I don't think fruity or otherwise accounts for having an odd bar counting, I would probably think more of live work, that's when the counting seems 2 be a little off.

Fruity and Sx can do wounderfull things, I have & do work with both, the sound is what I make of it! sure there is differences but don't think this is the place 2 get into it!

The old minimal stuff was hardly compatible with the normal 8-16-32 bar count still it banged.. But again if u r doing stuff which is more formulaic I guess respecting these is important.

I try 2 respect them as much as possible, "my inovation" (renovation, what ever u wanna call it) is a donne thru the sequences, sounds and sequencing... but then each person has they're experimentalist threshold.. !

Z