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Creating Unique Techno Rhythms with West Africa in Kontakt
Techno’s relentless drive can be given a unique twist by integrating the rich sounds of traditional African percussion from Native Instruments' West Africa library in Kontakt. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create techno rhythms using this library and map parameters to a Native Instruments MIDI controller for live…
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[Tips] Quick Hack for Playbox Users
[Tips] When using playbox I like to use the randomize feature a lot. This give you unique variations and possibilities that are endless compared to the stock presets. Once I find a sound I like, I sometimes remove all the effects from the phrase so that I can better work with the base sample. Simple tip but a lot of…
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Komplete/Massive X Tip for Gufeng Music
This is VERY genre-specific, but I discovered Gufeng music a few months ago and I was so fascinated by it I wanted to know how to re-create a specific synth sound I kept hearing in songs like this one: After searching through my sound libraries I found that the Sonar Pling preset in Massive X perfectly matches this synth…
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Greater Realism With Solo Instruments In Band Section Of Factory Library
This is simple but could be a good tip for some… Lets take Tenor Saxophone as an example. What I like to do is switch to the options tab on the bottom left and turn on randomise options, but then only add a little to velocity and volume but leave pitch and pan alone. This can give a more human and realistic sounding…
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Batch Save in Kontakt to decrease loading time
To reduce the amount of time it takes to load some Kontakt libraries, "batch resave" the library. Here is a link to the instructions… https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/210274985-How-to-Batch-re-save-a-Kontakt-Library Keep in mind that if you batch resave in a later version of Kontakt (version 7 for…
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Use Komplete Kontrol S88 MK2 MIDI Port 1 & Port 2 to connect different devices simultaneously
Hi All, Komplete Kontrol S88 MK2 have the presence of both MIDI Port 1 and MIDI Port 2 for triggering midi signals from two softwares at the same time. However I was facing challenges with the below scenario when trying to use my Komplete Kontrol S88 MK2 keyboard to connect to my iPad and my MacBook at the same time.…
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EQ on drums for humanizing
Per the contest, my trick with Battery is to clone a drum, and for each clone, tweak the EQ on each (i.e., the same snare has four copies with different EQs). The EQs are similar to the slight variation you hear if you strike a drum head in a different area. Each of the clones is in the same random trigger rotation group.…
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Organizing Kontakt Instruments
I am reposting this because I was unable to add the appropriate tags on my iPad. Sorry if I'm clogging up the discussions… Like many others, I have used Kontakt since at least version 2 and over the years, my instruments library became unwieldy and difficult to navigate. I found a simple solution recently. I had a spare…
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Customizing keyzone lights on Kontrol S series MK3 Controllers
Have a non Native instruments VI or instrument you are using and want to customize the key zones LEDs to that instrument on your S series MK3? Easy. Just follow these steps. -Open your DAW and load your VI of choice. -Hold shift and click browser on your Kontrol S series MK3 instrument to open the custom midi templates…
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FM8 Sidechain duck effect with FM morphing of any sound.
Hi there! Sometimes I use FM8 for sidechaining effect, with a weird flavor. Process the left and right channels separately. And in general I like fm morphing, I throw it on different things and use it in different ways. For example, I'll push percussion into the mix this way: I like unexpected results, many presets in fm8,…
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Maschine real low Subbasslines [Tips]
If you have a nice Bassline with a frequency above your Kick you can add realy deep Subbasslines with a simple Sinewave and the build in Maschine Basssynth. I use this in my Technoprojects mostly. F.e. you play in the key of E A bassline in the key of E2 would be around 82Hz, most of the time this is also the Frequency…
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Real-Time Setup for Live Concerts: iZotope + Kontakt
I’m using iZotope tools with Kontakt to automatically adjust sound in real-time during a live concert. This way, the Kontakt instrument matches the mix or a reference track without needing a lot of manual work. I can play live while I control the sound. This is when I play live without any sound-technician helping me.…
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Tips and tricks : Nice Bassline
Hello, When I got stuck to writing bassline, sometimes I used the MIDI pattern from Session Bassist instruments and used other sound/instrument with it. Just choose random presets from Session Bassist (in my case Prime Bass), then drag the midi (use the drag icon) from the plugin to your DAW. Drag multiple midi patterns…
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Guitar Rig tip
This is something I've been doing for quite a while, but just in case anybody didn't know - you can load up third-party IRs into Guitar Rig without much hassle. I only have Guitar Rig 6 so maybe things have changed in 7, but since you can't just slap your own third-party IR into Control Room or Control Room Pro, there's a…
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Maschine with external effects on a send
While Maschine offers flexible routing options for sending sounds to external hardware effects, it can be useful to keep all your effects, including external ones, in a single group and access them via aux sends. You can route an effects slot within your effects group to an external effect. However, Maschine won't…