MOTM

On 6/3/07, Stephen Drake put forth:
>I don't know of anything that's anything close to the milton, unless
>you go into the realm of software sequencers - numerology is pretty
>nice.

Yes, Numerology is very nice.  Imho, if you "want some sequencing
madness" in your life, it is your best option.

Even if you do not already have a Mac, or a MIDI-to-CV converter,
buying of a used G4 Powerbook (~$400), an MOTM-650 ($500), a USB MIDI
interface ($40), and Numerology ($99), might cost less than building
large hardware sequencer.

Much more importantly, Numerology has features and flexibility that
go way beyond any hardware sequencer.  Musically, it can handle two
things that are often difficult with a hardware sequencer --
polyphony and complex timing.  You can have as many sequencer modules
as you want, which can control the parameters (eg. first step, last
step, clock division, length, range, interpolation, direction, etc.)
of any other sequencer module.  You can also have as many clocks as
you want, and use a sequencer module to control the parameters (BPM,
timing offsets, groove scale, etc.) of each clock.

In addition to clocks and sequencers, you can set up numerous other
modules -- Audio Unit instruments and effects, mixers, quantizers,
LFO's, switchers, virtual joysticks, MIDI input/out modules, etc. --
all of which can be patched to control each other.

Otoh, you can simply ignore all of that, and quickly set up a basic
step sequencer.  That's one of the great things about Numerology.
You can make things as simple or as complicated as you want.

You also have virtually unlimited patch storage.  You can start to
work on something, save it, then go on to work on something else
without having to take notes or lose any of your work.

While I realize that it is not a hardware sequencer, it is a modular
sequencer worth considering.