Analogue-sequencer

I totally understand that with design there are trade-offs, and I also
don't mind a learning curve - even a very steep one.  But what I find
is that some designs (and I did feel this way about the XT which I had
for years) are just incapable of giving you `traction' so-to-speak. 
What added to this with the XT was the exponential curve effect of the
encoders, where the faster you turned them the further their effect
would be - so a quick quarter turn would move you very very far and a
slow quarter turn would not move you far in adjusting a parameter. 
That ensured that you could never quite know what you were going to do
to the sound, and if you wanted to perform rhythmic adjustments and
repeat what you were doing, it was absolutely impossible.. I felt like
was moving around in a very slippery environment both with the matrix
of patch editing and with the knobs themselves.  And no mater how much
time I spent with the interface, it just had to be that way.  

Judging by the responses so far it seems like this is not the way
things feel once you are used to using the P3.  Is that right?  Things
like key combinations are great too in my mind because you learn the
ones you use very fast, and once you do, then you have predictable
speeds at which you can move from one place to another and develop
that sense of traction in the environment that I found impossible to
achieve with the XT.  

The problem of course is that you can never know this stuff absolutely
for sure until you work with the thing for a while, and I'm about a 45
hour drive from Analogue Haven.. if traffic is good.  Reading the
manual gives me some ideas, but hearing your honest thoughts on this
subject is really very helpful.  Thanks.

I think the remote midi 'screen jumping' buttons sounds interesting,
but I also agree somewhat with the opinions expressed about focusing
ones attention to the front panel of a device and not being split
between two panels.  Again more trade-offs to try to weight out, and I
know how tough that can be sometimes.  I just finished unplugging and
removing everything in my studio in order to set up again in a more
ergonomic fashion - trust me, right now I know all about weighing out
the advantages and the drawbacks!  (but I do like how things are set
up now!)

Greg