Thanks for sharing your opinion, everyone's entitled to one and as always you speak for yourself.
I see drum machines as physical modelling versions of the static drum samples you have in your collection. Sure you can process and warp samples any way you wish in Kontakt, Live or MPC or whatever, but with analog drum machines you can truly modulate the sounds on the fly. There's the difference. An instrument, or a sample.
For me, however, drum machines are not so interesting as they always seem very electro, minimal or 80's. Not really the sound I'm after unless layered with other stuff, but for many people they are.
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PS > And another thing! Will the Ti|3 have user customisable/importable wavetables?
A ribbon-controller or XY-Pad might be nice, too, please! Thanks!