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I am looking to buy a analog sequencer (that will sync to midi) for my Voyager can anyone recommend one? The units I am looking at righ now are Doepfer MAQ 16/3 & Analogue Solutions Oberkorn 3

The Doepfer looks sweet.

Check out Future Retro's Orb and Mobius. Mobius is no longer in production, but you can find them used. I use a FR-777. The Mobius is nearly the same minus the synthesizer. They all have CV/Gate/Accent Out as well as Midi. The Mobius has an adidtional clock out and Din Sync.

FR's sequencer is similar to the Roland machines of the 80's. A cross between a TR and the TB-303 or MC-202.

I would like to pick up a Mobius. I knew I should of purchased one while they were still in production.

I'm currently reworking a MFOS 16 step right now. Doing a bunch of mods and rewiring. Should be pretty cool when finished.

http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/anal ... _2005.html

i use an MFB step64. not as easy to 'play' on the fly as the doepfer or oberkorn, but if you're looking to pre-program some basic sequences or bass lines, it does the job.

FWIW, I have the Mobius. I got one of the last ones. I use it with my ARP2600 and it's awesome.

However, when I use it with the Voyager, the pitch is consistently off - just slightly. I actually posted a question on this forum a while back to see if someone had any suggestions about what I might be doing wrong, but I never got an answer that solved the problem. I think I even exchanged e-mails with Amos about this but I seem to recall him saying he's never worked with the Mobius before.

That said, Jered at Future Retro was absolutely superb when it came to customer service. I can't say enough good things about him.

Like I said, the Mobius kicks ass with my ARP (and works exactly as it's supposed to), I just haven't been able to get it exactly right with the Voyager. Probably a user-error issue that I just haven't figured out.

Rick

I have the Doepfer MAQ 16/3, and it's incredible. you can use it as a completely analog seque (it has CV/gate for each row), or as a MIDI seque. The MIDI part is prettty neato: you can send pitch, CC, pressure, pitch bend, program change, poly-aftertouch, etc. It's incredibly flexible, yet intuitive. Yes sir, I like it.

-andrew bunny

I'm looking for a sequencer too, but I have kind of odd requirements.

The Pro-One has an interesting implementation of sequencing technology: you switch it into record mode and them enter a sequence of notes from the keyboard. Rests are inserted by switching record off and then back on again. It's obviously not real time and it spits back quarter notes as clocked by the LFO, but it's great for early-80s style sequences and has the added benefit of being really, really fast.

I would love to find a remote unit that does the same, but in a multichanneled context (keyboard based entry rather than twisting knobs or moving sliders), though perhaps with the option of further clock divisions (8ths, 16ths, triples. etc.)

Christopher Winkels wrote:I would love to find a remote unit that does the same, but in a multichanneled context (keyboard based entry rather than twisting knobs or moving sliders), though perhaps with the option of further clock divisions (8ths, 16ths, triples. etc.)

I am working with a genoQs Nemo...check for more info my thread about this great seqeuncer : http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6218

Christopher Winkels wrote:I'm looking for a sequencer too, but I have kind of odd requirements.

The Pro-One has an interesting implementation of sequencing technology: you switch it into record mode and them enter a sequence of notes from the keyboard. Rests are inserted by switching record off and then back on again. It's obviously not real time and it spits back quarter notes as clocked by the LFO, but it's great for early-80s style sequences and has the added benefit of being really, really fast.

I would love to find a remote unit that does the same, but in a multichanneled context (keyboard based entry rather than twisting knobs or moving sliders), though perhaps with the option of further clock divisions (8ths, 16ths, triples. etc.)

Sounds something like a Roland CSQ series sequencer. I've been wanting to get a CSQ-600 for some time, but people seem to ask too much for them, of course. The 600 has 4 separate sequence tracks. You enter in notes from a cv/gate keyboard. I believe you program rests via a rest button, similar to the SH-101. It even can record portamento. There is a 100 model but I think it only has 1 track.

One other thing, the CSQ has DIN sync. No MIDI.

If you truly want a sequencer to match your Voyager, check out www.synthesizers.com. They sell a full line of analog modular synth modules designed to match the original Moog modules. They have a 960 sequencer which is true to the original Moog 960 (with a couple of added features).

I have 2 of their 960 sequencers, 2 Doepfer MAQ 16/3's and a Schrittmacher. The 960's are by far the most fun to use. Nothing like the feel of plugging and unplugging patch cords.