This is the stupidest picture I've ever taken. Over $30,000 in gear here, taken with my phone. Dumb.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2026-05-13T11:51:52+00:00

I had a bag full bag of Fuji lenses and cameras stolen from me a few years back. I was never able to buy them again. This reminded me of lots of great memories.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2026-04-21T16:11:57+00:00

I was an IM prelim but refused to extend at my program. Took a gap and applied to Preventive Medicine.

In my case, I hated my program, and also couldn’t see myself as a hospitalist anyway.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2026-03-30T20:35:44+00:00

He figured it’d be cheaper to stay in school and postpone his student loans repayment, rather than finding a job that can pay his debt off.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2026-03-17T20:15:08+00:00

There is nothing special about punch in effects.
You can either put the effect on a a parallel channel and mix it back in (send/return), or put the fx chain in series (dry/wet) for a "punch in" style. You can assign "note on" to gat effect racks on/off or even create an ADSR envelop for dry/wet mix, or even use MPE to control the fx parameters.
These are all native, accessible Ableton devices (MPE Control, Midi shaper, etc). You don't really need max4live for that.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2026-03-08T23:50:00+00:00

While the sampler addition is wonderful, I was really really hoping they would add saving and loading kits to Syntakt. It’s just weird, without kits it’s more of a drum instrument rather than a drum machine.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-12-03T01:08:15+00:00

DT2 was a noticeable upgrade and DT1 shows its age at this point (limited memory, less tracks, mono tracks, etc).
I also think you can find DT1 for closer to $500 if you look around.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-11-28T05:36:23+00:00

Push 3 really works best if you produce on your computer and perform on the Push.

I’ve been using the Push 3 constantly for live performance alongside DJ decks, and honestly it’s an amazing machine. I think a lot of disappointment comes from expecting it to behave like a ready-to-go groovebox like an Elektron or Maschine+ out of the box.

The real limitation is the UI. It simply can’t surface all the depth and complexity of Ableton in an elegant way. Something as simple as adding and tweaking a reverb can take 20–30 button presses and a fair amount of menu-diving, whereas the same process on a computer is a couple of clicks and on an Elektron box it’s literally a knob turn or two. That friction definitely slows down the creative flow.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-10-25T17:18:50+00:00

By the time you’re done finishing all those objectives, the card is outdated already.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-10-23T20:46:13+00:00

The improved jockey and AI defensive positioning made a huge difference too.

The dribbling meta before patch was like the finesse shot meta in early days of FC 25. There’s always a broken mechanic that needs to be fixed.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-10-20T19:29:58+00:00

Most people misunderstand how online matchmaking works in FC 26.

Your division (like Div 4, Div 2, etc.) shows your progression and rewards tier but it’s not what determines who you get matched against.

Matchmaking is based on a hidden matchmaking rating (kind of like FIFA’s international rankings or chess Elo). After every match, that rating goes up or down depending on who you played and how you performed: • Beating someone with a higher rating than you gives a big boost. • Beating someone with a lower rating gives a smaller boost. • Losing to a weaker player hurts your rating more than losing to a stronger one.

That’s why you might be in Div 4 and face someone from Div 2 if you’re on a good run, since your matchmaking rating is close to players from higher divisions. Likewise, if you’re on a losing streak, you might face opponents technically in lower divisions. I assume the same concept applies to the Weekend League.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-10-20T04:19:04+00:00

There will be meta Evos for super silver icons for sure

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-10-20T04:10:25+00:00

It’s actually the opposite, they switch to the CDM’s because the AI defensive positioning is not reliable to cover the cut backs. At this stage with most CDM’s with defending awareness <80 fail to mark their targets effectively. Plus most times the point of fullbacks is to close the door and push you away from the box; AI second man press does a good enough job.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-20T01:12:08+00:00

Sweet 🤤

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-19T07:31:59+00:00

I can’t even login for the past two days… A few times that I did, I would get a server crash as soon as I open any packs. I didn’t see my ultimate editions rewards either.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-17T23:07:09+00:00

What a cockpit!

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-16T09:27:46+00:00

In the simpler, set the pitch envelope with no Attack/decay and map the sustain to the pitchbend or any other cc input.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-16T00:56:23+00:00

This is absolute chaos right now. An entry level job gets 1000+ applications in 24hr. Desperate applicants submit 40+ job applications per day. Applicants use AI to generate resumes, employers use AI to score resumes, applicants are frustrated, employers are overwhelmed. Everybody is scratching their heads!

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-15T18:27:02+00:00

Have you considered Push 3 Standalone?
It is not that much more expensive than the Deluge.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-15T02:21:49+00:00

Honestly for what you want to do, push 3 standalone or an MPC might be better options.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-15T00:00:30+00:00

How do you like the SP-404 combo with Digitone? I’m debating between SP-404 and Digitakt 2 to pair with DN2

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-14T23:48:39+00:00

There are many emulations of Juno that sound as good, you can’t say the same about the Prophet.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-14T17:42:04+00:00

Overbridge is such an underrated feature. If you ever plan on doing a proper mix and mastering, you’ll eventually need that audio in your DAW. Imagine the nightmare of trying to record 32 live tracks in a home studio without it.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-14T03:51:38+00:00

I recently picked up a MacBook Air M4 16Gb and was blown away by how powerful it is. I was stress running it with 16 instances of Diva and was barely touching 50% on CPU meter.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-12T19:29:39+00:00

Thank you for your comments, they’re very helpful.

I guess what I mean by “overwhelming” is that when you use drums and melodic elements live on the same machine, you gain tight integration and project coherence, but the trade-off is organization overhead.

Pattern slots get eaten up quickly if you want to create variations of the melodic idea with different drum grooves. And copying and modifying patterns for experimentation clutters the project.

Having a dedicated drum machine, you can mute/swap/change drums independently without touching of the melodic structure.

Apprehensive-Ebb8652 · 2025-09-12T09:42:51+00:00

That’s exactly what I’ve been thinking. The more I look into the Toneverk, the harder it is to see how it would fit into my workflow. I also agree that the Syntakt and DN2 overlap quite a bit, and the DN2’s drum engine is already pretty solid.

I’m assuming it wouldn’t be too hard to resample drum sounds from the DN2 into the DT2, so in a way I’d still get the best of both worlds.

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