Only way to get the samples to stay in there overtime you boot up polyplex is load in your user samples and save polyplex to sounds or a group in maschine, it would be really handy if they allowed you more then one group though,i want to fill the whole thing with my own samples! Great videos man,keep up the work...more machine komplete stuff dude.....good stuff
THANKS A LOT !!! This is a new way of layering drum-sounds - and a really good one! Apart from all the other great features. I did not know that POLYPLEX is such a powerful tool !!!
+Gerhard Binkele Yeah Polyplex is great for custom drum sounds, so much scope for deep editing. Only drawback is the CPU hit, I usually have to render things to audio when working on projects.
Same here. As soon as the plugin loads it uses 25% CPU (tested on multiple systems). Sends my MacBook Pro's fan into overdrive which is annoying. Polyplex is the only track I freeze or bounce in my projects.
Hello... Greetings... I have a doubt :) I use M-Audio Oxygen 61 4th Gen and its got these Drum pads. I'm unable to assign them to the polyplex pads :( Cos the midi notes of my drum pads are in the octave of C2 and polyplex starts from C3 :( Please Help :)
I realize this is an old thread, but if someone can help it would be appreciated. NI has changed the file drop down menu which no longer includes 'Save ensemble as'. Why they would do this baffles my brain. Anyhoo, how is this done now? Thanks in advance.
I am thinking of purchasing battery 4, but now with polyplex out and what you showed I am hesitating, as I can't afford both I wanted to ask you which one would you recommend as a drums choice?
Ilja Daderko I've never used Battery much, so really couldn't comment. Maybe you should try the demo of both to get the feel and experiment - what works better is probably gonna be very personal and dependent on the type of sounds you wanna create: www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/drums/polyplex/demo-version/ www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/drums/battery-4/
Hi guys, is there a way to have severals user bank when uploading the samples? for instance all the kicks in the same "user" than snares in a different one?
+guillaume rousere (Monsieur G) To my knowledge there is only one 'user' category, unless they have updated this feature since. I agree though, it would be very welcome if you could do this.
Polyplex doesn't randomize the first kick of the four for me, and it seems it's not for you either when you press the dice, it just changes the ADSR, volume, and everything else. I feel like it has to do with that purple line, whats the deal?
On the first kick here the sample is locked, if you see to the right there's a tiny purple line. This indicates that the 'Sample' section is locked and therefore won't be included in any randomisations.
i can't drag and drop my sounds from the folder into polyplex it just doesn't allow me to do that. if i try to add them with the add button, it lets me select and load only one sample at a time. it's frustrating with a folder with 100+ sounds in it. any idea why that is?
yes there is another way cause this way works only on mac. inside Reaktor click on the DISKS tab and select your folder with your sounds in it. select them and then you can drag and drop them into the keys mapping window
Question - if I save my project in my DAW and close down Ableton after I'm happy with whatever kit I just tinkered with, then restart (without saving anything in Reaktor), the kit re-sets to the original one on restart - is that meant ot happen? Do I need to save my Reaktor / Poly kit every time I exit my DAW??
Tim Atkins You know what, this has actually happened to me when I've created custom hits, it's reset to one of the presets. I actually forced me to start rendering hits I've made with custom kits in Polyplex. Hopefully this gets sorted soon!
Excellent little tutorial. Thanks for this. I was wondering: Is there a way to sort samples by Sub-Type as well that you know of? How can we tag samples so that they sort this way?
Dave Jolley From the guys at Twisted Tools: User samples don't have subtypes, instead they have a range selector per layer (0-127). The user must then organize their maps in a way that makes sense to them and use the numeric range selectors to zero in on a subtype.
Do you know how the subtypes are set up in Reaktor? I'd like to load a full replacement set of samples which I am currently preparing from field recordings, and it would be helpful to know if I could set up subtypes as in the sample libraries supplied with Polyplex. Thanks for this and many of your previous videos which have helped over the years. I'm going to take that 7 day trial soon to see what you are hiding up your sleeve :)
Sorry, I've never set up my own subtypes. Though I did a bit of diggin and found this post, maybe this helps?: twistedtools.com/forums/topic/polyplex-creating-your-own-ensembles
any advantage compared to Battery? Sorry, all these updates just remind me of newsspeak from 1984! NI product policy seems to be deaf to their own prior innovations!
No being a Cubase user I'm not sure how the automation works? … Maybe this thread helps: www.native-instruments.com/forum/threads/controlling-how-reaktor-vst-automation-parameters-appear-in-your-host.25102/
I never knew how cool polyplex was. The grain delay fx is insane.
Poluplex + I want That Sound = Your music Light years ahead of the others. THANK YOU ADSR NI and TS!!!
Thanks very much - I have a deadline and wanted to use Polyplex on a new song - this has really helped.
G .Tully No worries, thanks for watching!
Only way to get the samples to stay in there overtime you boot up polyplex is load in your user samples and save polyplex to sounds or a group in maschine, it would be really handy if they allowed you more then one group though,i want to fill the whole thing with my own samples! Great videos man,keep up the work...more machine komplete stuff dude.....good stuff
Mario Christopher I see what you mean, Polyplex wont MIDI learn anything lower than C3. Is there no way to move your drum pads up an octave?
THANKS A LOT !!! This is a new way of layering drum-sounds - and a really good one! Apart from all the other great features. I did not know that POLYPLEX is such a powerful tool !!!
+Gerhard Binkele Yeah Polyplex is great for custom drum sounds, so much scope for deep editing. Only drawback is the CPU hit, I usually have to render things to audio when working on projects.
+ADSR Music Production Tutorials O.k., my PC is not the fastest... I will check it out!
Same here. As soon as the plugin loads it uses 25% CPU (tested on multiple systems). Sends my MacBook Pro's fan into overdrive which is annoying. Polyplex is the only track I freeze or bounce in my projects.
This is a very nice and well thought out tutorial. Thank you for this.
Thank you ! Looking forward to seeing more tuts about NI
DJ MOE Then you're in the right place! We have lots of tutorials on NI products, make sure you're subscribe to our UA-cam channel.
Good stuff. I just got Komplete Ultimate a few days back and was wondering how you do this. Also crazy to see how old PolyPlex is.
Hello... Greetings... I have a doubt :) I use M-Audio Oxygen 61 4th Gen and its got these Drum pads. I'm unable to assign them to the polyplex pads :( Cos the midi notes of my drum pads are in the octave of C2 and polyplex starts from C3 :( Please Help :)
great tutorial very clear concise
I am using the seperate Drum ensembles Polyplex - Kick/Snare/Perc etc but I find it troublesome that there is no Hihat ensemble included.
I realize this is an old thread, but if someone can help it would be appreciated. NI has changed the file drop down menu which no longer includes 'Save ensemble as'. Why they would do this baffles my brain. Anyhoo, how is this done now? Thanks in advance.
I cant find were to Save my kit.. I tried to press "Save ensamble" or something similar and it said that reaktor 6 cant save the ensamble..
Well explained, thanks!
I am thinking of purchasing battery 4, but now with polyplex out and what you showed I am hesitating, as I can't afford both I wanted to ask you which one would you recommend as a drums choice?
Ilja Daderko I've never used Battery much, so really couldn't comment. Maybe you should try the demo of both to get the feel and experiment - what works better is probably gonna be very personal and dependent on the type of sounds you wanna create:
www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/drums/polyplex/demo-version/
www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/drums/battery-4/
Hi guys, is there a way to have severals user bank when uploading the samples? for instance all the kicks in the same "user" than snares in a different one?
+guillaume rousere (Monsieur G) To my knowledge there is only one 'user' category, unless they have updated this feature since. I agree though, it would be very welcome if you could do this.
Polyplex doesn't randomize the first kick of the four for me, and it seems it's not for you either when you press the dice, it just changes the ADSR, volume, and everything else. I feel like it has to do with that purple line, whats the deal?
On the first kick here the sample is locked, if you see to the right there's a tiny purple line. This indicates that the 'Sample' section is locked and therefore won't be included in any randomisations.
i can't drag and drop my sounds from the folder into polyplex it just doesn't allow me to do that. if i try to add them with the add button, it lets me select and load only one sample at a time. it's frustrating with a folder with 100+ sounds in it. any idea why that is?
The way I do it in this video is the only way I know how, I'm not sure if there is another way other than drag & drop?
yes there is another way cause this way works only on mac. inside Reaktor click on the DISKS tab and select your folder with your sounds in it. select them and then you can drag and drop them into the keys mapping window
Another great tutorial, cheers.
Question - if I save my project in my DAW and close down Ableton after I'm happy with whatever kit I just tinkered with, then restart (without saving anything in Reaktor), the kit re-sets to the original one on restart - is that meant ot happen? Do I need to save my Reaktor / Poly kit every time I exit my DAW??
Tim Atkins Thats strange, doesn't happen with me. Are you using it in demo mode?
No it's the Player, but I think it's a random bug because it's not happening now. Makes me nervous about my work though!
Tim Atkins You know what, this has actually happened to me when I've created custom hits, it's reset to one of the presets. I actually forced me to start rendering hits I've made with custom kits in Polyplex. Hopefully this gets sorted soon!
It's happened a number of times again with me since as well. Is this something for NI or Twisted Tools do you think? I'll raise it with them
Tim Atkins Give Twisted Tools a shout. I'll forward you message on too.
Excellent little tutorial. Thanks for this. I was wondering: Is there a way to sort samples by Sub-Type as well that you know of? How can we tag samples so that they sort this way?
Dave Jolley Not sure on this one, will have to get back to you.
Dave Jolley From the guys at Twisted Tools:
User samples don't have subtypes, instead they have a range selector per layer (0-127). The user must then organize their maps in a way that makes sense to them and use the numeric range selectors to zero in on a subtype.
Do you know how the subtypes are set up in Reaktor? I'd like to load a full replacement set of samples which I am currently preparing from field recordings, and it would be helpful to know if I could set up subtypes as in the sample libraries supplied with Polyplex.
Thanks for this and many of your previous videos which have helped over the years. I'm going to take that 7 day trial soon to see what you are hiding up your sleeve :)
Sorry, I've never set up my own subtypes. Though I did a bit of diggin and found this post, maybe this helps?:
twistedtools.com/forums/topic/polyplex-creating-your-own-ensembles
ADSR Music Production Tutorials Has anyone had any luck with creating additional subtypes? I tried the link but it doesn't appear to exist anymore.
great ensemble.
Where did you get your sample packs?!
***** All over the place! I get a lot of stuff from the ADSR site, plus love Sample Magic and Waveform samples.
Okay, sooo, this needs to be updated with a drag and drop code. Cauze this is just silly. Lol
Polyplex still feels relevant, could use more updates
Really usefull. Thanks!
I don't think this works on the new version of Polyplex
Thanks for this!
Ross Martyn Thanks for watching
Super useful, tnx!!
any advantage compared to Battery? Sorry, all these updates just remind me of newsspeak from 1984! NI product policy seems to be deaf to their own prior innovations!
*****
Why do you prefer it? I've used Battery for years, but I'm always open to something new, just wondering what it can do that battery can't.
Martin Bayer Its cheaper :D Well and more easy to use on the fly. But battery is more complex in many areas.
Martin Bayer thank you. I'm not the only one thinking the same thing.
Forgot to Say That im not using a midi keyboard at the time
No being a Cubase user I'm not sure how the automation works? … Maybe this thread helps:
www.native-instruments.com/forum/threads/controlling-how-reaktor-vst-automation-parameters-appear-in-your-host.25102/
***** Thanxx for the Quick reply, i'll look into it.Think i'll fint the answer here.Again Thanxx ;-)
Do You Also have tutorials for molekular? ;)
rabuu2 We don't actually. It's one of the few NI products we've not covered so far,
***** Are u maybe planning to in the future? ;) :D
Anyone worked out how to import different subtypes or add subtypes yet?
That's the real trick :)
+Mark Knight Well, the User type is your imported sounds. But I haven't got any closer to properly being able to import types/subtypes.