I know what you’re thinking… “another piano?” Piano is one of the most diverse and universal instruments around. No wonder so many companies give their own versions of sampled, modeled, and synthesized pianos. Today we are checking out one from Imperfect Samples based on the Braunschweig Upright piano. let’s check it out So what is [...]

Yall know I’ve been working out different ways to use Maschine to the fullest and still have proper integration with my plugin collection. I’ve finally found it! Using Maschine standalone, and using Ableton Live as a rack…but what I also found out, is that you can sync live to Maschine’s clock! Using midi drag and [...]

It’s friday, it’s Big Fish time! Today I am checking out something a little different. It’s a construction kit type of product, but with a twist….NO DRUMS let’s check it out What is Urban Inspiration? It is a deep collection of urban/hip hop melodies and loops, no beats, no drums, just the sauce. It’s for [...]

It’s Friday…Big Fish Friday. Today I am reviewing another library from Big Fish and eQuipped Music. Yes, eQuipped, the same  ones that made smoker’s delight, smoker’s relight and breakbeat jazz…all high quality libraries. Premier Beats and Hip Hop Instrumentals is another entry into the realm of laid back, turntable, breaks and bits based music. let’s [...]

Whatsup! It’s time for another dose of Big Fish and today we are checking out an instrument from Fixed Noised. This is an electro, urban, experimental, minimal styled instrument… so let’s check it out What is Rhythm Objekt? This is a Kontakt Player instrument that contains 4gb of sounds created for use in electro, urban, [...]

My homie hit me up last night asking how to sequence Reason from Maschine so you can use it as a sound module. It was working, somewhat, but there were issues with the midi triggering everything at once, no matter the channel. I don’t use Reason so I downloaded the demo and played around with [...]

Just exploring Presonus Studio One and figuring out how to use it as a vst rack for Maschine, it works out pretty good and it’s easy to setup the interface in Studio One. You must have Studio One Pro to use vsts but it’s all good. It’s also simple to save a template so you [...]

time for another Big Fish Friday, today I’m checking out a  collection of hip hop/soul guitar samples that they sent over for review. this is one of their download paks, so the price is lower than a full sample cd and there are usually fewer samples What is the Hip Hop and Soul guitar pak? [...]

Another one from sonicspecialists….these guys know how to do drums. After I reviewed their new Urban Electro kit, they sent over the Urban Fire 5, the latest of a long series of genre dominating drum libraries. I’ve been wanting to review this for you for a while, but I’ve just been busy with so many [...]

It’s friday…time for some fish… This week I’m checking out a library Big Fish sent over entitled “Smoker’s Relight Deux” It’s a follow up to “Smoker’s Delight” a library I’ve personally been using and continue to use since it released in 2003 If you like laid back, smoked out, jazzy hip hop…then check this out [...]

Today I’m back with another sound hound for ya! Gotta checkout the sounds! I got something different than the normal you may be used to. My taste in music and musical styles is very diverse, as is the taste and styles of the folks on the site. So today I want to checkout something more [...]

Mo drums man, today I’m checkin out the drums from SoundsInHD.com I found out about them maybe a few weeks ago, and their site impressed me. I listened to the demo kit and liked what I heard so I hit them up to see if I could review their sounds. They have 3 different collections, [...]