so i know this is OT but hardware sequencing kind of leads you into thinking in blocks too doesn't it (they do for me)....i suppose the fact that it's visually in blocks in cubase etc makes matters worse.
Keeping in mind this is 'off-topic' (is it though?!?) I'm not too sure if hardware sequencers neccesarily leads to the same mindset. For a start, they generally don't encourage staring at the screen 'cause usually the screen's too small! I thik they tend to encourage you to learn how to use 'em them. Once that happens you tend to look at it as another instrument, rather than constantly staring at it. You tweak it to adjust how your other machines are playing. In that way, I think you tend to concentrate more on the sounds which the sound-producing machines are producing. I'm not certain of this. Just going by what producers I know have told me. Some use totally software, some use totally machines. I'm not advocating one method over the other by the way. I prefer the sounds and general air of stuff done on hardware though. But I'd expect what subtle difference I think I can detect, to be programmed into negation eventually. k
