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Best Hardware Sequencers????

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  1. hollowman

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    @Sceletor "The RS7000 would really take the computer out of the equation, for the most part." If this the route you want to go the RS certainly would be a good platform for you then. I was really impressed with its abilities and the sequencer is much better than the one in the RM1X.

    The ASQ-10 is a nice unit too. If you can find one that is.

    "Anyway. I would really like to hear some of the stuff you're doing with the monster-akai s6000 and the command station. It's an interesting combination, I would imagine."

    Yeah these two seem to like each other. The Akai is a VERY flexible machine in all respects and putting it under the control of the MP-7 has been rewarding so far and I'm really just doing simple stuff at this point.
    I have two new HP9 tracks in production right now (Locked Out and Portrait of Decay) which will be available as live demos in the next few weeks. There is a very short preview of Locked Out here - http://www.hollowpoint9.com/news/news_locked_out

    Posted 5 months ago #

  2. hollowman

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    Further Mp-7 bellyaching: Copying a track and then pasting it does not provide the choice of merge or overwrite pasting. I like overwrite most of the time but merge is the only way to paste.
    Setting a track assignment to external Midi channel doesn't save with the track unless something gets recorded on it. This makes it impossible to jam live against your patterns using the next-pattern feature. When it switches to the next pattern it defaults back to internal sounds for the selected track even if you saved the pattern with the track set for external. Grrrrr!

    Finally used Grid Record mode and it works as expected and fun to use like the TR-707.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  3. hollowman

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    Very interesting! I found this annoying at 1st but now it's proving to be an unexpectedly useful feature! The MP-7s Global parameters are stored as multi-setups. You can configure your own and save them as user-setups. At 1st I found it annoying that the MP-7 forced you to load your saved setups each time you changed patterns. Then I found you can save the setups with the patterns. This IS NOT in the manual! Now for each pattern I can change the output assignments, Master FX programs, Transpose/Tune, Mix routings and several other global params. Sweet!

    Posted 5 months ago #

  4. Tsarik

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    WILL PROBABLY PISS YOU OFF.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/MIDI-SEQUENCER-NOTRON-LATRONIC-/120828103310

    you could definitely kiss all your midi sequencing woes away with that monster

    Posted 5 months ago #

  5. hollowman

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    @Tsarik It sort of resembles a hospital bedpan.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  6. Tsarik

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    WILL PROBABLY PISS YOU OFF.

    its freaky how small they look in pictures by them selves

    Posted 5 months ago #

  7. twylightsync

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    I hasi had an emu xl-7 command station for years. the yellow "techno" version. It was ultimatley a dissapointment. It was comlicated and frustrating. I sold it to a rap producer for the $400 bucks i paid for it years before at a guitar center clearance. Like selling any elec. music equip- i regret it lol. Some of the sounds were very good. It was a "pro" kit. everything was bone dry. YOU had to add the reverb and ambiance and find where to sit it in your mix-not like a lot of stuff nowadays that comes dripping with effects on the presets in an annoying way to impress you at the store.

    if i could, i would get one of those emu colored keyboards that have these soundsets built into them. those have gotta be rare by now. anyone have one? there was a red one too.

    Posted 4 months ago #

  8. soillodge

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    You are talking about the 4 synths that E-Mu and Ensoniq launched trying to rebrand themselves. They had the Proteus, the Mo'Phatt, the Xtreme, and the Halo. There were ROM's expand each one. I never even saw an actual synth-just the little rack space kits. they were very cool, but limited in what you could do and really at the time they came out, they were outclassed and not affordable at all.

    Great synths now if you can find one though. Like you said though, they were not polishedsounding, they were geared towards live performance and had a very raw quality to them [that was the appeal]

    `michael

    Posted 3 months ago #

  9. dogmeat

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    i always wanted to get the yellow orbit or planet phatt module, i think people nowadays throw them out or use them as doorstops, but i don't know, they look kinda cheesily sexy, and i wouldn't feel a tad bit sorry for introducing them to the soldering iron for some creative bending

    Posted 3 months ago #

  10. soillodge

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    You should do that. They can be found quite cheap. The circuit bent command stations are really killer.

    `michael

    Posted 3 months ago #

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  12. Anonymous

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    Has anyone tried the akai mpc 1000 ?
    I've just bought one to complement my virus KC and roland JP8000 and I'm quite happy with it. I can now make some music without even turning the computer on.

    As a hip hop producer's weapon of choice, the mpc family is often overlooked by us dark people. Don't let reputation fools you.
    This unit packs a lot of qualities.
    -Cheap on 2nd hand market, surprisingly heavy and very well built
    -serious hardware sequencing 64 track, 32 midi tacks, 2 midi inputs, 2 midi outputs
    -live sequences trigger and tracks mute on the pads
    -16 velocity sensitive pads
    -onboard compact flash reader. My 16go CF is stuffed with a massive sound library where I can always pick inspiration and new sounds (including thousand drumkit sounds)
    -good audio converters.
    -stereo input with audio thru, grab a synth,a pair of headphones, and the mpc. What else do you need to make some bedroom music or going live on stage ?
    -custom firmware that extends functions way beyond akai's regular OS

    Ironically DAW have never been so easy and powerful, but in my case I have come to a point where clicking my mouse and starring at the lcd monitor is cutting all inspiration. If you're looking for some fresh air and hardware sequencing you can't go wrong with the mpc 1000.

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

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