Analogue-sequencer

>>turn off gates for specific steps on the MAQ. you need to got to one
of the modes, the mode it turns on in doesn't do it, but you can turn
off gates for each step if you turn the knob all the way to the right
in the right mode. it might be PR mode i think.<<

any of the modes that start with P.... PA1...PA5 or PR1...PR5. the
difference between these two groups is that PR supports remote
transpose by incoming midi notes on the same channel as the row in
question, while PA doesn't.
 
(the P stands for "pause" according to doepfer, which they thought
meant the same as "rest" in their teutonic logical way. there's a
totally separate mechanism, which crept in at v3 I think, for actually
"pausing" a row. it can either be one-shot or it can run when another
row completes, giving up to 48 step sequences.) 

the number is how many octaves the knobs' range is over, & as hans has
mentioned elsewhere, it's quite a laugh altering this while the
thing's running, especially if you have some sort of FTS operating.
this is one example of where the maq & p3 work together well. 

btw, since v1 you can save the default startup setup in a special
memory. I think it used to be preset 0 when the thing only had three
memories total, & changed to be preset 1 or 2 when the thing finally
got 30 memories. but don't quote me... it's been a while. mine always
wake up the same these days; our methodology with these things is
quite entrenched now as any of our audience will know.

as for kraftwerk's involvement- I think what they wanted was a midi
version of that moog 960 knock-off that someone built for them in the
70s. I can't remember the name of it now... klaus schulze had a few of
them too. I don't think they ever intended for it to be at all
sophisticated.... I only wish they'd had the imagination to come up
with something like the p3. thanks heavens colin did. :-)

for me, there's no question of one being better than the other- I have
to have both. in fact, two of each, & a spare maq. & a notron. & an
octopus. & a zeit.

duncan- surrounded by h/w sequencers.