Analogue-sequencer

> it made me think, though, about how one might achieve reich's
> "phasing" effect using a step sequencer. by "phasing", he usually
> means two similar patterns (rhythms, tonal phrases, whatever) starting
> off in sync & gradually drifting out, with one or the other pulling
> ahead by fractions of a beat until they eventually land in sync again,
> but out-of-step with each other. 

Isn't that the trick Orbital used for those ultra-annoying spoken word loops
on their early albums ?
Easily done with a sample copied then slightly truncated.

> now, I reckon you could do something like this with a p3 by slowly
> modulating the note-on delay of a copy of a track, which is also
> playing undelayed. has anyone tried this? is the resolution 
> fine enough?

I think what you really need is a way for a pattern to occasionally skip or
repeat an individual clock tick on a track that is free-running against
another. That would allow one pattern to be very slightly shorter than
another (191 ticks instead of 192) so it would go one step out of phase
against another 16 step pattern every 12 bars. So 192 bars before it got
back in sync...
Might be interesting to experiment with an aux event that allowed that.

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com