> Likewise, I like a sense of a "living pulse" to music. It can be a regular
> pulse, but just not like a drum machine (bumper sticker: "drum machines
> have no soul"). Or better, it would be an irregular pulse, perhaps one
> that speeds up and slows down in a cycle about the same length as a
> breath. (Our heartbeats do that.) And it would vary in dynamics.
>

I've met drum machines with soul :)

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