Doepfer SCHALTWERK pattern sequencer

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"SCHALTWERK is the most sophisticated trigger sequencer ever released to the market. For years it has been extremely hard to find as it has been proven to withstand the teeth of time and is in use regularly in high profile electronic music studios cross the globe. The feature set, blinken lights and the sheer size of this unit make them mere mortals moan in awe!

It can function as the center master sequencer of your setup or follow as a slave. One can simultaneously connect an impressive amount of different musical devices to it and have them all run along in rock solid timing! BOTH MIDI AND CV SIMULTANEOUSLY! It is as super inspirational as it is functional to constantly have every step of every track in front of you. Hundreds of blinkenlights look cool but also let you know exactly what is happening on the sequence.

Advanced programming methods make the it a breeze to input notes and compose tracks. built in effects also bring kick ass live performance tools at your disposal. Also you are able to make drastic changes to your set by simply changing the pattern as every patter hold dedicated pattern data and and midi channels, effects and much much more. Much like changing scenes in Ableton but waaaaayyyyy cooler!

This particular unit is in MINT condition, never gigged and has only spent time in a smoke free studio. The surface is cosmetically in fantastic condition and features only very mild rack rash. The panel graphics and lettering are in also in immaculate condition. All contacts work exactly as they should.

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FEATURES:

SCHALTWERK is a professional tool for generating pattern-based musical structures. It is an input and controlling instrument for rhythmic trigger patterns, arpeggios, analog sequences, chord triggers and other rhythmic structures whereby all functions are available simultaneously. The real time access to all 8 tracks predestinates SCHALTWERK for improvisation and live events. The main features are:

•8 track pattern sequencer with MIDI
•16 CV- and 8 Gate outputs
•controls for each track: 16 buttons and LEDs
•setting/resetting of steps by pressing the corresponding button while the pattern is running, resulting in lively structures changeable in real time
•display of the active steps and the actual step
•mute/demute track by a dedicated mute button for each track
•MIDI-note or controller event, master note, master velocity, prescale, note length, delay, MIDI channel and last step (for uneven measures) independently programmable for each track
•for each single step note and velocity are programmable or may be recorded from an external MIDI keyboard (analog sequencer mode)
•in combination with incoming MIDI-notes each track may alternatively work as an arpeggiator, chord trigger or gater (combined with the possibility to turn each step on or off)
•128 patterns (1 Pattern = 8 tracks of 16 steps)
•fast selection of patterns with 32 pattern and 4 pattern bank buttons with LEDs
•creation of pattern-links (1-2/1-2-3-4), i.e. track expansion to 32 or 64 steps
•16 songs, each song has 128 steps for pattern number and number of repetitions of the pattern
•fast selection of songs with 8 song buttons and 2 song bank buttons with LEDs
•copy, move, clear, load, save tracks, patterns and songs
•save all informations via MIDI SysEx
•synchronization (internal/external) via MIDI-Clock
•record function: realtime recording of certain actions similar to a software sequencer
•transposition of sequences via MIDI notes
•2 separate MIDI inputs, 2 separate MIDI outputs, DIN-SYNC (Roland compatible) input or output
•light grey 19" case, 8 height units
•184 red LEDs, 208 buttons, 2-line LC-display, alpha-dial for data input"