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BeatCleaver sampler editor and slicer review

BeatCleaver sampler editor and slicer review

Hey what’s good fam! I got a nice little software I want to share with you today. I’ve been messing with this for a while and finally ready to show it off to you It’s a sample slicer, editor, chopper from Oscillicious called BeatCleaver let’s peep! What is BeatCleaver? The whole idea behind this program [...]

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Maschine 1.6 update is live, comes with Komplete Elements!

Maschine 1.6 update is live, comes with Komplete Elements!

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 [...]

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Maschine 1.6 update released- download public beta now!

Maschine 1.6 update released- download public beta now!

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 [...]

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Creating an instrument from scratch in Ableton Live

Creating an instrument from scratch in Ableton Live

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 [...]

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Exclusive Winter NAMM 2011 Coverage

Exclusive Winter NAMM 2011 Coverage

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 [...]

Posted in Around the Web, News, Production Tips, Recording, Sample Libraries, Samplers, Synths, VST Plugins12 Comments

FXpansion Geist review

FXpansion Geist review

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 [...]

Posted in Product Reviews, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials, VST Plugins25 Comments

Motu BPM and NI Maschine working together

Motu BPM and NI Maschine working together

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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SampleRobot let’s you clone your hardware and software instruments

SampleRobot let’s you clone your hardware and software instruments

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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Kontakt 4.1 loads instruments faster with background loading

Kontakt 4.1 loads instruments faster with background loading

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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Poise is the BEST mpc style drum sampling software available

Poise is the BEST mpc style drum sampling software available

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 [...]

Posted in Product Reviews, Production Tips, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials, VST Plugins110 Comments

Top 5 FREE sofware samplers and workstations

Top 5 FREE sofware samplers and workstations

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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The dope new features in Kontakt 4, and why I love it even more

The dope new features in Kontakt 4, and why I love it even more

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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