I’ve been using my Traktor S4 a lot lately. Besides preparing for some upcoming DJ gigs I’ve been learning about the Loop Recorder and Remix Decks. I was surprised how fun these tools are for remixing songs on the fly. You have a lot more control in Ableton but with Traktor you kind of do things live and in real time. Watch the video above for an idea of what I am going on about.
“Watch and learn how to use the Loop Recorder as the main tool to build quick and powerful Remix Deck Sets.” – Mad Zach
For more info: native-instruments.com/en/products/traktor
This entry was written by , posted on April 25, 2013 at 5:25 am, filed under DJ and tagged dj, native instruments, remix, remix decks, remixing, Traktor. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
It really doesn’t matter to me what method you use to play me music when I’m out at a club. All I want is a party with great music. I still press vinyl when I can but I also love all this touch stuff. Traktor DJ from Native Instruments was inevitable and it’s pretty fun to touch waveforms. I think the Freeze mode shows off a cool feature you can’t do with desktop Traktor. Available now for $20.
“TRAKTOR DJ brings the leading pro DJ software to iOS with an intuitive app for instant, high-impact DJ sets. Create mixes in seconds – put your hands directly on beautiful waveforms and manipulate them using gestures you already know. Auto tempo detection makes track syncing effortless while iTunes integration turns your library into a virtual crate to dig through – TRAKTOR PRO’s acclaimed sync engine keeps tracks locked together so mixes hit hard. TRAKTOR DJ also syncs effortlessly toTRAKTOR PRO 2, allowing you to share essential track data – beat grids, BPM counts, and cue points.” – native-instruments.com
For more info: native-instruments.com/en/products/dj/traktor-dj
This entry was written by , posted on February 21, 2013 at 6:01 pm, filed under DJ, iPad and tagged dj, iPad, native instruments, Traktor DJ. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Twisted Tools S-Layer is a sample library paired with a glitch effect plug-in. This only works with the full version of Native Instruments Reaktor. Check out Torley’s video above to get an idea some of the sounds and effects. If you have Reaktor and make any type of electronic music I think you will get use of this. $69 USD.
“S-LAYER is a sample layering sound creation tool that allows you to create, edit and play new sound combinations by taking samples and layering them together using an eight part sampler and an intuitive cell layout.” – twistedtools.com
For more info: twistedtools.com
This entry was written by , posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:07 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged glitch, native instruments, Twisted Tools, Twisted Tools S-Layer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Destroy and twist along with mix. I see nothing wrong with this trend ala Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol F1. I know there will always be vinyl guards but I always say keep to the future. As a musician I welcome tech that lets me vomit audio pixels at crowds. Don’t look back because I won’t be there.
“The F1 blurs the lines between DJing and live performance.” – Native Instruments
For more info: native-instruments.com/traktor/?content=1881&page=2040
This entry was written by , posted on March 14, 2012 at 3:20 pm, filed under DJ and tagged dj, native instruments, Traktor Kontrol F1. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Well Merry Christmas from Native Instruments! Stephan Schmitt the “father” of Reaktor put together SKANNER which combines a sampler and synth. Two oscillators ‘scan’ a sample to sort of scratch it. It’s free and will work with Reaktor or the free Reaktor Player. It comes with samples but you can also load in your own. Thanks NI! Go download.
“SKANNER ingeniously mixes sampler and synthesizer. The two oscillators ‘scan’ a sample; at low frequencies you get the ‘scratch’ sound of the sample being read back and forth, while at higher frequencies the dominant force is the oscillators being shaped by the sample waveform. The resulting sounds are raw, dirty and highly unpredictable – from simple sine waves to walls of noise. Two views offer different levels of interaction: The ‘A’ view features four macro controls that are mapped to multiple parameters – even subtle tweaks can create dramatic changes.” – Native Instruments
For more info: native-instruments.com/powered-by-reaktor/skanner…
This entry was written by , posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:49 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged Christmas, free, native instruments, SKANNER, Stephan Schmitt. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Even if you don’t want to get into creating your own instruments and effects both Reaktor and Max for Live are worth getting for their user libraries of Ensembles and Devices.
“Dubspot Electronic Music Production and Sound Design Instructor Evan Sutton explains how to make basic connections and building a subtractive synthesizer using Native Instruments Reaktor’s Built In Modules in this new tutorial.” –
youtube.com/user/DubSpot
For more info: native-instruments.com/reaktor-55…
This entry was written by , posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:19 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged native instruments, Reaktor. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’m pretty excited about this plug-in. While aimed at Filmakers NI’s new plug-in Damage has my inner Einstürzende Neubauten feeling happy. Beyond the sound set the plug-in has a lot of tricks up it’s sleeve such as an Rhythmic patters, AMP sequencer, filters, compression, saturation, trigger effects (yay), 3 mic mixer, etc… $339 and 30GB of space required will keep the amateurs away which is a plus. Be sure to check out the sound sources gallery on the NI site to see all the places they went to record all the klanging.
“Dark, aggressive, thrilling and threatening — DAMAGE is breathtaking cinematic percussion with a tense, epic edge. DAMAGE gives you 30 GB of drama, fusing industrial sounds and orchestral drums into a devastating electro-acoustic barrage. Percussive Kits provide more than 200 deeply sampled percussion sources, and over 500 single-shot elements, recorded in up to seven velocity layers and with up to nine round-robins per drum. Over 700 beat-sliced loops come as menu-style loop suites or as single loops for detailed tweaking. Even the most complex sounds are instantly usable, and it’s all in hair-raising, big-screen quality.” – Native Instruments
For more info: native-instruments.com/powered-by-kontakt/damage
This entry was written by , posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:30 pm, filed under plug-ins, sounds and tagged Damage, native instruments. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I absolutely love audio mangling software. I cherish plug-ins like Effectrix, The Finger and Stutter Edit. The amount of wiring, tape splicing, copy, cutting, pasting, and effort you would have to go through to get some of the output these plug-ins can produce is massive. While you can go nuclear using these tools with wet at 100% I also love to kill loop monotony in subtle ways with these tools. The video above is a demo of the new kid on the block Linplug’s Relectro. I’m not sure I like the loop used but you can hear this plug-in definitely can produce some interesting stuff.
“If you’re looking for a new kind of beat/sound mangler you really should check out the manual or the description on their site. It sounds completely different than one would imagine. If you like hardcore, noise, glitch, power electronics, idm… this is a neat tool too kick the crap outa your ol’ drum loops!” – salzmanufaktur
For more info: linplug.com/instruments/relectro
This entry was written by , posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:54 am, filed under effects, plug-ins and tagged izotope, Linplug, native instruments, plug-in, Relectro, Stutter Edit, The Finer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
One of the great things about the Traktor S4 system is it’s Loop Decks and multicolored/use wave display. From a producers standpoint who DJs the DJ PowerTools sound packs could be interest. They are basically sounds specifically created for use within Traktor. We are at the point where Traktor can be used as a studio remix tool. In some ways it’s more fun than a carefully planned DAW session.
“DJ PowerTools are the world’s first sound packs designed for controllerists. Using cue points and effects, any DJ can play synth instruments inside DJ software and remix songs on the fly.” – djtechtools.com
For more info: djtechtools.com/store/dj-powertools.html
This entry was written by , posted on September 13, 2011 at 6:48 am, filed under DJ and tagged DJ PowerTools, Ean Golden, native instruments, Traktor, Traktor S4. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Native Instruments have teamed up with Berlin based electronic musicians Errorsmith and created a new software synthesizer called Razor. Besides the wobbling sound you can hear in the video above it has a nifty animated graphic display that lead Chris Randal to post on Twitter, “Man, the UI on NI Razor is really fucking nice. #jealous #gonnastealthatstyle #watchme”. I personally haven’t been touching software synths that much lately but this NI promo is cool enough to make me want to try Razor out. More discussion about Razor: kvraudio
“Razor is a synthesizer i developed in collaboration with Native Instruments. It’s programmed in Reaktor, a modular software synthesizer. You don’t need to own Reaktor in order to use it. Razor can be loaded in the free Reaktor Player software.” – razor.errorsmith.de
For more info: native-instruments.com
This entry was written by , posted on March 23, 2011 at 4:10 am, filed under plug-ins, synthesizer and tagged Errorsmith, native instruments, plug-in, Razor, soft synth, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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