Thanks for this super interesting in-depth post. I've been a music tech enthusiast since the mid-eighties, but never got into the trackers back then. I was combining keyboards via midi and using hardware sequencers (mostly 2 Alesis MMT-8's ganged together) until Digital Performer came out with their audio+midi DAW. That was mind blowing for me at the time.
Since then I have used numerous DAWs, but now have settled into Logic Pro, (which changed dramatically since Apple bought Emagic). I remember trying Emagic's Logic back then and had the same initial experience as you.
I also use Native Instruments Komplete, and love those tools. I also use Sylenth. And now I'm going to check into Glitch and see why you like it :)
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