On OT you can have a different pattern scale per track, and another one for the master (= for the overall pattern)
This way you can set the master at 128 steps
Every track will have to be defined with a maximum of 64 steps, but the trick is the multiplier :
Track 1 : 64 steps with a multiplier x2
Track x : y steps with multiplier z
etc.
You can choose the multiplier to have either a good definition and more repetition
So for instance if I want to have a kick doing the same thing 4 times on the 128 steps, I may want to define it with 32 steps with multiplier 4
Or even 64 steps with multiplier 2, so that the definition of the bar is increased (I can now have a trig for half notes, nice)
For a longer pattern, I’ll choose 64 steps with 1/2 multiplier : this way I can define the pattern on the longer scale, ie 128 steps.
But the price is that I have now access to only 1 step every 2.
I can get around this with retrigs, etc. , but it is less convenient.
Yet this way you can work on only one pattern of 128 steps 
I don’t know for the other Elektron sequencers, but I’d bet it’s the same.
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