From the samples, I'm diggin' the B1 the most.

On the subject of cubes, this struck me as pretty cool (visual-wise):
http://www.vimeo.com/693800

Good read, thanks!

Compression is key for kicks out of the MD. I agree that the ESX/EMX really pound out of the box.

Regarding WHY the MD is considered "better" than the ESX (or other boxes) is in it's depth of sound programming. The samples on the Elektron site really don't do the MD justice. However, w/ some exploring and tweaking, you can get SO many sounds of it, it really is a percussive synth. Gran...

Pretty different machines. ESX is a sampler w/ some ok efx which are fun to jam w/ in real time. MD is a drum synthesizer so you're not playing so much w/ efx (other than echo, reverb, etc.) but you have access to a lot of parameters on each drum hit so you're designing the sound a lot more. MD-UW h...

Really enjoying this release, thanks!