Playbox
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Playbox

Playbox

by Native Instruments

Kickstart ideas and refresh your workflow with randomisation, chord generation, and sample layering.
$199.00
Download: available immediately

SAY GOODBYE TO WRITER'S BLOCK

  • An intuitive tool for beatmakers, composers, hobbyists and professional sound designers.
  • Over 200 chord sets give instant harmonic ideas that can be randomized and tweaked
  • Start and finish tracks with over 900 stunning samples, or load in sounds from any library
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ROLL THE DICE AND DISCOVER NEW SOUNDS

Goodbye writers block, hello inspiration. Overflowing with samples, chord sets, effects, and presets, PLAYBOX comes loaded with everything you need to generate musical ideas. From igniting your creativity, to providing the final layer to complete a production, PLAYBOX lets you do it all. No matter your style or experience, PLAYBOX is a workflow gamechanger, giving instant and one-of-a-kind results for every music maker.

Roll the dice to randomize samples, chords and effects, or use the XY pad to bring sounds to life.
Browse chord presets, play in your own, drag in MIDI files, or drop generated chords into your DAW.
Assign over 900 unique samples to individual notes in your chord, for one-of-a-kind harmonic sound design.
Batch import up to 450 of your own samples, by dragging-and-dropping into 4 user libraries within the sample browser.
Explore carefully crafted randomizable effects presets, tweak them to your liking, and save your own presets.

SIX CUBES. ENDLESS COMBINATIONS.

With over 900 immersive samples packed into six clever cubes, PLAYBOX comes ready to create. Randomize all sounds, mix it up one chord at a time, or layer samples note by note. Repurpose old sample libraries that are collecting dust on your hard drive by dragging and dropping up to 450 of your own sounds onto the user cube. There's no need to manually pitch your samples to the chord — PLAYBOX will do the hard work for you.

SYNTHS

SYNTHS

Draw from a selection of deep pads, shimmering stabs, dynamic pulses, and multilayered swells.

INSTRUMENTS

INSTRUMENTS

A curated range of acoustic sampled sounds including bowed and plucked strings, organs, pianos, and treated percussion.

BASS

BASS

A floor-shaking array of subs, rumbles, and gritty low end, ready to form the bedrock of your productions.

VOICES

VOICES

Ethereal vox, with human sounds that are warped and distorted to form unique, harmonic textures.

NOISES

NOISES

Slamming doors, clinking ice cubes, igniting flames, and many more — a collection of atonal timbres that will give your music layers of character.

USER

USER

Load in up to 450 of your own samples, and let PLAYBOX give them a new lease of life.

ROLL WITH IT

From beatmakers to composers, and everyone in between, PLAYBOX offers a huge variety of creative possibilities, with a wide spectrum of sounds straight out of the box. Just starting a track? Roll the dice and let PLAYBOX deliver captivating sounds, inspiring chord sets, and happy accidents. Feeling more adventurous? Play in custom chords, breathe life into old samples, and shape your sounds using the onboard effects.

CREATIVE CHORDS

PLAYBOX comes packed with bespoke harmonies that are playable with just one finger, which means you don’t need in-depth knowledge of music theory to create your own chord patterns. Explore over 200 included chord sets and then tweak individual notes as much as you like. You can also import MIDI files straight in, or play in your own chords using the piano mode. And once you’ve found the perfect progression, all chords generated by PLAYBOX can be exported and used for any instrument in your DAW.

EFFORTLESS EFFECTS

Get hands-on with a range of effects, in one easy-to-use interface. Experiment with the XY pad, for simple sound design, or roll the dice to discover a world of presets. Dive deeper with Arp, Strum, and Grain effects to add rhythm and texture, and dial in over 50 Ambience samples including sounds of forests, busy stations, and vinyl crackle. Choose from up to 14 high-grade effects, and experiment with the order of these in your processing chain for unique results. Dial in depth and feeling with humanized velocity and timing controls, plus a range of assignable modulation sources to make your sounds move.

PLAYBOX IN ACTION

Take a closer look at PLAYBOX with composer and producer Robot Koch, as he demonstrates how you can use randomization and layering to spark new ideas and refresh your workflow.

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Playbox
Playbox

Playbox

Kickstart ideas and refresh your workflow with randomisation, chord generation, and sample layering.

$199.00

Download: available immediately

Playbox at a glance

Product type: KOMPLETE Instrument
For use with: Free KONTAKT PLAYER version 6.7 and higher, or KONTAKT version 6.7 and higher.
Number of sounds: 1301 presets, 905 samples
Sound category: Samples: Synths, Instruments, Voices, Bass, Noises
Global Presets: Synths, Instruments, Voices, Supernatural
Sample Sets: Synths, Instruments, Voices, Supernatural
FX Sets: Lofi, Cinematic, Experimental, Simple
Chord Sets: Simple, Extended, Complex, Unison
Download size: 1.2 GB
System requirements: Free KONTAKT PLAYER version 6.7 and higher, or KONTAKT version 6.7 and higher.

Please also see the KONTAKT PLAYER system requirements and the KONTAKT PLAYER FAQ
User Manual online: ONLINE MANUAL
User Manual PDF: DOWNLOAD MANUAL

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