play some other kinds of music, take a break from making tracks. don't worry about making polished stuff for a bit. using instruments and not computers helps a lot with this part (don't worry about buy expensive gear though - some crappy keyboards/junk percussion/other free-ish stuff can work too) g...

What kind of sampled loops are you using? if they are from vinyl or "real" drumming it might be hard to re-create them using one-shots

don't worry about it too much

behringer stuff has always been ok for me, used many of their mixers but not much else

definitely seen a lot of trashed behringer stuff though as well

Does anyone have any experience with the boards in the title; especially the discontinued S6? People have also mentioned the Urei and Bozak boards to me, but they lack the modernity and connectivity I'm looking for. I'm looking for a higher quality sound from a board for home-listening/jamming, as ...

flange/phase can be good for adding depth to pads, definitely one of the easiest effects to overdo though

There is a pretty good deal on one of these locally. It seems like it will work to me but have never used one.

Any comments about the unit?

I'd be using it for recording and also playing out live.

maya jane coles. i'm still convinced that she's got a ghostwriter providing her with tracks and tips, because i find it pretty hard to believe that, at her age, she's shitting out a track a day. and some of them have a level of complexity to them. after a few years of work, it's not hard to finish ...