Okay, I have been using an Electribe MX for about a year now. God
damn is it a great machine, but making "songs" on it seems a little
over clunky.

Having to figure out exactly what order and number of patterns I am
going to use, then hand enter them into the electribe is really
quite tedious.

Does anyone know if I just missed the memo? Is there a way to just
sit down, press record, and essentially play this thing live and
have it record that into song mode?

It would save a lot of time and frustration for me at least.

I would kill, like any random house wife for anyone who could
suggest something better to me.

Also, I have been recording the individual tracks of my songs, and I
generally have been doing it by making a "song", then setting all
the parts except for the one I am recording to the "3/4" output, and
playing the song into a computer running Acid. Does anyone know an
easier way?