KORG SQ 64 Poly Sequencer

[Muad’Dib]

So, KORG is releasing the SQ 64 Poly Sequencer.

 

Does anyone here use step sequencers, or just the regular sequencers found in music workstations? I.e. Hardware or software?

[Dr Mike Metlay]

I use all of the above. There are many different designs that encourage many different ways of working. A few, like the Cirklon, have such a specific and deep workflow that there was, for a while about a decade ago, an entire genre of Cirklon-based music (that started with its predecessor, the P3 MIDI sequencer).

 

I have various step sequencers on iOS, in macOS, and in hardware: the latter in my MatrixBrute.

 

I haven't used a realtime sequencer in hardware since I sold my Prophet-T8 in 1992-ish, but step sequencers are bread and butter for my genre of music. Your mileage will almost certainly vary.

[Muad’Dib]

Thank you Mike! I had a KORG SQ-1 that I had bought to go with a KORG MS-20 mini, that unfortunately died. No idea what happened?

[GovernorSilver]

I've used the step sequencers in the Korg Volca Keys, Korg Monologue, and Arturia Microbrute. Step sequencers are useful for entering a melodic pattern, then exploring the changes in sound by tweaking knobs/faders as the melody plays over and over.