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david.swork · Post by **david.swork** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:59 pm

"the definitive idm, industrial and electronica software workstation."

Just wanted to let you know OTTO, the massive sound library, designed by Otto Von Schirach, is going to be featured at Native Instrument's Los Angeles Musikmesse party, this tuesday March 28th at the Blu Monkey on Hollywood and Western.
5521 Hollywood Blvd

Get there at 8 pm for a brief demo of the software and 10 pm for Otto Von Schirach's set which will include lots of sounds from the library.

OTTO is the ultimate tool for discriminating producers and composers. Designed by Otto Von Schirach, the library offers over 4 GB of instruments that includes construction, loops, sequences, surround and much more. Part of the beauty of OTTO is that every sound represented in a loop or sequence instrument, is also found individually as a hit, thus the user has maximum creative flexibility. The loops and sequences range from simple to busy, catering both to music makers who require maximum efficiency, as well as to composers who want to create their own loops and sequences from the ground up.

A special version of Native Instruments' Kontakt 2 is included with OTTO, providing over 600 instruments mapped out in the Kontakt 2 player.

Instrument categories:

Construction: Individual hit instruments.

Sequence: See how Otto uses the script editor in Kontakt 2 to create sequences with a very "drum machine" feel. (User can alter these sequences.)

Kontakt 2 loops: Instruments that are made up of many bounced sequences, so you can go between drum machine-like loops quickly without loading up several different instruments.

Platinum loops: These instruments are made up of loops that have been created in an outside sequencer and span many different electro styles.

Performance: "Play" these instruments live! Loops are mapped on the left, with construction hits on the right. Quantize option included!

Random and Experimental: Geek out with these instruments.

Melodic: These instruments can be played like a keyboard, as all the sounds are mapped chromatically.

Cinematic and Sound Effects: Ambient and spectral instruments. Get your spooky on!

Surround: Instruments created in a 5.1 format.

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:41 pm

ugo · Post by **ugo** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:44 pm

splattabreakz wrote:since when did samples get called instruments?

when romplers were invented?
this comes with its own player, so its no different than a korg in that respect.

-ugo

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:47 pm

david.swork · Post by **david.swork** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:23 am

ya... it comes with the kontakt 2 player. one of the first librarys to use it!

MotorMind · Post by **MotorMind** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:20 am

david.swork wrote:"the definitive idm, industrial and electronica software workstation."

Just wanted to let you know OTTO, the massive sound library, designed by Otto Von Schirach, is going to be featured at Native Instrument's Los Angeles Musikmesse party, this tuesday March 28th at the Blu Monkey on Hollywood and Western.
5521 Hollywood Blvd

The biggest challenge in IDM and related genres is making your own sounds by whatever means possible. What is the fun of having them spoon-fed with a sample library?

david.swork · Post by **david.swork** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:33 am

MotorMind wrote:
david.swork wrote:"the definitive idm, industrial and electronica software workstation."

Just wanted to let you know OTTO, the massive sound library, designed by Otto Von Schirach, is going to be featured at Native Instrument's Los Angeles Musikmesse party, this tuesday March 28th at the Blu Monkey on Hollywood and Western.
5521 Hollywood Blvd
The biggest challenge in IDM and related genres is making your own sounds by whatever means possible. What is the fun of having them spoon-fed with a sample library?

ohhh, please like you're a sample virgin?!?!

MotorMind · Post by **MotorMind** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:14 pm

david.swork wrote:
MotorMind wrote:
david.swork wrote:"the definitive idm, industrial and electronica software workstation."

Just wanted to let you know OTTO, the massive sound library, designed by Otto Von Schirach, is going to be featured at Native Instrument's Los Angeles Musikmesse party, this tuesday March 28th at the Blu Monkey on Hollywood and Western.
5521 Hollywood Blvd
The biggest challenge in IDM and related genres is making your own sounds by whatever means possible. What is the fun of having them spoon-fed with a sample library?
ohhh, please like you're a sample virgin?!?!

Well, with "making your own sounds" I also mean "treating your own samples" instead of having someone else deliver you prefab sounds. It's fun to twist a drum-loop or a field recording beyond recognition

diverdee · Post by **diverdee** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:30 pm

MotorMind's got a point.
Personally sample libraries for me equate to multisamples of realistic instruments (the acoustic stuff etc.), single drum hits & fairly dry loops one can fewk up.
Having it all pre-fewked, not as much fun - although probably useful for quick inspiration & as initial filler whilst one is looking for the right sounds/feeling a likkle lazzeeee.

soniccouture · Post by **soniccouture** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:30 pm

Some people like to make their own sounds, others like the fast workflow made posible by having a good soundset at your finger tips.

In my opinion, a great musician could take the dullest, hackneyed loops and presets and make something fantastic from them, simply by the way they combine musically.

The idea of calling samples heavily programmed in apps like Kontakt 2 "instruments" is perfectly reasonable - speaking for our own libraries at least, we are basically creating S+S synths. And you don't hear people calling motif or triton ' just a bunch of samples', now do you?

to claim that samplers do not have the power to create instruments simply shows a lack of understanding of sampling - unfortunately, the vast majority of sample librarys are simply bits of audio triggered by the keyboard, and this does not help matters.

StrangeCat · Post by **StrangeCat** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:36 pm

I think most people are either to lazy or have just forgotten about all there is to sampling and sound manipulation.
A nice Review is the 7 page tutorial and write up by Sound on Sound, it's great acticle spanning everything (The Lost Art of Sampling). There are so many dang vst's coming out all the time that I think a lot of people just use the presests heh.

Really insterested to See what Scripts they include (if new ones) in this new Otto instrument.

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:35 pm

StrangeCat wrote:I think most people are either to lazy or have just forgotten about all there is to sampling and sound manipulation.

Yep!

StrangeCat wrote:A nice Review is the 7 page tutorial and write up by Sound on Sound, it's great acticle spanning everything (The Lost Art of Sampling).

I can wholeheartedly recommend that series of articles as essential reading

Steve

david.swork · Post by **david.swork** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:01 pm

there are MANY new scripts in OTTO... tech. not allowed to talk about until after tonight... jo will get mad :]

StrangeCat · Post by **StrangeCat** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:06 pm

ha! wait till after the party then you can release some juicy info^_-
Scripts are cool!!!

david.swork · Post by **david.swork** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:59 am

they ended up not really focusing on the new scripts, but rather the sounds. It was raining, and they felt like people weren't in the mood to super geek it....

but i can tell you, as far as cool surround {random} scripts go, new sequence scripts, and the use of visual scripts to indivualize the instruments is awesome. there is a lot more, but to be honest i'm not the geek of the office.

dave

sneak peak at OTTO before it comes out!!! NI party!!!!!!!