Thor
Subtractor

I would take the rat or rat2 in consideration.
the rats have been used heavily in the shoegaze scene and can create really nice distartion.
i personally think the turborat is a little bit too extrem, but i havent tried it very often.

played guitar since i were 13. had an release with my indierock band on a small label when i was 28. got a little bit airplay at the local radio station as well. and then everything changed: i went by accident to an outdoor festival with very minimal techno (the 2002 kind of minimal) beeing played s...

i used to do producing lying and sitting on too little chairs as well. but everybody watch out: when you are getting older (i am 35), you could get really into trouble with your back. so now i have a better chair and doing some sport before producing. helps too free your mind after work as well :-) ...

very good points in this thread. for me, i find maybe 2 - 4 tracks a month which really grab me and much more which i like, so it is not hard for me to find music i like. i buy around 20 tracks a month maybe. i am not a dj, so it is just for homelistening. but i really try to listen to stuff i dont ...

maybe you have no kickdrumproblem, but a bassline problem? maybe you struggle with the same problem i sometimes do? maybe you program your bass way to low and loud in the first octave? try a lowfiltered higher bassound in the 3rd octave for the "sound" and layer it with a subbass at low vo...

get feedback of friends and smile, if they are critical about your work. look disappointed when they say its good.

you will get much for helpful feedback, because after a while they are not just polite anymore

hi, first post here. after 3 years of reading this forum i registered finally! tunig the kick is very important of course. but maybe you should check these things first: much of my kickproblems are resulting in to much (sub)bass (masking), too long kicktails or too loud kicks imo. sometimes its just...