Analogue-sequencer

> ----- Original Message -----
> > Does anyone care to describe the pros and cons of the Q119 
> and the P3?

> There are
> pros to the Q119.  There must be.  Not having used one, i 
> dont know them.

IMO the pros with a 'real' analogue sequencer compared to P3 would be
the CV/gate outputs and the ability to clock the sequencer at audio
rates to use as an alternative waveform generator.
It really depends what your main purpose for a sequencer is whether you
should choose something like the synth.com module or P3.
If your use for a sequencer is to form part of a single patch on your
modular synth, providing a sort of complex LFO modulation with discrete
steps of different values, then you want a real analogue sequencer.
Sure you can use a real analogue sequencer for coming up with
interesting note patterns too - but inevitably this means coming up with
great patterns that you will never find again because it's so hard to
record accurate positions for all the knobs on paper. And you can only
switch gradually from one pattern to another by adjusting each step as
the sequencer plays. Gradually evolving patterns are great, but not if
that's all you can do.
If you want to sequence patterns of notes and controllers, especially
across more than one instrument, I think you'll find a real analogue
sequencer rather limited and frustrating.

Cheers,
Colin f