All I want is a sequencer that has CV/Gate, MIDI, and possibly drum trigger outputs, and that has a good long song mode. A true all-in-one battleship. I love the workflow of my KeyStep Pro, but the limit of 16 steps of 64-step patterns is stifling and renders it unusable for full songs.
I would like to have one drum part (eight triggers minimum), one bass part (CV/Gate), possibly another CV/Gate or two, and a few MIDI parts for external synths.
Among those I've already counted out, the SQ-64 has the same limit of 16 x 64 steps as the KSP, and the much more expensive Ground Control seems to have a limit of 24 x 64 steps, still too short. On to the Oxi One, 15 steps of 128-step patterns seems just long enough to allow short songs.
I wonder why the chains are so short. Are you supposed to play the sequencer itself, switching the patterns as it plays? While that's fun I guess for noodling, it's tedious for recording, and would require me to have someone else playing pattern jockey if I want to play live, as I would have my hands full with another instrument. This paradigm is not for me.
A list of sequencers I'm considering, split into do-it-all (polyphonic MIDI tracks available) and CVs/triggers only, from the list at https://doudoroff.com/sequencers/:
Do-it-all:
Nerdseq + More Triggers?
Vector + expander
Accord Sequarallel
Cirklon + CV output
MIDIBox with CV option
CVs and triggers only:
Per|Former?
Eloquencer?
Metron + Voltera?
Cuisine
Social Entropy Engine
Worse comes to worst, I might be open to using two units for this, one for drums and one for melodic parts, but I'd hate to have to make it three (one for drums, one for CV/Gate, one for MIDI). Absolute workflow killer.
I would like to have one drum part (eight triggers minimum), one bass part (CV/Gate), possibly another CV/Gate or two, and a few MIDI parts for external synths.
Among those I've already counted out, the SQ-64 has the same limit of 16 x 64 steps as the KSP, and the much more expensive Ground Control seems to have a limit of 24 x 64 steps, still too short. On to the Oxi One, 15 steps of 128-step patterns seems just long enough to allow short songs.
I wonder why the chains are so short. Are you supposed to play the sequencer itself, switching the patterns as it plays? While that's fun I guess for noodling, it's tedious for recording, and would require me to have someone else playing pattern jockey if I want to play live, as I would have my hands full with another instrument. This paradigm is not for me.
A list of sequencers I'm considering, split into do-it-all (polyphonic MIDI tracks available) and CVs/triggers only, from the list at https://doudoroff.com/sequencers/:
Do-it-all:
Nerdseq + More Triggers?
Vector + expander
Accord Sequarallel
Cirklon + CV output
MIDIBox with CV option
CVs and triggers only:
Per|Former?
Eloquencer?
Metron + Voltera?
Cuisine
Social Entropy Engine
Worse comes to worst, I might be open to using two units for this, one for drums and one for melodic parts, but I'd hate to have to make it three (one for drums, one for CV/Gate, one for MIDI). Absolute workflow killer.
Statistics: Posted by DesolationBlvd — Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:08 pm — Replies 7 — Views 127