Cookie notice
We use cookies and similar technologies to recognize your preferences, as well as to measure the effectiveness of campaigns and analyze traffic.
Sampling
-
Brush up on your knowledge of the Chinese instruments from our East Asia collection
Dive into the fascinating origins and rich legacies of some of China's finest traditional instruments.
-
Composer Walter Mair makes extraordinary sounds with modular and MASCHINE
Designing unique and unsettling music for Till Death, Crash Bandicoot, and Call of Duty using modular synths, unusual instruments,…
-
Lycoriscoris explains the surprising inspiration behind his ornate electronic productions
Get hands on with sounds from his latest album Chiyu to win vinyl and NI prizes over on metapop.
-
The GLAZE Story: From secret vocal production tool to the latest Play Series offering
How the brainchild of Curtis “Sauce” Wilson and Rochad Holiday laid the foundations for our latest vocal instrument.
-
Watch four pro pianists put PIANO COLORS through its paces in our 24-hour challenge
Plus take a deeper dive into the inner workings of this unique piano library.
-
Learn to live-loop like a pro with MASCHINE+ and Jef Gibbons
YouTube’s favourite pro music producer/photographer/educator shows off his looping skills then explains how it’s done.
-
Making hits with Latin urban production powerhouse Echo
The producer behind some of reggaeton and Latin pop’s biggest anthems talks KONTAKT instruments, mixing techniques, and humanizing your sound.
-
Hip-hop king Khrysis sketches out a hot beat with MASCHINE+
Fresh off working with De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and Evidence, Khrysis gets busy in our latest Sketches video.
-
Strezov Sampling: The Art Of The Choir
Composer, orchestrator, and sample library pioneer George Strezov reveals his favouritetechniques for making your sampled choirs really sing.
-
Batida originator DJ Marfox shows us what the genre is all about in this NI-powered sketch
Hear the Portuguese producer sculpt stock samples and presets into a sonic reflection of Lisbon's streets.
-
Make your passion a profession: Build your own instruments
We speak to four musicians who have successfully turned their hands to building and sharing the tools of their craft.
-
Clips, scenes, and life: hip-hop pioneer Fat Jon on how he uses MASCHINE
Exploring conceptual ideas and workflow tricks with the veteran beatmaker behind Rapture Kontrolle and Samurai Champloo.