> I am planning on picking up the A-149-1 but I was told that
> the A-149-2 was not necessary. I guess what I am asking is
> would you be happy with the A-149-1 with out the A-149-2

that depends on your application.
if you need random gates (for firing envelopes, retriggering
lfo's, operating switches or sequencers) you will find uses
for the a149/2, as the a149/1 cannot produce gate signals.
if you want to modulate vco's, vcf's or vca's directly,
then you will probably be happy with the a149/1 alone.

to speak for myself, i find the a149/2 really useful,
but as said, it depends on the application.

best wishes

ingo