The 1.6 update is available for Maschine, this is the official update and not a beta. You can download it via the service center. It also includes komplete 7 elements for free!! What’s all included in the Maschine 1.6 update? VST and Audio Units support from within MASCHINE – use instrument or effect plug-ins from [...]

You see the title! It’s here, Maschine 1.6 update is available for download for all registered users. This is the public beta, so it’s not the official release, it’s still beta, but fully functional. Make sure you backup anything you are working on and know that the point of the beta is to find and [...]

So, when you have a website related to audio you come across or get introduced to quite a few people, some with ok content, and some with great content. You never really know until you spend a little bit of time checking out some of their posts and articles, from various periods from their first [...]

Hey whatsup yall! I made it safely down here to Anaheim for winter namm 2011 I just wanted to let you know I’m here and I got ya back! I will be checking out everything I can, getting videos and pictures and uploading them to the official SoundsAndGear Namm site Make sure to bookmark this [...]

When I first started my switch from hardware to software FXpansion GURU was the first software I turned to. It had been out for a while but it was new to me, and it looked like the type of products I was used to in the hardware world. There were some things I loved about [...]

Yo, yall know I’m a huge fan of Maschine…but you also know I’ve recently become a huge fan of BPM as well. I love them both for different reasons. The hands on workflow of Maschine is un-matched. And I love how it handles sampling, editing samples, chopping, etc. But I also love the BPM sound [...]

Have you ever wanted to have a specific set of sounds at all times? Maybe you have a favorite old school synth that you love, but you just don’t love carrying it around. Or you like everything software has to offer, but you haven’t found anything to replace your favorite string patch from that roland [...]

Native Instruments just released an update to Kontakt 4.1 and it now allows you to load instruments in the background. This means, when you pull up a sound from the Kontakt library, you no longer have to wait for the full sound to load! This is huge! I HATE waiting for large libraries and instruments [...]

You know I’m always looking for the best tools, that get out of the way and let you work. One of my gripes with the current choice of drum sampling software is their inability to understand how simply we want to layer sounds. Many folks just want to drag a sound to a pad, then [...]

I know I been quiet for a few days but it was thanksgiving in the US and the holiday week got the best of me! Cooking, eating, cooking, eating and chilling with the family! But we back at it this week! To go along with the post I did about the Top 10 places to [...]