XO Review- How Does it Compare to Other Drum Vsts?
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This video was mainly meant to be a review about XO but I wanted to compare it to the other drum vst plugins I own as It could help you make a more informed decision on whether or not it would be useful to you. I personally adore XO as it's amazing for getting quick loops into bitwig for further resampling. Let me know your thoughts, I know I didn't mention atlas but I find it to be super similar.
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@frankjager1647 2 жыл бұрын
An interesting workflow me and a friend found involves using Bitwig with modulators to randomize generation of drum sounds. You then use a program called Sononym to sort the sounds based on spectral content, using a sample sound that is really polished and what you're after. You sort a list of several thousand generated samples based on their similarity to that one, and throw away the excess. You get 50 - 60 drums in about 5 minutes, if you include the time in Reaper spent splitting the master recorded file into individual hits.
@M.W.777 Жыл бұрын
Duuuude...I'm 6 minutes in and it's on sale: I'm buying it! Much love Alckemy Neuro and best wishes. Hope to see you in a live sesh soon!
@Alckemy Жыл бұрын
Hope you love it bro, I’m live 4 days a week haha
@dezelve Жыл бұрын
Thamk you for making this. Really useful! 😄👊
@VeganKebabDoRuky 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite features in XO is how you can search/filter sounds based on specific parameters and then auto replace your former sounds with the closest thing based on those search parameters. So if you manage to narrow it down to something very specific and unusual for drum sounds, you can get a really unique sounding groove really fast. I don't use that technique very often at all, but I LOVE how I can do that if I want to. Like you said, cheat codes. It's about speed and convince, not a necessity tho for sure.
@Alckemy 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the similarity thing is awesome
@macronencer 2 жыл бұрын
That's the main thing that has me interested. I saw people doing that in other videos and I realised that it's a workflow that suits me 100% because drums and beats are my weak suit so I struggle, and I also like using unusual sounds - this is a win-win!
@lawinter1949 2 жыл бұрын
Cool video! One feature I am constantly using in XO is the envelope combined with the softclipper. The envelope acts like a transient shaper so I can make the attack poke out more then drive that into the soft clipper to make hit hard. I have not found that feature set as easily accessible in other drum machine plugins. Also side note: I found the Bitwig's gate can make some pretty cool percs out of almost any break by filtering out the sidechain signal. It makes the gate react a lot faster when its not reacting to the kick fundamental.
@Alckemy 2 жыл бұрын
You can also set it to beats mode! I think you have more control with the gate though
@Numocron 2 жыл бұрын
Wow Alckemy this is such an awesome video I love it.😃👍❤️
@partlysimpson5154 6 ай бұрын
XO is really nice, its good as brewer as well, but there is not modulation options for finer details, it could be nice to have these like Geist had
@futur_sunds 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite of the beats was either #1 or #5. Good vid 👍
@westoncogswell8656 2 жыл бұрын
Ayy that last one was my favorite reminds me of bricksquash haha I agree XO is the best I might even call it a must have. Didn’t know about those fancy features with xo where you drag out a wav and or midi. Addictive drums looks interesting but one plugin I think you might like is drumcomputer by sugarbytes, it’s a drum synth and also pretty sick, Thanks for the vid!
@Alckemy 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! I’m a big fan of halftime so swingy beats are something I’ve probably become the most proficient at. I’ve seen data broth use drum computer quite a bit but I’m not sure if it would replace phaseplant for making drums
@333_Tarot Жыл бұрын
1) 01:57 the dude sh*t himself 2) you have a great radio voice
@Alckemy Жыл бұрын
LMAO
@profoundofficial4801 2 жыл бұрын
What do you think of Mr bills new plug in called Slap I've been on the bench about buying it. It's similar to Knock but has a cool transient replacement tool
@Alckemy 2 жыл бұрын
I think that If I didn't know how to make my own drums already it would be a handy plugin. There are other ways to manipulate a sample to get a click but it doesn't work for me as I have a particular taste in drums. I think Mr. bill is a genius and his plugin caters to very clean drums if that's what you're after
@profoundofficial4801 2 жыл бұрын
@@Alckemy Thank you I appreciate your opinion 😃
@VeganKebabDoRuky 2 жыл бұрын
It good
@macronencer Жыл бұрын
I'm going to have to try this before I buy because I can't find anywhere the answer to my main question: how does it handle sequences that are NOT 16 beats? I know the swing function allows things like 7 time, but it's not clear to me exactly how that's handled in terms of the DAW having, say, bars of 7/8...
@Alckemy Жыл бұрын
It’s always good to demo anyway but I don’t think there’s a time signature change
@CAMMYSINCLAIR Жыл бұрын
I use Geist2 to trigger two instances of XO with MIDI transpose on the 2nd instance.
@macronencer Жыл бұрын
@@CAMMYSINCLAIR Interesting! I happened to be looking at Geist2 yesterday, but I think it might be over the top for me. I'm less of a beat maker and more an experimentalist. I've also found Atlas now, which looks promising and allows polymeters (different step counts for each instrument) so that looks like it will do what I need.
@Sanguinor_Energy 2 жыл бұрын
is the core drum library xo comes with good? i know it isnt the main selling point of the plug but i was just curious
@Alckemy 2 жыл бұрын
I think it’s decent, they have expansions too but I don’t think I’d get them
@mygoogle1525 Жыл бұрын
Can the sounds be played on a midi keyboard or does everything has to be set within the plugin?
@Alckemy Жыл бұрын
Yes, they can definitely be played via midi
@mygoogle1525 Жыл бұрын
@@Alckemy awesome. Thankx for letting me know😊
@mygoogle1525 Жыл бұрын
@@Alckemy I'd like to ask one more question. Are the sounds assigned in a common way,like a kick drum would be assigned to c2 on a keyboard ,etc?
@Alckemy Жыл бұрын
@@mygoogle1525 it’s just the first octave of the keyboard. you can assign any sound to them
@mygoogle1525 Жыл бұрын
@@Alckemy alright. Cheers. I'll get the demo n see how it works. I am using dubler2 so it might not work with that.
@mekosmowski 11 ай бұрын
What Alckemy says: Don't buy anything. What happens in my brain: Use the Sweetwater card.
@nastika888 7 ай бұрын
what about atlassssssss 2
@Alckemy 7 ай бұрын
I have a review of it as well:)
@SchibbiSchibbi Жыл бұрын
the whole different sequencers within the same window is just visually disturbing... I like the idea of the plugin, but damn it's confusing
@Alckemy Жыл бұрын
it's good to have that insight as it may determine whether it's for you or not. I like the look personally but hope you find what's right for you!
@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr Жыл бұрын
This really needs timestamps
@Alckemy Жыл бұрын
KZfaq used to make them automatically but it’s not that hard to scroll as I spend several minutes on each one
@paradoxic1888 2 жыл бұрын
XO is a clone of the OG Algonaut Atlas. Strange how you didn't compare it with that as this is the closes comparison. Anyway Atlas is better, you can create an entire new drum set with 1 click, has a sequencer with mirror editing and randomization features, and can use much more drum samples at a time. There is nothing revolutionary about XO.
@Alckemy 2 жыл бұрын
Check the description, i mentioned that I didn’t talk about it in this video. I did compare the two before I chose xo. They both are very similar, Altus is cheaper- I just prefer the xln version
@paradoxic1888 2 жыл бұрын
@@Alckemy Lol at least give poor Altas an honorable mention in your video. Nobody reads the descriptions. I feel so sorry for those guys. I don't know how XLN got away with stealing the idea.
@croay Жыл бұрын
Atlas 2 is totally op. Only feature missing are the effects. Apart from that it exceeds
@Alckemy Жыл бұрын
@@croay I lie the way that xo groups samples personally, and the sequencer, while not as robust as atlas does exactly what I want it to
@croay Жыл бұрын
@@Alckemy xo looks much more appealing, perhaps easier to set ideas on the spot. Im already used to Atlas 2 but xo looks nice ngl
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