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The use of sequencers within synthesiser patches is nothing new, but it can be a contentious topic. As we’re scrolling through the myriad presets that accompany most commercial synth plugins, chances are that you’ll happen upon a collection of preordained sequences, wherein somebody else’s composition could be implanted on your own.
Leaving the issue of copyright to one side, we can be far more creative by programming our plugins to play a rhythm that we decide, allowing us to imprint our own chord sequence on our tracks. This was commonplace even in the earlier days of the commercial use of synthesisers. The track by Heaven 17, relied on the hypnotic and thoroughly effective use of a CV sequencer
