deccard wrote:steevio wrote:working with analogue sequencing for the last two years has sped up my workflow, given me loads of inspiration, and has changed the way i work forever.
i've just finished writing an album of tunes (12) in two months straight, that would have taken me 2 years previously working with software sequencing, mainly due to procrastination and getting into too much detail.
but all analogue sequencing is not equal, i built my own complex sequencer from modules, because most typical analogue sequencers have limitations which would have meant me having less options than i had previously with cubase. ok it may be way faster, but if the sequencing isnt complex enough, you can end up with loopititus, and cliche'd grooves.
i think the best way to get the full benefit of real analogue sequencing is in combination with equipment that can send and receive triggers and voltage control, ie modulars, analogue synths etc, so that its a holistic rather than a linear process.
what do you think of the urzwerg pro? for 480,- euro what could i get in eurorack land comparable? besides the portability....
to be honest i dont know, i havent tried one, it looks ok for the money and its midi.
like everyone else i thought analogue sequencing was about 16 step boring sequences till i started with my modular and realised that absolutely everything is down to the sequencer in the end, and that more attention needed to be paid to how that all works. with software sequnecing you have almost limitless possibilities, so whats the point of buying a clunky analogue seq. ? then it became apparent to me that its about feedback loops, its difficult to explain to anyone who has only ever used software sequencing, but i'll try.
software sequencing is a linear process, everything starts with the sequence, with a modular sequencer, the seq. is in the middle of the process, theres no start or end point, the sequence itself can control the sequencer, the sequencer is just other modules which can be connected in many different ways, signals which are triggering envelopes to create sounds can be fedback to the seq. to stop/start/reverse/ etc etc... its pretty much endless what be acheived.
my choice of seq. modules as an equivalent to the MFB what be; 2 x Doepfer A155 + 2 x Doepfer A154 seq. controllers as a starting point which could be expanded with such modules as A150, A151, A152, A156 to create a seq. capable of increadibly complex self generating sequneces and polyrhythms.
