Analogue-sequencer

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "ferrograph632" 
<ferrograph@a...> wrote:
>
> but I digress.
> one of my favourite things is a step sequencer driving an analogue 
> synth /without any quantisation/. I know, after the posts about key 
> changing & microtuning, this is probably a bit counter-intuitive.
> but there's a connection. for instance, I write "analogue synth" 
> patches for my emu boxes, using not just the user tuning tables 
> but also quite a lot of random pitch modulation & note-number
> pitch skewing. I 
> am very attached to the sound of the yamaha cs30's in-built step 
> sequencer, or the roland 104 driving pretty much anything. these 
> things are like screwdrivers next to the precision lathe of the p3.
> 
>

Hang on a bit longer - your ARP sequencer is being torn apart and 
cleaned up as we speak...

I use a Peterson VS-1 (virtual strobe) tuner when I working on gear 
repairs and calibration.  Seeing the strobes give me a much quicker 
and more precise view of what's going on (versus the Boss TU-12H 
which I used before).

I hated paying real money for "just a tuner", but it's like all my 
other tools - the right tool makes the job much easier and quicker 
and quality tools last and give good results.

Tuning osc's in the same synth, I'll typically use an oscilloscope 
and do the lissajou pattern thing.