Elektron Musical Instruments

I was playing around with my MD today and realized that I really like
jamming with it, overtop of sequences I've programmed.  I'll add snare
beats and such... anyway, I thought it would be cool if there were a
temporary mute function as well, so that I can "take away" beats. 
maybe if you press function plus a track's button, it will be muted
until the end of the pattern (or until you press function+track button
again).  it's different from normal mutes in that it only lasts for
one pattern iteration, comes unmuted itself and you don't have to
enter mute mode to use it (so it's much quicker to get to).  the other
feature is that it would only mute the sequencer; pressing the track
trig button would still trig the machine.  then you could quickly mute
a track for one bar and put a different variation on it for that bar.
 the next bar is then back to normal.

would anyone else find this useful?  not that it might be done, but
it's still fun to dream, right? :-)

Joe