Analogue-sequencer

On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:57:47 -0000, "ferrograph632"
<ferrograph@aol.com> wrote:

>true, perhaps, but too smug. :-)

Hehe, smug the dragon, that's me.

>I run out of channels very quickly unless I set something up to be a
>master clock & "peel off" a through from this before too many other
>channels get merged in. I want to send a simple clock to things like
>jam-man, echo-pro, other effects boxes, other hardware sequencers....
>without them picking up on controllers or notes that aren't intended
>for them. thus, I have to reserve midi channels (starting at 16 &

Me too - I use the raw clock output for this. It's blooming lovely! I
give it to other musos who might want to join in with their
sequencers, arpeggiators, effects etc. with no worries that I'll send
them any notes they aren't expecting. 

>working backwards) for things that are never going to play notes &
>might only occasionally need a controller. I've had as many as three
>merge boxes in a single system (& I'm sure this isn't a record, by any
>means) though, because the p3 does such a good job of handling midi, I
>have been able to reduce this now.
>the doepfer stuff is a real nuisance because it doesn't merge incoming
>midi with it's own contribution- straight away you need a through & a
>merge. we used to use two maqs at one time... so there was a five-way
>merge box....

Sounds like a very complex setup dude. I'm guessing there's a reason
why the raw clock output isn't adequate for your needs? If you're at
the Awakenings gig this Friday we can maybe discuss it over a smoke or
too... :)

Paul

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