To be honest, the OP-Z sequencer kind of ruined Elektron sequencers for me (and all other sequencers). It its that good.
Here are some highlights:
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Individual length and speed per sequencer track (I think only the bigger Elektron boxes can do this)
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Reducing track seed without loosing resolution (four, maybe more, meta steps per step, even at slow setting)
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Almost perfectly accurate live recording. I swear, this sequencer captures live recordings so accurately that I sometimes think it is an audio recorder, but then I remember that the steps are editable.
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The insanely rich and layerable Step Components which let you do simple things like have a sound play on every repeat excluding the third repeat (Elektrons cannot do this), or have extremely complicated side compositions launched by probability
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The massively fun and useful Punch-In effects (global and per track), which add very musical variation, and of course are layerable and sequencable like everything else
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The insanely smart master transpose, which some how keeps everything in key
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Sequenceable effects tracks (only the bigger Elektrons have this)
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The amazing tape buffer track
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Instant and cued pattern changes
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Song mode (only the bigger Elektrons have this)
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Extremely musical swing (I never really liked the swing on Elektrons)
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The amazing tape buffer track
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Of course the usual parameter locks (which all Elektrons have, but are essential nonetheless). And on the OP-Z Step Components can effect parameter locks (crazy).
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Oh yeah, and you can have all this fun while sitting on a bench in a botanical garden
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So on…