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Yes. You can connect to any gate or trigger input on a drum machine or synth, an envelope generator, cv sequencer, lfo etc. You can even change the voltage of the output with the level faders.
Yeah, Hey Dan. Nice to meet you. Its seeems the majority of comments below seem to miss the point that this is not an "amazing new innovative sequencer" but actually, an elegant recreation of the SQ10. I am after all these years about to buy another one. The idiom applies- "More than the sum of its parts". Thanks for doing this. 👍
Nice to meet you too. I think you are right. Often people criticise something for not doing something it is not trying to do in any case. I still really like this sequencer and Korg are almost giving them away.
Not to well, people mostly use it with modular synths, I don't understand why Korg insists on not producing this (and some of their other devices) in eurorack format.
Korg don't really make modular gear. I suppose the cost of making it for modular would be too great. One thing it does at a very low cost is integrate midi and cv. Actually, one thing I love about it is that it outputs midi in the same way as gate, so if you input a euclidian pattern to the sync input, it will output it as midi note on/off. Fantastic.
@@teebeedahbow It's just a different size, without much effect on the price. it can still be produced in desktop form, but in a size that, after unscrewing it from the case, will allow it to be mounted in a eurorack.
@@Jomaha_Jomaso I meant more the costs of beginning to manufacture Eurorack in the first place, which Korg don't seem to want to do. Although, granted, they might have been able to have a differently scaled box. To be honest, I like the physical aspect of the SQ1 though,
I actually rarely use my sq1 to sequence notes but it is super versatile tool to sync stuff. I use my unit as master clock, start-stop for m32, dfam and keystep as well as clock divider by using gate outs as clock pulses. Also you can easily extend your dfam to have sort of 16 steps if you patch cv out to dfam velocity
Cheers. I only just grabbed one to use with a couple of portable synths. Very cheap second hand now on ebay which is nice. Excellent little thing and made really well.
This includes all the same modes as all of the volca synth sequencers such as the bass or keys... apart from the cool looking warp tool on the fm2 To be honest I'd expect a little more from a stand-alone sequencer. For instance to be able to requantise sequences to eachother after changing active steps. or have paged, chained sequences to get more than just 16 steps out of it. That's why I'll probably go with the sq64
I know what you mean. However, the SQ1 is a remake of a classic sequencer. They deliberately kept it as simple and as analogue as the original. If you find limitations force you to be creative, then hooking this up for a bass line can be great. But it is no master sequencer, that’s for sure. The SQ64 is a full spec modern master sequencer. I use the Keystep Pro for the kinds of job you mention. The SQ1 is something on the side, so to speak. But when you get into its groove it is absolutely worth the ninety odd euros it costs.
The Model:Samples is the master, and the Blackbox is set to quantised recording and two bar sample length. No I don't notice drift when they are playing independent sounds, but there is inevitably some phasing when the Blackbox samples (of the Model: Samples) begin on autoplay. Both samplers have pretty steady clocks.
There are worse things that uhm, surely… it’s all about that voltage though… it is long I agree, but there was so much to talk about. Thanks for watching, even at 1.5 😊
I tend to find I look at manuals after I've learned to use a piece of kit. And there are some things I use, the Disting Mk4 for instance, which has so many functions, I need to look at the manual to remember what settings are available. But there is something to be said for learning to use something without reading the manual. Famously, the Roland 303 had a manual only in Japanese with the first batch of units, and that synth did ok :-)
@@briancornejo4001 You mean for sync? You can send midi clock to one Volca and Volca sync to the other, for instance. You can send sequence a and sequence b on separate midi channels (by default channels 1 and 2).
Look, in this video it looks like you can control both volca bass via midi, it's like you have an adapter or a midi thru. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0GB5hWytZGI.html
Hi. Appreciate your take on this synth. Out of curiosity, if you were to already own another analog polysynth (a DSI Prophet 08, in my case), would you see this as a worthy addition or redundant? If so, what would be the outstanding reasons to have it compared to other relative poly gear? Thanks!
Hi, that depends a lot on what you do with your synths. Although I didn't mention it, in my work as a musician, portability has a premium. I would say also that the Nymphes, although quite clearly referencing classic synths in its design (the Juno especially), I think it will emerge as having something quite different to offer. Dreadbox are a very very clever firm. Obviously, it's not a monster workhorse like the Prophet O8, and is considerably more compact. For a flexible, very portable 6 voice polysynth, at an extremely reasonable price, it has no competition at the moment. Perhaps the best argument, if you don't already have a Dreadbox synth, is entry into the marvellous, charismatic world of the Greek company. Thanks for the comment!
You could also have with you when you go shopping groceries. Thats a huge plus. And put it a bookshelf among some other books. Nobody would notice it´s a synth.
The display is so small it is difficult to follow the explanation on the view of the synth.However,it is clear from the sound what is happening, also i thought the voice was audible over the sound but would be better if the synth was just slightly quieter.
Well, the displays on the Modal Electronics synths are small, but they are quite informative, I think. As for the mixing on the video, it's a learning process, for sure.
Hi Daniel, thanks for the great video introduction. One question, am I able to use this stand alone to generate sound without a keyboard? Is it able to make base tones that you can manipulate on the fly. I'd like to have something fun to generate patterns and random stuff while playing along with it (drums, guitar etc.). Cheers!
Yes. It is as if those moments at which the loops lock have always been there. You just had to find a way of acting them out, so to speak, to find a way of articulating them...
There is a work around. If you have something that can output swung CV (a Pam's New Workout, for instance), the SQ1 can input CV sync and will move sequencer steps with any amount of variation. Get it anyway! You#ll be glad you did :-)
I love it also for the price, unfortunately its quite outdated, from the unfortunate position of the USB power plug (so you cant put several on top of each other), to the fact that you cant change the modes without a small interruption because it seems to be a mechanical switch, to the fact that the unquantized mode is not really unquantized and more... wish they would have done an updated version at some time, preferably in eurorack format. but for the prize and the way you can play it its perfect for a beginner or a small home setup with a monosynth or small modular case and if you dont mind the quite a few shortcomings.
Well, Korg do have a recent, very up-to.date hi spec modern sequencer the SQ64, which is also very reasonably priced. The SQ1 is a recreation of a classic analogue sequencer, so an update would be a new sequencer - not a bad idea, perhaps ;-). The mode switching can be done in time but you have to do it in time yourself, so to speak. The change is not instant, as you've noticed. I don't have any problems with the quantization, but it is analogue, so I expect it to do a little wandering or to be a little unpredictable - or do you mean it isn't an even enough frequency sweep?. It is what it is, and I do find it very attractive to play. As for the shortcomings, I would call them limits not shortcomings. I don't think it is trying to be something its not. I have a Keystep when I need something more expansive.
The filter is its own beast. It is state variable, and you can morph smoothly between a remarkable array of filter types and positions. There are two settings, 'standard' a digital 2 pole, and 'classic', which is softer edged. You are not going to get it to sound like a Juno, but it is capable of a huge range of filter effects.