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 [...]
Posted in Native Instruments, Product Reviews, Production Tips, Sample Libraries, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials, VST Plugins
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 [...]
Posted in Native Instruments, Production Tips, Sample Libraries, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials, VST Plugins
Posted on 11 September 2009. Tags: akai mpc, beat making, making a beat on maschine, motu bpm, mpc 2500, mpc 5000, Native Instruments, ni maschine, sounds and gear. beat making, soundsandgear.com, vst
This is another video showing how native instruments maschine is not just a sampler or beat machine, but that it can be used just like a workstation or keyboard. Instead of using it by sampling records or songs into it, I am using the internal sounds and creating music like I would on a fantom [...]
Posted in Native Instruments, Production Tips, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials
Posted on 07 September 2009. Tags: groove production, making a beat, maschine, Native Instruments, native instruments maschine, soundsandgear.com
This is just another video of me using native instrument maschine. There are alot of videos showing how to use it as a sampler, so I figured I’d show it in use as a workstation, similar to a roland fantom or yamaha motif. I used all internal sounds to make this track. let me know [...]
Posted in Native Instruments, Production Tips, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials
Posted on 01 September 2009. Tags: absynth 4, absynth 5, komplete 6, kontakt 3.5, kontakt 4, kore 2, Native Instruments
Okay, today brought some major news from our friends over at Native Instruments. After a short “outage” on the website…they busted out with some new goodies! Komplete 6…. Yep, they are updating their massive synth and fx collection, come October 1 you can get your mitts on the new Komplete collection. What I noticed immediately, [...]
Posted in Native Instruments, News, Sample Libraries, Samplers, Synths, VST Plugins
Posted on 27 August 2009. Tags: groove production, maschine, Native Instruments, native instruments maschine, soundsandgear.com
. It just came today, I just unboxed and installed it. I just wanted to make a quick video showing you the packaging and hardware of Native Instruments Maschine. I plan to spend some time with it, just play around and see what I can see. I just wanted to share this moment with ya! [...]
Posted in Native Instruments, Production Tips, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials, VST Plugins
Posted on 06 August 2009. Tags: kontakt, kontakt 3.5, kontakt player, KORE Player, Native Instruments, powered by kontakt
Well, native instruments just keeps giving us musicians something to love. Another addition to their high quality instruments, free for use, is the new kontakt player. It’s similar to the kore player, it’s expandable via native instruments as well as third-party kontakt libraries. That means it can play all “powered by kontakt” libraries. You can [...]
Posted in Native Instruments, News, Sample Libraries, Samplers, VST Plugins
Posted on 29 July 2009. Tags: drum machine, fxpansion, fxpansion guru, groove box, motu bpm, mpc, native instruments maschine
Enter the drum GURU… Over the years, software has constantly improved and offered the same and even better functionality to the hardware we are used to using. We’ve had drum machines, sequencers, drum samplers, slicers, dicers and food processors…okay, maybe not the last one. But, many people, especially in the urban electronic genres like hip [...]
Posted in Product Reviews, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials
Posted on 21 July 2009. Tags: beat kangz beat thang virtual, beat kangz, beat thang
The specs on the Beat Thang from BeatKangz look crazy. It comes with more ram standard than many drum samplers can be exapnded to, it comes with 3000 on-board sounds, not just drums. It can use sd cards, 32 gb each, for a total of 64gb of INSTANT storage, that you don’t have to wait [...]
Posted in News, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials
Posted on 08 July 2009. Tags: drum sampler, Native Instruments, native instruments battery 3, sampler, video, vst
It’s time for another Native Experience and today we are looking at Battery 3 the flagship drum sampler they sent over for review. For me, it’s important to find similar or better functionality in software, compared to what I am used to with my mpc. That’s how I work, so, I’m always looking at things [...]
Posted in Native Instruments, Product Reviews, Production Tips, Samplers, Videos and Tutorials, VST Plugins