Archive | July, 2010

Vir2 Acoustic Legends acoustic guitar library

Vir2 Acoustic Legends acoustic guitar library

It’s Friday…you know what time it is Time for some Big Fish Today we checking out another instrument from Vir2 This one is dedicated solely to the acoustic guitar instrument. It’s called Acoustic Legends HD Let’s check it out! So what is Acoustic Legends HD? It’s basically a closet full of the most well-known, and [...]

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UVI Classic Electric Piano library

UVI Classic Electric Piano library

Ever since I started messing with Motu BPM I started to checkout the expansion libraries for it, I always do this when checking out a new instrument. The fact that BPM can be expanded is a plus in my book, and the sounds from all of Motu’s instruments can be used. But today I’m checking [...]

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Novaloops executives step down?

Novaloops executives step down?

Yo, I got some news that was definitely a shocker to me….check this out. Nova Loops Executives Leave To Pursue Other Ventures Nova Loops CEO/President, Donald Johnson and VP Of Operations, Nigel Williams have both resigned their executive positions at Nova Loops and Nova Sound Inc in order to pursue other ventures. After leading Nova [...]

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Diginoiz Orchestra Avenue urban orchestra samples

Diginoiz Orchestra Avenue urban orchestra samples

Back with another soundhound, today we checking out some orchestra samples. This is the first pack I’ve reviewed from Diginoiz, but I’m not new to them, they are a spinn-off label of fatloud, run by one of the producers for fatloud. So though this is the first official Diginoiz review, this isn’t the first time [...]

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Maschine song mode tutorial how to use scenes

Maschine song mode tutorial how to use scenes

You all know I’ve been using Maschine for a while, and one question I get quite a bit is how to lay out a song using scenes. It’s a little different than traditional song mode in a beat machine… where you just put a pattern in a list and tell it how many times to [...]

Posted in Native Instruments, Production Tips, Videos and Tutorials61 Comments

Making a beat with Motu BPM factory sounds

Making a beat with Motu BPM factory sounds

Still exploring Motu BPM, making a beat using just the factory sounds this time, no expansions or anything. Everything in here comes from the factory library. It’s a nice little workstation, with the expansion packs it becomes even more powerful, despite some little quirks hear and there, I like it. I find myself opening it [...]

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Spectrasonics Trilian has all the bass you’ll ever need

Spectrasonics Trilian has all the bass you’ll ever need

If there’s any other instrument or element in popular music styles that has a profound of an effect on the over feel of the tracks as the drums do, it’s gotta be bass! A great bass riff, bass line, or bass part can take a track to the next level….gives it that thump baby! Honestly, [...]

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Motu BPM beatmaking first look and first beats

Motu BPM beatmaking first look and first beats

I just got Motu BPM last Friday, Bought it from someone that wasn’t using it, hadn’t even been registered yet. I had to check it out for myself. I plan to have a full review of it, but just like I did with Maschine, I want to spend some more time learning it. I just [...]

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Native Instruments Session Strings review

Native Instruments Session Strings review

Got strings? Native Instruments does, and they’ve put some vintage mojo on them as well…for when you’re feeling a little nostalgic? But…are they any good? Or is it just another cheesy attempt at a usable pop string section? let’s see What are Session Strings? To contrast a lot of the larger string/orchestral libraries, Session Strings [...]

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Epic drum sounds in Drums of War from Cinesamples

Epic drum sounds in Drums of War from Cinesamples

It’s friday, Big Fish Friday…. Let’s get into it! Today I’m taking a look at something that will excite those that tend to venture out into video game, media, film, trailer, and other forms of epic style music. Sometimes you just need BIG DRUMS…. Thankfully Cinesamples felt the same way, so they decided to create [...]

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