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If you use ASIO drivers they bypass most of the Windows kernel and stream directly to the 'hardware' interface. If you have a decent audio interface, the latency wouldn't be noticeably worse just 'because its Windows'. Most latency measurements I've seen (and I've seen my share) don't show any real difference between MacOS and Windows (using ASIO drivers) when using the same audio device. On Macbooks (ime) the graphical redraw performance is significantly worse than on Windows machines. Meaning more general CPU load and increased spikes in CPU usage when lots of redrawing is occurring (for example when lots of audio meters are firing on channel strips), which can cause audio glitching as a consequence. So generally I associate poorer performance with Macbooks, all else being equal. Everything about the Macbook hardware is much better quality than the equivalent hardware from manufacturers who are bundling Windows with their laptops, though. Apart from the lack of any upgradeability on the recent MB models, that kinda sucks.

7th gen i5 or better, 8gb DDR4 RAM or better, SSD. I doubt you need hyperthreading, I doubt you need anything but on board GFX (GFX cards can induce DPC latency events). You probably do want 4 cores or better, especially if you use lots of vsts. You probably want to dump extra cash into buying a good audio device if you don't already have one, as that will minimise latency and buffer underruns.

These things look as robust as a snowflake in June.

Scratching is only impressive to nerds anyway. Doesn't matter whether it's "funky" chirps or "soulless" whatever the autobahn. Who gives a shit? Barely anyone on the planet. Nerd on or jog on.

It's impossible to "safeguard kids against incompetent parents." I think the solution is a social services audit and IQ test for anyone considering having children. Actually, I think infertility drugs should be pumped into their tap water until they get their grades up to the government approved standard.

Covering the labels is gay. So is paying £350 just to have some jazz record Madlib has already shredded and then boasting about it incessantly.

TL;DR.. get a job.

Does your soundcard have ASIO drivers? If not try these to reduce your latency: http://www.asio4all.com/

Exactly this. The same could be said about someone button mashing on an MPC for 5 mins. Or 5 hour super-technical saxophone solos. The kind of things most people will watch for 30 seconds and say "Wow, that's good." but they'd never listen to it in their headphones. You can use turntables in the studio to play a sample on your latest pop hit and get away with it, I don't see how its any different to a regular sampler in that respect, but 'turntablism' and long 'aaah' solos are never going to be anything more than a niche.

Check cables and make sure the timecode isn't skipping.

John Beez did an interesting video where he's cutting some g-funk tone with the c1 and that wacky fader tuner thing - which is probably the most listenable thing I've heard come out of the c1. That's mainly just because I like the beat he's cutting over. I never really liked tone routines. I didn't like them when 8-ball used to do them and I've never heard one since that made me change my mind. Isn't the C1 about 6 years old now anyway? And still I've never seen anything I thought was really good or innovative come out of it.

Once you get into the groove it's pretty damn good. Keep gwanin.

Wow, yeah this is sick.

Nice cuts, not really sure about the beat. The scratching is legit though, nice job.

Wooo, dopeness as always. Keep on rocking man.

isn't a drill the one where you put one finger on the record and tense your forearm until your finger shakes the record really fast? i've never heard of a jackhammer, but i'm not sure it's possible to do a drill + OG flare, you'd need to be pretty fast to get all the clicks in. what's ttm? what's a fast bay x2? if you do a baby scratch without a second back, wouldn't you keep moving forward until you knock the tonearm off the record?

Okay, I basically know nothing about music theory, but I was assuming that music theory meant just actually writing and reading music. I didn't know they did the ear training stuff aswell. I always thought that was a separate skill that people who had played instruments for a long time would have. Anyone who can just sit and listen to something and instantly recognise the key signature and can improvise along to it gets respect from me. Yeah, even I do this when I'm sampling, record some stuff and speed it up or slow it down or whatever so it sounds like it's in a different pitch. Or chop each note up and play it in a different order until I make some new little tune out of it. Then try and mix it with other samples so they blend in. There's a few old school hiphop records where you can hear the horns and stuff clashing when they've been mixed over the top of the beat, but they always seem to flip it about so it sounds good or do some tricks when they mix it down so it blends in. I know shit about music theory or reading music but I can still hear when things clash and sound off key, even though I couldn't tell you what key or note it was playing. I just usually just go with whatever I think sounds good.

haha Yes, this shit is classic. Montana totally has a breakdown at the end. Listen to his crazed manic laugh, pure gold.

Even if you know everything about music theory you still won't be able to just listen to something and say 'Oh that's in Am' or whatever. You'd need to train your ears to do that. Which takes years of playing an instrument, or apparently there are 'perfect pitch' courses you can do. For sampling you just need to know what sounds good to you and go with it. Tons of Hip Hop songs have elements that are out of tune slightly, but they still make it work. Sometimes the off key stuff can sound good, it's just about experimenting with it.

The motherfucking Menace. Nice beat man.

I used ableton and just tuned one note of each sample to a key and played some right cheesey tunes with it on me keyboard haha.

4 and 2 were the best, but I'll go for 2 because of the way the samples were flipped. All the tracks were decent though. Good job.

Who do I send it to? And can I just jump in cos I didn't give any samples?