Analogue-sequencer

Hi Gert,
 
Receiving mail OK now...

> 1. Say, you're running a sequence witht 8 steps. It starts at 
> 1, it goes
> until 8, and then it repeats, etc. Say, some steps are muted. 
> Now with the
> Schrittmacher, you can (after pressing a button), by turning 
> a knob, change
> the sequence so that it puts all the notes one (or more) 
> steps further, or
> back. The result is, although the sequence still has the same 
> notes, that
> other notes are now muted and played. If you know what I 
> mean. Extremely
> cool!

I'm not sure I follow...
Is this like a rotate of the note values without rotating the gate ?
 
> 2. Same sequence, same mutes. It's 8/8. Say, you want to make 
> it 5/8, but
> you want to play step 3-7. On the Schrittmacher, you just 
> play step 3 and 7,
> and there you go...

Set SKIP on steps 1, 2 and 8.
Or shift the pattern two steps left, and set the last step to 5.

Cheers,
Colin f