Erica Synths Introduces Perkons Voice Eurorack Module

video upload by Erica Synths

"Erica Synths Perkons Voice is a eurorack incarnation of the percussion voices from the PERKONS HD-01 Drum machine. Like on the drum machine, the module has hybrid architecture, featuring a digital sound engine followed by an analogue multi-mode filter and overdrive. Users can select among 13 sound generation algorithms and save up to 99 presets that can be recalled easily. Tune and Patch CV inputs are configurable for various CV settings and are tuned to 1V/oct. Module also features a 4-voice poly overlap mode and samples on the "Rompler" engine can be easily replaced.

Timeline:

00:00 - Take 1 / 2x Perkons Voices sequenced with Black Sequencer
00:48 - Take 2 / Scrolling through factory presets
01:52 - Take 3 / Sequencing patches with Black Sequencer
02:23 - Take 4 / Playing with 4-voice poly overlap mode
02:58 - Take 5 / Sequencing snare and adding various CV modulations
04:38 - Take 6 / Self generating patch with Perkons Voice, Modulator and Stereo FX
05:35 - Take 7 / Patches sequenced with Black Sequencer
06:22 - Take 8 / More 4-voice poly overlap exploration
08:08 - Take 9 / Patch with 3x Perkons Voices as sound sources
08:30 - Take 10 / 4x Cowbell grains. Setting decay to to max makes sample to loop
10:25 - Take 11 / Wall of Karplus. Mega drone with voice overlap triggered and modulated with Befall rampage"

DSI Poly Evolver vs Alesis Micron

YouTube Published on May 24, 2012 by Gtechture
Anyone with a PEK confirm the issues he's having with the envelopes?

"This is a comparison of Dave Smith's Poly Evolver keyboard ($2,700) and Alesis' Micron ($399). The Synths sound remarkably similar. The DSI has a brassy character while the Micron is more subdued and plastic but these differences are very subtle. You will notice immediately that the Poly Evolver lacks low end and cannot re-trigger its envelopes like the digital Alesis. The differences were more apparent to me while watching this video. Overall the sounds are practically identical which was pretty surprising to me."

Note this video only focuses on one type of sound. Most synths do have overlap. Be sure to research each synth before making any judgements. Two areas where the Micron/Ion and the Evolver/PEK do not overlap would be the number of filter types on the Micron/Ion and the Prophet-VS waveforms on the Evolver/PEK. There are more of course. I am curious about the comments regarding the envelopes not re-triggering on the PEK. I thought maybe Gtechture did not have the envelope set to one of the Retrig modes. I asked and he replied "Thanks for bringing that to my attention! I still have problems with that setting, the envelopes just dont fully re-trigger. The only way i can resolve it is to reduce te release times." If anyone out there with a PEK knows, feel free to comment.

Hands on with Groc: Basics of Pitch Shift

video upload by oddment audio

"Join our resident Sound Scientist for our longest and nerdiest video yet! We walk through the basics of how you can shift the pitch of a sound without changing its speed, then we take our closest look at yet at Groc's many grains parameters and how they can be used to achieve different timbres and effects."

0:00 Intro
0:25 First Granular Processing
0:38 Pitch Down w/o Slow Down
1:09 Using Grains!
1:30 Grains Up Close
2:58 Now Let's Slow Down
3:51 Grains: Speed, Size, Overlap, Shape
7:40 Grains: Secondary Functions
8:42 Synchronous vs. Asynchronous
10:40 Nuances of Overlap and Size
12:24 Grains: Tuning, Placement, Filter, Fidelity
15:11 Sunset

Tele-Modo - Modular synth guitar experiment

YouTube Uploaded by doctorvague on Jul 8, 2011

"Fernandes Tele into HK Tubeman into El Capistan into STG Wavefolder into Hordijk Dual Phaser. Korg Monopoly arp plays the modular, I didn't use the Monopoly audio at all. Also used Modcan VCDO and DDL, Encore UEG, , MOTM 440 filter, Synthesizers.com EG, 2 Oscillators (one as LFO) and output mixer. Moon Modular 563 trigger sequencer as master of everything-- the arpeggiator, EG, UEG (used as voltage sequencer) and delay time. Mixed in real time with live effects, no edits, although maybe I should have.

Why "Experiment"? In this case it's a euphemism for "I'm pretty sure parts of this are pretty questionable but it took a whole day to render the got-dang thing so I'm posting it anyway." I thought the 2-camera overlap came out pretty cool though, especially with the all-you-can-eat cable spaghetti festival where they overlap. Oy vey I should be so lucky to have that many patch cables."

Modbap TRINITY Overview - Drum Synths, Cycle Modes & Stack Modes

video upload by Modbap Modular

Update: basic operations video added below.

"TRINITY is a 3 channel Digital Drum Synth Array packed into a 20hp eurorack synthesizer. Effectively, Trinity performs as 3 powerful drum voices packaged into one beastly drum module with a few tricks up its sleeve.

In this video we will explore the 4 drum synth algos...

BLOCK (Analog Inspired): Drum synth building blocks featuring sine and triangle core. Great for traditional electronic drum creation.

HEAP (Additive): Additive drum synth with 12 partials. Great for fun natural sounds and pitched percussive sounds (i.e. bells, chimes, steel drums, and wood blocks etc.).

NEON (FM): FM drum synth engine. Great for high quality FM drums, clangorous metallic percussion and more.

ARCADE (Noise): Quirky noise generator synth, reminiscent of classic 1980's arcade games sounds - zaps, crashes, explosions etc. Great for claps, hats, even some vinyl noise approximations, and all sorts of fun percussive and degraded noises.

Sections
00:00 Intro
00:15 Block Drum Synth
03:56 Heap Drum Synth
06:23 Neon Drum Synth
08:30 Neon Drum Synth

Trinity is available and shipping now."

Modbap TRINITY Overview - Cycle Modes & Stack Modes


"In this video we will explore the Modes...

Cycle Modes
The cycle modes can be enabled and disabled per channel.
‘Round Robin’ mode will switch between each drum synth type sequentially with each new trigger to the drum channel.
‘Random’ mode will generate a new random drum sound with each new trigger to the drum channel.

Stack Modes
The stack modes group the channels together allowing 2 or 3 drum channels to be triggered by the primary channel’s trigger and v/oct inputs.
Stacked drums can be spread out similar to unison mode on a traditional synthesizer. Stack modes are inspired by the characteristics of chopped breaks where drums tend to overlap and fan out depending on the content of the chopped source material.

Sections
00:00 Intro
00:46 Cycle Modes: Random
03:23 Cycle Modes: Round Robin
04:58 Stack Modes: 2 Stacks & 3 Stacks"

Update:

Modbap TRINITY Overview - Basic Operations


Sections
00:00 Intro
00:15 a note about the patch panel
00:30 a note about the usb midi connection
00:50 Channels
01:54 Selecting Drum Types
02:49 Two Ways to Select a Drum Channel
03:33 Tweaking Parameters of Drum Synths
04:45 What do these knobs do?
07:12 Output Matrix & Switches

See the Modbap label below for more.

Roland TB-303 w/ Beast Modification

images via this auction

"Although there are a limited number of Beast units about, this unit got "left behind" in the serial numbering, and privilege to modification variants not seen before.

# All original components are cleaned and / or replaced
# All tact switches replaced using genuine alps parts (not cheap chinese imports)
# All original leds are changed to blue to match new function leds
# New parts chosen by track record for durability (eg new 'cliff' sockets, as per analogue systems modular etc.)
# New function knobs use genuine/original Roland parts (harvested from other machines)
# Gate in, CV in, Filter CV in, Accent in, and Slide in, along the back edge for ease of MIDI control (with appropriate unit, eg. kenton)
# Fifth unit produced (serial number continuity error)
# This machine has some minor cosmetic imperfections (scuffs) on the metal switch board insert.
# First unit to have VCF output pre-amp modification.

(note: there will be some overlap between this auction and a complimentary 606 auction - check the "view seller's other items" link to see what's still available)"

Quadriphonie

YouTube Uploaded by popitem on Jul 13, 2011

"4 Oscillators at differents intervals creating some kind of arpeggio, they receive CV one after one alowing the note to overlap, hardest part is to keep everything relatively in tune."

Modular Synthesizer jamming with Tiptop Audio

video upload by OVERLAP

"in this video I'm particularly focused on showing what kind of organic sound you can get from one sampler player modular, the fun part started when I include the Buchla Dual Oscillator (out) patch into Fold Processor wave Multiplier (in) an then patch to Forbidden Planet Analog Filter to VCA ( Voltage Controlled Amplifier), and of course the Z4000 Voltage Controlled Envelope Generator help a lot to shape the sound of the Buchla, adding in top the Z-DSP VC – Digital Signal Processor for feedback delay."

Ambient w/ Prophet-10, OP-1 field, LOSSY | Thawing Horizon 2025-02-14 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"A piece created using the ‪@SequentialLLC‬ Prophet-10 and ‪@teenageengineering‬ OP-1 field. The gentle electronic tones from both synthesizers overlap and gradually fade away.

The sound from the OP-1 field is processed through ‪@ChaseBlissAudio‬ LOSSY with filtering. LOSSY is CV-controlled by the ‪@KORG_INC‬ SQ-1, causing its parameters to change gradually.

The Prophet-10 is played manually, with its output processed through blueSky for reverb."

Artvera Drumatoxin and WS V8

Published on Jun 5, 2015 William Kalfelz

"Playing Artvera's Drumatoxin with the Legacy Presets made for Wusik Station previous versions in the latest V8.

http://www.artvera-music.com/drumatox...

http://www.wusik.com/ww/products/wusi...

Important: Drumatoxin is NOT part of Wusik Station V8 Bundle/Full version. You need to purchase from Artvera's site, using the link above.

The great thing about the new Wusik Station V8 Poly Wavesequencer is that sounds overlap now, instead of ping-ponging from one sound to another. This is great specially for drum sounds such as the Drumatoxin ones."

Binary Zone+ patch tutorial

Binary Zone+ patch tutorial from Peter Speer on Vimeo.

"Playing with the sequencing idea first presented in the Blacet Binary Zone module, this patch uses Frames (Mutable Instruments) as a voltage mixer, combining and scaling gate outputs from Tempi (Make Noise), outputting repeating melodic sequences from timing information.

Basic patch:

Tempi outs 1-4 --> Frames ins 1-4

Frames mix out --> VCO 1v/oct in

By setting channel levels on Frames, each pattern of clock divisions entering the module is referenced by a specific voltage at the output. When these patterns overlap, their voltages are summed and the resulting voltage pattern at the output grows more complex.

By modulating the State parameter on Tempi, different arrangements of patterns can be created, altering the output (essentially creating new sequences built around the same notes described by Frames' channel levels).

Likewise, by modulating the keyframe on Frames, different input levels can be recalled, altering the notes in the patterns created by the Tempi gates.

Tempi output 6 --> Tempi Gate Select, Frames Modulation

By feeding a Tempi channel back into its State select input, and multing this to Frames' modulation input (while in Sequencer mode), precisely timed alterations of the voltage sequence can be produced. Additionally, the repetition of these patterns can be offset by having an unequal number of Keyframes (Frames) and States (Tempi).

www.diode-ring.com"

HYP3 Core Engine 開発 - Roland TB-303との比較テストの記録

video upload by SYNTHERNET

Googlish translation below.

"これは2024年6月に行ったHYP3 Core Engine (仮称) というアナログモデリング音源とRoland TB-303との比較テストの記録です。 HYP3 Core Engine (仮称) はSYNTHERNETで開発中のハードウェアシンセサイザー、HYP3やG3N3などで使用するモデリング音源です。 動画で使用しているMICRO HYP3は、実験用のハードウェアです。オーバークロックされたSTM32F411 (Cortex-M4, 120MHz) で動作しています。

左上の表示はas_SonoGx2というスペクトログラフを使用しています。 横軸が時間で縦軸が周波数です。レゾナントピークが輝線として見えるため、カットオフ周波数のエンベロープ形状を観察することができます。オレンジ (HYP3) とブルー (TB-303) が重なると白く表示されます。

テスト1ではテンポ上昇とアクセントの連続に追従してエンベロープが上昇していく状態を比較しています。オシレーターがフリーランニングなので位相差のずれは起こりますが、エンベロープ自体はほとんど一致しています。

テスト2ではパラメータを変化させた時の変化を比較しています。HYP3 Core Engineはポテンショメータのカーブやパラメータ範囲までTB-303に一致させています。これは個体に合わせて調整することも可能です。

テスト3では同じ外部のディストーションをかけた時の比較です。歪ませたとしても、かなり近いフィーリングを得ることができます。"

Googlish:

This is a record of a comparison test conducted in June 2024 between the analog modeling sound source called HYP3 Core Engine (tentative name) and the Roland TB-303.

The HYP3 Core Engine (tentative name) is a modeling sound source used in hardware synthesizers under development at SYNTHERNET, such as HYP3 and G3N3.

The MICRO HYP3 used in the video is experimental hardware. It runs on an overclocked STM32F411 (Cortex-M4, 120MHz).

The display in the upper left uses a spectrograph called as_SonoGx2.

The horizontal axis is time and the vertical axis is frequency. The resonant peak appears as a bright line, so you can observe the envelope shape of the cutoff frequency. Orange (HYP3) and Blue (TB-303) When they overlap, they are displayed in white.

In test 1, we compare the state in which the envelope rises in response to an increase in tempo and a series of accents. Since the oscillator is free running, there is a phase difference, but the envelope itself is almost identical.

In test 2, we compare the changes when parameters are changed. The HYP3 Core Engine matches the potentiometer curve and parameter range to the TB-303. This can also be adjusted to suit the individual unit.

In test 3, we compare the results when the same external distortion is applied. Even with distortion, you can get a very similar feeling.

Introducing the Fauxhundred

The FAUX HUNDRED

Details from the brochure:

IN THE HANDS; WHO MAKES THE RULES? HIERARCHICAL PERCEPTIONS GRASPING ELUSIONS OF CONTROL WITH THE LIGHTEST TOUCH ON SENSITIVE PROBLEMS, MIDAS IS HANDLING - HANDLING POSSIBILITIES.

SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE OVERLAP, REVEALING ZONES OF CONFUSION, THE SOURCE ABSURDITY MANIFESTS TO SUGGEST REVISITATION: TO CONTEMPLATE CERTAIN ANGLES OF REPROGRAMMING THE METAORGANISM.

TO CLOSE A KEY IS TO RELEASE THE QUESTION, EXPLORING OTHER CORNERS OF PYCSHOTELEMETRY: MEASURING KNOWN STEPS - INSERTING REPEATING INGREDIENTS - YET FACILITATION THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RANGES, LOCATIONAL DYNAMICS IN UNMAPPED ENCOMPASSING DIMENSIONS, AND VITAL - ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE - DIFFERENCES TO THE ORIGINAL MEDIA.

THE OBSERVER MAY ABANDON THEIR ROLE TO INSTEAD DEFINE THEIR EXPERIENCE; THUS, DESPITE INDUCTIVE DUST INDICATIVE OF ONE MILLION REPETITIONS, THE NEXT INSTANTIATION YIELDS SOMETHING GREATER THAN ITS SUM.

WAHT IS REAL?
FAUG GOLD IN THE HANDS?
SIXTEEN RECTANGLES NEATLY ARRANGE TEN-STAGE CURVES BY SIX MOON'S PHASE FOUR TIMES. ONCE UNDER LEAD LAMPS, THE EXTINGUISHED LIGHT BREACHES AN OLD WINDOW AND THE SCOPE NOW FRAMES THE NEIGHBORING FIELD, WHERE THE RAM RETRIEVES A MEMORY OF THE BREAKING POINTS.

SO UNREAL: AN INDEX OF CONTINUOUS IMPLICATIONS THAT THE DEFINITION OF THE EDGE IS STILL SUBJECT TO VARIATION, N-DIMENSIONAL TRAJECTORIES TRACING AXES STILL UNKNOWN.

TECHNIQUES ARE EMPLOYED, FROM WHICH UNUSUAL LINKS AND PROCESSES JUMP FUTURE ELEMENTS AN EXAMINATION OF STRUCTURE; INDIVIDUAL MUSIC; INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGE. IN TIME, EMERGENT NONLINEARITIES MERGE TO DEFINE THE USER PROGRAM: A NEW SENSE OF PERCEPTUAL MECHANICS; A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR OWN EXTERNAL FEEDBACK SYSTEM; A DEPARTURE OR CONTRAST.

TO MATURE IN EXISTENCE, TO FLOWER IN PERCEPTION, EVALUATE RELATIONSHIPS, REDUCE LOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS, SKIP THE NEXT ACTION, AND CHECK THE SUM.

STOP; DON'T LOOK UP; TRANSFER OPERATIONS, SCORE MANIPULATIONS, AND UNFOLD THE OTHER PLANS.

ANOTHER ITERATION, THE TASK'S NEW BRANCH, NOW EMERGING: ADDRESS THE SEQUENCE - THE DEFAULT PERCEPTUAL HIERARCHY PROCESSION, SUCCESSION, AND CHANGE.

WHAT IS REAL?

FAUX GOLD IN THE HANDS.

- Except from Faux Gold

Instruo - Analogue Oscillator Live Stream

Streamed live 3 hours ago DivKidVideo

"As I've just made demos for the Ts-L - https://youtu.be/LLkyTFM7Ta0 and Tona - https://youtu.be/aAXT7T26gck oscillators from Instruo I thought it would be nice to get Jason from Instruo onto a live stream to chat about his oscillators. There's his video of the new complex dual VCO the Cs-L - https://youtu.be/zTFlhqF4PbA and there's Troika to talk about too. So with 4 analogue oscillator designs I wanted to chat about similarities, design, overlap, differences etc. "

A short RK008 Quantize grid example loop

video upload by Retrokits

"Recording realtime gives you complete freedom of playing - but sometimes a quantize grid can help you out, also production- wise.The quantize grid in the RK008 is capable of separately altering note on, note length or note off.

A note-off is part of the groove and you can use the grid options to tighten up sounds but also make the most of a synth with limited polyphony, timing note-offs perfectly before starting a new one.

PS: I'm focusing on the quantize grid here, you can also adapt the length of a note in a percentage of the original which is not shown in this movie. You can check the complete RK008 Quantize menu here:"

RK008 Menus: ALT+6 - QUANTIZE

video upload by Retrokits

"RK008 Menu 6 houses real-time Quantize transformations.
The first part (ALT+6) is for note-on quantize, straightening out played notes on a user-selectable grid:

Digit 1 to 6 select a timebase;
Digit 1 - 2 - 3: 1/64 - 1/32 - 1/16
Digit 4 - 5 - 6: 1/8 - 1/4 - 1/2
Digit 7 - 8 - 9: decrease - 1/16 center - increase
(inc/dec is also accessible via ALT+DEC and ALT+INC)

Tapping a digit multiple times will also allow you do select a dotted or triplet grid For example in case of a 16/th note-on Quantize(3):
1x tap: 1/16
2x tap: 1/16D (dotted, notes are 1.5 times a 16th note)
3x tap: 1/16T (Triplets, notes are 1/3rd length of a 16th note)

Pressing INC will slide to the Swing settings which have the same type of interface, selecting timebases with 1-6 and making adjustments with 7-9.

Pressing INC again will slide to the Note Length Quantize part. In this menu you will be able to quantize the note length to fixed length - or- only quantize note off fixed to a grid.

For example - on the 16th Note Length Quantize (3)
1x tap: 16th length fixed
2x tap: 16th- length staccato (length is cut just before the next 16th note)
3x tap: 16th+ length legato (length will just overlap the next 16th note)
4x tap: Q_16 note off length is snapped to a 16th note grid
5x tap: Q_16- note off length is snapped to a 16th note grid staccato style
6x tap: Q_16+ note off length is snapped to a 16th note grid legato style

The @EspenKraft video mentioned is here:" [posted here]

Elektron Digitone Ambient Minijam - Peace in the Primes (#2HAC)

Published on Apr 9, 2019 Oscillator Sink

"This is my contribution to the most recent 2 Hour Album Challenge release run by Ben Burnes.

The theme for the challenge this time was 'Zen', and I took the opportunity to experiment with the idea of using overlapping sequences with prime number lengths so see how they would overlap and interact.

You can find this track, along with over 30 others on the 'Zen' album here: https://2hac.bandcamp.com/ - it's free to download, but if you want to make a donation, all proceeds are donated to a local cat shelter.

The Two Hour Album Challenge (2HAC) is a community-driven challenge to collectively start and complete an album of music in two hours.

At the start of the challenge, a theme is chosen randomly. Each participant then independently (or collaboratively) writes a song with that theme in mind using a strict time limit of two hours.

This album is free to download, proceeds from album purchases will go to the Angel of Hope animal rescue: www.aohrescue.org

More information can be found here: 2hac.abstractionmusic.com"

Novation Launchkey Mini Mk3 ambient trick by using the arpeggiator - feat. Arturia Mini V3

video upload by Jannis Le Wolff

"In this video I share a technique that can provide you with inspiring sequences and melodies. Through using the arpeggiator 2 or 3 times and letting notes overlap you can add surprising twists and movements to your music. As a sound I'm using a simple patch that I've created with the Arturia Mini V3, you can find the settings inside the video."

New Roland Boutique TR-808, TR-909, and TB-303 in the Works?

In case you missed it, see the last question in this recent interview with the developers of Roland's Boutique line of synthesizers.

In all-caps, in the answer?

"EXPECTATIONS FOR THE RELEASE OF THE TR-808, TR-909, AND TB-303 AS THE SECOND EDITION OF ROLAND BOUTIQUE IS LIKELY TO BE GREAT TOO.

Tojo:Yes, I think so too. I think we will be getting a lot of feedback after this release, so we'd like to listen to what our customers have to say and decide on what to do next."

So if you want them, let Roland know. :)

Maybe we'll see them at NAMM next year? It would be interesting considering the overlap with the TR-8 & TB-3 if the synth engines are the same, but would they be, and if not, what would that say about the TR-8 & TB-3? Aside from the engines, there is something to be said about the physical designs of the originals, albeit in Boutique format. It also makes you wonder if any of the Boutique engines will make it to the System-1/m and/or if any of the System-1m engines will make it into the physical Boutique hardware form.

AUM Keyboard Zones Quick How-To

video upload by boxoftextures

"A quick how-to on how to set up keyboard zones in AUM on the iPad. I connected a CME Xkey Air keyboard to AUM, then added three instruments—bass, piano (with far too much reverb LOL), and “guitar.”

To set up the zones you need to go to the MIDI input settings for each channel and specify the note ranges. After that you can play from the bottom of the keyboard, and as you move upwards you go from bass to piano to guitar. Or you could overlap the ranges, or layer them, or any number of other things depending on what you’re trying to accomplish."

MFB Schlagzwerg Demo

YouTube via FatSynthDude

"There's still only two demos of the Schlagzwerg out there, so I thought I'd throw out one of my own. Recorded this one directly into the computer so it should be a little more clear than my other demos. My primary goal with this piece was to demonstrate the range of sounds possible with each drum part and then dive into some noodling including a bit of intermodulation between the Schlagzwerg and a Kraftzwerg.

Some thoughts on the Schlagzwerg: Quite simply, it sounds nice. The kicks have a nice thump to them making them very 909-ish. I'm particularly a fan of the snares on this thing. The toms have some nice range on them and when tuned low, can even function as a second kick drum. One of my primary concerns when purchasing the Schlagzwerg was that I was worried about the overlap between it and the MFB 522 (MFB's website is kinda vague on this issue.) The only module that's really shared between the two is for the hihats/cymbals, but the Schlagzwerg gives you a tuning control which works on the hats as well, so it's a little more variety than what the 522 can give in that department. In fact, after I did this video, I took the 522's hats and played them against the Schlagzwerg's with some detuning and it sounded pretty nifty as a contrast. The sequencer isn't as user-friendly as one would hope. Setting up the CV lines is easy enough considering that you only get one knob (press and hold the step you want to alter, and then twist the data knob) but with the drum triggers, while entering in a drum hit as easy as one would expect, in order to delete a step, you have to hold down the step key and then press in the data knob. Even the manual admits that this is a bit 'cumbersome' but apparently necessary. It's kind of a small price to pay for the amount of versatility that this sequencer affords, though. One of the things that is easily overlooked is the fact that aside from all the gate/trigger sequencers, the Schlagzwerg also has six separate CV sequencers that can be used to sequence things outside of the Schlagzwerg itself. As I've actually been in the market to get three sequencers for my modular activities, this was a nice little unexpected bonus. My only real complaint with this unit is in the MIDI implementation. Again, MFB's website was a bit vague on this subject. In order to have MIDI control over the drum parts, you have to disable the sequencer, first off. So there is no sequencing with the internal sequencer and an external sequencer simultaneously allowed. Also, the way that the drum triggering via MIDI is handled is that each part is paired with it's own CV channel and they both get their own MIDI channel, plus there's a dedicated CV/Gate channel for sequencing external hardware. While this actually makes a lot of sense and gives you a lot of range to work with as far as MIDI sequencing, this means that you have to give up six MIDI channels just for this one instrument. For guys sequencing with hardware where MIDI channels are limited or people trying to keep their MIDI ports manageable, this can be a problem. Plus, having to jump between channels to sequence different drum parts isn't exactly appealing. So for my situation, what I'm having to do is let the internal sequencer run the machine and then clock it to MIDI, but the MIDI tracking seems to be a little off for some reason. What I'm going to try within the next couple of days is to have my Kenton box shoot clock signals at this thing and see if that helps at all. Really though, I'm not much of a fan of using more than one sequencer to handle my synths anyway, especially as the Schlagzwerg's sequencer doesn't leave much room to alter the actual sequences on the fly, so I'm not happy with the MIDI situation at all. So all in all, this machine is a mixed bag. The sounds are great and the modularity is a blessing, and the sequencer is pretty cool in some respects. But, I'm still seriously considering selling this thing mainly because of that MIDI and maybe getting a 503 or DRM1 in it's place. It sounds fabulous, but the MIDI just really doesn't work for my rig!"