Analogue-sequencer

>>hello, here a video from yesterday evening. I am now working, as you
can see, with 2 maq 16/3. but they are awfull to program for long
interesting and ever changing sequences. so I am looking for a new
step sequencer to add at my setup.<<

blimey, you've changed the studio a bit since that guitar workout from
'06! :-)

agreed re the maq- they only work for longer compositions if you are
constantly changing-

the pitches. this is what they really lend themselves to- hands-on,
with both hands! & playing through some sort of force-to-scale
mechanism. we used to use special patches in a sampler, then custom
tuning tables in the emu proteus modules, & now the p3 is used to
process (& sometimes capture) the maq's output.

the row lengths. we use an external midi controller to adjust the
loop-point of each row. we don't alter the start point often, as it
can get hard to remain syncopated.

the timbres. use midi controllers & the maq itself to alter anything
you can address by midi-CC.

try chaining the rows together to make longer sequences. we have done
this a few times, but I noticed that the maq will tend to crash if any
row in a chain is in random mode...

you could also set the two maqs up to interfere with each other. I
have three of them- I really ought to try that next time two of them
are in the same studio.... :-)

but yes, you need to get a p3! it has the immediacy of the maq, if you
set it up right (i.e. knob-grab events, keyboard input...) but the
depth of... well.... actually I don't think there is another machine
in hardware or software that achieves the same as the p3.

duncan/r.m.i.

(p.s. did you enjoy the eindhoven experience?)