POLYPLEX Explained
Native Instrument’s POLYPLEX is your very own experimental drum design tool for creating wild sounds. Let synth tweaker extraordinaire Scottie Dugan show you how to building crazy and unique drum kits!
Videos
• Getting Started (04:13) - Let’s take a tour of Polyplex, how it works within Reaktor, and it’s interface.
• The Kit (06:16) - Polyplex has eight pads to trigger sounds. It also has the ability to randomize almost all of its parameters.
• Playing and Saving Your Kit (06:41) - We can create variations that can be recalled instantly.
• Edit Section (03:01) - Now let’s start tweaking. There are some top level settings that apply to the entire pad.
• Edit Section Continued (07:18) - Now we can look at layer specific settings. With each pad having up to four different layers we can get some great sounds.
• Modulation (05:04) - This is where things get interesting. There are three modulations sources with a good number of destinations.
• Effects (05:00) - Polyplex comes with two insert and two send effect slots. Once you pick an effect we can use MIDI modulation to control the effect.
• Effect Units (06:11) - A rundown of all the effects and their parameters.
• Kits 1 & 2 (09:24) - Let's use pitch automation on the kick and snare to add movement. Then we'll use a filter and MIDI mod to sweep a snare.
• Kits 3 & 4 (00:00) - Finally, we will take a listen to some of the more creative type effects such as LoFi, Pitch Ramp, and the Phaser.