I understand where you're coming from Arvon..... but I still think that having good drum sounds in a preset midi track is a lot less flexible and a lot less usable in a live situation (like playing in a church, where most songs/choruses/verses will be repeated any number of times the music guy wants to) Now I know that you can do some of this with midi by programming in phrases and then mapping those phrases to certain keys.... but that is a whole lot more work than just selecting a pattern on a drum machine and hitting play. I wasn't telling you to buy a drum machine for the sounds... when I get mine I'll probably use the sounds on my XV-88 instead.... I was saying for the drum patterns themselves a drum machine is better than a midi sequence... IMHO. Hope I don't seem like I'm just arguing with you Arvon.

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