Elektron Musical Instruments

> If someone could explain not only what it is technically capable 
of, 
> but how you deal with the issue in the real world, it would be 
> immensely helpful.

This is really hard to explain, because people have so many different 
ways of working. There are some nice things in MD which could help 
you. For example you  can trigger patterns with midi notes. This 
means that you can just send a midi note from reason to Md to tell 
which pattern it should play. (you can read more about these from 
manual)

I myself you it in song-mode, because you can do some nice twists 
there, what you cannot do with other boxes. Then I sync it to 
sequencer with midi-clock. 

You can also save kits, songs and so on with sys-ex send and recall 
them (even in different slots).

One thing that needs to be said, is that if you are used to make your 
beats with computer and mouse, you will propably love this kind of 
tactile control (I know I do!). I can say this kind of work method 
can be very creative, but I'm not sure if I can say that from 
computer and mouse, it's more like working...

Bottom line is that it is easier to work with MD than other 
hardwareboxes, but it's always a little bit harder than software. But 
working like this you gain something else than just quantative and 
technical things(like in software and computers), it's more creative 
and closer to music. It feels like making music, not programming it.

Toni.