Try Studio One by Presonus, it is pretty sweet and does not get mentioned enough imo, feels a little bit like logic to me. I produce with Studio One. The MIDI editing is really easy, but I find resampling a pain in the cookie since it only seems to bounce stereo files and you have to go through a w...

PPG theme song's drum beat is made of a copyrighted sample that no one in the history of production ever payed a cent for. It's not about sampling or not sampling, but about the music you make I guess.

I'd say clean up your kick around 40~65hz so it can fit the sub, same to the main bassline. Make some room for the snare by drawing a small fissure on the EQ around 200~250hz and yeah, musicianship et coetera.

Not sure if it's a troll, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_(music)