audible wrote:somehow they managed to screw up quite seriously the clocked delay and arpeggiator when synced to an external midi clock source.

Damn, really?

Come on Waldorf!

By the way, did you happen to notice if it was possible to go in and edit the individual parts while in multi mode?

Yes indeed, that's good to know. They always seemed like a really good option to me, and I can see that the E-MU synthesis is very powerful, it's obvious that you could do so much with that even with just a few basic waveforms let alone all the other junk they give you. Most users just seem to treat...

It takes a momentary measurement of a signal and then 'holds' that amount for a set period of time before taking another 'sample'. No recording as such.

One common use is to feed a 'noise' signal into it so it takes a series of more or less 'random' snapshots at regular intervals.

What people are saying here has mostly reconfirmed my suspicions. I'm not 100% certain but I'm not at all turned off the idea either. I think I'll love the sequencer interface and no doubt those sounds will find their place. And I realise the tight integration is a big part of it. Alternatively I've...

I dunno.

Just talk amongst yourselves...

Might be worth optimising your Vista services a bit if you haven't looked into that already. There will be lots of stuff mucking around in the background. Have a look here: http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm And here: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/29/optimizing-for-vista-insid...

I've been interested in the Monomachine since it came out. On paper it looks great and just the kind of thing I could really use. And yet somehow whenever I check out demos or sounds it just doesn't quite grab me. Some reasons why I have been considering it: - I need a new sequencer and this aspect ...

Indamixx also do a netbook based system which is much cheaper and actually more powerful. http://www.indamixx.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=3&flypage=shop.flypage&pop=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=57 Also have look at this perhaps, machines like the Lenovo S10 are capable of ru...

Although it's a sampler, with the jjOS replacement operating system for the MPC1000 you can also do basic audio track recording. I think it ticks most of your boxes, although it's not easily run off batteries. In answer your to questions: yes you can edit samples, sequence MIDI, it's pretty intuitiv...

I don't have any vested interest in this but it also says that they are currently shipping back orders on BC16s. It doesn't really look like he's done / doing a runner at all. There might be a wait but I don't think he's trying to rip anyone off. Looks like the BC8 is still available from stock.

From the site / forum it looks like they are still there and working on new products / building old ones.

If they had not talked dirty of their competitors Cos that's not at all a hip-hop thing to do! I think some people are missing the point. It's not the Internet hate machine that's engaged, it's the internet hype machine. It's good viral marketing and I don't think it's even necessarily aimed at who...

I think the slightly daft and over the top initial marketing is intended as an attention grabber and that seems to have worked. Seems quite knowing to me. If the specs are good and the price is right it will sell. I don't see too many people being 'alienated' enough by the presentation to not get so...

I owe a lot to Add N to (X), they changed my ideas about what electronic music should or can sound like, I think the fact that there's been no-one else that comes close to sounding as raw and exciting as they do is a testament to that. It's just a shame they gave up on making music, but I think the...

I dunno. I think they know exactly where the main market for 'MPCs' is and what you'd have to do to seriously break into that if you are not 'Akai', basically.