Yamaha RM1X

[Tony Scharf]

On the octatrack, you can sequence mutes into the song.  It's also a fairly easy operation to copy the pattern and delete a track.  I've run it either way.  The octatrack also has 16 scenes you can switch to or cross fade.

On Jan 14, 2013, at 1:25 PM, "Marc Nostromo [M-.-n]" <marc.nostromo at gmail.com> wrote:

> My biggest gripe with my MD was the fact that the song structure in
> pattern necessairely combines all the track elements together. For
> example if I have a 4 bar loop and I want to continue only BD & snare
> for another 12, I need first to duplicate the whole pattern and then
> delete everything I didn't need anymore. I found it very combersome.
> 
> Do they address that in any ways these days ?
> /M
> 
> 2013/1/14 Andrew Tarpinian <andrewtarpinian at gmail.com>:
>> I like the workflow and having the keyboard attached really makes it a cohesive unit. I suppose it's all the same with a midi controller, but you miss out on things like the LED's above the keys and the joystick and, well the other mental benefits of integration.
>> 
>> It's not super complex, I just find it really, really fast and straight forward. I don't even have to think how to operate it.
>> 
>> The octatrack I still have not gotten to grips with, I really think it's too complex for its own good, and it's weird because it's the same company.
>> 
>> On Jan 14, 2013, at 1:59 PM, "Marc Nostromo [M-.-n]" <marc.nostromo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> I think the monomachine keyboard is the best seq for purely ease of use.
>>> 
>>> You mean because it has a keyboard or just because you like the
>>> monomachine's workflow ?
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