On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@gmail.com> wrote:

I thought using loops was cheating, so I programmed my own using samples. I then thought using samples was cheating, so I recorded real drums. I then thought that programming it was cheating, so I learned to play drums for real. I then thought using bought drums was cheating, so I learned to make my own.

This is where your path to enlightenment went wrong. The next step, which took you toward only butchery, goat shit and confusion, was misguided. Your task was to learn enough physics and coding to be able to implement physically modelled drums in your computer, thus allowing you to avoid killing (and raising goats) entirely.

Of course, the problem is that soon after that, you'll need to build your own silicon fabrication plant, because using motherboards and processors made by others is cheating too.