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Think of the Xi sequencer as a step sequencer. Thode are always stuck to a grid.

^ what he said. I use Steinberg Cubasis Mobile on iPad for sequencing my entire midi setup. It's excellent, solid and full featured. Perhaps expensive for an app, but not compared to equally professional software on PC/M...

^ what he said. I use Steinberg Cubasis Mobile on iPad for sequencing my entire midi setup. It's excellent, solid and full featured. Perhaps expensive for an app, but not compared to equally professional software on PC/M...

Nobody knows. It's not completely unlikely they'll add swing, but adding an unquantized sequencer mode is almost certainly not possible. That would mean implementing a completely different kind of sequencer, since the JD...

Roland doesn't seem to be doing it, and I don't want a computer in or near my studio, so I've set out to create a proper editor for the JD-Xi. It's going to be a native iPad app (fully CoreMidi compliant) so I'll put it...

You won't regret it. Despite the looks this little box is a powerhouse for the price.

Unlike the JD-XA, the analog and digital parts of the Xi are separated. You can not send the digital parts throught the analog filters or vice versa. All parts really mix well together and the digital parts are based on...

For dubstep the smaller JD-Xi would already suffice. It even has a ton of dubstep presets ready to use and it has all the drums you need. Leaves you with some funds for other goodies (a TB3 and an MX1 perhaps). Although...

Given sufficient supervision during manufacturing there is no reason to prefer Japanese-made over Chinese-made these days. That's a rather 80s mindset.

For dubstep the smaller JD-Xi would already suffice. It even has a ton of dubstep presets ready to use and it has all the drums you need. Leaves you with some funds for other goodies (a TB3 and an MX1 perhaps).