Seriously though, thanks for the feedback guys.
I had a feeling that resampling would be controversial, so to keep to the spirit of the science lab I had tested that I could do this resampling using only sequenced trigs on recorder slots.
Since that works, you can create an arranger "song" that pre-caches the various bits into slots, and then plays the main patterns.
I've uploaded my project here if you want to play around with it. Just play Arrangement 1 to get it all unfolded:
http://elektron-users.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=591&Itemid=30Constraints definitely spawn creativity... thanks, Papertiger for originating a great lab!
Oh and Neil, your story is truly an inspiration to us all.
-j