Native Instruments today released Urban Arsenal, a collection of production-ready sound material for contemporary hip-hop and similar music styles.
Created in collaboration with established urban music producers and sound designers, the latest entry in the Kore Soundpack range provides an assortment of hip-hop grooves, drum kits and instrument sounds for use in Kore 2 and the [...]

Native Instruments today released FM8 Transient Attacks, a new collection of synthesizer sounds for use in FM8, as well as in Kore 2 and the free Kore Player.
The 200 presets in this Kore Soundpack are tailored for the sound aesthetics of modern electronic music production. 
FM8 Transient Attacks is available for download purchase in the NI [...]

Native Instruments has released Deep Transformations, a Kore Soundpack that turns Kore 2 and the free Kore Player into a creative sound processor for live performance and studio productions.
Utilizing the sound engines integrated in Kore, the new sound pack provides 150 multi-effect combinations that can “color, transform and mangle any audio material in inspiring and [...]

Rekkerd has a nice review of Soniccouture Scriptorium, a collection of KSP Scripts, a sound library and set of tutorial videos for Native Instruments Kontakt 2 and 3.
Initially I thought Scriptorium would re-spark my interest in writing my own KSP scripts, but I realize that Soniccouture has done a far better job than I ever [...]

Electronic Musician has released their latest podcast:
Film-and-TV composer Ramin Djawadi talks about his score for the hit movie Ironman, and comments on examples from it. He also discusses working in Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control complex, the differences between film and TV composing, and more.
What’s New: Len Sasso looks at Rob Papen’s Predator synth, [...]

 

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Native Instruments has released KONTAKT RETRO MACHINES, the latest sound library for KORE 2 and the free KORE PLAYER.
The sounds in KONTAKT RETRO MACHINES originate from eleven analog synths, five vintage digital synthesizers and six classic drum machines, with a dedicated sample set for each of the over 130 included KoreSounds.
KONTAKT RETRO MACHINES makes extensive [...]

Native Instruments has announced an upcoming KORE 2 workshop tour for US and Canada.
On 11 dates in different cities, NI product specialists will demonstrate the unique musical workflow of KORE 2, and how to efficiently integrate its versatile functionality in different studio and stage setups.
Workshop topics include:

Introduction to KORE 2,
efficient usage of the KoreSound database
sound [...]

A step by step tutorial on building a synth in Reaktor.

Native Instruments has released four new Kore Soundpacks:

“MASSIVE Expansion Vol. 1″, which contains 200 production-ready leads, basses and pad sounds based on the powerful MASSIVE wavetable engine;
“Best of ABSYNTH” with 200 outstanding soundscapes, pads and keyboard sounds from the library of Native Instruments’ acclaimed semi-modular synthesizer;
“Pop Drums”, featuring studio-grade acoustic drum kits specifically engineered for [...]

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We had a chance to see Grandmaster Flash do his thing at the Winter NAMM Show. He was demonstrating his science at the Native Instruments booth. We’ll have some video of his performance after it’s [...]

Native Instruments today announced Kore Player, a free software instrument that adds full “ready-to-play” capabilities to the recently established line of Kore Soundpack libraries.
Based on the Kore 2 host system, the Kore Player lets musicians and producers efficiently access and play any Kore Soundpack material in their host sequencer and as a standalone instrument - [...]

Native Instruments has announced new Komplete bundles that combine its software instruments and effects into affordable collections. This includes the fifth revision of the Komplete package, which contains new product versions and is now even more affordable, as well as the new Komplete Synths and Komplete Classics bundles that combine synthesizers and vintage emulations [...]

Native Instruments has announced Guitar Rig 3, an update to its digital guitar studio.
It now offers more amps and effects, new live features, a completely reworked tone library complete with improved preset handling, and a redesigned Rig Kontrol pedal board with optimized control and audio interface functionality. Both a “Kontrol Edition” with foot pedal and [...]

Native Instruments has announced Kontakt 3, the latest version of its popular software sampler. The new version is centered around a next-generation instrument library that, according to NI, “sets new standards both in its musical scope and in its creative value, while also adding a wide range of new functions and refinements in all areas [...]

Native Instruments has released Traktor Scratch 1.1, a free update for its new high-performance digital DJ system. The update includes additional functionality and a wide range of further refinements to various areas of the software, resulting in increased creative potential and optimized handling of the system.
The versatile performance effects section in Traktor Scratch now provides [...]