So, you're thinking of going Dawless and are considering a hardware sequencer. What are the options and what could they bring to the sequencing table?
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RYK Modular has gone full circle to bring a new version of their M185 sequencer back to the Roland System 100m.
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A solid and sleek button-based sequencer, the SQ-64 puts all 64 steps on the table with 4-tracks for modular, MIDI, USB and drum triggering.
Behringer revealed their RD-6 analog drum machine at NAMM with 8 sounds, individual outputs, 64 steps of sequencing and a big fat distortion. Pre-orders have just opened.
Hot new Black Sequencer from Erica Synths that has 16 knobs for 64 steps over 4 channels of CV, Gate and Modulation with per-step automation, MIDI in/out and performance features.
Freak makers Melu Instruments have started to tease a new desktop device that's "a little bit more than a synth or a sequencer" and could possibly take grooveboxes to a new dimension. What do you think it is?
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DrumBrute Impact is a neat and exciting little drum machine with a capable sequencer and a lot of performance versatility. It's missing the filter from the DrumBrute but probably has more than your beats need.
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More groovebox action from Denmark's Gotharman's Musical Instruments. This time the deFormer 3 includes 16 light-up buttons for easier step sequencing of the multiple synth, sampler, noise and audio tracks.
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It doesn't have a name yet, or a printed faceplate but it has a lot of knobs with LED centres and 16 steps of CV and gate sequencing with many performance related controls and possibilities.
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Head over to the seedier side of modular with the Red Light District (RLD) serving all your most forbidden sequencing needs and desires with 32 steps feeding 12 notes in every possible position.
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Two of the modules Noise Engineering launched at NAMM are now available. Bin Seq is an on-the-fly rhythm generator while Clep Diaz generates clocked modulation sequences.
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Mimetic Digitalis is a 16-step 2-dimension CV sequencer with 4 outputs a trigger and "Shred" loads of randomisation. Noise Engineering also present some really cool utilities.
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Arturia's second release is the MiniBrute 2S which is the MiniBrute 2 with the keyboard replaced with a sequencer with pads, knobs and pattern chaining. I wonder what number 3 will bring?
With just a few days to go until the Italian Soundmit show XIRID have revealed more details of their XS2 hardware sequencer. Key features are things like 64 tracks and 256 steps with more to come.
Isotonik Studios designed a set of four generative sequencers for Ableton Live, styled after arcade game classics. They support most Ableton controllers, so playing them using pads and switches can feel like ...
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Polyrhythms, arpeggiation, rolls, pattern chaining and Volca compatibility are amongst some of the new features added to the Arturia BeatStep Pro in the bumper 2.0 update.
