>(I'd be interested in applications where an ASR is required and that cannot be realized with the A-152)

The original functionality poses a unique compositional challenge and result when used. Serge termed it an Arabesque generator at one point, after the classical music term. Also "canon" has been brought up which can certainly apply (though isn't typically one note offset). Then again with a sufficient number of registers one can ouput only select registers rather than all at once.

I guess a question I have is are there any other functions not dealing with circuitry aided composition

How I'd answer Dieter is it produces a specific result in terms of composition, something else similar in some respects does not produce the same result from a compositional standpoint.

Dieter may have a point in that the number of users actually working in that general area isn't too huge. One really needs a bigger system since at minimum you would need to dedicate an oscillator to each shifted output. Some interest here is surely just having a module that does something "new" as well as the feeling of getting a what might be considered a Serge related capability without buying a Serge system.

Though there is, imho, a demand for tools to make a sequence more complex exists. Not that the ASR input has to be from a sequencer

I would surely buy a multiple output digital module that included a number of digitally generated CV functions including an ASR. Because if one is going to go the route of using a microcontroller, one could include multiple function options on one module.

Nick