New Massive, cheaper cost of entry, and all today’s NI news, explained

Native Instruments just dumped a whole bunch of product news today – almost too much to follow. Here’s all of it in a nutshell. Spoiler: a new Massive synth is coming, TRAKTOR 3 is here, and it’ll cost less to get into their DJ, Maschine, and keyboard ranges.

Bitwig Studio 2.4: crazy powerful sampler, easier control

The folks at Bitwig have been picking up speed. And version 2.4, beta testing now, brings some promising sampler and controller features.

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2018

This plug-in is a secret weapon for sound design and drums

It’s full of gun sounds. But because of a combination of a unique sample architecture and engine and a whole lot of unique assets, the Weaponiser plug-in becomes a weapon of a different kind. It helps you make drum sounds.

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2018

Maschine with audio arrives; here’s how to get the most of it

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2017

Now reassign those Novation Circuit knobs easily from the browser

Peter Kirn - November 6, 2017

New Elektron Octatrack OS is here, and trig conditions are awesome

Peter Kirn - November 3, 2017

Here’s what that software for the Pioneer samplers looks like

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2017

Ableton and Native Instruments should worry about the DJS-1000

Peter Kirn - October 23, 2017

Pioneer made a CDJ-shaped sampler – what does that mean for DJs?

Peter Kirn - October 23, 2017

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