Elektron Musical Instruments

well, i'll say it seems to work fine for me.  i triggered MD 
patterns from Cubase with Cubase as the master, bounced it to 
audio.  then laid a quicky bassline over it with a softsynth, 
bounced it all down as audio and it sounds fine.  perfectly in 
sync.  Drammy (almost called you Jammy, like Prince Jammy, yeah?), 
check the elektron-users.com post.

it must be some settings..., i don't think so much the fault of 
Cubase, certainly not the MD.  people rag on Cubase, but i have it 
working fine...although i haven't tested it a ton yet.  so maybe i 
speak too soon.

anyway, i'm psyched, if you ask me, this is the best of both 
worlds.  programming patterns in the MD, utilizing parameter locks 
there, then sequencing in Cubase and having all the parameter 
automation i could dream of alongside it.

i will say dealing with mutes in Cubase isn't the best...currently 
drawing in volume tweaks for each machine.  apparently there is a 
way to use midi notes to program mutes, i don't know it yet, but a 
guy from elektron-users mentioned it.  that and it would be nice if 
the MD transmitted something on it's own when you mute/unmute.  then 
you could record mutes in realtime right into Cubase.  and editing 
them would be much easier than dealing with a constant volume 
curve...