@mks Nah...I love maschine. It's what I started with & it's the only tool I had so now I have ableton & I just want to learn how to use live so I can grasp some understanding of working in side of a daw and t's capabilities so I can feed my inspirations & creativity. I can see how the tittle could ...

Yo thanks for the replies guys (sorry for the all caps) I'm new here..lol. I never planed on totally ditching maschine, I love the controller. I just think I'm ready to move on from the maschine "program." I just want to learn how to work inside a real DAW & use the maschine controller inside of it ...

I BEEN MAKING MUSIC INSIDE OF MASCHINE FOR ABOUT 2YRS AND IT WAS
MY FIRST PIECE OF SOFTWARE & HARDWARE. I STARTED OUT MAKING
STRAIGHT HIP-HOP BEATS FOR FRIENDS, BUT NOW I'M REALLY
INTO EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC, FUTURE GARAGE & POST-DUBSTEP FROM
PEOPLE LIKE FLYING LOTUS, SHLOHMO, JAMES BLAKE, MOUNT ...