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Now I have more questions regarding analog-style sequencers.ġ. I've learned more lately and even tried a couple simple stuff to quench my curiosity. The step-sequencer plays back a pre-programmed pattern - it may transpose the pattern or apply some other transformation - but the key difference is they are generally pre-programmed rather than responding to live playing (of course you could send the output from a step-sequencer into an arp - but I'm sure by now you get the general idea.)Īnd just to confuse matters, some synths have arps that also function as step-sequencers but aren't labelled as such. Of course, nowadays, arps can be much more complicated / sophisticated than this. 16ths) - a 1 octave up down would play C - E - G - E - C etc. For example, a '1 octave up' arp would take a Cmajor triad (C-E-G) played and held as a chord and play back the notes C - E - G - C- E - G at a pre-determined beat division (i.e. In simple terms, arps play back a rule based pattern that is controlled by the notes you play based around the idea of creating a melodic sequence from a harmony. The AN1x vid you posted shows a demo of the AN1x step sequencer - the AN1x also has an arp. Is Step-sequencer a new term associated with VAs such as AN1x?)No. Why was that? Cost or technical difficulty? Or just trend? Nord Lead, Korg Trinity still didn't have it but JP8000, AN1X, Triton etc had. (4) Finally, was it too expensive to have an arpeggiator on a digital synth/workstation? Or was it considered uncool low-tech and unattractive for late 80s and 90s musicians at least compared to multi-track sequencers? Korg M1, Roland D-50, Yamaha DX7 didn't have it and most of digital synthesizers didn't have it until the era of early VAs.
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(3) My understanding is that an arpeggiator will typically play a set pattern (or order of notes) with a patch whereas a analog day's sequencer plays 'a series of events' and one can program each step/note differently (note, duration), am I right? (2) Once a sequence (or can multiple be programmed on one sequencer?) is programmed, can it be played at different pitch (transposed)? If it repeats one phrase at a fixed scale, it would be very boring even though the musician can manipulate each step. Can they be called step-sequencers? Is Step-sequencer a new term associated with VAs such as AN1x? If digital, is it equivalent to Analog days' sequencers funtionwise? Or does it (step sequencer on VAs or modern Analogs) have some digital enhancements? (1) I do know how analog synthesizer days' sequencers sound. I know how digital age sequencers on workstations work (For example I found Ensoniq style multi-track sequencers best).