Elektron Musical Instruments

I have some of the same workflows as others.  At first I tried 
recording the instruments on the dedicated 6 outs or sending a 
combination of them, no panning/effects.  This obviously helps on 
mixdown and more freedom.  But yea, this can be time consuming and you 
loose the interaction and dynamics that seem to flow better between 
instruments when you just do all the panning/effects in the MD and 
record the stereo outs.  But you loose the freedome later!  Since I've 
tried both ways I think I prefer the former.  Just because of the 
freedom aspect.  It's more work but usually I can get stuff sounding 
better.  With this I ususally just compile patterns in song mode and 
record.