You have got Damage and Evolve already in K9U. check out these or look for a sample library. taken from analoque circuits, banging some real wood or metal, shattering glas, sounds you could not produce yourself easily. There are some packages that might have sounds, that are special. At the end such a DIY "kit" will be yours and unique. If this is not satisfying enough, sampling real hardware and/or vocals and looping/slizing is dead easy and fun. One strength of Maschine is that all sounds of Komplete are included in a well structured and tabbed library, and, last but not least, the integration of external VST instruments and effects as well.
If this is not a problem - then it's a very efficiant way to produce. But as often, packages are a preselection of sounds, grooves, and ideas, of cause well made, but if used by many people, many will sound quite similar. The audio demos on the NI-web-site are very good suited to decide, which of the packages may fit to a project - if it has to go quick. I don't write Hip-Hop but to me the expansions you mentioned didn't impress me with it's "real" instrument sounds.ĭid you take a listen to the Contant Gardens expansion pack? To me, that pack was better suited for "real" instruments sounds or SOUlful hip-hip. With that in mind Komplete ultimate is going to get you there quicker, if you find the sounds. Now to completely contradict what I just said, you mentioned that you want to write more hip-hop with real instruments sounds. I use their projects to see what onboard fx and eq settings are good for certain purposes since I'm nowhere near a good mixer or master engineer. Also I use the expansion packs to help me mix sounds as well. Most sample loops or projects from other sound packs suck so it's hard to know if you can really benefit from it. You can feel pretty confident that you can do it also because the sample projects are so good. With the expansions you can load them up and say to yourself that you are going to write a track with only this expansion. I don't have Ultimate but I have Komplete 9 and yes it's a lot of instruments but sometimes that's bad for creativity because you are all over the place,( massive, kontakt,session strings, etc. I'm for getting anything that sparks a creative flow. Dre……….and before you guys start to beat me over the head, I understand that hits have been made with less, and that the guys I named use session musicians at times, but most of us can't afford that, or want to do it our selves, which is why we buy things like NI sound libraries and instruments that emulate or were sampled from live gear. Quick, DJ Crazy Toones, RZA, J.U.S.T.I.C.E Leauge, Dr. I like real instruments or instrument sounds, synths, melodies and arrangements, i.e. I'm trying to up the ante, and make music as a Producer, not a one bar beat maker. I say "Real Hip-Hop", not to knock anyones hustle, but the game is watered down, and I hate half the I hear on the radio right now. If yes, why do you feel so and other than the titles listed above, what are the best expansions for Hip-Hop and R&B (Real Hip-Hop). My questions are: In your opinions, are expansion packs worth getting with a library as large as K9U ( on sale two for one all week)? Are there any advantages to buying the expansions vs just using the sounds from Kontakt? I had three e-vouchers so I used them towards "Vintage Heat", "Marble Rims" & "True School". I saved a ton of money and am completely satisfied with both.
I caught the Studio during that sale a while back, as well as Komplete 9 ultimate upgrade during the sale a month or so ago. When I saw Maschine 2.0 and The Studio, I fell in love, and sold my Maschine to a buddy before ever really learning it. I picked up Maschine MK1 from a pawn shop some months back. Here is the story along with my questions:
Hello all, I'm new here, and new to Native Instruments, so forgive me if this has been asked before.