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In this video, I try out two new Launchpads which were released earlier this season: the Launchpad X and the Launchpad Mini MK3.
In this Kontakt tutorial, I show how to make mic level knobs using instrument busses.
Download the samples here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/box-violin-harmonics-kontakt-ableton-sfz-free/ For the last four months, I’ve been living in London — meeting people, recording stuff, writing music. While I was there, I built two violins in the flat where I was living. If you haven’t seen those videos, I highly recommend checking them out (I think they’re a lot of…
In this video, I make a functioning reverb unit out of stuff I bought at the dollar store: party balloons, a plastic container, and some tiny speakers.
In this video, I take some first steps towards coding my own arpeggiator script. I also show off the great arpeggiator script that comes bundled with Kontakt. Along the way, I turn some samples of a toy piano I sampled and turn them into a full-featured Kontakt library. The Toy Piano Kontakt library I made…
I’ve made a choir out of my own voice, and now I’m releasing as a FREE sample (Kontakt & SFZ). Download the sample here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/dave-choir-kontakt/
In this video, I find out what happens when you play a Japanese Nagoya Harp (Taishogoto) with a violin bow! In the process, I demonstrate how to make microphone volume level control knobs. Enjoy! The Plucked Nagoya Harp Library (with 3 mics, vel layers, round robins, etc.) is still available for $10 here. The Bowed…
In this video, I explore various techniques for making samples loop. First, I cover the options available within Kontakt, then I investigate external tools: LoopAuditioneer and WaveLab. At the end of the video, I put theory into practice by recording some musical wine glasses and making them into a Kontakt Library. The Kontakt library I…