Ive been looking at buying a 2nd sequencer for my system and im just looking for some suggestions. Ive already got a moskwa II unit and always figured a 2nd would suit best, however i seen the Jornanalouge?? Step 8, ( i think its called) and now i cant decide between the 2.
Also suggestions in general wouldnt go a miss. My aim right now is to have somewhere between 6 - 8 voices, to play 2 possibly 3 different parts (Lead,Bass and swell) each there own melody. with as much modulation and sound manipulation as i an fit in the est of it.
Im looking into buying pusherman A+B switches in near future as a way of a transitioning between parts

cheers guys, hope this all made sense

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How many steps does it have to be? Why a second moskwa?
Hermod something for you? Maybe more handson like erica black sequencer?
4 ms catalyst look pretty cool and capable. not that many hp aswell.
Good luck picking something u like .... So many out there


Cheers for the suggestions, Amount of steps would be between 8 - 16 but more than likely i can extend the length and notes with someway of patching it up. I cant say ive heard of either of them sequencers so will defo have a check.
My aim for the system is to have a complete system capable of everything, Lead, Bass transition FX etc. ill have a DFAM and a TR8s tackling the drums externally.
I feel i just need a few utility modules and maybe another few bits to fill the spaces.

thanks again


Oxi One plus an Oxi Pipe to mount in case if OK with external unit vs all in case.


Agreed on the suggestion for OXI One. I have an OXI One + a Metropolix and that covers plenty of territory. The OXI One is great for drum programming and chord progressions, while Metropolix / the in-rack sequencer is more for hands-on evolving bassline and melody exploration. They are good complements. The OXI One is very flexible if you need to interface with multiple pieces of hardware.

An Expert Sleepers FH-2 and its expanders are very useful with the OXI One if you are sequencing a lot of voices (and I'd say 6-8 voices is a lot for modular). The OXI One can output a lot more CV than there are physical jacks on the hardware, so you can use a MIDI-to-CV converter with lots of CV outputs to extract as much CV as possible. With an FH-2 and expanders, the possibilties seem endless.

With this kind of setup, I can sequence 8+ drum sounds, 3- or 4- part harmony / chord progressions, a bass line, a lead, a counter-lead, and possibly other stuff depending on what I am feeling. I can make whole song in one take, and I do sometimes, but my difficulties now revolved around coming up with good ideas, arranging, and transitioning between sections (all the stuff you need to do around sequencing to make a good song, which the sequencer itself doesn't really solve for you). Those are good problems to have instead of feeling held back by your hardware limitations.


Yeah the OXI and the OXI pipe could be a shout. Someone somewhere else mentioned a Hermod + which looked good aswell. Need to get on youtube and watch some videos of people making these things look good.
Any suggestions on anything else for the rack??

ive got a Intellijel Bifold and A+B switches on the way.


I second the Squarp Hermod suggestion, and suggest looking at the Pyramid. It's not a rackable module, but it includes MIDI and some very interesting polyrhythm and Euclidian options. It's ridiculously powerful and I think one of the best sequencers on the market now. It has become the central hub for my system. I even use it to control the other sequencers in my rigs (I have a 24-step trigger controller, a Korg SQ-1 and a Qu-bit Bloom for randomness and polyrhythms), as well as five other hardware synths in the studio. It does it all without a single hiccup, a rather impressive feat. Have a look.

"I'll just plug this in here and see what happens."