i think scale theory is bullshit but that's just me and in some ways it's useless to have this discussion becuase everyone just ends up defending their point of view. and every point of view will work for somebody. I'm sure for some people it works better for their brain/ musical approach to apply ...

samples/loops dont make music. no one is going to listen to a one bar sample loop so i really dont see the issue with using them in music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iza_XMB1aKc take a look at this interview with joris voorn from a recent future music magazine, his music is almost 100% sample lib...

(I know you can do it with groove templates etc, but I'm specifically looking for an effect...) ableton groove engine?? Dude.... ;) haha, sorry. im ADD there are some unique effects in max4live under "tools" stuff called improvbeat and a few others that do this kind of thing. may be what ...

damagedgoods wrote:Hey. Does anyone know of a simple (preferably free) MIDI plug-in that can introduce random delay to notes? As in, that can emulate timing inaccuracies?

(I know you can do it with groove templates etc, but I'm specifically looking for an effect...)

ableton groove engine??

its a great interview but he's being a bit elitist about the gear thing. while i agree that the gear/software you use does not matter. i think with computer music its creatively healthy to be kind of obsessed about your tools and discovering new ones. it's easy to say something like that when you've...

i had an apc40 but got rid of it. nice controller but there were some things i didnt like about it. mainly the way it automatically remaps the effect knobs when you trigger a new clip. not good if you were doing something like automating reverb or delay buildup because as soon as you trigger a new t...

its not weird, you just have to check versions.

5.1xxx ???? thats the answer

. people say they're junky but plenty of top artists still using these things such as who??? Reboot uses both ESX and EMX in his current liveset and he was one of top live acts of 2009 on resident advisor. ive also seen cabanne and villalobos as well as many other artists. who cares though, these m...