Elektron Musical Instruments

> True again. It is not nescessary to have impossibly long loops to 
> make good music, but sometimes 32 steps just isn't enough. Good for 
> basslines and great for the sidstation?

True, a plain 32 step pattern repeated would be boring, but you can't 
really judge the MD's sequencing ability without including the song 
editor. You can treat a load of 32 step patterns as source material 
and then chain them, play back different sections of the patterns, 
change mutes etc all within the song editor. Works nicely for me, 
your mileage may vary of course. You can also chain several patterns 
in the normal pattern play mode and thus effectively get 128-steps+ .
Before I start sounding like a complete Elektron fan-boy, I must say 
that I would never consider the MD's sequencing a replacement for a 
linear sequencer like Logic or whatever, it's just that I don't 
really work to that paradigm. I'll not presume to know anything about 
your way of working so the MD may or may not work for you. I'd 
reccommend you take advantage of Elektron's 10 day money back thingy 
and give the MD a good going over in the context of your own set-up.

cheers,
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