Analogue systems

It was so said that, I order the A. solution's Oberkorn already. Hope 
this also working good with RS 8000.

Bird


--- In analogue_systems@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure 
that out)" <peter@b...> wrote:
> Analogue Sequencers may look intimidating, but they are a snap 
> to use.  A;; sequencers are. Trust me on this, I design them.
> 
> A. Sys's are excellent.  Yes, only 8 steps, but...they are nol bad 
at 
> all.  The A. Sol Ober-whatever looks terrific, but I'm not sure 
they 
> are made any longer -and- whie they bring the four preset inputs 
> of the counter to the faceplate for external control of counting 
> direction, it requires binary information to operate and there's 
> nothing on either systems that generate four bit binary easily, so 
> those inputs are more of a tease than anything else.  A matter of 
> fact, the only company to my knowledge who has EVER released 
> a four bit binary modular counter is Emu, about 100 years ago.
> 
> If you're looking at other options and can't swing a Milton (sorry 
> for the shameless plug), look into Doepfer's.  The sequencer 
> itself is more limited functionally than the A Sys model, but used 
> in conjunction with the sequencer controller module that's 
> coming soon, they become extremely versitile and powerful.
> 
> As a side note -  a trick I learned from Bob - you CAN get random 
> sequences on an A Sys sequencer by deselecting ALL OF THE 
> STAGES (skip all).  Every other step goes to step one, but used 
> in conjunction with a sequential switch, this return to one can be 
> removed easily.  So, used in this way, the sequnce runs like this:
> 
> Step 1 - Random Step (1 thru 8) - Step 1 - Random Step (1 - 8) 
> and so on.
> 
> So all you do is set a trigger that's running at 2x speed, set up 
> the random pattern I described, run the sequencer out through a 
> sequential switch set to reset on 2, and take the output now from 
> one of the two taps that give the RANDOM out and remove the 
> 'return to step 1' out.
> 
> btw - Big City Music has Analogue Systems' Sequencers in 
> stock.
> 
> hope this helps,
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In analogue_systems@yahoogroups.com, "madebygaybird" 
> <madebygaybird@y...> wrote:
> > Dear sir
> > 
> >   I am just order a RS 8000. And I also interest to buy a 
> alnalogue 
> > sequencer  with the RS 8000. Of course RS2000 is the best 
> > combination. But the RS 2000 seems very difficult to use. And it 
> is 
> > not cheap for me. Any body had use the RS 2000? Is it difficult 
> to 
> > use. Is it useful. Actually I know nothing about the analogue 
> > sequencer. And then I know that analogue solution had a 
> Oberkorn. It 
> > seems more feature than RS 2000. At least it had 16 steps 
> and MIDI. 
> > It it Good? Any had use it? Actually I had put the RS140 midi/cv 
> > convector in my system. Is it necessary for use the analogue 
> > sequencer or I can use the software midi sequencer to control 
> the 
> > System? 
> > 
> > Bird