Doepfer

Oft overlooked, mixers are one of the most commonly "You goot 
be kidding me, I'm out of..." modules in the modular rig  Along 
with their more obvious function of mixing audio signals,  they 
can also be used slyly for more interesting applications

There's the hint:  The circuitry of a mixer is pretty much identical 
to what is used in all sequencers to set and sum the outputs of 
the stages.  In that each channel of a mixer has it's own pot, you 
can use one to set the level of a gate signal and sum that level 
with others.  In short:

A Clock Divider  + Gate Sequencer + Mixer = a four step analog 
sequencer.

An A-149-1 + A-149-2 + Mixer = a four step random analog 
sequencer

and following this logic:

A Clock Divider + Polarizing Mixer =  the Blacet Binary Zone.

And sorry for the shameless plug, but...

Any waveform + Plan B Model 17 + Mixer = a three step direction 
controllable analog sequencer.  OK, three steps is a bit shallow, 
but it works.

Try this at home!  Having more than one sequencing voltage 
source is really fun - but can be cost prohibative.  These simple 
patches can give the same effect without that investment.  If you 
happen to have a sequencer already, take one of the stage gate 
outs and use it to drive tha pulse divider - then use the output of 
the mixer to offset each pass dialed nto the main sequencer so 
thatr each pass has a different voltage center reference - way 
cool.

hope trhis helps - 

- P