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I’ve read many things about MD, but I dont know why but based on previous experiences and what I’ve read, when a box try to do everything (sampling, drums etc…) at the end it does everything not at expected level vs dedicated hardware, or too complex.
It doesn’t have microtiming additionnally.
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I can tell you’re considering lots of factors here, so for the interest of completion I might add a few points here about the MD.
While it’s not Elektron’s latest creation, it does have the advantage of a finished operating system with very few remaining bugs. It is also a relatively known quantity, with lots of user experiences and helpful advice available, especially archived on the old “elektron-users” forum.
And, while I’m admittedly biased, having used mine heavily for four years, it is actually quite good at the many things it does once you learn it. Having a sampling engine that can play everything from single-cycle waves to phrases of up to 2 bars in length, plus resample itself on the fly, makes it a flexible tool. Combine this with 16 tracks and several different forms of percussion synthesis that can be twisted in many interesting ways, and it means it’s what I reach for nearly every time when I want to sketch a track from scratch.
(Its lack of microtiming hasn’t bothered me much, but when it does, I often find I can get around it by increasing the note resolution together with adjusting the swing. I make house and techno, so you may have very different needs.)
…Anyway, you can do a lot of these things - perhaps even more effectively, depending on your workflow - with the OT, and I fully expect the AR will have its already considerable capabilities expanded greatly in the future. But since you’re thinking hard and want to stick with one piece of Elektron gear, all I might say is, consider the MD. It’s been widely respected for a decade for good reason. 