Hardware sequencer with V-Synth

The mpc 2500 looks like it has a really nice sequencer and sampling functions...

http://www.myspace.com/11505663

May I recommend this? I have one and it is the best.

http://www.p3sequencer.com/



"I thought all you did was push a button and sounds come out!" - My mother on synths
"Not quite, mom." - Me on synths

Yeah, the P3 totally rules!

Paul

Thanks for the info.

The P3 looks great. I've just download the manual.

How about real-time tweaking?

I was also looking at the SCHRITTMACHER. But it seems expensive
to me.

One thing I like about the MPC's is the velo/pressure sensitive pads.
One thing I like about the MachineDrum is that is also a drum synthesizer
One thing I like about the P3 is that price seems reasonable.

Agghh!

Well, the manual isn't perfect - I even wrote a User Guide to try to supplement it but that isn't perfect either (I was wasted when I wrote it). The next OS is currently being finalised based on extensive user feedback and requests, after which there will be a better manual.

Yeah, the P3 rules for live tweaking - it's been the backbone of my live rig for several years. The Force To Scale really helps this.
And almost everyone I know who has one uses it differently - my pal uses his as a MIDI looper controlled remotely by his guitar synth and MIDI footpedals; I know a few folk who generate stuff to arrange in Cubase and others who just improvise with it, constantly overwriting the same banks and creating songs interactively.

I'm biased though - it's the sequencer I've been looking for all my life. Once you've started to grasp what's lurking under the hood, there's no turning back..

Paul

It looks like a very straight forward, no bs box. I've been using a yamaha rm1x, but found it too time-consuming. Have you any experience with the rm1x? If so, how would you compare them?

The P3 is a step sequencer - in the tradition of the Moog, ARP, Polymorph, Notron etc. Step sequencers are really all about performance, involve interaction with individual steps and between different rows/tracks to create something that evolves, loops and mutates over time in a complex or weird way. As well as incorporating variations such as seen in programs such as "M" or Dr T's KCS, the P3 simulates the way we used to route control voltages to different parts of a modular synth, or uses randomistic techniques to produce patterns you simply wouldn't/couldn't create on a more conventional type of MIDI recorder.

I don't know if that helps...

Paul

Yeah, thanks for the info. Sounds really cool, I also read up on it on their homepage and it seems very interesting.
If I had the money I would definately consider buying one.