Analogue-sequencer

>>I used to think like this and got myself surrounded by more gear
than was really useful. These days I would rather have a P3 and one
less sound source.<<

I find myself compelled to chip in.... & agree with tony & paul.
it's actually (pompous pronouncement alert) a healthy sign, this. 

it means that we are more interested in developing compositional
techniques & skill than we are in making "new sonic textures".

all this left-brain/right-brain stuff about the ideal hardware
sequencer control surface & functionality is fascinating. before the
notron, there wasn't anything to discuss. now, you could open a
boutique in denmark street to specialise in non-keyboard controllers. 

for too long, i.m.o., electronic music has been about making weird
noises & trying to convince people that this is, in itself, of some
artistic merit. once upon a time, perhaps it was, but it quickly
became a way to conceal (for want of a better expression) a lack of
chops. 
I have found what I feel is the right balance between things that make
noises & things that control them, though many other musicians see the
rig & wonder why more than half of it is hardware sequencers &
controllers, & maybe half of what's left (after effects & so forth) is
actually generating audio.
[picks up pint &, mercifully, gets interrupted by someone else]

duncan.