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It seems like a common problem that it's easy to come up with short ideas/loops but hard to develop them into full-length songs. Suddenly I'm wondering how much the step limits of most sequencers are contributing to that. For instance, every time I sketch out an idea on my SH-4D I'm limited to 64 steps... a short loop that I can't extend unless I recreate it in a DAW and continue from there.
Even with the MPC Live 2, which can create full length songs, the workflow seems designed for working on one loop at a time in isolation. Now that I think about it, that's why I don't get along with clip-based workflows in DAWs either. If I'm dealing in isolated units like that it seems harder to naturally transition and from one part to the next and arrange a coherent song.
I'm curious if anyone has noticed these things making it harder to get past that one first loop. Or maybe I'm just imagining problems that don't exist.
I actually find it easier. On the digitakt I just copy the pattern and start making small changes or mute some channels and straight away you have a variation. The transition can be difficult but if it's copied from the previous pattern it is usually a coherent change at least.