True, but somehow, I just want to keep my computer out of it. Must be some kind of irrational hardware bias on my part.
--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, sascha victoria <sascha.victoria@...> wrote:
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> Don't forget Volta should be coming out soon so that could potentially do an
> amazing job as far as sequencing goes...
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> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:27 AM, b3nnysf <b3nnysf@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm at a similar point, In that I really am longing for the TKB... and have
> > thought a bunch about the SKP... Well, to be honest I've been dreaming of
> > two SKP's in one m-boat... or even 1 SKP and one CV matrix mixer... anyways.
> >
> > Serge land is easily conquered by the midi cv gate converter, its a snap to
> > hook up the grounding kit (one wire) to the doepfer MCV4, from there, notes
> > track perfectly (with NTO, PCO) and mod wheel can be anything you choose--
> > filter cutoff, wave multiplyer, LFO speed...
> >
> > If I may extrapolate from what you posted, I think the Mpc3000 would be
> > lovely with a dual osc and creature and midi-cv converter. Why not the SKP?
> > well because you really want the TKB (like me) and you should stick with
> > that. The dual osc will track notes correctly with the midi-cv and it has a
> > CV mixer witch is very useful for subtle modulation and feedback loops. It
> > also has the ÷N which is good for "beats" and other weird patches...The
> > creature is extremely powerful because it packs the most bang for the buck
> > in the m-class, being both normal and completely strange...
> >
> > Then buy the TKB and you'll be ruling with a 16 step with 4 voltages OR a
> > 64 step sequencer 1 voltage sequencer!!
> >
> > that's my take on it.
> >
> > later,
> > ben
> > ..
> >
> >
> > --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com <SergeModular%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "tbby_t" <tbby_t@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Howdy Serge-people:
> > >
> > > While I've been fascinated with these synths for a long long time, I've
> > never touched one. Given a recent peek at the bank account, I'm thinking I
> > may just go ahead and splurge on a panel.
> > >
> > > Now, to be fair, I'm probably not the synth-savviest; there's a busted
> > crumar ds-2 in my living room, and I have spent a good couple years (quite
> > some years ago) front-panel programming an oberheim matrix6r and a yamaha
> > tx802 (which is to say i'm well acquainted with frustration, but have no
> > real modular experience). I've really been much more sample-oriented (mpc3k
> > and a pair of s900s), and have actually returned (atop this all) to playing
> > guitar.
> > >
> > > Serge-wise, to say I'm fascinated by the TKB would be a vast
> > understatement. Unfortunately, pairing it with say, an Animal panel...
> > well... I'm not sure I can justify the expense at the moment. Plus I suspect
> > the TKB would be somewhat underused in such a small system - but there's no
> > way for me to really know without having spent some serious hours (days)
> > with both.
> > >
> > > So I'm leaning toward an M-boat loaded with a Creature and either
> > sequencer A or an SQP. Would the SQP be underutilized in this setting? Keep
> > in mind that I can certainly figure out how to convert some midi from the
> > mpc into cv/gate (I hope that doesn't offend you guys), but at the same time
> > I'd like to not be forced to. I kind of like the idea of dual sequencing
> > (externally from the midibox and natively). I suspect the sequencer A may be
> > more interesting in this regard. Again though, I'm sure I won't fully
> > understand these funtions until I've messed with them for a while.
> > >
> > > Sorry if that was longish, but what do you guys think?
> > >
> >
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