you will shoot me for saying it but....

[paulcortex]

Endless cold loops made for DJ`s that say nothing to nobody except the man in the booth do nothing to evoke a sense of wonder/exitement/or euphoria in the listener.

... i guess technology has made it all too easy to allow anyone produce loops.

...thats why the old analogue kit was so good...you had to work like **** to get a good sound and you needed a degree in advanced mathematics to get the old sequencers to work.(especially the tb 303 sequencer!!!)...also the cost of synths and computers was incredible then...so most people couldnt afford to make music and those that did...did it with passion....thats where todays cheap laptops and software packages have stepped in...and the result...anyone can make loops and anyone seems to be releasing this crap...technology is killing techno i guess!

im so glad i kept my hardware kit...even though i do love a bit of audiorealism bassline here and there ;)

[dirty_bass]

... i guess technology has made it all too easy to allow anyone produce loops.

...thats why the old analogue kit was so good...you had to work like **** to get a good sound and you needed a degree in advanced mathematics to get the old sequencers to work.(especially the tb 303 sequencer!!!)...also the cost of synths and computers was incredible then...so most people couldnt afford to make music and those that did...did it with passion....thats where todays cheap laptops and software packages have stepped in...and the result...anyone can make loops and anyone seems to be releasing this crap...technology is killing techno i guess!

im so glad i kept my hardware kit...even though i do love a bit of audiorealism bassline here and there ;)

You can`t blame bad music on the tools.
That`s almost as bad as the fans who abandoned bob dillon because he went electric.
It`s the bad musicians who are to blame, and they would be making crap wether it was an akai, a 909, 2 juno`s and a 101, or a laptop.
There has always been bad music.
The problem is bigger than something that simple.

During the analog days there was plenty of terrible music made by rich kids with all the kit.
The only problem is the buyers lack of standards, in allowing bad music to perpetuate.