Re: acid

[Leonardo Cavallo <cavallo@dada.it>]

I have to say that Acid is the perfect tool for drum & bass programming.
Maybe you haven't tried the key S to chop the loop in all the parts you
want... tha basis for the breakbeat ;)

I use Acid a lot but rarely whole loops going on and on. I think it's 
pretty
boring in that way. BTW I mainly program my basic beats using other 
programs
or my sampler. Then I arrange and edit in Acid. 

If I had to buy a prog for the next decade that would be Acid. It's really
great and flexible (no warez... I had it for testing...) for ALL the 
musical
styles.

let me know it it's all clear ;)

ciao
leo

PS It's really hard to have seriuos d&b tracks using a drum machine. Use
only Acid with the classic breakbeats you can find on the Net and you'll
have great results. Check ftp://ftp.teklab.com/teklab/incoming/Freeform.mp3
for a little example. A lot of this comes from Acid (plus A3000, VST,
Wavesurgeon, Waves plugins, SoundForge, Wavelab, etc.....)