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Not if you use the £1 final value fee offer, which come up every fortnight on average.

It's 2021.. Everyone has a smart phone or is connected to the internet at the hip. Ebay sends notifications to pay instantly, and with paypal - transactions are completed in seconds. If it's been a day or two and the seller hasn't paid, he's probably got 'buyers remorse' a tad early and has no intention of making good on his bid. Count your blessings, you dodged a bullet!

Apple making LogicPro so cheap and music software companies generally have to bear a lot of the responsibility for the drivel that passes as 'music' these days!

I used to get really hung up on this stretching thing, then I thought, 'F*** it' I'm just going to play the way that feels comfortable and efficient for the way my body and hands are built, with small movements. We don't all have fingers like ET

The KR Mini is very simple, no programming involved. But then you might as well play along to a CD of pre-recorded drums or youTube videos of drummers. Anything programmable is going to involve the use of grey matter (to varying degrees depending on which machine you choose). What kind of drums to you want to play along to (that might influence your purchase)? The SR16 is a safe MOR type machine thats been around for about 30 years. You can pick them up 2nd hand for peanuts these days, see if it works for you and if it doesn't you'll be able to sell it on for what you paid for it

Well played, clear delivery & presentation. Thanks for sharing & good work!

I'm big into my disco, boogie & NY House/Garage - and my 'best' dance track changes every week it seems. This track from Leroy Burgess is tickling my pickle at the moment. Fantastic with 2 bass players, one slap and one fingerstyle grooving together. Songs like this are the real spirit of 'dance music'

Welcome to the MPC family!

111 overall, but got 127 on the beat alignment. It's a fun quiz

A spoof, a spoof you say. He takes himself very seriously indeed! I don't think anyone else does though 😂 Northampton's best export!

If you are interested, he releases an 'album' almost every month I present for your delight, the follow up 'Wifey 'Ting' !

Unfortunately for this musical "gem" you'll have to shut your eyes and imagine an "appropriate" visualisation as the video has been replaced. I can safely say this trumps everything that has been posted so far on this thread.

Quote of the day "Being in tune is so overrated" - Mark D Phillips

Nice and clean playing, thanks for sharing!

I dont think you are alone there. I've hoarded of 15gb of drum samples over the years. Tend to use the same tried and trusted handful of sample sets that I like. One of the main reasons I like dedicated hardware/instruments for writing music is the lack of distraction. I've tried working ITB with Cubase and Logic & just get frustrated with the number of options.

I'm pretty sure it comes with a huge selection of samples standalone. Apparently it also integrates with https://splice.com/ if that's not enough. I don't think shortage of available samples will be an issue for you

The MPC One would definitely fit your needs, and is available at a reasonable price. I'd normally recommend one of the older MPCs if you were just using it as a Drum Machine, but COVID and lockdowns have priced these old classic machines out of most people's pockets. The MPC is also a fairly well featured sampler/synth/sequencer all in the same box, so you do get a lot for your money. It's worth looking beyond the hip-hop tag that these machines have, they really are the big beasts of the drum machine world. I have a fetish for collecting drum machines (TR808, TR606, TR707, Jomox XBase09, Roland R8x2, R5, Boss DR550(&mk2), Korg DDD1/DDD5, Korg Electribe, Ensoniq ASR-X Pro, Behringer RD-6 & RD-8, countless plug ins & software & more hardware that I've probably forgotten) have all passed through my hands over the past few years. The one constant since 2004 I've always kept is an Akai MPC close by my side

Long time MPC (MPC 2000, 2000xl, 3000, 2500, 1000, Studio) user here. I've had a quick look through this thread, and I see people have recommended (probably without owning or using the TR6/8/8s). I would give those ones a wide berth, as it is primarily (read only) house/techno box (which I dont think is what you seek). The MPC is much more suitable for your use case. It does lack the x0x style of programming that the Roland's have, but is very intuitive with the real time input via the fantastic feeling pads. The 'one' you probably want is the MPC One - £550-600 street price. Works well as a standalone (read simple) and also able to integrate well into a computer based setup. Because it is sample based, it can adapt to any genre. Also worth noting, the Roland's x0x style input usually leads to a very robotic sounding drum as you are basically bound to the strict 16 step grid, the MPC more flexible as you can have the quantise on/off as you desire.

I had a subscription to this Output Arcade. Basically if you cancel, you can use the VST (fully functioning) as a playback only device, you cannot record any more stuff with it (until you resubscribe). I was impressed using it for the first 5 minutes, but then quickly got very bored of it. I'm sure it's delightful for 1 key EDM and other similar genres - but it wasn't for me.

Thanks, yes I did get it for a 'song'. Even at £270 it's a bargain though. I don't know if you're aware, but Behringer released new firmware for it a few weeks back so they have even more features as a Brucie Bonus. They fixed the unstable midi sync with it too

Yes in a way. Whilst for a lot of people, covid and lockdown's have meant less to do - my work has been busier than ever & Mrs' B's business has been through the roof - so there hasn't been a whole lot of time for music making shenanigans. I did take some time off work in August and wrote/recorded one old skool house track with it. Trouble is, I don't think the RD-8 or any of my synthy type toys fit with my bass/guitar playing, so I end up making acid/old skool house with them. Synth gas is always with me though, & I picked up the Behringer RD-6 (TR-606 clone) & the TD-3 (TB-303 clone). The current crop of Behringer stuff is amazing fun, great sounding & as cheap as chips... but would I want it to accompany my bass/guitar - nah!!!! Linking in the soundcloud link to the track featuring the RD-8 (and others)

I'd offer an opinion, based on me selling a 'lot' on eBay. The seller is well within the time limits to file a item not as described case.... and based on what you have said above, is likely to 'win' that case. Outcome will be - case found against you.. [1] she can return the item AT YOUR COST to you for a full refund (note she may damage it/have damaged it, and you will have no comeback). [2] she keeps the sax, and you will have to give her a full refund (this is likely to happen if you do not co-operate with the process). As BassTractor says - do respond, and try and placate her - offer her half the money. If you 'fight' this, you are 99.9% likely to lose.

Not true, I did the SSD upgrade on my 2014. Was a piece of p*** with youTube tutorial.

High feedback buyers do this too, we have more than our fair share of people trying this one on. I've learned to always insist on a return & full refund rather than mess about with partial refunds. 9/10 if they have caused the damage, they won't bother sending them back. Feedback only really tells you how many transactions somebody has bothered to click the button on. On our ebay sales, probably less than 5% of buyers will leave feedback & I've given up leaving it for them. eBay these days is very safe for buyers, but is becoming more and more risky for sellers. On the plus side, buyers on eBay tend to pay a higher price for their goods

If you are sure the Mac path is for you, i'd give anything older than 2015 a wide swerve. With each new release of MacOS another generation of Macs become obsolete - the next in line are the 2012 line (that will be in September 2020). They are cheap for a reason!! With the 2018 & above models you can upgrade the memory yourself (see youtube for instructions) up to 64gb & you can hook up an external SSD to expand storage. Whatever you do, if you plan to run an OS higher than Sierra - get an SSD, otherwise you will be in for a 20 min wait everytime you boot! Personally I've got a 2014 Mac Mini with 16gb and a 1tb SSD. It does the job, but it will be soon time for an upgrade.