PLAYBOX Walkthrough | Native Instruments

[@NativeInstruments]

Dive into PLAYBOX with producer and composer Robot Koch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3_ZZnePiL6br6s

[@enso_one543]

Hi Native Team, quick question, is it possible to deactivate the chord module and just use Playbox as a library instead (still randomizing sounds and fx)? The chords feature looks awesome for inspiration but having the possibility to just feed it midi or play it like a regular library (without having to "store" the chords in the chord section and playing them with one finger) would be awesome especially for composers given the sonic capabilities of this instrument!

[@richardvanberkel5]

Love music ❤🎉

[@phelper4554]

The sample import feature is something that I was not expecting this makes it so much more powerful 🙏

[@frattuncbas]

Scaler 2 does it.

[@phelper4554]

@@frattuncbasok

[@Drfresh1402]

The thing is Scaler doesn’t do what this does.

[@TheOnjLouis]

Even just hearing some of these examples is slowly thawing my horrible writer’s block I’ve had for months now. I needed this. Clearly gonna have to pick this library up.

[@NativeInstruments]

Andre, we certainly hope you'll enjoy this one. Let us know what you think 😉

[@Reeceline]

Native Instruments are always great for inspiring creativity but you should also consider: *Doing a collab with someone. *Trying a genre outside your comfort zone. *Try creating a track with limited samples and resources (you'll be surprised at what you can do). *Try writing a piece of music to a film scene (remove the original audio before hearing it) then compare results when youve finished it. These are just a few ideas but there are countless other ways. Good luck and hope you get your mojo back soon.

[@TheOnjLouis]

@@Reeceline Respect. Totally appreciate your thoughts here. It comes and goes, you know? Occasionally I sit down and might find a few chords, other times, it’s like pulling teeth. I have a ton of libraries and sometimes, no idea what to do with them. I think this library might just do the trick though. It’s certainly unique.

[@brettlafleur27]

I started 2 songs in one night lol. It’s so creative

[@gcmaudio]

This instrument has been sat around in my toolbox for a long time, but I recently got really interested in Sound Design after using the Slate + Ash plugins. This video randomly appeared in my KZbin feed and I decided I must dust off this plugin and give it a go. I'm blown away by it. The ability to drop your own chords and samples into it, is a fantastic feature, although you can get lost for hours just cycling through random presets. This is going to be an essential tool for me going forward.

[@temptone]

Pretty much the most interesting VST instrument I've bought in a long time. This thing is so creative, and it's great fun to just play around with it and create new sounds and chord progressions

[@J2now]

This is SOOOO good! What I'm loving the most is the ability to play my own chords and then mix and match multiple layered samples 🤯

[@aaronbaldwin4900]

This is honestly dope. Ive had it for about a year and never really messed with it. Was in a creative rut and started poking around. It is ridiculously creative

[@JHobartMusic72]

It’s crazy, as a composer, I would first look at this as something that I would consider to be a “bullshit gimmick”.. but NOW after looking at it, seeing what it actually does and how amazing it sounds.. THIS IS A MUST BUY FOR composers and music producers because it truly opens your mind up to new possibilities using your normal creative process and putting it through Playbox. I am GETTING IT NOW! Awesome. Thank you.

[@kevingrady8079]

Hi John, with today's technology in music, there really is no bullsh_t gimmick. It's all how you, the composer, writer, musician use them. Some will hate it, some will love it. i find that within my sound library acquired during 50 years of a music career, some things I hated 20 years ago, are perfect for a track I'm working on today. The best advice I can give anyone is do what you feel, do what you like, don't worry about others' opinions. There's an audience for all kinds of music. Write on good people!

[@peterr6205]

Yes John, your pretentiousness certainly is crazy. Glad you got over it.

[@Creative_Spasciz]

This is my new go to synth!!! OMG!!! Thank you Native Instruments!!!

[@KisnouMusic]

This is the perfect place for people with ADHD like me, I love it 💆‍♂

[@inanedreamz673]

the coolest vst instrument in a long time. Truly impressive

[@drewsneed17]

This is amazing , I can imagine all the possibilities with this- thank you for the demo Nadine!

[@Mu1974]

Nadine! It's been ages😂...but seriously, great to know great talent is still at NI.

[@thiagomagalhaes1698]

hands down, best plug-in ever

[@timba2647]

Wow THIS IS AMAZING. As a Graphic Artist Musician and Programmer This is my type of Plugin!! More Please!

[@danyocean1190]

watch that video 10 times already and its gold!!!

[@ayyleeway]

SIMPLY AMAZING, BUT YET SO COMPLEX, I'm in love

[@Gwildcore]

I bought this a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. Halpful vid 😁

[@bremflux6464]

6 months in and this has become my go to track starter! #1 It needs it's own controller. #2 An FX bus maybe below Pan and Volume so we can cut reverb and delay for specific instruments. I filter frequencies at this point, but adding that would make this more incredible than it already is... Bravo NI!

[@wadewilliams1892]

Ultra creative - you know it’s good when the voice in head says,, so that means I can do that with it” multiple times 💥💥💥

[@NativeInstruments]

Creativity speaking!

[@KenneYee]

its so good, yall should definitely release additional sample packs for this one!

[@supernatural802]

Job well done! NI you have knocked it out of the park with this one!

[@KisnouMusic]

You guys have outdone yourselves with this. I would like to have a similar library but for drums.. I wonder if that's possible

[@NativeInstruments]

You can still import drum samples and see what happens 👀

[@california_dreamier]

@@NativeInstruments when are you guys going to fix the issue in the Kontakt player with the low resolution, i bought komplete ultimate 11 and a maschine from you guys a few years ago, but i have refused to upgrade because ultimate 11 became unusable when i bought a 4k projector. other companies have made their existing vst libraries scalable but you all have not fixed this one issue yet. you guys are missing out on money because other customers like myself who have spent a 1000 or more on software dont want to upgrade when kontakt cant scale properly. If you fix the scaling issues i will then upgrade but until then i dont care how good these products look, if i cant scale properly im not buying. Please pass this message on to support team because i have seen thousands of others on reedit and other youtube videos also complaining about the fact your vst doesnt scale properly on 4k screens and windows 11 and 10.

[@IMPROVtheSuperVILLAIN]

Facts! Best finishing touch layers for me with any project!

[@Notecrusher]

@@california_dreamier NI would rather make new toys like Playbox than upgrade their core products. You will be getting Kontakt 7 in Komplete 14, I hope your issue is fixed... Meanwhile Battery hasn't had an upgrade in like 10 years. The FX section is pathetic, like something from the stone age. With the FX engines NI has built for all their new plugs the last few years they really should show some love to Battery.

[@california_dreamier]

@@Notecrusher yea i havent upgraded my komplete package in 3 years and i refuse to do it unless they fix the issues and scalability for 4k everyone has requested

[@RedMeansRecording]

Sounds pretty rad ngl

[@trailrunningphil]

Im really impressed with this. Outstanding work by everyone who worked on this. Will definitely be buying. Perfect for my music style.

[@damelos4039]

Nothing short of amazing! Can't wait to get this. Thanks again, NI.

[@NativeInstruments]

Glad you like it!

[@realjake5578]

I guess I'm old skool, but after messing with this for awhile I had to dial up a monark preset & actually play a riff .... much more satisfying than playbox

[@pacowonderful]

Thank You very much for this very complete demonstration. What a beautiful and creative tool !👍🎹🎸🎧🎵🎶🎵🎶Greetings from Switzerland.

[@pongtrometer]

I would love native instruments to extend this concept by having the option to include their other instruments and 3rd party plugins to be included in the sound source ...even as a utility for another NI Release. Great sound engine and concept, would love to make use of the sound engine with the option to play the instruments with single notes alongside or with out chord generator. Gonna have play with PLAYBOX in the KOMPLTE NOW playroom

[@NativeInstruments]

Great idea!

[@Phadddy]

Oh yes, and it's functions could be part of Maschine 2.0!

[@fabianobe]

i have Komplete 13 but thinking about subscribing to Komplete now only because of this one

[@fabianobe]

would be great to have a discount on Komplete Now subscription for people that already own Komplete 13 ! 👀

[@argiopeMusic]

@@fabianobe I almost dove into the subscription, then realized it doesn't actually give us everything - like competitive subscription services do.

[@Djpuzzle]

Loving the imagery/aesthetic 🚀

[@TheRealMarkpain]

Make a Playbox 2 or do a sound upgrade add on etc.. seriously awesome .. you will be hearing the sounds in my next major project coming soon .. Thanks Native for introducing us to Playbox. I will be reaching out to you guys soon ✌❤❤

[@NativeInstruments]

Thanks for the feedback. Can't wait to hear the album 🙌

[@jacksolarmusicmastering]

Are you on spotify? Your track Woosah is pretty dope

[@TheRealMarkpain]

@@jacksolarmusicmastering Yes .. just look up Markpain

[@TheRealMarkpain]

@@NativeInstruments Album was released on Streaming Media called - Instruments Of Pain 2 - You can find it on youtube as well

[@officialpochi]

this is so underrated. this thing goes insane. thank you for that new bundle for 50$!

[@MR_K-RO]

I absolutely love any VST with a randomise or morph function. Gladiator, Serum,, uSynth and now this. I wish there more. I've tried a few more but some do it better than others. This sounds beautiful but I guess it's cause it's sample based. I hope you expand on this idea 🙏

[@Playroit]

If i would've had this when i was maybe 20, i probably would be a billionaire right now

[@Ewang2727]

But you don't and you're not. So too bad

[@YungstarProd]

@@Ewang2727 …? It’s a meme quote

[@contentuser8821]

Inspired by output 😂

[@HallPark]

I do. I’ll give you half

[@King-walo]

Hitboy

[@dandawson1982]

So it’s basically a plugin version of a Bjork album? Nice! 👍

[@dubUhoo]

I had the exact same thought while watching this haaaa

[@TheRealMarkpain]

When I tell you playbox has mad my production so much better .. a lot of people are baffled at what I'm doing

[@al_wombat]

More stunning stuph from NI. Thanks for the great intro.

[@MikeUIibarri]

This is great to add some fronting on ambient/generative. Good stuff.

[@Djpuzzle]

Oh man drag and drop your own samples!! 🚀🚀🔥

[@basskleph]

🤯 Wow! So many amazing features!

[@Creative_Spasciz]

Ohhhhh I can’t wait to get my hands on this!!!

[@NativeInstruments]

We have a special intro offer running at the moment, feel free to check it out: 👉 bit.ly/3qtUPf0

[@Creative_Spasciz]

@@NativeInstruments Hey, I have Komplete now....I am getting on this as soon as I get home!!! lol

[@NativeInstruments]

Even better! Then you know it's waiting for you 😉

[@Creative_Spasciz]

@@NativeInstruments I did a livestream last night on Soul Magic and I want to say thank you guys for always pushing the needle and creating great sounds and plugins for us creators!!!! Great work!!!!

[@Creative_Spasciz]

@@NativeInstruments You know it!!!!

[@turquoisemintskyblueteal2401]

Presenters voice is awesome. Playbox should include samples of her.

[@NativeInstruments]

She's actually at the origin of the project and did a part of the sound design 😉

[@mathieu13]

This is so cool. Glad to start trying this out

[@MrMakintosh100]

I like the sounds. My only criticism is that I wish there was an option to not use the chord feature so that I can play my own chords or notes without having to go through the extra step of programming it with the piano feature. Some of the sounds are great to where I would like to use them as lead sounds. In that regard it’s limiting. Great for people who aren’t keyboard players but it isn’t friendly to those who are keyboard players.

[@Getemprod.]

i was thinking that . their should always be this option

[@gazmellen7881]

early days I can see this developing more and more very promising

[@Felix-Lean]

This looks so interesting! Unique sounds all the way!

[@MusicX9BeatS]

My favorite plug in from Komplete 14

[@BarryLeeProductions]

Fully recomennd this plugin.

[@Harrysound]

I do love Native Instruments. I can already see a use for this

[@NativeInstruments]

Can't wait to see what will be created out of it!

[@TheBlort]

…adds to short list… Will be picking this up asap

[@ztrewqqwertz8997]

Wow, what a game changer! Proud it's a berlin based company/production!:D

[@maxvicmusic]

No words. Amazing. Thanks

[@elboogie2324]

I just got it with Komplete Now. Just ordered a KK a25. Can't wait to dive into it.

[@PeterJoslynHarris]

Can't wait to try it. Hope it's part of K14 soon! 😉

[@now_im_here3698]

It certainly will be. They always add everything they do into that ! Luckily I have K13 CeLim so upgrading shouldn't be that expensive :D

[@PeterJoslynHarris]

So just to confirm, if I buy this standalone now and it is included with K14 when I inevitably upgrade, can I resell my standalone license and still use Playbox ongoing as part of my K14 package?

[@ChiefPoints]

@@PeterJoslynHarris Very good question

[@iAmL3J3ND]

Importing your own samples sold me just now

[@Jamusictv]

NI is way ahead of the curve.

[@NativeInstruments]

👽

[@Drfresh1402]

A groundbreaking plugin. Wow on every level

[@simonaasinovski4868]

Two questions- 1.) How do you save settings that you like, and use them later? 2.) Is there a way to undo a change and 3.) let's say I really like just two of the four layers, can I take 'out' the other layers?

[@zgo_official]

so excited to play around with it!!!

[@djdynathor68]

GOAT VST

[@AlexWilliams-gn6ud]

Just downloaded this today, it's a ton of fun, almost overwhelmingly good. With the all the randomization however it seems like a missed oppertunity to generate random names for user presets!

[@NativeInstruments]

Good one, we forgot about this feature! 😂

[@siltheseeker]

ong

[@a_vry_]

Getting this as soon as I get home

[@clivesaunders5576]

I thought output was bad ass native instruments you win!

[@argiopeMusic]

Native Instruments could be its own genre at this point... everything sounds pretty much the same, but with many different ways to generate outcomes. Nonetheless, it is fun to play around with these things.

[@markanderson5810]

Looks and sounds like fun.

[@melsmith9362]

I just subscribed to komplete Now so will install this later

[@parboilrice]

Can't wait for September....

[@t0bio]

sometimes when you press your midi key the ball on the xy pad moves. I cant seem to find that setting in order to turn it on. So when i use playbox the xy pad doesnt change

[@yoavschmidt7082]

Love this plugin, is there any way to use the sounds as one shots that without the chord generator like any other plugin? Sounds are so beautiful and as much as this is perfect against beatblock , using sounds normally would be an amazing feature

[@najaktpatni5109]

Look's like this have great sound ❤

[@xlaprodx]

I love you playbox 💜💜💜 incroyable , incroyable , incroyable ....

[@TayIwarOfficial]

S/o to Nadine

[@denomreget]

Instant LOVE, and I have it already!

[@Baueresque]

Does the one finger chord playing write the whole chord in MIDI?

[@majorkeeb7493]

sheesh so good.. might have to pick this up!

[@Marcus19851228]

I've played around for a few hours now and I love it! Being able to use your own samples was way easier that I thought, so much fun to mix in your own samples. I've got two questions though. First, is there any way to lower/raise the sound of a specific sample in a specific chord? Second, I can't seem to find a way to randomize just one chord if you want to replace a specific chord. If that's not possible now I would love to see it in future updates. Great job! I would love to see this as a standalone plugin, but running it in Kontakt will do!

[@damianlove19]

In the samples menu (where you can see all the cubes in your chords) there is a Vol and Pan and Oct setting

[@Marcus19851228]

@@damianlove19 Didn't see that before, that's great, thanks!

[@damianlove19]

@@Marcus19851228 There is a workaround to randomizing one chord, you can lock all the one you wanna keep and then then press the randomize chord button (just remember to lock the scale as well)

[@Marcus19851228]

@@damianlove19 Ah, yeah, thanks! I hope they will add an easier way to do it, but that will work for now!

[@iamherotv]

Native Instruments Team, Playbox is an amazing plugin…Wow! It would be awesome if Playbox had the ability to be pointed to a custom user sample folder that Playbox pre-scans the user’s samples the 1st/initial time it is opened and/or with a rescan button that scans for sample adding/removal.

[@rioslatino552]

I am gonna dig this one!!!

[@zoundsic]

A Kontakt instrument, could have saved me time by sticking it in the title info. Good idea, sort of like a lot of things I do but all in one place, very good.

[@bingers_tv]

This is simply incredible!

[@blissoneseven1116]

been having fun with this VST

[@streakysupercat]

Wow! This is something great! I will get this definitely soon!

[@Mr_Kirk_]

Call me crazy but this almost feels TOO good. What I mean is that after you've looped something up there isn't a lot of audio spectrum left when you're doing something like lofi. Just add drums. BUT - also too good to NOT buy. I'm getting this. It's everything I wished Arcade would've been. And I love the creative effects. Wish there was a way to use the effects module on an audio track in the DAW.

[@NativeInstruments]

Thanks for the feedback! We're gathering user ideas for eventual future updates 📝

[@beatzbyjay24]

Just purchased loving the sounds is there a way to export the chords to midi ? Instead of just 1 single note.

[@siltheseeker]

This is a gamechanger but I cant seem to find a way to fit the samples from Playbox to the bpm of the project. when I change my bpm the samples do stretch to a faster or slower tempo but they still dont fit to the project's BPM. I could obviously render them out and stretch them to the bpm of the project but would be dope if theres a more automatic way to do this

[@NativeInstruments]

Hey, thanks for the feedback! We chose Sampler Mode in Kontakt rather than Time Machine (which stretches the samples if you are using loops eg). There is only one shots in the library so it made sense for us to go this way first, but this is a feature we could consider for future updates 🙏

[@siltheseeker]

@@NativeInstruments yeah I figured this only applies when some arp effects are enabled

[@ACM9407]

This is relatively similar to Output's Arcade machine, however, without the tiring subscription model (unless you opt for the Komplete Now option of course). I think I prefer this though...gonna have to play around with it to decide.

[@stephenroldan5107]

better

[@KGarcia2000]

So I have a sample I’m working on and playbox be giving me different keys of the sample I’m working for an example my chord progression notes go from A minor to E minor but on playbox when I lock the key to A I can’t find any other sounds to go with that E minor for the bass any help?

[@davemerkury]

Maybe you could try making another track of the sample and take out the highs and mids. That way, you will just have the lows of the sample and it will match. This is a technique I used on the MPC 2000XL when I couldn't find the bass to follow a track.

[@billy2129]

I am loving the sounds this makes!!! Can I just play single notes ...Like a synth?

[@NativeInstruments]

We added this to the feature request list to potentially add in the future 🙏

[@billy2129]

@@NativeInstruments Cool!!! Gotta say I am loving this! I am starting to make some really nice tracks with this so far 😎

[@JimCPettigrew]

SoundPaint can do some great audio manipulation = it imports samples and its free!

[@adictiveadictive]

You sayin SoundPaint is a better option? I love 8dio but this seems like a different kind of beast. Haven't used SP since I don't have the version of my libraries that works with it

[@del-marmare1646]

incredible...

[@theminimallounge1545]

this is properly powerful!

[@argi4141]

Someone was having too much fun in Blender.

[@dafingaz]

Fun times ahead!

[@LoveMeBack]

Gamechanger!

[@roman13rooms]

Why? What exactly it changes?

[@LoveMeBack]

@@roman13rooms I can load up my own random unused, unusable samples which we all have tons of just laying on the drive and turn them into something usable in key and a chord effortless.

[@nu1113]

It looks great, it sounds great and the concept is great, but Kontakt 6 just does't cut it anymore. The low resolution interface is way out of date, some fonts are so pixely the could be coming straight out of Minecraft and not being able to double click a control to reset it make all Kontakt instruments kind of a pain to use, no matter the quality of the instrument itself. It's a problem with lots of Native Instruments products. They are unrivalled in sound and burst with innovation and creativity, but the technical side of things always lacks behind. They are one of the only big music software makers with no native Apple Silicon support, Reaktor looks shitty and is low resolution, VST3 took them ages and is still not fully supported. On my M1 machine, scrolling in Komplete Kontrol regularly doesn't work, samples are not loaded properly upon project recall, and sometimes the interface doesn't respond at all, though I think this is an issue with AU rosetta translation and Ableton. But still, this would not be a problem if the plugins would run natively!

[@turquoisemintskyblueteal2401]

Truth! Kontakt's GUI desperately needs an upgrade. And M1 integration too.

[@california_dreamier]

@@turquoisemintskyblueteal2401 im with you on this bro, i cant even use my komplete 11 because of the scaling issues with my 4k projector, i have refused to buy anything else from them until they fix scaling. I basically have a 1000 dollar paperweight because of scaling problems.

[@cellocubano]

Was very subjective hearing the explanation but the sounds are absolutely modern 🔥! Thanks for this great video this is a must grab for experimenting!

[@NativeInstruments]

Awesome, thank you for the feedback!

[@michaelgeisel8907]

Very Cool !

[@serkandemirhanofficial]

8:05 Good. I was worried if this wasn't present in the plugin.

[@GRACFUL1]

Can Native add this feature to Playbox, to have Playbox work with plugins in the next update?