Posted on 22 August 2010. Tags: akai mpc, bpm 1.5, korg triton, maschine, maschine 1.5, motu bpm, mpc 1000, mpc 2000, mpc 2500, mpc 5000, mv8000, Native Instruments, roland fantom, roland mv8800, uvi, yamaha motif
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 [...]
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Posted on 17 June 2010. Tags: analog synth samples, hardware workstation sounds, Mimik, native instruments kontakt, SampleRobot, virtual fantom, virtual motif, virtual triton
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 [...]
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Posted on 03 June 2010. Tags: kontakt, music, Native Instruments, production, sampler, sampling, soundsandgear
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 [...]
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Posted on 28 January 2010. Tags: asrx, beat thang virtual, drum sampler, fxpansion guru, motu bpm, mpc software, mv 8800, ni battery 3, ni maschine, one small clue, poise, virtual akai, virtual mpc
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 [...]
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Posted on 30 November 2009. Tags: e-mu, free software instruments, free vst plugins, independence free, kontakt player, KORE Player, Native Instruments, proteus vx, software samplers, software workstation, uvi soundsource, uvi workstation, yellow tools
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 [...]
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Posted on 17 November 2009. Tags: kontakt 3, kontakt 3.5, kontakt 4, kontakt instruments, Native Instruments, roland fantom, software sampler, software workstation, soundsandgear, vst, yamaha motif
I already told you why I love kontakt 3.5, but I also told you I would follow up with a video showing some of the new features in Kontakt 4 when NI sent it over for review. So here we are! The reasons I love kontakt 4 even more than the previous version… kore like [...]
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Posted on 15 October 2009. Tags: akai s1000, akai s5000, akai s6000, akai samples, akai z4, akai z8, emu sampler, ensoniq sampler, kontakt 3, kontakt 4, kontakt library, kontakt player, kontakt samples, kontatk 3.5, making beats, Native Instruments, software sampler, sound module, soundsandgear, vst, vst sampler
It’s time for another native experience, taking a look at some dope software from native instruments. Today I’m taking a look at Kontakt, their flagship sampler they sent over for me to review. You can’t be around software instruments, sampling, and production for long before you come in contact with Kontakt. Whether it’s because some [...]
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Posted on 25 September 2009. Tags: akai mpc, beat making, drum samples, hip hop samples, making beats, maschine, mpc 1000, mpc 2500, mpc 500, mpc 5000, mv8000, mv8800, Native Instruments, sample library, sounds and gear, soundsandgear, soundsandgear.com
So, I’ve been learning and playing with Maschine from Native Instruments…I must say it’s awesome. I’m currently using the beta update so as soon as the full update is released I’ll give you my review. But I’m still going to show you little tips, tricks, and some of the workflow. In this video I just [...]
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