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Do drums sound better in hardware than software? The answer!

Man…when I decided to post my little experiment yesterday I didn’t think it would be so fun and popular. We really got some very, very, interesting ideas going and that’s what I love about yall, always down to speak your minds. For those that missed it, go read the post: Do drums sound better in [...]

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Maschine using sounds and instruments from Beat Thang Virtual

This is just a quick video I put together showing how to use sounds from beat thang virtual in Maschine. Of course it will work for other programs too, but Maschine has some features that makes it pretty easy and quick to do. A lot of folks that have BTV are always looking for ways [...]

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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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BeatTips Manual is a beatmaker’s bible

Today I’m doing something a little different in that I am doing a review on a book. Amir SA’ID is now on the 5th edition of this hop hop beat making manual. When it first shipped, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I knew I had heard about it before. Once I got it, [...]

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Native Instruments Urban Arsenal 2 Kore Soundpack review

Today I want to checkout Urban Arsenal 2 from Native Instruments, one of their Kore soundpacks they sent over for review. You may wonder why I chose to go with part 2 first instead of part 1…well I figured part 2 was the newest and probably improved on a lot of things they received feedback [...]

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Vir2 Instruments VI One workstation instrument

Big Fish Friday…on a Saturday? I know it’s late! But it’s still Friday where I’m at while writing this! How long the video will take to upload is a different story! I had some crazy stuff going on today (Friday)…but I couldn’t leave ya hangin! Technical difficulties…but I still got it done…the video took forever [...]

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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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NYC Hood Anthems chopped loop set from Novaloops.com

Aight, got a new company for ya today. Today we are checking out the first pack I’ve used from novaloops.com The co owner Don used to be the ceo/pres at p5audio and also brought out a lot of that library while there. That don’t really matter though, what matters is if these sounds are dope [...]

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