my 909 definitely has a 'feel' to it, and i loved that for a long time, now i find it just too limiting. the stock shuffles are all nice, but there are huge gaps in between them, i need my shuffles to be adjustable to the finest degree, i need asymmetric shufffles, i need polyrhyhthms, i need total...

afaik the easy/morph parameters from fm8 can't be automated... that's a fm8 problem (it's the same in cubase).

2) Force yourself to accept what sounds initially "wrong", until it sounds "right". That goes not just for timing but for most elements of programming and arrangement. sometimes definitely yes. I think my stuff sound wrong all the time when I'm working on it. but after some time...

I thing which I discovered some time ago is the volume envelope. I look at it a bit like BLM, the sounds (and their volume envelope) is very important. often the note start is not the perceived hit point. the same with the decay. the wrong decay length (too short or too long) can kill a groove somet...

sounds good to me on headphones, nice track!

too bad your link don't work anymore. I really would like to hear it after I read the comments here :-)

As I've become more experienced, I realise also that I've become more harsh on myself with my own personal rules and restrictions. I remember when I started out, I would sift through my Itunes and throw songs into Ableton, using snippets here and there, changing sounds completly, etc. Over time I'v...

Thanks for your answers folks, it really good to read some other opinions. I refer to "jacking house" because of the feeling from these old jacking house tunes which makes me dance instantly, I meant this feeling, this urge to move and the ability to make you smile when you hear it in a cl...