KOMA Elektronik is readying shipment of their new Komplex Sequencer. Komplex houses four separate CV/Gate/MIDI sequencers in one package for mind-melting transgressions.
The Komplex Sequencer contains four full-featured 16-step sequencers that allow the user to use one or more of the sequencers to sequence the other one. The Komplex Sequencer has no screen or submenus — all features have their own dedicated controls, and all features have their own dedicated in- and outputs on the large 86-point patch bay.
Each sequencer has its own start and stop buttons, a quantizer (switchable between chromatic, major & minor scales), one-shot-mode and five different play modes (forward, backward, ping-pong, ping-pong reversed, random). You can of course set the output range per sequencer as well, choose between 2V, 5V or 9V.
We now think it’s time for the ultimate sequencer, one that comes with so much power and connectivity that gives the user the possibility to transcend the sequence from a repeating pattern to an ever evolving cadence of sound.
By patching both internal and external CV-sources to the patch bay of the Komplex, the user is able to control the parameters for Sequence Start Point, Sequencer Clock Division, the amount of the Glide between the steps, Skip Step, Repeat Step and Repeat Length. Also, you can Transpose the whole sequence via CV, start it with an external trigger signal and use, for example, an LFO or another sequence to control Sequence Length or Gate Length. This adds up to 20 in- and outputs per individual sequencer, which, when you include the CV recorder outputs, adds up to 86 CV patch points on the whole machine, all conveniently located on the front panel.
Designed as a large 19″ 7U surface, the Komplex invites the user to tweak away. The LED’s on the 64 step-sliders show the active step, the 64 corresponding RGB LED’s under the sliders push buttons allow you to set the sequencer start point, choose active steps, set the Glide per step, set the Gate per step, set the amount of Repeats per step and Repeat mode. Besides this, they also choose the output MIDI channel for each sequence. Extra features include a 7 channel CV-recorder whose bank selection is controllable via CV and master start/stop to start/stop all sequencers at once. The Komplex Sequencer is compatible with almost all synthesizers that accept CV/Gate and/or MIDI.
Koma’s Komplex Sequencer will be available in May for $1500.
