1. Nu Jack Swing. It's not 'Nu', there's nobody called 'Jack' and it's not proper swing, it's just shuffle. 2. Gabba! The names is as stupid as the music 2. Garage! Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't House so called because it was an abbreviated term used for the music played in the 'warehouse' clu...

Damn £399, I could buy Reaktor and a Midi controller... Yes, I have Reaktor and a MIDI controller too but for me it's more fun and creative to work with hardware. I have hardware, quite a lot of it although I am just slowly getting rid of it over time now, still have some analog stuff but I never o...

Damn £399, I could buy Reaktor and a Midi controller...

How much do these things cost and do you have to use analog stuff with them?

Clarity is very important for me I like clarity but I also like slightly dirty, ( can the 2 co-exist? ) A bit of tape noise or background hiss or whatever is organic and I'd rather have that than digital silence. But yeah, I like a good clear coherent mix, not necessarily where everything has it's ...

I'm not keen on hard kicks, ( if you mean distorted? ) Never been into the hard techno type thing, it's not for my ears. I don't mind a bit of distortion in productions, it can make a good contrast to an otherwise softer sound but I don't like it on drums. Yeah those tracks with nothing more than a ...

Good production or a good track? You can have a brilliant track which hasn't been mixed and produced at the best level and you can have a rubbish track which is mixed superbly. I'd rather listen to the music that is quality any day and for me, that means it has to draw me in with sounds that are not...

That's the thing with those basses isn't it, you don't really hear anything on domestic systems which cut off at around 80hz or so, at least not anything of any musical significance. Waves RBass might be something you could benefit from, it adds upper end harmonics from the existing source and this ...