Posted on 12 October 2009. Tags: ableton live, akai mpc, asr 10, big boss sounds, dirty south, flstudio, hip hop samples, hip hop sounds, hood anthems, korg triton, logic, motion samples, motionsamples, motionstudio, mpc 1000, mpc 2000, mpc 2500, mpc 4000, mpc 5000, mv8000, ni maschine, reason, roland fantom, roland mv8800, street samples
Once again we are back with some more samples for ya. This time, I’m checking out a company that I’ve been a customer of for a while. I was a customer when they first started selling samples on eBay and now they’ve turned into one of the premiere sample providers online today. Motion Samples provides [...]
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Posted on 30 September 2009. Tags: ableton live, arabian loops, arabian samples, asr10, asrx, beat making, chopping samples, ethcnic samples, flstudio, hip hop beats, korg triton, logic, making a beat, motu bpm, mpc, mpc 1000, mpc 2000, mpc 3000, mpc 4000, mpc 5000, mv8000, mv8800, native instruments maschine, platinumloops, reason, rnb beats, roland fantom, sounds and gear, soundsandgear, yamaha motif
So you ready for another set of samples to be reviewed? This time I’m on some Arab music….I love ethnic samples. Problem is, I don’t like clearing samples from records, and I don’t feel right not clearing them. So I stay on the lookout for royalty free sample food. Arabian Breaks, inspiration all day and [...]
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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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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 [...]
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Posted on 09 September 2009. Tags: ableton live, ableton live tutorial, hardware sequencer, live 7, live 8, mpc, mpc 1000, mpc 2500, mpc 4000, mpc 5000, mv8000, mv8800
I’m a hardware guy at heart… It took me many years to move over to software. Reason being, most of it just didn’t “flow” like I wanted. The instruments and plugins have been high quality for a while, but I hadn’t found a sequencer good enuff to replace my mpc. An environment to bring all [...]
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