Archive | March, 2010

Mellow Jazz Funk Rhodes Samples

Mellow Jazz Funk Rhodes Samples

Today we checkin out some smooth sounds from SoundsToSample.com In case you didn’t know, this site is run by the creators of Sample Magic…yeah, them. Checkin out some rhodes samples they sent over for review, in a Jazz/Funk style. David knows I like smooth, downtempo, chilled out sounds….so I had to check this one on [...]

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Making brass and string beat with novaloops samples

Making brass and string beat with novaloops samples

This is just a quick video showing a track I made using some string a brass sounds from novaloops these sounds came from the novaloops Coast to Coast Brass and String Collection leave a comment below, lemme know what you think.

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Native Instruments Maschine sequencing Propellerheads Reason 4

Native Instruments Maschine sequencing Propellerheads Reason 4

My homie hit me up last night asking how to sequence Reason from Maschine so you can use it as a sound module. It was working, somewhat, but there were issues with the midi triggering everything at once, no matter the channel. I don’t use Reason so I downloaded the demo and played around with [...]

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Big Fish Friday Breakbeat Jazz samples

Big Fish Friday Breakbeat Jazz samples

It’s Friday, and I know you hungry for some fish! I had a house full last week so I had to skip big fish friday, but I’m back with something dope for ya If you like that chopped up, jazzy, breakbeat style of music, then you’ll be interested in this review of Breakbeat Jazz. What [...]

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Quantum Leap RA world and ethnic virtual instrument review

Quantum Leap RA world and ethnic virtual instrument review

Hey there, back at you again with another instrument from East West/Quantum Leap. This time we’re getting a little bit diverse and checking out some ethnic/world instruments. Today I’m going to be reviewing their monster ethnic instrument RA. What is Quantum Leap RA? RA is perhaps the most definitive rare, world, and ethnic virtual instrument [...]

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NI Maschine sequencing vsts in Presonus Studio One

NI Maschine sequencing vsts in Presonus Studio One

Just exploring Presonus Studio One and figuring out how to use it as a vst rack for Maschine, it works out pretty good and it’s easy to setup the interface in Studio One. You must have Studio One Pro to use vsts but it’s all good. It’s also simple to save a template so you [...]

Posted in Native Instruments, Production Tips, Videos and Tutorials, VST Plugins40 Comments

motion samples hoodlum orchestra review

motion samples hoodlum orchestra review

time for some more motion samples today I’m checking out an urban orchestra pack called Hoodlum Orchestra What is Hoodlum Orchestra? a collection of multi sample orchestra based loops. Strings, violins, timpanis, and horns all played in a nice orchestral style, with an urban edge. These aren’t single sound loops, but multiple sounds put together [...]

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Big Fish Audio Hip Hop and Soul Guitar pak

Big Fish Audio Hip Hop and Soul Guitar pak

time for another Big Fish Friday, today I’m checking out a  collection of hip hop/soul guitar samples that they sent over for review. this is one of their download paks, so the price is lower than a full sample cd and there are usually fewer samples What is the Hip Hop and Soul guitar pak? [...]

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Platinumloops Latin Breaks Volume 1 review

Platinumloops Latin Breaks Volume 1 review

back again with some more authentic samples from platinumloops this time we taking it south of the border! And no I don’t mean taco bell…. What is Latin Breaks Volume 1? It’s a full authentic collection of rhythms and loops straight from Latin America. Percussions, horns, vocals… all the various sounds you would expect in [...]

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Tone2 Firebird synth is pretty awesome

Tone2 Firebird synth is pretty awesome

Let’s get right into it. In the world of synth plugins, it usually takes a lot to stand out from the crowd. In my opinion, Firebird+ offers much more than a “me too” synth instrument. What is Firebird? It’s a nice little synth with big sound and an innovative engine It uses Harmonic Content Morphing [...]

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