Native Instruments

Tutorial | Dec 29, 2017 by Hollin Jones

Running Komplete Kontrol in standalone and plugin modes involves different approaches and outcomes. Here's when to use each one, and how they can help you.

Editorial | Nov 30, 2017 by The Editorial Team

With Christmas and the Winter holidays round the corner you might be wondering what gift to get for yourself or those musicians or producers close to you. Here's more ideas than Santa could manage.

Tutorial | Oct 26, 2017 by Hollin Jones

The new colour screens in the Maschine Mk3 hardware combined with the new capacitive touch controls make navigation and browsing simple. Watch Matt Cellitti explain why.

Tutorial | Oct 08, 2017 by Hollin Jones

Komplete Kontrol 2 is a quantum leap forward from the first generation of hardware and software. These three short videos show you exactly how the new system will revolutionise your workflow.

Tutorial | Sep 29, 2017 by Matt Vanacoro

If you only watch one video today (or two) we'd recommend these two showing you how cool Sample Logic's Arpology can be for sound design and patterns you'd normally not dream of making.

Tutorial | Aug 27, 2017 by Hollin Jones

iMaschine is a great iOS app for making beats and patterns on the move but if you want to really expand your project into a fully fledged song, here are some techniques you can use to do it. 

Tutorial | Aug 04, 2017 by Joshua Casper

Save RAM, save CPU and get lightning fast load times in Native Instruments' Kontakt Player for all your sample libraries with these optimization techniques!

Tutorial | Jul 15, 2017 by Sara Simms

Do you love Rane mixers but prefer to DJ with Traktor? Would you like to use Rane's custom Traktor mappings for Rane 62/64 mixers, but aren't quite sure how to start? You're in the right place.

Tutorial | Jul 07, 2017 by Hollin Jones

By playing with the sample start time of a sample, the note repeat and mod wheel controls, it's possible to create some cool stutter-style sample sequences in Maschine. Find out how in this video.

Tutorial | May 15, 2017 by Hollin Jones

Parallel processing is an important technique fore every producer to know about. Here's how you can do it using the Maschine software and hardware.

Tutorial | Mar 31, 2017 by Sara Simms

Traktor's effects can be tailored to suit many kinds of music performance. Here, Sara Simms shares her secrets for great-sounding techno FX with audio examples.

Tutorial | Mar 11, 2017 by Sara Simms

Ableton Live and NI's Traktor are both supreme live performance tools, so what could be better than linking them together? Sara Simms shows you some easy ways to do it.

Tutorial | Dec 31, 2016 by Matt Vanacoro

If you're going for great-sounding realistic horns in your productions, Matt Vanacoro is here to share tips on how to turn humdrum horns into something more inspiring.

Tutorial | Dec 19, 2016 by Hollin Jones

NI's flagship performance apps can now sync seamlessly with loads of other Link-enabled desktop and iOS applications!

Tutorial | Nov 01, 2016 by Matt Vanacoro

If you have a Komplete Control series keyboard controller then you'll appreciate just how powerful it is. And the latest version of Komplete Control software deserves your full attention. Here's why.