XO by XLN Audio | Next Level Drum Sequencer | Tutorial & Review of Main Features
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
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Joshua Casper introduces XO by XLN Audio. A brand new and next level drum sequencer and studio tool that is going to blow your mind when it comes to sound quality, usability, and workflow! Creativity has never been so much fun! Might be the best Drum Synth VSTi Plugin for 2019!
This is a video tutorial and review of the main features of XO. It goes pretty in-depth, but there is still so much more to explore in this incredible drum VST Plugin instrument.
Features
Load your own samples: Duplicates. Vague file names. Folders in different locations or on external drives. XO sorts them all - regardless of where and how they are stored.
Find your sound faster: Narrow the scope with XO's powerful filters and search functionalities to find what you're looking for even faster.
Ready for action: Factory Samples & Presets - Get a flying start to your beatmaking with XO's inspiring presets and 8000+ hand-picked factory samples. No matter the music style or amount of sounds in your current sample collection, XO has you covered.
Perfect your groove: Sculpt the perfect groove with the curated Groove Templates, Nudge your patterns to boost raw urgency or funky sluggishness, and add life and dynamics to your beat with the powerful Accentuator.
Drag & drop: Drag and drop with ease into your own workflow. Tweaked or raw. Individual samples or the whole beat. Audio or MIDI.
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I think the idea behind this is brilliant. Would love to see this same idea brought into synthesizers. Imagine dragging ur cursor throughout a field of set parameters until you find the exact sound you wanted. Would be a HUGE time-saver.
or a host vst that can house multiple synths at once and reads all their presets, then does the XO treatment :O
Check out Omnisphere.
@@deveyous6614 VIP software
you already have that in reaktor
How does that save any time over tapping the down arrow to select a different preset? And in say Omnisphere, you can actually filter by type.
For those saying it's overpriced????
this is one of the rare plugins that sound good on paper and work even better in reality. its become my fav drum machine right now after using it only a couple of days. (used to use polyplex for a lot of the same reasons)
theres a lot of features and functionality that can still be added to this in future updates, but the way it works now is already brilliant. the randomize buttons for the patterns and sounds alone are so inspiring. love it.
Did the polyplex have rhytm preset is it outdated compared to this
@@BFHPET i don't recall polyplex having built in rhythms. i dont think its outdated, i just have used xo A LOT more since the time of this comment :)
@@recordednowhere do xo have alot good rhythm patterns?
@@BFHPET not a huge amount, but it does have a good amount of well programmed patterns, mostly electronic styles, so there is not a whole lot of acoustic styles (which i use ezdrummer for). the patterns however are easily modifiable within the plugin. its a joy to play around with. i mostly either program drums myself or modify existing ones within the daw. (patterns can be exported into the project via drag n drop)
@@recordednowhere okay does the ez drummer have rhythm for hip hop ? ballads and r&b or pop ?
I'm buying this. The cheapskates below won't buy it because they can't afford it or don't see the unbelievable value in all the algorithmic possibilities. That's okay. Good video!
Was jamming on this today. Really is inspirational✌🏽
Just downloaded the trial today and it's already completely changed the way i go about music. I've got tones of found sound and foley textures that can now be easily arranged to come up with crazy percussion rhythms
the GUI is so inspiring and beautiful
The drag and drop options for patterns is dope.
thank you very much for this. I bought it and I was freaking out because I thought there was no option to export stems into DAW on different tracks.You don't explain it there directly about the stems but you do about the kit so I tried and pressed ctrl while dragging the stems and voilá!! No more freaking out, money well spent and this is definitely what I'm going to stick to when working with drums.
Brilliant video, ingenious plugin! Just bought it.
Excellent tutorial. I just purchased this plugin. You got me up and running.
Not sure if they fixed this but you used to be unable to hide the built-in one-shot sounds in the 'cloud' view, which is something you'd want to do if you only wanted to choose from your own sounds.
okay I got your vibe. Must get this. after the price drops a little. Good job see ya at the discout or black friday.
I learned so much from this video. Thanks buddy
great walkthrough-I regret not investigating this sooner
Still my favorite drum VST - JC
It's a pretty dope plugin! Thanks for the video!
It also saves lot of time finding samples love this plugin ❤️❤️
That was a great tutorial. Thank you.
Thanks Joshua! 👾
This is insane. I wish I would've known about this plugin sooner. Downloading the trial right now!!!
It scans folders so quickly!!!
Yes, it does! I was impressed with that as well. - JC
Just spent my second 5 minutes and that's all it takes to see that this is a pretty incredible plugin! I will be using this to make MPC kits, having all my samples at my finger tips is dream I never knew I had cone true!!
Around 170 Euro is extremely much for something like this BUT... after trying it out for 2 days i`m so mind blown by this fresh access to my samples and the fast and easy workflow... i will buy it.
great to hear it... we love it - JC
do u know how one would be able to put the midi onto each separate sample in the daw without manually copying and pasting the separate midi tracks to different channel inserts?
Can whe use midi out from this plugins?
Simple amazing !! My fav together with Redrum.
That looks like the T-SNE clustering algorithm! really cool seeing ML stuff being developed into user tools. I think we are going to have our minds blown with some of the potential applications of GANs into user tools in next 5 years or so.
I'm super into ML stuff in the context of neuroscience, can I learn how did you figure out they might be using T-SNE algorithm. I'd love to expand my knowledge by delving into more! Thanks a lot!
I was thinking the same thing. T-sne, Umap embedding or something like that.
Atlas with a sequencer...I have a feeling NI Battery is going to implement these AI things in the newer updates like everyone is implementing wave tables now in their synths...whatever gets the job done ✅
Personally I switched over to this from Atlas and have found the sample sorting engine to be much better. I have no interest in the sequencer, I imagine some would appreciate a discounted version with just the sample map.
@@summakore I personally love the idea of a sequencer implemented into the program, it's a real workflow enhancer. But your idea would be great, especially if it had an additional upgrade path, aka if you buy the sample map only version you could upgrade later.
How does it interpret sounds with harmonic/melodic/musical content like pads or synth shots? Really wondering about that.
They rly snapped
Nice innovation, XLN
can I activate patterns in the beat combiner with the pads on the lounchky like Ableton ?
I love it!
Me too! - JC
It's possible to change the tempo in XO's sequencer for each track separately?
This seems to be massively inspiring. I am just starting today but it already really looks great. Especially cause I got so many different drum sound already additionally to the great sounds which are on board. I can easily switch to another similar sounding drum sound with one mouse click. Or I can replace all sounds with similar ones. Or I can use so easily different patterns. That's amazing!
I LOVE XO :) - JC
@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial Me too now :)
What sounds you have? (Where from)
I'm searching for a way to have a big drum library
@@morten1 You should check out Loopcloud!! - JC
@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial thanks
it is awesome!one thing is missing to make it flawless. draw your own patterns in the 12 rounds and save @t much as i know you can modify the patterns, but if you go to the next and then back, there is the initial pattern again!bummer
So can you only have 8 samples mapped at a time?
How to add drum loops to user beat selection?
does anyone here know how i can see what note each sample is playing on xln?
How do you record your own pattern. Is there individual routing to your mixer?
WOW I could have ENDLESS creativity with that software.
I have to first learn,, DON'T LOL at me, how to stich midi loops together, to add drumbeats to my music.
So use to playing drums on my Motif XF7
on sale again, been waiting for months for this sale since I first stumbled across it :D
how to do write triplets in xo? i have it and idk how to do it
One Question: Can we make it a 8 bars loop instead of 4 ?
XO with the latest edition is a amazing bit of kit and has become my go to drum machine...
Hello
Do you think the XO is better than the Sugar Bytes DrumComputer?
It 'll be great to you to make a small comparaison between the 2 machines!! :-)
All the best
I agree 100% to what this guy is saying!
Amazing plugin i really love it and i ve been using ot for almost two years. I have a short question, Is there a way to control the pitch of each hit playback and not only for the whole pattern, for example i may want a hi hat to hit different tones and pitch in the right hand side pattern and not only one pitch for all of the sequence. Thanks in advance
I’m getting this! 😀
Enjoy! - JC
Can your export a drum sound or Loop from OX then use it in any DAW
yess
Too bad the sequencer has only two patterns... That's a little bit short for certain genres or just for the real drummers like me that want to create more complex/longer patterns.what's the best option to create more patterns? (apart form the obvious way of creating two of them twice lol)
That this didn''t already exist blows my mind, 180 dollars is a bit much, but it's brilliant.
It’s currently on sale for $90. I think XLN Audio is feeling some pressure from Playbeat 3 by Audiomodern, which is $79.
Can this be used for indie rock?
Can you make beats in different time signatures? Like complex time signatures?
Doesn't seem so. What a letdown
14:47 on Ableton use control to import all separate tracks.
14:33 only request would be to render each lane as a *loop* and not just a one-shot. Otherwise super cool plugin. Been using Atlas, but this seems way more feature packed. $180 is a little steep tho IMO. Any discount codes available anywhere?? :)
this sound much more useful!
I wonder if they listen?
@@flyingdiscproductions They do! I purchased XO and have been in contact with one of the guys on the team about a number of other feature requests. They are on point with hearing feedback. Highly recommend supporting these guys!
"Render stems" was added in XO 1.1 :)
Hey there. Sorry for the SUPER late reply, but that functionality is there and was there from the beginning. - JC
Pay to own is cool i think . U pay a little per month and when u get to 180 it's yours. They implemented that to xo and serum aswell.
bought this last night and can't get the standalone to run, or in ableton, keeps crashing when trying to open/ works fine in reaper though, and everything is in the right place; could it be a graphics problem? or anyone got a clue?
Figured it out, twas a graphics issue, had to add a text file to the settings folder, no_opengl.txt
This is dope. Can we do anything else than 4/4? (I mean anything else? 5/16. 7/8... 3/4. name it...). Also, could each line of the sequencer be a diff time signature so wthings drift? etc etc You know what i mean...
Can you export individual "tracks/instruments" as individual wavs on separate tracks in your DAW? For instance, do a beat in XO then export just the kick portion of a beat to its own track as a wav in the DAW.
yes you can. he did it in the last portion of the video.
Starts at around 14:00
This is very cool, I'm buying it. Question for Joshua: you state that you're thinking about making expansion packs for this - will there be any way to import new MIDI patterns into the sequencer? I have a lot of MIDI patterns that I've created that I'd like to import if possible. The advantage of having the MIDI inside the VST is that you can use the Beat Combiner to create variations easily. Would improve the value of the product for me.
You think you could pass those midis mate? :)
@@saints8374you don’t even know what genre his drum patterns are in😂
Would love to know how to drag the grooves into an instrument track in pro tools! Thanks
You can export audio files for the mix down, drum kit and stems. If that's what you mean? - JC
I find XO AMAZING for on the spot sessions.On the spot artists that are Drunk & high and just need to get something started and record on it. It's dope
But does it Djent?
This plugins have MIDI Out? i mean, can we use the midi patterns to triggering other VST?
@@maus3454 What you said has nothing to do with what OP asked.
Oh my God!!!
Indeed - JC
if it's as you say dope does that mean it works with all kinds of music like Reggae, Funk, Jazz and Fusion ?
very good plugin, love it ;3
is there possibility to sync XO sounds with another sounds of my daw (guitar, piano etc.)? I mean, I'd like XO to start playing when I click "play" in my daw
of course I can put notes in piano roll, but then I cannot use XO sampler, which I love :D
Yes. You need to hit the "timer" button at the top of the plugin window. This will sync the plugin to the BPM of your DAW and start/stop with your DAW's transpose control - JC
@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial oh, thanks so much :D I had clicked only metronome button (which only syncs BPM) before I asked you; I missed this "play button"
thanks for your support
I prefer Algonaut Atlas to this, but should be interesting to see how XLN develops it.
I wish there was a synthesizer plug-in that works similar to this. Where you can find synth sounds that are very similar to each other.
late comment, but synplant does something like that
Ohhhh god...So much faster you get what you need for you uniquie sounding drummloop for your song :) Instead of scrolling. OMFG. It's a thing !
Can you also generate drum loops, instead of manually creating them by yourself?
Each type of percussion has a number of preset patterns, yes. And you can trigger them all together at once or individually - JC
How to you make you own beat? Can you trigger the sounds on your midi keyboard? Also Can you upload midi files from your collection?
Очень крутой плагтн! Было бы прикольно если если бы сделали аналог в железе )
how did you drag the samples in to seperate channels? i hold down on control and it doesnt work?
What DAW are you using? - JC
Thank you Plugin boutique. I hold down command and it works . Thanks a lot. Btw this is my fav plugin this year.
how many samples can you import? is there a limit?
I haven't gotten to a limit. So, you should be safe :) - JC
Does this sample your own samples or does it come with its own samples? or both?
It comes with heaps of sounds to get you started plus its even better now!
What version is this the lite or the full
The version in the video is the full version - JC
Reminds of UVI’s drum designer
Can I control the swings on individual channels?
Please don't quote me but I think you can.
@@richochet I'll look into it Thank you
@@RandomProduction89 No worries.
now say u want to eq the kick by itself or the snare etc, within the daw, to further sculpt the sound, now that's where the trouble starts, you'd have to have 2 copies instances of the plugin open, one for the snare ad kick
You can do a number of things. 1. Export the stems of each channel or 2 route any of the channels out externally to their own channels in your DAW. - JC
7:15 change/choose different sample
Will this read the sample folders from Komplete?
If the folders contain audio files (.wav for example) and you point XO to them, then yes :) - JC
@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial coo, thanks!
not perfect UI, but still huge improvements to my workflow
Sounds great. Way too expensive. Maybe with a 50% discount for XLN costumers and I'll buy it.
Today it's $89
Lmao it’s half off this week at plug-in boutique
The actual sequencer is really special., I ignored it until today...case of terminal arrogance. But you can do 7tuyplets on this ...way easier than LPX or PT
They need to make a version of this plugin that is JUST the AI organization of drum sounds. I would totally get that. I don't need ANOTHER sequencer. But yeah, considering I literally have hundreds of thousands of drum sounds, it would be really nice to have them organized into one easy to pick-through and well organized conglomeration. The fact that the AI organizes them based on how they actually sound is the only reason I want this, if it was any other metric of organization it would be useless.
Have you tried Loopcloud for that? It has built-in AI that automatically tags anything you import. Then you can use its search, browse and filter features.. plus, customize anything as well. - JC
Best plugin I have found so far for the sounds and options. Awesome plugin. Wish I knew about this a few years ago!
This plugin looks grate! I’ll never use ultrabeat again.
Sequencer? Nah, I prefer Old School Grooveboxes. But its library of sounds is something out of this world. Even if you're like me and not into the UI as much, - the trial version will allow you to download its entire .wav sample library free and if you decide not to go ahead and purchase it - you will still have its entire sample library to use in any DAW Groovebox of your choice. LOL If anything, NI would have considered this a serious oversight, let people who didn't pay for full version use the entire sound library elsewhere? Are you kiddin' me? We don't even allow license transfer on our hardware devices like MIDI controllers!!
2 mins in and i have no idea why i should get this..lol
No randomizer??
There are many ways to randomize ... not sure what you mean? - JC
@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial … Like a drum brute… ????
If you think it sounds good now, wait till you incorporate RC-20. XLN is a squad of gods. They live and breath quality. You can instantly recognize this company is not about maximizing profit. They live to maximize music.
Comes like battery 4
very decent price
your intro made me think you were Andrew Kramer for a minute
sounds good looks over the top for a drum machine but definitely not worth $180
I disagree. Put your quarters together and buy the plugin, man.
I completely agree, overpriced
Way too expensive imo
I feel like iv been sleeping heavy on this plugin
This plugin is the truth - JC
@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial I bought it yesteday I am already having to much fun. Such a great tool. Great video as well!
Algonaut already did the exact same thing 1 year ago, and kinda better.
Algonaut got a sequencer and midi export? And they both got the idea from Google
It has a lot of potential BUT it’s expensive and has too many techno sounds IMO. It’s nice that it can be used as a stand alone app
It sources your ENTIRE library of one shots. The guy in the video just had a bunch of dance/breakbeat/techno samples in his library. It pulls the one shots from all devices you have connected.
Nice to see. Well treated sounds. But why not use a larger GUI? So much information and features cramped in such a small interface... Come on you swedish GUI experts I know you can do better.