For anyone interested, here's an updated list of my modules and what I think will be the final configuration (of this case). Oscillators/LFO: Cwejman VCO-6 Tip Top Z3000 MKI Harvestman Piston Honda Synthesis Technology E340 Cloud Generator Doepfer A-143-3 Quad LFO Doepfer A-145 LFO Filters/Wave Fold...

My experience has been: Some chicks get it and some don't. Obviously you have to make a compromise for a relationship, but some women are better suited than others. This is usually the type of girl who is somewhat creative herself I've found.

I built a hackintosh 4.5 years ago and it's given me less trouble than my macbook. Granted, neither have given much trouble at all. It's fuckin solid. I have a Focusrite pro40 running perfectly off it along with a midi keyboard and a launchpad as well. All the software works perfect.

Mac mini's are pretty sweet actually. The ram is dead is to change as well. You could always build a hackintosh. It's so easy to get the OS running now compared to when I first built mine.

https://www.ableton.com/en/push/

You Ableton guys see this thing? Looks kinda cool, but at $650, don't know if it's that cool. Maybe it is though, I've never used Ableton. Any thoughts?

It's awesome dude! Just trying to spread the word.

Lemur for the iPad was pretty much made for interacting with ableton. There are a lot of cool features for it and is probably worth checking out.

If you're looking for something more hands on check out Numerology + Novation Launchpad. Totally changed the way I used to write music. Mac only though.

When I'm in the mood to do more melodic music, I use my bass to create the melodies. Logic has a really cool feature called "Audio to Score" that I recently discovered. It converts pitch to midi notes and is surprisingly accurate. It still needs cleaned up a little and doesn't handle slidi...