I thought techno was the most important thing to happen in techno.

Ableton is certainly important as it puts in the hands of people like us a powerful tool we can use to do stuff with but I'm not sure just how much of Ableton lets you do is stuff only it can perform and how much is stuff you can perform if you splash out more money on a hardware setup.

I mean using Reason and Ableton I can churn out whatever I want and mess about with it, but you know other folk have been doing it for years before me with arcane bits of equipment and I think thats a bit more important when it comes down to it.