Uh, like help create a whole NEW genre of music.

So I guess your comments mean that the RS7000 is crap?

Whatever. One man's garbage is another man's treasure. Besides, there is a great quote by Eno that says "is the failings in things that give it their character their uniqueness...."

Like the human voice. Or the crackle in Vinyl. Or tube compression, or electric guitars overdriven through an amp... the list goes on.

So you have your opinion, but to tell people it is crap and not pro...well, that makes you a NON PRO. A real professional might suggest that you try out the machine (since this is a review site) and see if it works for you - not call it unprofessional.

Think about it.

Now, I have owned the RM1X, SU700, and EMU's Command Station. I have not owned the MPC (any flavor), but I can tell you this: The RS7000 has worked right out of the box. It has reliably worked for me, provided tight timing, and I use it for live manipulation of sequences from other works I have compsed on my computer (via transfer of MIDI files to the RS7K).

Its limitations are what help drive solutions (not that I would say that its limitations are show stoppers...really, they can be, at most irritations and at the least, all solved by workarounds).

You want perfect gear? It doesn't exist.

You want to make music? If you can't with the RS7K (either through use of its "limited" sampler - yeah, foolio - that SP1200 sampler sure wasn't PRO cause of its limited memory...dang the list goes on) then you are just plain silly.

The RS7k is a mean machine. Truly and simply.

It ain't perfect - but perfect doesn't exist.

get over it.

Buy this machine if you need a machine for live playback. Buy this machine if you want to drive external synths. Buy this machine if you want the best HW sequencer out there (bar maybe the MMT8 from alesis which needs an update)....

Some people just don't get it.

Sorry for you, I guess.

:)

rob.