i just got my ar a couple weeks ago and so far i’m really enjoying it but i will say, i was pretty surprised and disappointed when i found out
- that the kits aren’t saved globally
- there’s no swing per track
coming from the OT, AR project/sample/file management is way simpler but definitely significantly worse. it’s a small complaint from an otherwise amazing instrument…i did a lot of research/reading etc. before i bought, but these are 2 things i didn’t think to confirm were there because it seemed like such a no brainer.
i always start my tracks with a solid drum groove and really click with the elektron sequencer, so a big part of buying the ar was to have something with a lot of immediacy- not having kits saved globally definitely takes a little bit away from that immediacy. most of the time i’m making a kit from scratch anyway, but sometimes when i’m not feeling motivated or low energy, i just want to be able to go through my kits (that ive made and know i like) and get a groove down so i can get going on a track