Perhaps a lucky break for the German software company: Timing.

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But unlike broader software packages, Maschine's soul is built around percussion, and anyone who spends more than a few moments at retail with the software will come to appreciate timing, velocity, effects and looping capacities that are tailored to building the perfect beat.

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The Initiative hopes to use the software to help with patient treatment, so that drug dosage and timing could be optimized.

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