alesis mmt8, why do people love them so much?

[Johnisfaster]

I understand alot of people are still totally down with these machines. I'm wondering if I'm missing something about them. all it has is 8 mutes across the bottom right? and you can jump from pattern to pattern the way most all sequencers do right? or is there something more to it than that.

[benj_sp]

Dunno, I always hated mine.

I think it simply comes from being able to jam by turning the 8 tracks on/off with dedicated buttons*, that's it.



* Note: When the buttons actually *work*, which isn't often.