It seems that it would be enough since it can be used as a synthesizer as well as a drum machine. I've actually been thinking of getting one as well but kinda unsure about its inability to sample. I would like to be able to import ideas into the Tempest and then sequence and modulate in Tempest.

but sometimes i have something in my head that i absolutely know i want, but i've got no clue how to make it Welcome to the unbelievably frustrating and disheartening world of making techno. It takes quite some time before you can make what you want with ease. And it is neverending. I remember a fe...

I have used composition as therapy. Most recently about a year ago when I broke up with my girlfriend. There is one track on my soundcloud called "Broken by Wednesday" which was written the very night we broke up. The melody is mine and was constructed almost immediately upon sitting down ...

I layer religiously but I do it to realize unique timbres and add movement and life, not to make elements bigger or punchier.

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"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death." - Albert Einstein

One of my favorite quotes. In fact, I have it laminated and stuck on my wall at work.

I remember reading an old Maetrik interview and he said he kinda like interned with Alexi Delano for a few months (or longer?) and got all his chops during that period. At least, hit the ground running. Dude is fire for sure.