Analogue-sequencer

Paul Nagle <softroom@b...> wrote:

> >
> I love the idea of a "transpose channel" incorporated with Gary's 
> suggestion where you get keyboard zones mappable to select scale, scale 
> root, part transposition, scale select. Also, I'd love the P3 to 
> transmit its scales so that a second, slaved P3, perhaps played by a 
> second musician, could follow perfectly any key change made by the
master.


I have been using several sequencers in a patch all at once for years
- first with modular synths, but now also with digital sequencers as
well.  Nowadays, I am typically syncing at least 3 different
sequencers for any given piece of music.

What I think is really cool is to be able to record all of that stuff
into a midi sequencer and being able to layer on several "live"
passes.  This is what Subotnick called "the player piano effect" -
where he would used control tracks (precomputer analog automation) to
layer several controller moves to make an electronic music gesture.  

For instance, one can record a moment where while the P3 is playing,
the player selects a particular scale, edits it in the middle of part
while playing, then changes to another pattern while transposing and
changing the FTS scale and scale base.  

By recording the whole thing going and all of your tweaks,This becomes
midi graphics in the midi sequencer, where it can be tweeked -
correcting for a wrongly  selected scale or a slowed down to match
other music.


That being said, I do respect all of the time and effort it takes to
put any of these ideas into reality.  I am not trying to make Colin's
life miserable...!  I am just suggesting ideas about how to use those
idle keys sitting in front of us...! 8^)

gary