Synth one is great. I have an ep coming up which was made using only that synth, bar the kick drum and a few other percussive elements. The Tal synth is also really good. both those freebies are probably the only VSTi's I use, I rarely enjoy using the computer for anything, but with I plug in my Oz...

I think its a pretty good idea. In a way its a slight evolution on playing records.. Its essentially what Speedy J philosophizes about all the time, and something Hawtin had expressed a few years ago he was hoping would happen. I am not sure if the current incarnation is the right one, Ableton and ...

Ableton Live all the way. I wish Native Instruments created a DAW. I bet it'll be quite good :D Lately I've found myself doing less and less "sequencing" as such... I'll play "live" with my Machinedrum usually using the knobs to control various things both within and outwith the...

I happen to like Black Widow a lot:)

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thank you very much

move to the desert like me, but then you'll deal with dust (lots of it)

but if someone wants to loop a 2-bar recording of a guy playing bongos rather than select and program individual hits that's fine by me. (Except that bongo house makes me want to hurt people and if you make bongo house I will hunt you down and smash up your computer.) I feel the same when I hear th...

^^^^^^ I don't quite agree, but I do see where you are coming from. Something I had a hard time with was building Hi hat loops, and I spent days and days trying to perfect them to sound like the pro's. Only recently have I started to get them the way I like. My point is that in the process of doing...