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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]