Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR66Lk2x4UM
Recording sequences: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y0tOGMCAW4
Pitch controls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z4PZ-0FP1k
Metronome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxeDKSft3Cc
A Little Ditty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puPvedHNZ2w
An interesting side issue came up when I was trying to video it this time, as the monitor screen is no longer next to the MIDI keyboard so I couldn't video both in one take.
Having discounted a 2nd camcorder or using mirrors, I realised that as the Sequetron is driven purely by MIDI.... why not record the MIDI input stream onto a sequencer while videoing the keyboard, then play it back into the Sequetron to video the screen activity? The two videos could be merged later using an editing package.
I was using a Korg i30 as the MIDI keyboard, so put it in Song mode and pressed Record while I ran through the tutorial pieces. Then I re-positioned the camera and pressed Play on the i30 (no MIDI re-wiring was required as its output already went straight into the Sequetron).
I don't know why I didn't expect it to work - it's pretty obvious it should
, but it seemed strange to have the Sequetron running on its own.It then struck me there may be some possibilities for composing with this input MIDI 'meta-language' (Sequetronese?!).
This would be dependent on the key-mapping you use, but in my case the following notes are all you need to generate two arpeggiated sequences which would run forever:-
C Gb Eb <sequence1> Db C G Eb <sequence2> Db
To pitch shift up 7 semitones and back again, just add:-
C D1 G1 <pause> C D1 C1
The next logical step is to merge its output back into its input and stand well back....
Phil.