Elektron Musical Instruments

>   I totally disagree; I program my parameter lock messages in by 
hand 
> to my sequencer and when I play them back out it sounds great... 
Oh, 
> well.


I believe you're thinking wrong here :

when the parameter lock messages are sent by your sequencer, it is at 
what we could call the "same time" than when the note on message was 
sent (let's say delay will be unnoticeable)
But when the note on comes from the sequencer, it goes down your midi 
cables to the MD, then the MD understands it has to trigger some 
machines. Next stage is processing the parameters of the machine and 
maybe formatting the outgoing "parameter lock" MIDI message.
I believe that takes some time and then we go from "unnoticeable" 
to "the MD is going nuts, MIDI is spaced out, why can't these guys at 
Elektron do their job well ??". But they are doing their job OK 
telling you that this or this feature cannot be implemented.

as far as I am concerned : I program my parameter lock messages in by 
hand to my sequencer and when I play them back it sounds great... but 
my sequencer is the MD :)

Having said this, I would really like the MD to "spit out" its 
parameter locks as well..

Xavier