Posted on 29 October 2010. Tags: big fish audio, Big Fish Friday, free samples, maschine, Native Instruments
It’s Friday…time for some Big Fish goodness! Today I’m checking out some string samples… Oh yeah, also giving away a copy of this library to one lucky winner so make sure you watch the video! let’s get into it So what is Urban String Sessions? It is a collection of real studio recorded string sessions. [...]
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Posted in Big Fish Friday, Loops & Samples
Posted on 28 October 2010. Tags: george duke, kontakt, Native Instruments, soul samples, soul treasures, vintage samples
You knew this one was coming, it was a must I had to check this out. A huge collection of piano, ep, wurli, and clavi licks, riffs, loops, etc…from George Duke! Say what?!?! Yeah…so uhhhh, the main purpose of my review really was to kinda checkout the interface and how you can work with the [...]
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Posted in Instrument Libraries, Native Instruments, Plugins
Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: ambient, composer, dark skies, film, instruments, kontakt, native, zero-g
yo whas good! Today I’m checking out another product from timespace.com It’s a cinematic library from Zero-G called Dark Skies…. It’s more along the lines of some evolving, ambient, soundscapes and pad like sounds… Anyway, you know I like this type of stuff so let’s check it out What is Dark Skies? It is a [...]
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Posted in Loops & Samples
Posted on 26 October 2010. Tags: clavinet, george duke, kontakt, Native Instruments, rhodes, soul samples, soul treasures, wurlitzer samlpes
I usually put press releases in the press area, but I thought many would really like to see this one. Native Instruments has a new kontakt/kontakt player instrument created with George Duke…some funky, soulful riffs that you can mangle and chop! Looks like some slicing, fx, reverse, etc is built into the interface, sorta like [...]
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Posted in Instrument Libraries, Native Instruments
Posted on 25 October 2010. Tags: halion, halion sonic, hypersonic 2, motif rack, motif vst, motif xf, motif xs, steinberg, vst workstation, yamaha
Hey I’m just following up on my review of Steinberg’s Halion Sonic to show off some more of the sounds. Since there are so many I wanted to come back and explore some of the specific sections because I know people want to hear more of the sounds in a workstation vst like this one. [...]
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Posted in Plugins
Posted on 19 October 2010. Tags: beatmaker, construction loop sets, hip hop, musician, producer, producer's edge magazine
Okay, yall know we’ve had this discussion numerous times. And you also know if I have my choice I usually go for a huge collection of various loops broken down by sound type over the construction kit format. And with my construction kits I will usually break them down this way anyway. BUT….. my answer [...]
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Posted in Around the Web
Posted on 18 October 2010. Tags: beat making, free samples, instruments, live lounge, loopmasters, maschine, mpc, native, rnb
Back with another library from Loopmasters.com Last time we checked out some jazzy hip hop from doodlebug Today…gonna smooth it out a lil bit with some electro-chilled rnb sweetness Now I know what you’re thinking…so stop This isn’t your typical, radio-pop, construction kit type of rnb product So let’s get into it! What is Live [...]
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Posted in Loops & Samples
Posted on 15 October 2010. Tags: akai mpc, big fish audio, Big Fish Friday, maschine, Native Instruments, roland mv8800, soul samples
Yes, it’s Friday…you already know what’s up. Big Fish baby! Today I’m taking a blast from the past…well…it’s not old, but you know. I’m checking out Detroit Soul, a library dedicated to recreating that 1960s – 70s musical vibe. You know…the stuff many of us like to sample anyway? Yeah…so let’s check it out What [...]
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