Analogue-sequencer

Posted by: "Colin Fraser" colin@sequentix.com sequentix
>
> In the original 303, when any note is slid into another, the gate stays
> high.
> So it makes sense for a 303 clone to auto-slide on overlapped notes, and
> it
> also makes it simpler to program - TIE means stretch the same note, or
> slide
> between two different ones...
> Does the Syntecno insist on a CC for slide switching ?



Yes, cc0 (on the mark1)


Aside from anything else, auto-slide also makes it much easier to play in
> 303 patterns with slides from a keyboard.
>
> I use P3 with my real 303, which is fitted with a MIDIBass 303 interface:
> http://www.colinfraser.com/mb303/index.html
>
> When I capture 303 patterns into P3 and replay them, it is impossible to
> hear the difference between the 303 internal sequencer and P3.


The 303 sequencer is very limited - every gate length is fixed at half a
> beat unless stretched with a tie or slide, and the timing is very rigid.
> IMHO, what makes a 303 pattern groovy is the right combination of accents
> and slides.
> If you take a straight repetitive pattern of notes, adding accents lets
> you
> super-impose another rhythm on top.
> Since a 303 slide starts on the beat and the note doesn't reach its final
> pitch until some way through the beat, this has the effect of making slid
> steps sound like they are laid back from the beat - giving you grooviness
> even within a rigid gate timing.
>
> I have a bank with a load of 303 patterns I captured into P3 from my 303.
> If I can find some time, I'll post a sysex dump of this bank, along with
> some mp3s of the 303 playing the patterns back.
> That should at least convince you that P3 can groove just as well as a
> 303,
> assuming you have the right control behaviour over the 303 synth...


that would be much appreciated colin.
i dont doubt the p3 can recreate the 303 sequencerand it would be useful for
me to study a 'proper' pattern and see where im going wrong..


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