Authentic Linn sounds: good. Authentic programming: bad. – EGLM1 - Drum Machine Review

This app sounds great. If you grew up in the 80s, you will instantly recognize the sounds of the Linn LM-1 Drum Computer and rejoice that you can now incorporate them into your own music. But as much as we all owe to Roger Linn, Roland did some things better, and one of them was the programming interface. This app is like the original machine, in that you program the machine by playing it. That works, and I'm sure for drummers it works very well. If you're not a drummer, the app will even quantize your hits, correcting any errors. What you can't do is select hits on a grid, the way you can with most DAWs and most modern drum machines (including this developer's own previous drum apps, which emulate the Roland TR-808 and TR-909). Sure, this method of programming the Linn is authentic. But does that make it sound better? I doubt it. Please, Mr. Elliott, just give us the step sequencer interface that you already wrote for your Roland apps.
Review by David Wilson-Okamura on EGLM1 - Drum Machine.