helps immensely, cheers 
creating space for the guitars, i hadn’t thought of that … and yet, so essential, nice one. how much should i do, maybe prepare in ableton first and use a parametric EQ set to the rock and roll smile?
edit: actually just the one-band EQ on the MD should do it… maybe some filter work but that starts to remove detail sometimes.
many thanks for the EQ heads up re/ snare weighting at 160 and boost the 5k range
one thing i do wonder about is tuning … tuning of implied pitches across a single kit so it makes sonic sense with itself, but then also with the guitars.
and then, does EQ work somehow imply a pitch, or key center, by removing or accentuating…
currently designing the Machinedrum kits first… then will do more work on making performance one-shot kits for the Octatrack, to be in tune with the Machinedrum’s kits … the x-fader is amazingly creative for live performance tapping, kind of like vinyl beatboxing of parameters.
have played once with the drummer so far, so it is early days. he used a Genelec Tri-System for amplification, and the breakbeat kickdrum samples certainly carried a long way with the subwoofer making the kickdrums actually sound louder in the room next to the jamming room, strangely enough.
i am only just now importing some of the acoustic drum samples to the Machinedrum, so that will be interesting, to hear how these relatively untreated samples play on the MD, compared to the more electronic samples.
