Analogue-sequencer

I've been messing around with a lot of step sequencers recently and
the P3 looks like it might be the king of this hill.  The manual is a
little dense though so I'm hoping I can inflict my laziness on you and
ask a couple of questions.  Can the p3:

1. Play sequences of odd length?  Alongside even-bar sequences?

2. Play sequences in backward, reverse, alternating or random order? 
Can different sequences play in different orders simultaneously?

3. Can one sequence influence the playback of another?  Retrigger it
or make it jump around in play order?

4. Switch sequences in mid-sequence or only on sequence boundaries?

Apologies in advance for the lack of RTFM.

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:32:19 -0000, "milesegan" <milesegan@gmail.com>
wrote:

>1. Play sequences of odd length?  Alongside even-bar sequences?

Sure

>2. Play sequences in backward, reverse, alternating or random order? 

Sure

>Can different sequences play in different orders simultaneously?

Sure - one per track.

>3. Can one sequence influence the playback of another?  Retrigger it
>or make it jump around in play order?

A sequence can activate other tracks, grab notes from other tracks,
push notes into other tracks, send auxilliary events to other tracks
etc. Each track has a playlist (a 'sequence of sequences') that is
running all the time, even when a track is muted - this allows you to,
for example, grab notes from muted tracks.

>4. Switch sequences in mid-sequence or only on sequence boundaries?

The playlist specifies the order that sequences play in for each
track. Although you can change this during playback, it waits until
each sequence is complete. You can dynamically change the length of
sequences during playback - check out the manual's "skip" and "last
step" options.

>Apologies in advance for the lack of RTFM.

The manual is pretty good if you haven't checked it out for a while,
worth the effort. Auxiliary events can do things I guarantee you won't
have thought of... :)

Paul
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Paul Nagle - Joint Intelligence Committee - www.JointIntelligenceCommittee.com
                           SoftRoom Music - www.softroom.co.uk

On 4/11/06, Paul Nagle <softroom@btinternet.com> wrote:
>  The manual is pretty good if you haven't checked it out for a while,
>  worth the effort. Auxiliary events can do things I guarantee you won't
>  have thought of... :)

Thanks for the info.  The used p3 at Analogue Haven is now no longer
for sale. ;)

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miles