I'm Derek, (boomkeeper). I have Been around since Collosus. Since Hosh Guirelli. thru Dj Digit. EFX, Neon Leon, and Ra-soul. All at 3rd floor productions above the BPM record store that used to be on Polk. Damn.. They all were sharing the same Dat machine...Then for twenty years + I'm still buying and following. I make my beats with use of two software programs. I've published only a few and remixxed a few compositions. I started on technics 1200's, two for a while, then three. Lord help me afford more technology. You cant stay up to speed without a Rane®, three decks and a Macbook©...