MOTM

dbivins@... writes:

>>The simple analog step sequencers you're talking about have knobs and the 
ability to work with voltages in real-time. You are not enslaved to a 
calculator-pad entry method and edits are immediate.<<

Well the CV outputs on a Roland MC-4 or MC-8 get patched into a synth to 
control some parameter which will still have a knob that can be tweaked in 
realtime.  If you're turning knobs on the analog sequencer in real-time, 
you're kind of defeating the point of a sequencer.  Might as well use an LFO 
as a gate and just start turning knobs on the synth.

>>But what I'm curious about is why you would use such a device, which, if it 
has
storage uses tape backup (can't recall), instead of a computer or hardware 
sequencer with a rock-solid MIDI interface (such as the newer type that 
buffer timing information) and a full-featured MIDI-CV converter.<<

I knew if I brought up using a computer and midi-cv converter I would be too 
far away from an analog sequencer and would just get an endless chain of 
posts about how it doesn't replace an analog sequencer.  The MC-4 sits right 
next to the synth and is more immediate to use and is basically a replacement 
for an analog sequencer but far more flexible.  I see people fork out a lot 
of money to generate 8 or 16 notes or CV's on a very limited analog sequencer 
when they can do far more with an MC-4.  I don't use my MC-4 for full length 
compositions because a computer with midi-cv interface is far better at that. 
 When I bought my MC-4, there was no such thing as Midi though.  The reason I 
brought this up is because people keep asking for features that already exist 
in the MC-4.

Now if you are buying an analog sequencer because you like the looks of all 
those LED's lighting up, I can see the appeal there.  And supposedly if they 
can be clocked fast enough, you can use them to generate audio waveforms.  
That could be interesting.

>>BTW--are you sure it was Rogue who had the NOS MC-4s? Because Dr Sound
used to have a boatload of NOS MC-4s and MC-8s (as well as 100m cabinets
and keyboards). If Rogue had any, I would bet they got them from Dr Sound.<<

Now that you mention it, it probably was Dr Sound.  I always tend to get 
those two mixed up.

-Elhardt