I haven't slept in two days... I haven't been this inspired by a VST in since I bought MASCHINE 10 Years Ago. Wait till you realize how easy it is to create your own chords, or drag in your own samples and midi info. It is absolutely outstanding. It is so well curated. I'd love to meet the team behind the design. Some of these samples maybe nothing but more than samples from their enormous library. It goes to show you the possibilities that many of us weren't even aware could be achieved with only stacking these types of textures and sound design. What will set this plugin from everything else in this genre of VST's would be.... EXPANSIONS! Enjoy... I'm going to play with my Playbox.
woah woah woah, maybe you should get some sleep haha! I'm thrilled that you're so excited about Playbox. It makes something complex really simple and fun. Keep playing with it and thanks for watching!
I have to say - I find that your explanations are super helpful - easy to follow. You don;t play around with wasted verbiage - straight to the point! Love your channel!
Thanks for the feedback! It seriously let's me know that I'm doing my job. Each video is designed to be concise, inspiring, and as helpful as possible. Musicians are busy people, so if they want to give me a few minutes of their time, I gotta honor it.
Use #6: Instead of creating layered chords, you can also create layered kicks and snares for a custom drum kit. Playbox already has many drum and 808 samples for this purpose, but I brought my own dubstep growl samples to layer create some interesting and powerful drums.
Playbox in my opinion is one of the most versatile and powerful/important plugins that has been released in the last couple of years. You're talking about a powerful chord tool, sampler, instrument and FX panel basically in one plugin. What I really like though, is that it's like NI has completely unlocked the thing so you can use it to do what it does, or use it to feed into other things (exporting/importing midi, use your own samples etc.) and just hitting the dice button a few times can completely change your inspiration and ideas. I love this plugin.
Yeahhhhhh! That's exactly right. Playbox is such a solid plugin. Like you said, it's a chord tool, sampler, instrument, and FX panel all rolled into one! And I'm happy that you see the power behind the randomization feature. It really does help you find new ideas quick.
The thing about this that I have never seen anywhere else is the ability to use different samples simultaneously for different notes of a chord. I've seen lots of examples of layering samples, but not broken out into the notes of a chord like this. Normally when you play a chord, each note plays the same layered sound. I'll have to see what other people do with it, but it's hard to evaluate because it honestly never even occurred to me to do that.
You brought up one of the more interesting things about this plugin. I think make each chord contain different samples really helps keep things feel alive. I found that when writing my demos, this plugin did a lot of the work, of which I was really grateful for.
I was all pumped with wallet in hand and way past telling Native Instruments to shut up and take my money, only to find out my oldass laptop isn't compatible because Playbox uses Kontakt 6 and Kontakt 6 requires OpenGL 2.1 and that's no bueno for my wackass laptop 😤. I guess a laptop upgrade is in my near future 😂
traditionally (like in classical composing) you would write voicings via separate tracks for each "voice" (say, violin, flute, bassoon,...) forming a chord. this plugin does this for you in a very nice way for contemporary music. i even contemplate buying it for myself, sure is total fun.
It would be even better if they added some usability features, such as: -The ability to copy paste individual samples within playbox. That will save a lot of menu diving. - the ability to lock samples when copying a column to keep those from changing - in the chord editor the possibility to play/change one single note from the keyboard. - in the fx pannel a better way to see what controls what
Hey, thanks for watching! And yeah the UX/UI is excellent. It not only looks interesting and fun, but the workflow it directs you towards totally works. Thanks again for the support
Yeah it's definitely really clean. I was really happy that the look of those covers actually serve a purpose as you're layering a sound. They help you keep track of what kind of sounds you're using. Thanks again for watching!
Playbox is in every Kontakt 14 bundle from Standard on. Note that Kontakt X (Standard) --> Komplete 14 Standard is normally € 199, which is the normal price of Playbox. In other words, if you've got Komplete, why not upgrade to 14 instead?
Props to the host for a great program, I will watch his other videos. Nice work. But I can’t find a single use for this package. I’m aghast at what passes for creativity, and what music has become.
Hey thanks for the support, I love making these videos for other music makers. I had a similar feeling when I first checked out Playbox. It's kind of unusual, so it was hard to see the potential. After really spending some time with it, I started to see the benefits of this plugin, and I eventually became a big fan if you couldn't already tell in my video. Right now it's priced at $149 US which is steep, but you can fortunately pay $9.99 US/month to get access to Playbox plus a ton of other NI plugins. It's sort of like doing trial at a low price. Anyways, hopefully this helps, and I hope you can find those products and artists that help spark that inspiration that so many of us are looking for.
Glad you liked the video! To save your own presets in Komplete Kontrol, there should be a drop down menu on the top, left of center. From there select File--> Save As, and then you can save your preset there In Kontakt, there should be a Save Icon at the top, left of center. After clicking that you can select Save As to make your own preset.
Thanks, I think this was one of my favorite demos so far. Playbox is such a fun plugin to play with. And I've never heard that name for Oversampled, but it's so fitting. Did you hear that his YT channel got hacked? But now he has it back thank God.
Thanks for your video on this. I have Ana2, ROLI studio, and Scaler2. All of these have one button chords as well. Dragging chords in is cool. HouseEngine, Orb Producer, have that too though. What’s unique about playbox is the randomized sound layering. You could technically do that manually without this plugin, but that would get tedious. I’m gonna get the free komplete now trial so I can demo this.. I wish it was a little cheaper.. Updating Komplete 13 to 14 will probably be 300 dollars.. and this instrument might be included so paying for it now and updating later would suck.. if not included, it’ll be a 100 dollars instead of 150 on Black Friday… do I really want it now now? I hate the price tbh 😂
Hey thanks for all the feedback! I think you're right about playbox. The randomized sound layering is unique and done well. I feel like NI created a great workflow to make randomized parameters as controlled as possible. So it becomes like a collab between you and the product. And I know what you mean about the pricing. I love that Native Instruments releases products all the time, but to afford it all, it really does require you to buy the latest version of Komplete for that bundle deal. Black Friday is a great time to buy, however, I think NI does a big sale around summer that's pretty close to the Black Friday deals. I checked out your channel too, and I love the content you make. Super cool stuff!
@@ThisIsOnesto just had a realization Onesto: Waves Cr8 sampler lets you play different one shots as a chord (you just gotta load them up yourself though, you don’t get to randomize). It’s not as cool as playbox.. but I already own it so I’m skipping playbox until it goes 50 percent off. and it means a lot that you enjoyed my channel bro! I’m new to beat making but I’ve been producing my songs in the DJ Khaled sense (I’ve worked with a ton of producers over the years). So now that I’m learning production it’s all making sense.. lots of aha moments!
I agree, I'm so glad you brought up Cube. Playbox has the advantage with the way you can play a chords. But Cube has more versatility and flexibility than Playbox. Either way, both are designed to get you those happy accidents and are really fun to play.
This vid has shown me how much more powerful playbox is than I knew. Gonna take a deeper dive, thanks! Which particular vocal loop pack was used at 7.39 in. Where to get it? Ty
Nice! There's a ton of depth to Playbox, so get ready to dive in deep. I think I grabbed that sample from this sample pack: splice.com/sounds/packs/splice/lyre-pack/samples
Thanks for watching, so happy it could help! Unfortunately I'm not the best person to ask about getting vocals. For some tips on that I'd check out someone like Make Pop Music or In The Mix.
So it's chord playback that plays back an instrument of 4 different sampled voices with effects on them. Surely you can just build that in something like Bitwig or Ableton.
What you described is spot on. Playbox is a chord playback with different samples on each voice. And yeah, you can probably build something similar in Bitwig or Ableton. Although I haven't attempted it, I'm not sure if I can create a device that works as efficiently and easily as Playbox.
From what i remember, playbox doesn't send out MIDI to all the notes being triggered. However I think you can export the chords so you can flip and tweak the chords outside of Playbox
Good question! As far as I know this plugin does not help with composing your own songs. For a composing plugin, I would check out Scaler 2. What Playbox does is help take a chord and assign different sounds to each note in that chord. I would say that Playbox is more about sound designing chords rather than composing a song. Hope this helps!
Awesome video! Is this VST for for hip-hop and trap music as well do you think? It's half price now so in considering it. Also, after exporting MIDI from Playbox, can it be edited, like can you change instruments at that point still if no? Thanks!
Thanks for watching, here's some of my thoughts. Playbox can definitely work with hip-hop and trap, but I think there will be a little learning curve on how you're gonna use it. I find that when I use Playbox, it's a fun experiment, and I find something I really like, but it sort of surprises me how I end up using it. And once you export MIDI from Playbox you can still edit inside of Playbox. You can still switch up the notes and instruments all you want. But just remember that the MIDI clip is exporting the chords that were assigned inside Playbox. That exported MIDI clip is what you would put on other instruments, not putting back into playbox.
@@ThisIsOnesto Thanks for your comments. Can you elaborate on "there will be a learning curve in how you want to use it"? I'm not sure what you mean. So it'd be different in using it for hip-hop and trap etc then other genres? In your opinion, what VST would be great for coming up with chord progressions for hip-hop? Is Scaler good for this? I can play piano a little but something to help with chords and progressions is what I'm after. Thanks!
@@LFiers If you're someone new to chords then I would get Playbox once you're more comfortable with chord progressions. Playbox is such a unique chord playing experience that it wouldn't be a good tool/instrument to learn with. Sure you could drop MIDI chords into it, but I would recommend learning chords outside of Playbox. I haven't tried Scaler myself but it seems like a great tool to help generate chord progressions around specific genres.
@@ThisIsOnesto What would you recommend to level up my chords playing skills? Would something like Melodics be good? Appreciate your in depth responses. Thanks
@@LFiers That's a great question. I honestly think what's been the best and funnest way to get better at chords is playing your favorite songs. What I would often do is use google to find the chords to some of my favorite songs and then just play them. I would do that a lot. And I ended up learning about common chord progressions and how to play in different keys. If a song is in a key that I don't want to learn, I would transpose it myself to a key that I'm more comfortable with. And that exercise alone lets you learn a lot. I tried Melodics before for finger drumming because that's something I'm not very good at, and I think if I had the time to really stick with it, I would have improved. I also tried melodics for keys but since I'm really comfortable with playing, Melodics really wasn't a fit for me.
Good question! The answer is no, you do not need to use a keyboard. You can draw in MIDI notes. A keyboard probably makes it a little easier to use this plugin, but MIDI notes will work just fine.
Thanks for the question. Playbox is kind of a weird plugin. It's not designed to play individual notes. In fact only a few keys are activated to play out the chords. Playbox is best for chord progressions and chord sound design. I think why Playbox exists is to help musicians generate and design these chords really quick and effectively. However it's hard to believe until you try it. You can also play melodies/leads with it, although it will feel limiting. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Actually you can play it as single notes and actually change the instruments,this Vst is overwhelming but once you explore every inch of it you’ll see you can do all kinds of things with it not just limited to the chord mode, you go to chord area and press the audition option and it’s going to switch over to “piano” mode and then go to sample and select the sound you want, it won’t be layered like your chords but you will have access to what you described
But it does tho, in the fx tab go to the Arp (strum,grain,) section. Turn the modulation on the speed OFF. This will stop modulating the speed so it only follows the session tempo now.
You're right in that there are 8 keys to hit. But they're meant to be seen as chords, so there's 8 chords to play per kit. Even then, I would agree that there should be a few more.
Okay.. I swear that there is a different definition of what is music nowadays.. the loop 3:53 to 4:05 sounded like crap. Though Playbox does sounds interesting!! Can't wait to get the updated Kontakt 14! :)
Thanks so much for your honesty and sharing your thoughts. I always get a little queasy when words like "revolutionary" and "game-changer" are used for new plugins that we're all learning about. So I share your sentiments. Revolutionary's a big word. It's leaving a lot of room for disappointment, and I hate being disappointed and disappointing others. Anyways, let me share a little on how this plugin can be useful. It's useful in two main ways. It helps you generate chords for chord progressions. You can either use the chord libraries found in the plugin or you can record your own in there to play around with. The other way this is useful is by helping you layer up your chords with all kinds of sounds. So it's helpful for sound design because it helps generates those chord layers really really fast. But honestly, like with most instruments, there's tons of potential but people gotta learn how to use and master it. Hopefully this helps fill some of those blanks.
@@ThisIsOnesto Oh thank you for sharing, I didn't try it, but I'm not a big chord guy myself, I mostly like riff and monophonic stuff since I'm a bass player for a decade now, I get that chord progressions are important, I just don't feel much excitement from hearing a chord by itself lol Maybe I'll try the demo and see it for myself
![Playbox is THE TRUTH and I made a beat to prove it! [Time Stamps Included]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/T8uIpEF3f78/mqdefault.jpg)
💸Get 25% off Playbox until April 24: bit.ly/playbox-onesto 💰
I haven't slept in two days... I haven't been this inspired by a VST in since I bought MASCHINE 10 Years Ago. Wait till you realize how easy it is to create your own chords, or drag in your own samples and midi info. It is absolutely outstanding. It is so well curated. I'd love to meet the team behind the design. Some of these samples maybe nothing but more than samples from their enormous library. It goes to show you the possibilities that many of us weren't even aware could be achieved with only stacking these types of textures and sound design. What will set this plugin from everything else in this genre of VST's would be.... EXPANSIONS! Enjoy... I'm going to play with my Playbox.
woah woah woah, maybe you should get some sleep haha! I'm thrilled that you're so excited about Playbox. It makes something complex really simple and fun. Keep playing with it and thanks for watching!
Same post from Sanjay C page
So little sleep that you've posted this comment on every Playbox video LOL
@@MrMakemusicmike Yup
Paid shill comment
I have to say - I find that your explanations are super helpful - easy to follow. You don;t play around with wasted verbiage - straight to the point! Love your channel!
Thanks for the feedback! It seriously let's me know that I'm doing my job.
Each video is designed to be concise, inspiring, and as helpful as possible. Musicians are busy people, so if they want to give me a few minutes of their time, I gotta honor it.
Use #6: Instead of creating layered chords, you can also create layered kicks and snares for a custom drum kit. Playbox already has many drum and 808 samples for this purpose, but I brought my own dubstep growl samples to layer create some interesting and powerful drums.
that's definitely a solid way to use playbox. thanks for the tip.
huge gem !
Playbox in my opinion is one of the most versatile and powerful/important plugins that has been released in the last couple of years. You're talking about a powerful chord tool, sampler, instrument and FX panel basically in one plugin. What I really like though, is that it's like NI has completely unlocked the thing so you can use it to do what it does, or use it to feed into other things (exporting/importing midi, use your own samples etc.) and just hitting the dice button a few times can completely change your inspiration and ideas. I love this plugin.
Yeahhhhhh! That's exactly right. Playbox is such a solid plugin. Like you said, it's a chord tool, sampler, instrument, and FX panel all rolled into one!
And I'm happy that you see the power behind the randomization feature. It really does help you find new ideas quick.
The thing about this that I have never seen anywhere else is the ability to use different samples simultaneously for different notes of a chord. I've seen lots of examples of layering samples, but not broken out into the notes of a chord like this. Normally when you play a chord, each note plays the same layered sound. I'll have to see what other people do with it, but it's hard to evaluate because it honestly never even occurred to me to do that.
You brought up one of the more interesting things about this plugin. I think make each chord contain different samples really helps keep things feel alive. I found that when writing my demos, this plugin did a lot of the work, of which I was really grateful for.
I was all pumped with wallet in hand and way past telling Native Instruments to shut up and take my money, only to find out my oldass laptop isn't compatible because Playbox uses Kontakt 6 and Kontakt 6 requires OpenGL 2.1 and that's no bueno for my wackass laptop 😤. I guess a laptop upgrade is in my near future 😂
@@AChi__ Ohhhh dang, what a bust. Well, with all the great Kontakt Libraries coming out, definitely try to find ways to upgrade that laptop.
@@ThisIsOnesto Yup lol
traditionally (like in classical composing) you would write voicings via separate tracks for each "voice" (say, violin, flute, bassoon,...) forming a chord.
this plugin does this for you in a very nice way for contemporary music.
i even contemplate buying it for myself, sure is total fun.
It would be even better if they added some usability features, such as:
-The ability to copy paste individual samples within playbox. That will save a lot of menu diving.
- the ability to lock samples when copying a column to keep those from changing
- in the chord editor the possibility to play/change one single note from the keyboard.
- in the fx pannel a better way to see what controls what
@NativeInstruments 👆 so many good suggestions here
Layering samples to make chords is unique. I also like the overall UX/UI of Playbox, looks fun!
Hey, thanks for watching! And yeah the UX/UI is excellent. It not only looks interesting and fun, but the workflow it directs you towards totally works. Thanks again for the support
The Ui looks so clean
Yeah it's definitely really clean. I was really happy that the look of those covers actually serve a purpose as you're layering a sound. They help you keep track of what kind of sounds you're using.
Thanks again for watching!
Playbox is in every Kontakt 14 bundle from Standard on.
Note that Kontakt X (Standard) --> Komplete 14 Standard is normally € 199, which is the normal price of Playbox.
In other words, if you've got Komplete, why not upgrade to 14 instead?
Props to the host for a great program, I will watch his other videos. Nice work. But I can’t find a single use for this package. I’m aghast at what passes for creativity, and what music has become.
Hey thanks for the support, I love making these videos for other music makers.
I had a similar feeling when I first checked out Playbox. It's kind of unusual, so it was hard to see the potential. After really spending some time with it, I started to see the benefits of this plugin, and I eventually became a big fan if you couldn't already tell in my video.
Right now it's priced at $149 US which is steep, but you can fortunately pay $9.99 US/month to get access to Playbox plus a ton of other NI plugins. It's sort of like doing trial at a low price.
Anyways, hopefully this helps, and I hope you can find those products and artists that help spark that inspiration that so many of us are looking for.
Great, Thank you. Just purchased K 14.
Awesome! You're gonna love a lot of the products in there!
Dude, this was so fun to watch. Thank you so much 🫡🤜🏽🤛🏽
You got it, thanks for watching!
Great video can you please make one how to save your own presets thank you
Glad you liked the video! To save your own presets in Komplete Kontrol, there should be a drop down menu on the top, left of center. From there select File--> Save As, and then you can save your preset there
In Kontakt, there should be a Save Icon at the top, left of center. After clicking that you can select Save As to make your own preset.
Very nice demo and great to see you using Oversampled's Galaxy pack! The Polish "son of Skrillex" is awesome! :D
Thanks, I think this was one of my favorite demos so far. Playbox is such a fun plugin to play with. And I've never heard that name for Oversampled, but it's so fitting. Did you hear that his YT channel got hacked? But now he has it back thank God.
@@ThisIsOnesto On no I didn't know he got hacked. And yep he's called himself "son of Skrillex" in a couple of his future bass tutorials :D
Thanks for your video on this.
I have Ana2, ROLI studio, and Scaler2. All of these have one button chords as well.
Dragging chords in is cool. HouseEngine, Orb Producer, have that too though.
What’s unique about playbox is the randomized sound layering. You could technically do that manually without this plugin, but that would get tedious.
I’m gonna get the free komplete now trial so I can demo this.. I wish it was a little cheaper.. Updating Komplete 13 to 14 will probably be 300 dollars.. and this instrument might be included so paying for it now and updating later would suck.. if not included, it’ll be a 100 dollars instead of 150 on Black Friday… do I really want it now now? I hate the price tbh 😂
Hey thanks for all the feedback! I think you're right about playbox. The randomized sound layering is unique and done well. I feel like NI created a great workflow to make randomized parameters as controlled as possible. So it becomes like a collab between you and the product.
And I know what you mean about the pricing. I love that Native Instruments releases products all the time, but to afford it all, it really does require you to buy the latest version of Komplete for that bundle deal. Black Friday is a great time to buy, however, I think NI does a big sale around summer that's pretty close to the Black Friday deals.
I checked out your channel too, and I love the content you make. Super cool stuff!
@@ThisIsOnesto just had a realization Onesto:
Waves Cr8 sampler lets you play different one shots as a chord (you just gotta load them up yourself though, you don’t get to randomize).
It’s not as cool as playbox.. but I already own it so I’m skipping playbox until it goes 50 percent off.
and it means a lot that you enjoyed my channel bro! I’m new to beat making but I’ve been producing my songs in the DJ Khaled sense (I’ve worked with a ton of producers over the years). So now that I’m learning production it’s all making sense.. lots of aha moments!
Excellent video, very helpful! Thanks a lot!!!
You got it! This was a fun one to make, it's great you enjoyed it.
thanks, finally bought it!
Nice! Get ready for a rabbit hole of chords/sounds! Playbox is so so so cool, hope you have fun with it!
Very good explanation
Thanks for watching! Happy that the video could help.
I got this as a birthday gift
Sweet, what a great birthday gift!
i think this and cube by lunacy are tied hard to pick.
I agree, I'm so glad you brought up Cube. Playbox has the advantage with the way you can play a chords. But Cube has more versatility and flexibility than Playbox. Either way, both are designed to get you those happy accidents and are really fun to play.
This vid has shown me how much more powerful playbox is than I knew. Gonna take a deeper dive, thanks!
Which particular vocal loop pack was used at 7.39 in. Where to get it? Ty
Nice! There's a ton of depth to Playbox, so get ready to dive in deep.
I think I grabbed that sample from this sample pack: splice.com/sounds/packs/splice/lyre-pack/samples
Nice video man, thanks for explaining. Do you have any tips for getting decent vocals?
Thanks for watching, so happy it could help! Unfortunately I'm not the best person to ask about getting vocals. For some tips on that I'd check out someone like Make Pop Music or In The Mix.
I'm also not a fan of the "all random" button, but when it works you basically make a song or drum pattern out of thin air.
So it's chord playback that plays back an instrument of 4 different sampled voices with effects on them. Surely you can just build that in something like Bitwig or Ableton.
What you described is spot on. Playbox is a chord playback with different samples on each voice. And yeah, you can probably build something similar in Bitwig or Ableton. Although I haven't attempted it, I'm not sure if I can create a device that works as efficiently and easily as Playbox.
Is the drum loop on 1:59 part of playbox ?
Does Playbox send its MIDI out -- e.g. all the notes of the chord being triggered?? Would be nice to then send those notes to an arppegiator.
From what i remember, playbox doesn't send out MIDI to all the notes being triggered.
However I think you can export the chords so you can flip and tweak the chords outside of Playbox
Does this plugin help us compose our own song?
Good question! As far as I know this plugin does not help with composing your own songs. For a composing plugin, I would check out Scaler 2.
What Playbox does is help take a chord and assign different sounds to each note in that chord. I would say that Playbox is more about sound designing chords rather than composing a song.
Hope this helps!
Awesome video! Is this VST for for hip-hop and trap music as well do you think? It's half price now so in considering it. Also, after exporting MIDI from Playbox, can it be edited, like can you change instruments at that point still if no? Thanks!
Thanks for watching, here's some of my thoughts.
Playbox can definitely work with hip-hop and trap, but I think there will be a little learning curve on how you're gonna use it.
I find that when I use Playbox, it's a fun experiment, and I find something I really like, but it sort of surprises me how I end up using it.
And once you export MIDI from Playbox you can still edit inside of Playbox. You can still switch up the notes and instruments all you want. But just remember that the MIDI clip is exporting the chords that were assigned inside Playbox. That exported MIDI clip is what you would put on other instruments, not putting back into playbox.
@@ThisIsOnesto Thanks for your comments. Can you elaborate on "there will be a learning curve in how you want to use it"? I'm not sure what you mean. So it'd be different in using it for hip-hop and trap etc then other genres?
In your opinion, what VST would be great for coming up with chord progressions for hip-hop? Is Scaler good for this? I can play piano a little but something to help with chords and progressions is what I'm after. Thanks!
@@LFiers If you're someone new to chords then I would get Playbox once you're more comfortable with chord progressions. Playbox is such a unique chord playing experience that it wouldn't be a good tool/instrument to learn with.
Sure you could drop MIDI chords into it, but I would recommend learning chords outside of Playbox.
I haven't tried Scaler myself but it seems like a great tool to help generate chord progressions around specific genres.
@@ThisIsOnesto What would you recommend to level up my chords playing skills? Would something like Melodics be good? Appreciate your in depth responses. Thanks
@@LFiers That's a great question. I honestly think what's been the best and funnest way to get better at chords is playing your favorite songs.
What I would often do is use google to find the chords to some of my favorite songs and then just play them. I would do that a lot. And I ended up learning about common chord progressions and how to play in different keys. If a song is in a key that I don't want to learn, I would transpose it myself to a key that I'm more comfortable with. And that exercise alone lets you learn a lot.
I tried Melodics before for finger drumming because that's something I'm not very good at, and I think if I had the time to really stick with it, I would have improved. I also tried melodics for keys but since I'm really comfortable with playing, Melodics really wasn't a fit for me.
Will I have to use a keyboard to use this plugin?
Good question! The answer is no, you do not need to use a keyboard. You can draw in MIDI notes. A keyboard probably makes it a little easier to use this plugin, but MIDI notes will work just fine.
I know it’s chore generated. But can you play out individual notes ?
Thanks for the question. Playbox is kind of a weird plugin. It's not designed to play individual notes. In fact only a few keys are activated to play out the chords.
Playbox is best for chord progressions and chord sound design. I think why Playbox exists is to help musicians generate and design these chords really quick and effectively. However it's hard to believe until you try it.
You can also play melodies/leads with it, although it will feel limiting.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
that's what I was wondering wacthing all these reviews and demos because I don't want it if i cant' do that
Actually you can play it as single notes and actually change the instruments,this Vst is overwhelming but once you explore every inch of it you’ll see you can do all kinds of things with it not just limited to the chord mode, you go to chord area and press the audition option and it’s going to switch over to “piano” mode and then go to sample and select the sound you want, it won’t be layered like your chords but you will have access to what you described
The thing I don’t like about this plugin, is that it doesn’t sync up with your tempo.
But it does tho, in the fx tab go to the Arp (strum,grain,) section. Turn the modulation on the speed OFF. This will stop modulating the speed so it only follows the session tempo now.
@@ufallo sweet dude. Did not know that, thank you.
reason i didnt get is bc it only has 8 keys to hit
You're right in that there are 8 keys to hit. But they're meant to be seen as chords, so there's 8 chords to play per kit. Even then, I would agree that there should be a few more.
Okay.. I swear that there is a different definition of what is music nowadays.. the loop 3:53 to 4:05 sounded like crap. Though Playbox does sounds interesting!! Can't wait to get the updated Kontakt 14! :)
quite possibly the most overhyped vst plugin of all time
UI looks cool but I don't get how this is useful whatsoever, let alone "revolutionary" how some people are saying
Thanks so much for your honesty and sharing your thoughts. I always get a little queasy when words like "revolutionary" and "game-changer" are used for new plugins that we're all learning about. So I share your sentiments.
Revolutionary's a big word. It's leaving a lot of room for disappointment, and I hate being disappointed and disappointing others.
Anyways, let me share a little on how this plugin can be useful. It's useful in two main ways. It helps you generate chords for chord progressions. You can either use the chord libraries found in the plugin or you can record your own in there to play around with.
The other way this is useful is by helping you layer up your chords with all kinds of sounds. So it's helpful for sound design because it helps generates those chord layers really really fast.
But honestly, like with most instruments, there's tons of potential but people gotta learn how to use and master it. Hopefully this helps fill some of those blanks.
@@ThisIsOnesto Oh thank you for sharing, I didn't try it, but I'm not a big chord guy myself, I mostly like riff and monophonic stuff since I'm a bass player for a decade now, I get that chord progressions are important, I just don't feel much excitement from hearing a chord by itself lol
Maybe I'll try the demo and see it for myself