> the Detroit Symphony Orchestra plays music, notes. every time i've heard > Richie on the 909, it just sounds booooooring. he doesn't really seem to > program any sort of danceable rhythm.
i would SO not go as far as to say that it doesn't have a danceable rhythm. and the comparison to the detroit symphony orchestra...okay...heheh...say that all throughout EVERY song, a flute player decided to TRILL during the entire performance. do you not think that would get old? > > the 909 is a great tool to make a track, but it doesn't make a track by > itself. i'm sorry, but those damn handclaps and snares do sound old after > about ten seconds if there's nothing else happening in the 'song'. basically, the 909 is great until he started ABUSING it by playing the same rhythms into the ground during his set. and SCREW a 909 handclap. hands down my LEAST favorite sound on that machine. that's the ONLY reason i really really really didn't like some parts of his set...he just would play with the 909 too much for my tastes..and really that was only because he was playing a lot of the same rhythms over and over and for too long...other parts i did enjoy. and if i would have heard him play minus orange one more time i think i would puke. i like that track a lot don't get me wrong, but it's like hearing him play spastik...it's not his fault though...i mean people have ABUSED those tracks ad nauseum. i love the 909. it's a nice machine. fun to play with. nice and simplistic and has some nice sounds that are basically the foundation of sounds that are the foundations of techno (in general). maybe rich should mod his a lil bit more or something....*shrugs* as far as the talk of the 303 being a foreground instrument, i would say that i disagree. if used properly, 303's make some nice background noise. :) and f*ck it...they make nice foreground instruments if you are into that aceeeeed thing, but it's not necessarily true that they have to be used as such. -l --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
