Analogue-sequencer

> something that would really smooth things out for me would be 
> to be able
> to switch between tracks while in pattern edit mode. for 
> example, i could
> be messing with auxes on track 1, then i could hit a key 
> combination, and
> be *at the same screen* in pattern edit for track 8.

Something faster than play/edit, F1, play/edit + track 8 ? ;-)
That doesn't take you to the same place in edit mode on the new track, but
it wouldn't be too much work not to reset the edit mode state.

A user config option that defeats the save/lose/back option and just takes
you straight back to play mode could make this quicker.
But would you always be sure you wanted to save the changes you had made ?
 
> i'm thinking func+step 9-16 could be used for this... that is 
> unless that
> key combination already switches parts.

FUNC+step keys shows you the current data on the steps in edit mode.

Cheers,
Colin f