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VacoLoco Tron

This is an 8-track 16-step drum pattern sequencer by Paul Maddox, the creator of the MonoWave and co-founder of Modal Electronics. It uses 4 LED 8-segment displays and endless encoders for editing. All housed in a clear housing sized 120 x 90 x 24 mm. It got connectors for power, MIDI In and MIDI Out.
I am using this sometimes to play my Waldorf rackAttack.

Demo video by Paul Maddox

Part I (www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaYUR_EQuQ)
Part II (www.youtube.com/watch?v=85VHDth-Hao)

Features:

64 sequences (8 sequences in 8 banks)

8 parts with 16 Steps per pattern

Two velocities (off, mid, full) for each step (as per TR-909 editing)

Definable Step Length for the pattern

Assignable Midi note number for each part

Assignable mid velocity level

Variable pattern length (1 to 16 steps)

MIDI Clock out (with start/stop)

MIDI Sync In

MIDI sysex update of code

Blue LOAD button

Red SAVE button

Tempo knob

Black Control button (right of the knob)

Gray Start/Stop button (top right button)

Edit Mode

When you press the control button first:

Pressing button 1 will select part 1 of the pattern to edit

Pressing button 2 will select part 2 to edit,

and so on

Pressing button 9 selects the first control mode (below)

Pressing button 10 selects the second control mode (below)

Control mode 1
(Press and hold MODE and button 9), the upper buttons act as follows (* items are saved with the pattern):

Button 1 - Pot becomes tempo,

Button 2 - Pot selects Pattern Length *,

Button 3 - Pattern Repeats (used in chain mode) *,

Button 4 - Mid level Velocity value,

Button 5 - Step Length *,

Button 6 - Pot selects MIDI channel,

Button 7 - Pot selects MIDI Sync On/Off,

Control mode 2
(Press and hold MODE and button 10), the lower buttons act as follows:

Button 1 - Part 1 MIDI note,

Button 2 - Part 2 MIDI note,

Button 3 - Part 3 MIDI note,

Button 4 - Part 4 MIDI note,

Button 5 - Part 5 MIDI note,

Button 6 - Part 6 MIDI note,

Button 7 - Part 7 MIDI note,

Button 8 - Part 8 MIDI note,

Control mode 3
(Press and hold MODE and button 11), the lower buttons act as follows:

Button 1 - Part 1 Mute,

Button 2 - Part 2 Mute,

Button 3 - Part 3 Mute,

Button 4 - Part 4 Mute,

Button 5 - Part 5 Mute,

Button 6 - Part 6 Mute,

Button 7 - Part 7 Mute,

Button 8 - Part 8 Mute.

The Load/Save buttons allow the top of row buttons to select bank, the lower row to select pattern within a bank. Only patterns within the same bank can be chained.