Hi there !!
Detail everything would be, well, a bit long.
But the short story is : i never found any sequencer that I like. Well, the Cirklon was ok, but I’m more of a “visual” guy. It’s a matter of music style, I guess. I write music a bit in a classical way, sometimes literally “classical”. In a nutshell, I LOVE Ableton Live.
And also, I can’t stand the 16 steps paradigm (see Sequencers : Please add steps per pages!)
Every machine was bought in its own time, and has its own story.
When I bought the OT, i wanted to make livelooping with it : it’s totally not fun in comparison with Live. Also the timestretch and FX leave me totally unimpressed.
Also I can’t stand 16 steps.
The Digitone is a great machine, perhaps the only one that I regret. But at the time, the firmware didn’t allow “free” fm ratios, so it was leaning me towards too clean sounds.
Also I can’t stand 16 steps.
The Digitakt, I didn’t have fun in sample manipulations.
Also I can’t stand 16 steps.
The A4 : didn’t really like the feel, the knobs, and 4 voices is not enough for me.
Also I can’t stand 16 steps.
RYTM : it crashed the FIRST time I switched it on.
Also I can’t stand 16 steps.
HEAT : was planning to use with Ableton Live, but the latency with OB, seriously ??