Name: Radical Drum Design
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Polyplex 101

Radical Drum Design

Genre: Audio

22 Videos
1h 29m
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Native Instruments' Polyplex, with its Twisted Tool's design, is an unpredictable beat maker that delivers inspirational, unexpected results. Learn how to harness its random, rhythmic energy in this very non-random course!

Matt Vanacoro

Matt Vanacoro is an A-List New York City based performer, composer and educator with deep experience in all aspects of production, synthesis, electronic keyboards and music technology...

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Overview

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Poly = many
Plex = to strike or beat

Polyplex! You get the point! There are so "many" ways to generate "beats" with this new Twisted Tools/Native Instruments collaboration that we called upon master trainer Matt Vanacoro to decipher this radical, Reaktor-base beat machine... and that's exactly what he does!

The trick to dealing with randomness is to learn how to control it. Complete randomness is chaos. Controlled randomness can be artistic and exciting. And that's exactly what Matt Vanacoro shows you in this course. He shows you how to harness Polyplex's unpredictable beats and samples, using the built-in controls, to create the perfect (and sometimes surprising) drum tracks for your music. It's almost like you're collaborating with Polyplex rather than telling it exactly what you want it to do!

So join Matt as he explores and demystifies every parameter of Polyplex from its cool interface to its deepest functionality in this 20+ tutorial course. Then, as an added bonus, be sure to download the informative sample-filled Resource Files he provides to get you up and running fast.

Learn Polyplex now with Matt Vanacoro!

Outline

Section 1: Section 1: Introduction

Section 2: Section 2: Using Polyplex

Section 3: Section 3: Customizing Polyplex

Section 4: Section 4: Making It Your Own

Section 5: Section 5: Advanced Customization

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Reviews

Neil Gilmartin wrote on April 4, 2023

Great overview of this fun instrument. Polyplex gives great sounds for minimal input. While I'm happy to have learned drum synthesis the hard way, I don't actually find myself wanting to spend hours just to create my own drum sounds. Polyplex is a fantastic way of creating new drum sounds with just the click of a randomization button - and they sound great. Excellent overview of the plug-ins various parameters provided by Matt. As always, a fun course.
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Anthony wrote on August 10, 2015

Another fantastic course from Matt. I'd initially looked at Polyplex as a kinda complex monster, but after going through this course, I almost feel ashamed that I did. Matt's done such a great job that Polyplex doesn't seem so much like a monster - although it does have crazy beastly vibes.
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Dave wrote on June 9, 2015

I'm a visual learner, so these video courses are really helpful in explaining how something works. For this particular course, Polyplex has a lot of customization, this course covers all of the aspects of this instrument in detail.
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Sebastian NÃ¤ssÃ©n wrote on March 8, 2015

A nice way to quickly get to grips with the details of this awesome Reaktor Ensemble. Matt is really good at explaining its functions in an understandable way. I want to see more of the Komplete instruments done with this quality.
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Paul wrote on February 17, 2015

Great tutorial on Native Instruments Polyplex by Matt Vanacoro. This Reaktor ensemble can really mangle your drums - check it out!
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District Sound Lab wrote on December 15, 2014

I really loved this course. Polyplex was one of my favorite additions to Komplete 10 Ultimate, because in a world of 100 versions of the same old instrument, this plugin actually brought something new to the table. By being able to stack sounds and randomize multiple parameters, and modulate them super easily and flexibly, you can create some really cool sounds and beats and patterns. And its not just for beats... There is so much you can do with this truly insane instrument. After watching this course and experimenting with the plugin, i now know it inside out, which is just awesome. I look forward to using it a bunch! Thank you for another amazing course!
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