mlr patter recording works with the Sound Blaster Audigy ASIO drivers,
but refuses to work with the Novation X-Station ASIO driver.  The big
difference between the two ends up being the speakers through which the
audio is routed (bigger monitors for the x-station...tiny desk speakers
for the Audigy).

Is this a helpless situation?  Or, in other words, is this Novation's
fault?

P

try all the driver combinations under the 'DSP' menu.

stupid question: when you say "pattern record" are you referring to the 
audio buffers or the sequencing of button presses?  i assume the former. 
if so, what happens exactly?  you just get nothing recorded to the 
buffer at all?  do the drivers work with other software?