My mantra in life is Never Sell Your Machinedrum.
I spent last night and this morning writing 160bpm techno, using the compressor as an overdrive on the mains. It was a cathartic emotional release and I’ve managed to write 8 different pattern/kit ideas to develop into a little live set to livestream and post on youtube in the coming weeks. Nothing else even comes close to the productivity I now feel with the machinedrum. I wish I could be this productive on computer but I just cannot. For me it is faster to sketch an idea from a blank slate, faster to build on that idea, faster to orchestrate into a song, and then it is ready for a performance.
I come at other gear with an idea and once it’s programmed in it’s like “meh. here’s your idea back”. The machinedrum, it’s more like “hey, what if we took your idea and turned it into THIS OTHER CRAZY THING?” that’s 10x better than what I was trying to do.