Doepfer

In terms of groove and swinging, does anyone have an opinion on how
the Schaltwerk compares to the P3 and TR-909?  I know some people that
say that the Schaltwerk has absolutely no groove, ie. sounds way too
mechanical, no swinging feel available.  I have to agree in some
regards.  With my Schaltwerk experience, the only option to get
somewhat of a swing going is to delay a track or too, but you can't go
beyond value 001 without making it sound bad.

If you listen to a lot of Microhouse (stuff that people like Ricardo
Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, and Magda spin), the 4/4 beats constantly
have a good swing to them.  There's something special as to how the
snares click and how the hats go.   I'm trying to achieve something
like that.  Perhaps it's something more software derived as stuff like
Ableton Live has three different swing functions.

On the TR-909 when using internal mode, the sounds are triggered by an
internal clock mechanism, ie. the individual sounds are not triggered
by MIDI messages.  Given that there's no internal sound engine, the P3
has no choice but to operate via MIDI but I'm told that the resolution
is supposed to be good enough to give similar effects like the 909.

Thoughts?