check out this software. it is really technical and has a bit of a steep learning curve to it but it looks and sounds really cool.
http://www.carloscaires.com/

the software is called irin btw.

elektron.se

my machinedrum is lonely now. rip.

try posting this up at elektron-users.com. they may be of help to you, in fact i am sure you will get a very well informed answer from some of them. cheers.

the md is in my opinion one of the greatest compositional tools ever created. it never ceases to amaze me. Again, I totally agree. I've been buying stuff since the early nineties and I've had too much to mention. The MD is really something out of the leage. Today I have stuff like MS-20, MS-50, 303...

i usually make a loop and stretch it out to about the projected length (this is not absolute, but for this stage it is nice to have an idea where the song MIGHT end time wise) in a sequencer. then i loop it over and over until i get more ideas and begin to make altercations to the original loop. may...

the md is in my opinion one of the greatest compositional tools ever created. it never ceases to amaze me.

s.k. wrote:anything sample-based will never be cutting edge/innovative.

that is not at all based in reality. what about musique concrete? that movement built the framework that we now rest upon.

i use renoise. it owns.