people bitch about DJ/Producer worship, then bitch about anonymous producers and white labels, then people bitch about Ableton & laptop music, then bitch about hardware. People sure do like to bitch.

I've never used an MPC, but I got a Maschine a few weeks ago. I've mostly been using it in Standalone mode, but have tried it as a hosted VST a bit also. The hardware has a pretty solid feel, and once you get used to using it, you can pretty quickly start creating some neat stuff. The integration wi...

How much does an audio interface affect latency / sound quality? I just got a Maschine the other week, and the latency on it seems to be high, and the sound-quality is not always the best. I've noticed this with NI products in general actually - the sound quality tends to blow unless I'm using them ...

I think I have yet to read a press release for anything that isn't over the top.

- Read a lot on drumming, there is info out there, read about paradiddles and stuff. I found this book particularly interesting: http://www.amazon.com/Drum-Programming-Complete-Program-Drummer/dp/0931759544 Started to read this last night and enter some patterns into my Maschine - great resource/bo...

although I never really understood the fascination of having 16 rubber pads instead of a standard keyboard and (software) sampler here's a cool review on it: http://www.skratchworx.com/reviews/maschine.php I picked one up last night, and wondering why I didn't get something with 16 rubber pads soon...

All around, I thought the movie was pretty good. The visuals were stellar, and I thought that the 3D was really well used. There were not too many "in your face ZOMG" 3D moments, but it was used more to give everything a sense of depth and lushness. The jungle scenes were beautiful, and it...

It depends on how deceptive they are being in the listing. If they are putting M_NUS behind their name on the flyer, then it's a bit sketchy - if it's in the artist bio writeup saying "has tracks supported by....", then it's a bit more whatever - gives me a vague idea of their sound and ma...