Its a well thought out, logical, expressive machine. I like to build tracks from scratch so its a godsend for me. This machine allows for a lot of real time tweaking and manipulation which is how I create my tracks.

I wish I could record on the fly but no hardware sequencer seems to offer this feature just yet. Too daunting for the processors perhaps.

I recommend this box highly. i own other yamaha gear and i'd like to mention that all the new yamaha gear works really well together in a midi sense. you don't have to fool around with sysex messages or do a lot of mapping and shit. I tend to use my non yamaha gear to make sounds and then I use my yamaha gear to put it all together.

Not that the yamaha sounds are bad. People talk a lot of shit about drum sounds. Well, here's a little secret

Good drum sounds are the result of eq'ing, effects and compression. If you know how to engineer sound you can make even the cheesiest drum box sound bad ass.

I recommend the rmix highly. especially if you're the creative type and want to do something beyond four on the floor.

listen to my songs at http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/328/shogun_helix.html They were all sequenced with the rm1x.

You can't beat this machine for the price. That's all I need to say really, but I will keep going.

I find that this machine works very well for making gritty DnB, which is why I like it. Gotta like yamaha's amp simulator effect.

Here is what I don't like: The panning for voices is not very distinct, it helps to clear up the mix, but at first I thought that the panning didn't work at all. The sounds are kinda flat, but all you need to do is tweak those knobs, and that problem is solved. Also, if you are producing cd's, you will be processing your stuff anyways, which takes care of flat sounding gear. That is pretty much all that I don't like about the machine. Most other stuff I have has a longer list.

Hope you appreciate my 2cents worth

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