There’s microtiming. You can nudge steps manually, and/ or record without quantisation.
Parameter locking is different. Not per step like Elektron, but continuous with the fader. You can record all the parameters you can read on the pads (level, pitch, time, lpf, hpf, fx send etc) as continuous automation with the fader. Press fader + a pad to charge the fader with the desired parameter. Press rec+play and record a fader movement into the sequencer. And it’s there.
Things I didn’t mention in the video, that might be of interest.
• Undo (yeah!) ((it’s the umbrella symbol))
• Copy paste sounds between pads, and bars in the sequencer.
• Set time signatures per scene: 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 2/2, 2/4, 2/8, 3/2, 3/4, 3/8, 4/4, 4/8, 5/4, 5/8, 6/4, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8, 9/8. So a project can change between time signatures.
• 12 mono or 6 stereo and logical voice counting between mono and stereo. 10 mono 1 stereo etc.
• Set pad velocity to OFF, HIGH, LOW in the system menu.
• Set sequencer scene change to TIC or BAR, meaning instant scene changes, or queue after a bar has finished.
• Type in scene change with MAIN+type.
• There’s a nice web MIDI app for managing samples.
• Device backup is currently very rudimentary and slow, but works. Full device backup in one file over web MIDI app.
• Offset a note’s timing (microtiming) with shift+pad+(±)
• Boot it in safe write protected mode by holding MAIN during bootup.
• Record fader automation PER LAYER. All 12 parameters in a layer are individual fader lanes for automation. I suspect internally it’s probably like CC automation. Press rec+move fader for punching in fader automation.
• Erase all fader automation with ERASE + FADER. But currently it’s a little but unclear to what value it resets to. Maybe a bug.
• Sync and MIDI I/O are spaced wide enough for many, but not all cables. It’s tight, but not TX-6 tight.
• A sample is polyphonic when pad is set to KEY playback mode. Especially good for playing tones with MIDI keyboard.
• 1000 sound slots for sample storage. Or is it 999?
Ah there is more, but it’s what’s at the top of my head.