'Continuing in the tradition of building quality products, price vs features, and our collective journey through the universe of music, we introduce the Mobius,' introduces Jered Flickinger of Future-Retro. The Mobius is a one-track sequencer designed to control many types of synthesizer or sound module. Easy to use, the Mobius has 256 recordable patterns available. Pattern editing features include copy/paste, pattern shifting, pattern transposing, multiple pattern cueing, and LED chase. Pattern editing and recording can be done while the sequencer is running, and it will automatically save all your edits. There are 16 songs to arrange the patterns in, each recording tempo, the bank/pattern for each step, the transposition of each step, and the song's loop point. Each of the 16 songs contains up to 3580 measures. Multiple songs may be chained together so they play sequentially. 'The Mobius is the best stand alone sequencing solution for playing any of the many 303 clone sound modules accurately to that of the original TB-303 whether they operate via MIDI or CV/Gate,' says Future-Retro. The unit can also perform as a MIDI to CV converter, MIDI to DIN Sync converter, and MIDI to Analog Clock converter with Reset. You can synchronize the Mobius via MIDI to an external clock or have it act as a master device sending MIDI Clock, DIN Sync, and Analog Clock signals to external sequencers, plus send and receive MIDI note data, and velocity. The Mobius also supports SysEx dumping of patterns and songs, and uses the same pattern format as in the FR-777, allowing patterns created in one device to be transferred and played in the other. The Mobius comes with a U.S. or European power supply, owners manual, and a one year warranty; it fills 3U of rack space and costs $325 plus shipping, and can be ordered directly from us. There's a lot of remarks we could make at this point, but the company does have 'retro' in its name, so we'll keep quiet. www.future-retro.com

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