Just a question for my fellow users!
Do you have another sequencer that you pair with Nerdseq? Perhaps for more "hands on" control? Maybe something that interacts with Nerdseq?
I have been using it with Make Noise Rene 2 which can be fun, but the lack of easy gate length control on the Rene 2 is a bit of a bummer. And to be honest, it seems faulty as of today which leads me to think a replacement is impending. Or perhaps Nerdseq is fine by itself and I don't need another sequencer.
Curious to hear your experiences!
I thought that I might do this, with the Vector Sequencer which I had prior to the Nerd. After getting more and more familiar with the Nerd, the Vector ended up just collecting dust, so it was sold. But everyone has a different workflow, so I could totally see running a complimentary “hands on” sequencer alongside the Nerd.
Well I run several different sequencers, including the teletype and the metropolis, but I recently purchased a monome crow to go in the small case with the nerdseq and have developed a couple of nerdseq 'helper' scripts to stimulate the CV inputs and also interact with my ER301 over i2c w/ nerdseq providing the master clock.
I also have a TXi, which is in another case right now, but I think I am probably going to put into the case in between the crow and the nerdseq to provide 4 knobs for the nerdseq.
Interesting!
This is ... well, basically day 2 without the Rene next to Nerdseq, and I feel some kind of relief actually - it's nice just focussing on ONE sequencer instead of feeling like I should be farming out certain sequencer tasks to the Rene which perhaps was causing more problems than it was solving.
The teletype interests me a LOT, just when Nerdseq wasn't nerdy enough
I usually use Metropolix and/or Generator+ for hands on generation of ideas.
From there, I record the step outputs from these sequencers into Nerdseq for easy arrangement and generating variations.
I occasionally pair Nerdseq with the Flux Temporal Modulation sequencer as it is specialised to do intricate, off the grid, rhythms.
I love the Nerd, and I've been loving my video adapter.
Ah cool! How do you find recording them? Gates intact etc? I always find recording into the Nerdseq a bit on the tedious side (mainly with the record monitoring situation)
Aside from pattern generators like Stochastic, Tuesday, K4815, etc., quasi sequencers like Cryptograf, and repeating random modules like Permutation, the only other actual euro sequencer I have aside from NerdSEQ is Metropolix.
I appreciate having a mix of options from random through very explicit, though I absolutely understand depaffect’s point about finding relief in being able to focus on just one. It is all-too-easy to get spread too thin.
Here's my take:
I've got my NerdSEQ with 2xCV16, 1xTrigger16 and the 2hp MIDI which essentially removed all other Sequencers from my wish list. As of late I have come to return to a couple of simple 8-step sequencers (namely the ladik 18x series) for simple recurring patterns. I had tried to sell my TipTop Audio Z8000 but could not get a decent price and am about to resurrect it for chord progressions and arpeggios. And finally I'm seriously considering to add a second NerdSEQ though that probably needs some more consideration (read: I'm not yet at the point where a single NerdSEQ can't do all I currently need).
(07-29-2021, 04:12 PM)mgd Wrote: [ -> ]Here's my take:
I've got my NerdSEQ with 2xCV16, 1xTrigger16 and the 2hp MIDI which essentially removed all other Sequencers from my wish list. As of late I have come to return to a couple of simple 8-step sequencers (namely the ladik 18x series) for simple recurring patterns. I had tried to sell my TipTop Audio Z8000 but could not get a decent price and am about to resurrect it for chord progressions and arpeggios. And finally I'm seriously considering to add a second NerdSEQ though that probably needs some more consideration (read: I'm not yet at the point where a single NerdSEQ can't do all I currently need).
This definitely resonates with me. If I were to add any more sequencing, it would almost surely be a simple hands-on knobby sequencer for short loopy bits. At most a Moskwa II, though quite possibly something simpler still. Need to ring out the gear I have first, of course.
(07-28-2021, 12:34 PM)depaffect Wrote: [ -> ]Ah cool! How do you find recording them? Gates intact etc? I always find recording into the Nerdseq a bit on the tedious side (mainly with the record monitoring situation)
Yeah, it can be a bit tedious, but I am really glad to be able to do it at all. Creating ideas that I like is the difficult part for me. If I have to work to arrange them, so be it. I'd rather do it this way than have to involve a laptop. Testing different arrangements with NerdSeq and being able to tweak at every stage makes for a fluid creation.
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I appreciate having a mix of options from random through very explicit, though I absolutely understand depaffect’s point about finding relief in being able to focus on just one. It is all-too-easy to get spread too thin.
This is a great point. I used to pair Nerdseq with Metropolis, which I'd owned for about 6 years, so I could operate it with my eyes closed.
I sold Metropolis to get Metropolix, and although you can pretty much use it just like Metropolis, it is far more complex and it's taking a lot of time to understand the full implications of. I bought it secondhand. I'm kind if understanding why somebody might have sold it, now. I do really like it, though. It will be interesting to see whether it is still in my rack for the next 6 years.
Nerdseq is quite complex, but I do find it easy to use. I'm not using it to its full potential, though. I'm generally under utilising the CV16 expander.