Best Doepfer A-155 Alternatives

Based on 7 reviews

I love this, particularly when coupled with the 6 switches for mutes. Fantastic Euclidean rhythm generator and loads of fun to perform with on the fly. Instructions (a little complicated to follow at first!), but essentially three modes to this. (1) where you want to place your beats (2) where you want the first beat to start and (3) the length of your pattern, and once you get the hang of it, really easy to adjust on the fly and create completely novel inter-related polyrhythmic patterns that just bring your drums/percussion to life. Can also save presets (which I am doing with a view to playing out live soonish!) I couple it with the VPME Quad Drum, which is also a wonderful thing, and a couple of other percussion sources, and it is also useful to send out weird clocks to other units in...

Based on 3 reviews

Best Eurorack sequencer I have owned, and I have a fair few. But this is by far the easiest to use, both for getting the results you want and for improvising on the fly. Simple operation that belies its many capabilities. No deep menu diving, but an informative screen gives instant feedback on the current state of all 4 lanes. A joy to create a bunch of sequences and then string them together on the fly. Brilliant. And support is ongoing and good, so more features expected. However, the unit is 100% complete and useable as it is, so no worries. Get one now. Really.

Based on 3 reviews

Love to play with and watch this thing run. Build quality is super, everything works fine and I think it makes me sound much more musical than I actually am. The UI as seen on the face plate is very intuitive - however going past the basic 8 steps means menu diving. There are more than a few buttons and procedures to memorize. I'm slow, this took me time to get into my head (and hands). It's a total drag that the extension module (Ostankino II) has to be purchased just to get silly CV speed control and a clock out - Meh. Zero regrets to buying both the rotosequencer and the extension module, but then again I have lots of rack space.

Based on 2 reviews

An instant classic. It takes virtually no time for it to do something unexpected and wonderful. You can then literally play this thing to take that somewhere even better and even less expected. It goes deeper, but it's all so intuitive. What really sets it apart is that it's insanely generative but also controllable. If you need your counter-rotating 29 and 17 step pattern to be done in 8 beats to make it a bass line it's possible and easy. The Accumulator feature will be standard on all sequencers from now on. The Mod system is amazing for getting articulation via CV out of voices as they play. The internal modulation options are extensive and capable of taking you into deeply experimental territory. It has only 2 tracks (and only needs 2 tracks) but this makes it (mostly) not a...

Based on 1 reviews

There seems to be more artificial intelligence in this meloDICER than throwing dices. I use it for simple fill-in sequences of a few notes. The main thinking is done by this module, so all I need is quickly fiddle the sliders and knobs, which is a piece of cake of a workflow. It goes beyond what a mathematical bread&butter sequencer does, such as syncopes, hybrid directions, melodic tone adds, octave jumps, ext clock control, pulse width (legato), etc. Yeah it's pricey compared to other sequencers, but I guess that cuz of the creative a.i. Like having an extra musician on board.

Based on 14 reviews

This module is bought as my second sequencer in my complete Behringer System55 or Behringer System 55, the very reasonable priced Moog clone (of which the original was used by Keith Emerson). It is much more inuitive than the system 55 as a whole, but than again, a Behringer System 55 is an affordable must, if you want to understand sound synthesis from the elementary principles, control voltages and voltge control. Great module as well to be combined in any eurorack setup, to at least have some sort of historic component in your setup.

Based on 5 reviews

Well, this might be a useless review, but seriously this module is so useful, for so many things. I suggest you check this up on YouTube rather than me writing about it. As for quality it feels very solid, well build and it's so beautiful. I guess over time that shiny surface might look less nice after you have been there with your oily french fry finger. But, still a beauyt in the rack. Featurewise it's packed. I am a noob on modular, so bought this because I was overwhelmed by the variety of functions. Now as I learn to use it I just love it more every day.

Based on 10 reviews

I nickname this one the "poor man's dark time". Basically the same 8 steps two lanes either parallel or linear, two cv/gate out, a clock in, and in addition a switch to choose between repeat and single play. What's missing is selecting octave, voltage, and cv-in for ext controlled transpose. But then of course the price tag would be doubled. The decoders do not freewheel at all, so they stay exactly put as the first time set. Nice the knobs for pulse width, tempo and glide. For basic sequencing this is a very easy to use littel beast.

Based on 2 reviews

If you want to create drum patterns on a modular synth this is the device you need. Using the standard A-155 analogue/trigger sequencers will typically restrict you to 8 steps of four percussion instruments. Just 8 steps is really insufficient for rhythm pattern programming. This module puts 8 channels of 16 steps into 52 HP so takes up less space than the A-155 too. The dedicated button and LED for every point on the 16 x 8 matrix is what makes this unit special. It provides a very direct connection to the pattern structure that gives makes composing rhythms quick and fun. I have deducted a point for handling as we had to read the manual to make any sense of the control interface. It's not intuitive but is perfectly usable once the reading is done. It will be interesting to see what...