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Actually, it took me time to understand Live workflow.. but now I can't go back to the other sequencers.
Now with the pad controllers like the Novation Launchpad or the Akai APC-20/40 it's just one of the easiest piece of software to master in order to "improvise" on your sequences. Especially now with the Monome "emulators" found using Max4live.
Depending on the kind of sound you are after, my favourite ones:
Elektron Machine Drum: New generation machine, excellent sequencer, good variety of sound (plus sampler module).. but rather expensive.
Roland R8 : Bloody good and still rather cheap - you also have to find the expansion rom libraries
All the small Alesis and boss boxes from the 90's are quite cool and cheap.
As Motone said , the MFB boxes are limited in their sound palette but rather fun to use.
All the Sampling grooveboxes can make a good drum machine (especially the Akai ones).
For more "chippy" sound, get a C64 and Prophet 64 Cartridge which has a really nice drum part.
Geez... a pocket M1... I'll be able to "shakuachi" in the tube 
As Akira said, if you find a midi interface, you'll have a great rock solid midi sequencer using Cubase or Performer (Digital Performer ancestor ) A bit like using an old 1040 ST for sequencing.
or 
yo moma is so dumb ... she studied for a Dope test!
It's amazing to see how far people are still pushing this little 64 beast.
I'm for the Hybrid way... it's true that real hardware has its special touch (especially on chips like the 6581 where you can definitely hear the difference between 2 chips) and even if an YM2149 is a simple digital chip, the audio output of an Atari has its amount of dirt not recreated by Emulations but following the current trend, is the next Years, playing samples off a Sounblaster 128 will add a Vintage touch to them (there are already Plugins playing samples like older 8 and 12 bit samplers like the Mirage and S900... and also remember the Amiga Gabber craze in the the 90s ).
Now, it's rather easy to integrate true hardware in a modern setup (with stuff like the Midibox Sid, HS4U, Prophet 64 etc) and on the other hand, the accuracy of plugin based emulations has also increased a lot. So I'm also using plugs like Chipsound and Quadrasid (when I'm on the move for example) and unless you are after the real raw sound of hardware, the amount of FXs and treatments put on the audio signal makes it hard to differentiate.
This of course also applies to higher level synths (analogue drum machines and synths etc).. but if playing a bit with real hardware is a lot of fun, you end up sampling your synth lines and loops in your DAW and play them as samples for convenience
As a new member I'll do as small presentation.
My nick/scene name is DJ g00ns.. I'm a hobbyist DJ in the underground techno scene and though I'm lucky enough to play at cool places, I have to keep a "day job"to pay for the bills.
I'lm also a long time home computer fan and user.. Started with a Tandy TRS 80 followed by a wonderful Atari 400 with its superb Coke resistant flat keyboard. I evolved to an Atari 800XL and later with a good Old C64. When the dawn of the 16bit area my dad brought an Amiga 1000 at home... and my budget allowed me to buy an Atari 1040 STF. I then moved to an A500 and later on to a A1200.
I started playing with sounds using Rockmonitor on the 64 and the good old Soundtracker/Pro tracker on the Amiga. Still I was a bit frustrated with the samples only approach of these ones. I played a bit with Future Composer and Delta Music but my favourite editors were Musicline Editor and AHX which started to have a decent "synth" section. I used my A1200 until its 030 board died and moved on to PC.
Since then I've been playing around with various emulators ad plugins, got an Atari Falcon 030 and a Hardsid4U sound module.
My latest "challenge" was to learn some coding basics so I found Flash quite handy for a beginning and i started to play around with retro style remakes. My first ever prdouction was a small "Clip" to complete a full 60 minute SID tunes mix. It's very simple but you might like it. it's available with the full mix to download at http://g00nzor.free.fr. I also did some true remakes of Atari cracktros available at http://flashtro.com in the Atari section (still very simple ones as I'm a complete noob in code.
My current projetcs are now to continue the path of the flash Demo style clips with Chiptune/retro tracks mixes. I'm about to finish one dedicated to the Atari ST (I nearly have all the screens for an Atari style megademo, the audio is ready.. I have to make the Main Menu screen now).
Once done I'll move on to the "Amiga" and probably to finish the story, Ill do one using current and retro chip tunes from various platforms.
Well anyway, glad to have found this place
ChipMusic.org / Forums / Posts by goonzy