Sequencers

A short demonstration of some of the features of the Klee sequencer with MOTM modules.
Explains Stephen Drake:
I’m controlling 3 voices with it - all MOTM 300 vco’s through various filters and vcas. All in real time with no input from other sources. The sound quality’s not the greatest - just using the camera mike - [...]

Atomo Labs has introduced the Mochika2 Sequencer Synth - now featuring Midi synchronization..
Description:
This synth features:

one square and saw waveform VCO (voltage controled oscillator) with a huge pitch range, from subsonic to ultrasonic sound
One square and triangle waveform LFO (low frequency oscillator), that modulates the VCO for the vibrato effect creating old school arcade Atari-like [...]

The Electro-Music forum has the scoop on a new synth DIY sequencer project, the Roland 100m.
It has step repeat switches:- [1-8] and gate mode switches:-
[off/single/repeat/long] for each stage, plus random & pingpong mode.
It is based around a PIC, so is software update-able.
RYK explains:
I was inspired by watching a Youtube clip of the excellent
YMO in [...]

Jack DeYoung has posted his take on the Weirdest Guitars In The World, and after taking a look, all I can say is that guitarists are a pretty conservative bunch.
You haven’t seen weird, until you’ve seen some of the bizarre synth contraptions that keyboardists and electronic musicians have come up with.
In fact, some of these [...]

Gijs Gieskes’ image scanning sequencer scans images and plays the image as MIDI notes:
It uses LDRs to measure the gray-scale of specific point of a image, and triggers midi notes from a selected threshold. When the threshold is reached the velocity will be set by the darkness at that point. the darker point the higher [...]

Don’t buy an Akai MPC5000 until you read this: hip-hop producer Just Blaze’s rant on the MPC Akai calls “the most advanced MPC on the planet.”
“THIS THING IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE!” says Blaze. “Some of the bugs in this thing are ATROCIOUS.”
He goes on to detail a litany of bugs and limitations [...]

Peter Speer demos the Voice of Saturn sequencer, an inexpensive DIY sequencer kit.
He’s also got a review at his site.
Bottom line?
“In total, the Voice of Saturn Sequencer took me three nights to complete (about 12 hours altogether). If you have more experience in kit building than I do (which is to say “some”), I’m sure [...]

The Graphite Sequencer is an art piece that explores turning a record player into a tangible interface for sequencing music:
Disc are coded with graphite, which conducts electricity. Two wires touch the paper discs as they spin.
The wires are connected to a simple tone generator.
When a line is drawn across the disk, connecting the two wires, [...]

This video, by Oliver Chesler of Wire to the Ear, demos the Voice of Saturn synth DIY synthesizer & sequencer kits. 

Things to Come Records posted some nice Flickr shots of the Voice of Saturn Sequencer & Synthesizer. 
These are a couple of cool synth DIY kits that should be suitable for even beginners.