#22

If I’m not mistaken, SQ-1 only operates in 16 step grid, not allowing free time events?
I guess what I’m looking for can be also called gate looper.

#23

That is correct. 8 or 16, or you can deselect any number of gates.

#24

yeah thats why it’s probably not the best tool for this job. I know there are many schools of sequencing and I’m probably the minority here but for me the sequencer has to be as immediate and flexible as the handclap. No grid, only feeling.

#25

I am not aware of sequencers that aren’t on some kind of grid. Please let us know if you find something that works like that!

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#26

The SDS Rit_M maybe?

Or a Teletype script, or perhaps Big Honking Button or something else could be programmed for it.

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#27

If I understand you correctly the Antimatter Launch Codes seems ideal:
http://www.antimatteraudio.com/modules/launch-codes

Love this module for punching in gates.

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#28

Launch Codes is quantized to a clock though.

Planar 2 records button presses unquantized. Or a CV recorder or DC coupled audio recorder.

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#29

these look tasty.
I was actually considering Plannar2 for some time but I did not realize it has gate recorder as well. Hopefully it will survive some heavy punches in the heat of stage :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Does RIT_M and Launch Codes have built in gate trigger button or should this be some extra?

#30

I haven’t done this, but I’m thinking something like Ears with some version of Crow’s CV looper might give you a way of tapping in a repeatable gate sequence? You’d want some way to define the length of the loop and other things, but I’m sure there’s a lot of ways to do that with crow…

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#31

Rit_M has some kind of touch pads built in, I’m not sure if they’re FSR or membrane switch or something else.

Launch Codes has its own buttons (and can act as simple gate buttons/latching buttons). I’ve considered it a few times, never quite went for it though.

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#32

I have a couple of suggestions for simple sequencers:

Transient Modules - 8S similar in concept to Xaoc Tirana, additionally it’s 8 step and has cv control over direciton/random step. Works great as a pair, and with the 1F switch for mixing/transposing cv

Ladik and Doepfer have some excellent simple cv/clock sequencers. I’ve had my eye on the A155 in particular, looks excellent pair with the A-160-5 for Tangerine Dream-esque clock ratcheting. I’ve owned the Ladik S-180 8 step gate sequencer, which is dead simple as it gets. Ladik has a bit of an ecosystem of expanders the S-183 which adds cv per step, S-184 cv per step + sliders (I had this combo it was nice) and the S-280 which combines all three into one module

Barton also has a number of cheap clever sequencers. A lot of them use automation like the Auto Seq.

Metropolis, M185, and DU-SEQ seem intimidating at first, but I’ve had a chance to play with all three and they are quite similar in that being so physical they are very intuitive. I like how all three can achieve complexity without a screen mostly from just playing around with sliders and knobs.

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#33

Sorry to add another recommendation, but from the description, perhaps Shakmat’s Four Bricks Rook would tick most of these boxes? I haven’t used it myself, but the features look appealing.

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#34

Intellijel Steppy (3u) is similar to Launch Codes, but it has some more features, like per-step probability, clock divider & length per track (four tracks), swing, delay, and each track can be rotated forwards or backwards, individually. Launch Codes’ buttons (imo) have better feel, for punching in rhythms, and it’s got five tracks, compared to the four of Steppy.

edit: Launch Codes can go up to 64 steps (same as Steppy, which has four “pages” of 16) … LC felt somewhat coarse to me, when tapping trigger events in… not sure about its resolution (feels coarse) - I couldn’t get a comfortable clock speed and achieve a satisfying looseness to my patterns (trigger events always latching to a grid) … Steppy is similar, it just has more features for creating variation to your patterns.

#35

The Squarp Pyramid’s sequencer is technically quantized, but it’s a resolution of 96ppqn - 0.008 of a second at 80 BPM.

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#36

interesting. The resolution is then the same as in Digitakt? So far Digitakt has been the most flexible non-quantized sequencer for me.

#37

It’s the same resolution as the Digitakt, but without a limitation on the number of triggers. I believe you could have 96 triggers per quarter note per channel, if you wanted, although you might overwhelm the MIDI bus. (I haven’t used the machine myself, opting for the Tracker instead, but I looked into it pretty extensively. The manual is available online.)

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