Elektron Digitakt vs Roland TR-8S

This is my first Elektron instrument. It's built like a tank - the case, the buttons and the knobs should stand up to way more abuse than I'll ever dish out. Listening to the included samples, the sound is luscious, and pro quality, which you would expect at this price. What attracted me to this sampler are the Parameter Lock and Trig Condition features - because, on a per-step basis, you can throw probability percentages, ratios and if/then qualifiers into the mix, and make even a single short sequence sound (potentially) different with each run through

I saw that video of the guy walking down the street with this thing in his hand like a mini boom-box, headphones on, creating some sort of beat on-the-go. I should have known then that this wasn't quite what I was looking for. I really want to like this thing, but the sounds I am looking for aren't quite there. I mean, they are, but everything is so buried in menus that just when I think I've found what I wanted, I loose it in another instrument