The MMT8 is a great little sequencer that can be as powerful as you want it to be despite it's apparent simplicity. I have basically given up on using Cakewalk Pro Audio for my MIDI sequencing because the results I've gotten from the MMT have been far superior. For one thing, my TB303 won't sync right to Cakewalk (at all), but it is rock - solid slaved to the Alesis. Another thing is that my traxx (trance / hard trance / techno) sound far more solid, tight, and somehow more agressive when sequenced to the MMT. It just has a better clock, much tighter timing than my PC with Cakewalk (I find it extremely annoying that I shelled out so much time and money for this supposedly amazing technolgy that just does NOT deliver - arrrrgh!). You can hear the Alesis' superior timing especially with something like 16th - note shakers or closed hi hats and the like.

The only negative comment that I have is that I wish it had more tracks, although you can merge several into one, so it's not a real problem, just would have made it easier with about 12 or so tracks. Dubtribe (anyone remember them) uses these when playing live. They have two of them which gives them 16 tracks. I have tried to hook both of mine together as well, but got discouraged trying to figure out the MIDI complications. If you are looking for a hardware sequencer that is easy to use, inspirational and with perfect timing - not to mention cheap (around 125 duckets used), get one of these! Some people have had problems with the rubber knobs so be careful when you buy one online that you can't try out (I have had no problems with mine).

If you're sick of clicking a freaking mouse button to edit visual representations of MIDI tracks all the time, this sequencer should help you focus on the music again... It does it for me. BTW, there's a manual online if you want to get an idea of hwo to use it and such.