's running on separate
MIDI channels) . The software allows me to pre-program 16 banks of sequences, I
can call up live, simply by typing in 01 thru 16 on a qwerty keyboard.
Start/stop is on the space bar. (no need to use a mouse). The bank can be any
length 1-16, and by setting a step to MIDI velocity "0", I can get rests for
some really cool rhythmic patterns. Transpose is by MIDI input and can be
anything from a master keyboard to floor pedals. Very interactive and fun to
play with your MOTM modular.

For MP3's and pics of my PC/MiniMOTM sequencer performing in action at a live
on-air concert:
http://www.geocities.com/orbitaldecay_99/page2.html

Terry