Analogue-sequencer

On 19 Mar 2006, at 21:31, Jim Combs wrote:

> If anyone had told me a year ago that I could walk into a gig without
> much prepared and be able to hold forth for 45 minutes with a mostly
> acoustic guitar expecting crowd, I would have told you you were crazy.
> Thank you Colin!

Agreed. I have to say, on paper the P3 doesn't look particular  
remarkable - analogue-style sequencer, buttons and knobs, with some  
nice self-modifying aux features - but hands-on it's so smooth and  
slick to navigate and edit, it really does turn into an  
improvisational instrument. And the buttons feel so nice - this is  
important.

(One of my tricks - he says, only having had this box for a couple of  
weeks - is to hit groups of four step buttons at once with one hand,  
fingers together, to latch in and out groups of four notes. I only  
started doing this because the buttons have a certain feel to them  
and the firmware allows chording; it won't work on the XL-7, for  
instance.)

I like the idea of opening the creative process to the audience -  
clearly a cool idea for a coffee-shop gig - and, yes, when there's no  
clear link (for a viewer/listener) between what the musician is doing  
and what is being heard, this helps make connections.



   nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http:// 
www.cassiel.com