Hi hard-off,

> i tried loading a demo song, still just getting very clicky sounds,
> but i will give it more of a go to find its sweet spots.  the rhythms
> are cool.

I'm interested to know if the patches are loading OK on OSX (you're running a Mac Book right?). When you load the demo song, the [patches\ number box on the BIG drum synth should read something like 128 or 120 (but not 0). If not, try loading from the drum synth load button - patches are in the /meta-studio/pat folder and the file is something like sinoiseclickr_demo.txt.