Analogue-sequencer

hans- I have three maqs & two p3s. I still use one of the maqs & one
of the p3s together in our live rig, & (if I recall correctly) the
force-to-scale on midi-through events feature was added to the p3 at
my request, so that the maq would be processed into the same scale as
p3 events.
anyway- one of the great things about the maq is that it is
idiot-simple, & allows one to alter several step-events
simultaneously. you can change note values, for example, on several
channels at the same time. on the p3, this is harder to achieve &
somewhat less intuitive. this probably isn't a problem for most of us,
but my maqs are used by the drummer in my band. he is also
colour-blind, so using a p3 is not going to happen for him. :-)

but I'd sell the sq unless you are a serious collector (like me) or
else you subscribe the vince clarke's old view (now abandoned, it
seems), that "midi isn't tight enough".
I have an arp 1613 & a roland 104 that I like to muck about with
sometimes, & they do sound tighter than using a
maq/notron/octopus/zeit/schaltwerk/p3 via midi, but at the expense of
flexibility & complexity in one's arrangements. nothing's perfect!

duncan.