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• Sidechain Native Instrument's Razor
• by G.W. Childs IV
• When it comes to modulating or… shaving (sic) your sounds into the perfect shape, reach for (NI's) Razor. G W Childs explores Razor's unique internal sidechain to create cutting edge sounds.

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• by Mo Volans
• Delving into the Producer Effects in NI's Guitar Rig Pro can be a joy for any serious music producer. Mo Volans breathes new life into sounds using Producer Effects in conjunction with Trakor's 12.

• Tips For Using NI’s Vintage Compressors
• by Mo Volans
• Next time you're looking for a compressor with character to use on your tracks, open up NI's Komplete 8 and check out the 3 vintage compressors. Mo Volans shares tips to get great results from these.

• Working With Battery 3's Multiple Outputs
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• What if you want to process each part of your Battery 3 drum kit separately? Cue: multi-output mode! Mo Volans shows how to set up and process individual sounds from battery in Logic and Cubase.

• Creating And Processing Kits In Battery 3
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• Native Instruments' Battery comes with excellent kits, but you can go one step further and create your own, too. Mo Volans shows you all the steps needed and includes the kit as a FREE download!

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• FM8: FM Synthesis and Sound Design
• Join Synth Expert David Earl (a.k.a. SFLogicNinja) and discover how incredibly powerful and rich FM synthesis can be when using the amazing FM8 synth from Native Instruments...

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• Guitar Rig and The Studio Processors
• Native Instruments' Guitar Rig isn't just for guitars. It's an amazingly versatile plugin "rig" that can be used on just about any track from vocals to mastering. Join Music Software Expert Mo Volans as he shows you the amazing new collection of studio quality Effect Processors that come with Guitar Rig 5 Pro...

• Native Instruments 200
• Battery: The Art of Drum Programming
• Discover Bill Burgess' deep secrets about the dark “art” of programming drums while simultaneously learning how Native Instrument’s classic drum machine Battery 3 works. It's like getting two tutorials for the price of one! Check it out...

• Native Instruments 203
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In part one of this short series we had a look at the concept of control or modifier devices in Guitar Rig 5, and how they can be used to create more interesting and dynamic effects not just for guitars and basses, but for any track. We tried modifying an existing preset but this time we’re going to have a go at building a patch from scratch. It’s really not all that difficult and certainly far easier than using something like Reaktor to build your own effect. 

Step 1 – Load an effect

The modifier devices need something to modify since they do not make sound by themselves, they control the parameters of other effect modules. Load up a loop or a track, create an instance of Guitar Rig and from the Components menu, drag in a delay unit. 

Step 2 – Add a modifier

Now go to the Modifiers category and drag an effect into the rack. Here, we’re going to try the LFO module and when it is in the rack, pick up and drag the assignment to the Dry / Wet knob on the effect. Then, use the Rate control on the LFO module to speed up or slow down the modulation. Move it to around 9 Hz and you get a really interesting tremolo effect, especially on beats. Also try changing the LFO shape. 

Step 3 – Add a second modifier module

Now try dragging an Envelope module into the same rack. Click its Sync button so that it syncs its tempo with the project and this time, drag the assignment from this module to the Time knob on the delay effect. You should hear it introduce a sort of scratch-style effect to the beat, and you can alter the way this works by moving the envelope points around on the Envelope module. Drag them to different positions to see how you can change the way the delay effects is modified. 

Step 4 – try something different

Start a new patch or delete the modules you currently have loaded, making sure to save them first if you want to keep the patch. This time try adding a reverb unit and then a Step Sequencer module. Drag the Step Sequencer’s assign section to the Mix control on the reverb unit. For every lit step, the reverb will switch on and for every unlit step it will go off. Play with the Resolution and ADSR controls on the sequencer to change the effect. 

Step 5 – Get creative

Right-click on the modified parameter (the reverb mix control in this case) and in the contextual menu that appears, go to the Modifiers submenu. Then change the Step Sequencer amount to -100%. You will find that this has the effect of reversing its behavior so that now, the reverb is on every time the steps are unlit (and off whenever it's lit). This is a really interesting effect, as you can hear in this example. It has a sort of chopped up, sequenced effect even though the original drumbeat is still a single unmodified audio file. 

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Hollin Jones

Hollin Jones was classically trained as a piano player but found the lure of blues, jazz and boogie too much to resist. After cutting his teeth producing with Portastudios he graduated to hardware and then computer-based recording, and has remained at the cutting edge of recording technology ever since. Formerly a lecturer in soundtrack composition, videographics and music production, Hollin has been a freelance writer on music technology, multimedia and Mac issues for almost a decade, along the way publishing several books on Reason. As well as consultancy, full-time journalism and the occasional tech support, he still finds time to produce his own music, running a band as well as composing for film and TV. He occasionally plays session keys for people who ask nicely.

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