the best effect boxes ive heard are the moogerfoogers, really nice gear. just try them and youll be hooked.. peace

reading the manual might also help, really contains some quality golden tips (read everything for a change helps you master it better). like above said, just route it well and youll be up and running. -edit- saw you have a 828mk2, i do too. have a look at the intern configuration and change it eithe...

i recently bought a yamaha tg-33, really underrated in my opinion. it was designed (from what ive heard/read) by Dave Smith who later founded legendary DSI. nice vector synth, even has presets that dont sound totally crap. usually go for a full blanco start though. edit: worth saying i like it extra...

i think its better to chase the kick that YOU think sounds good, instead of generalizing a quite diverse genre and looking for 1 particular kick of THE dubtechno (even with the *sometimes*) as a whole which is silly. i understand you fancy some kicks, just go with the flow and make them how you want...

ill toss a vote for Mackie hr824, they do good and dont nescesarily need a sub like some nearfields. Don't know if you can manage to buy Adam a7s and a sub 7 for 1000 but thats my dream for short term. if you buy a sub though, you really need to take care of the acoustics in your studio or its usele...

the comparison seems odd to me, but if those are your considerations id go for the onyx, heard good stories about it. Mackie really delivers high quality units. I recommend comparing them somewhere before buying. if you want many controls id skip the NI audio kontrol though i havent owned one. perso...

in my experience it's usually a very obvious grounding/wiring issue def. outside the blamed gear, though i too have the habit blaming it. Try and connect it to a different DI or pherhaps directly to your mixer or soundcard. If the problem is stubborn and constant everywhere you might consider having...

http://www.waveidea.com/en/downloads/bi ... ontrol.pdf here is a quick start guide with also a chapter about setting up ableton live for Bitstream 3x. It's a dated version of Live, but I suppose it still applies.