Analogue-sequencer

>>The blown proteus explains a lot. I have to admit I was hoping for 
more sequencing than you did, but it sounds like its amazing that you 
managed to do any at all.
Total respect for managing to pull it off. It was still a very 
entertaining set.<<

cheers. yes, nearly everything- the odd burble from the vostok which 
arrived the day before aside- came from the slightly over-worked & 
under-specced alesis s4+. under-rated box. 

but so no, no resonant filter action. this made me a bit wary of 
launching us into any major chris franke type action but well, that 
was pretty well covered by the day's other contestants, wasn't it? 
steph's doepfer wallpaper... we're really more of a space-rock band 
these days. less is more. yadda yadda.

>> If you read Steve Jenkins post on beyond_em, it sounds like the 
whole day was one technical disaster after another.<<

not seen that yet- too painful. but we lost our trusty revox power 
amp during the soundcheck too, & this put us in my least favourite 
position of having to rely on the (unfamiliar) house monitors. they 
weren't bad, but they didn't go loud enough &, by the end of our set, 
they were buggered aswell. if we'd had our original set of sounds 
available, they would not have survived the first number.
next time, eh? :-)
the proteus will probably need a new power supply since, even with a 
new fuse & no condensation, I can't trust it now. the revox is a bit 
more serious, in that it has probably lost at least four power 
transistors & these things are quite dangerous to work on.
(in 110V mode, it rectifies the mains straight onto the output stage).

still, I got rid of the humming from steve j's arp oddity. the usual 
roadie trick, & I told him to be sure & put it back afterwards....

d./r.m.i.