REV-X Loops - An Outstanding Loop Engine by Output

I heard the phrase "you can never get enough loops" more than once from several electronic music producers. This is somewhat true, but after you get all those samples, you will probably check them just a few times. That can waste money, time, and space on your hard drive. That's why I carefully select my backs with loops and delete the unnecessary ones. However, what I have found helpful in recent times is switching to a different option. An increasing number of loop banks offer well-organized samples and many other helpful processing tools instantly at your disposal. Having said all that, you need to check out REV-X Loops by Output.  

REV-X Loops

REV-X Loops is designed as a bank for Native Instruments Kontakt player, and you will get to have it for it to load and work properly. It offers thousands of new recordings for source materials, deeply produced, effected, and tweaked loops, and categories like Fat & Low, Violin Plucks, Analog Drums, Tribal Beats, and Aggressive. Moreover, its robust engine enables you to make the sound your own. Furthermore, it has stutters, filters, and control assignability for performance. This is a pretty serious loop engine, so in the following tutorial, we'll go through its interface and control parameters, followed by some audio examples. As usual, we will begin by loading a fresh instance of the Native Instruments Kontakt player into a newly created MIDI channel within SoundBridge: DAW.

After opening the Kontakt interface, I will load the REV-X Loops by selecting it from the list of banks on the left side. Since I showed this process in previous tutorials, I won't repeat it.  

The Interface

After the initial loading, we are presented with an impressive looking interface with all parameters at our disposal. At the top, we can see a section with loop banks and fx presets offering thousands of sounds and combinations. The middle part of the interface is dominated by a logo of REV-X Loops followed by a picture of the waveform. Maybe it's not so obvious, but the tempo switch is handy. It is located below the logo.

Consequently, it offers normal, half, or double the speed of every loop. On the left, we can see the stutter effect and pitch modulation. They help play with loops, in my opinion. On the right, at the same level as the interface, we can see the filter section followed by ADSR controls. Consequently, you click the switch on the right and change from the filter to amp mode. The lower part of the interface consists of an extensive line of audio effects. Lo-Fi, Stack, Rage, and Motion are just some of the interesting ones. You can use them besides standard delay and reverb effects. So, by clicking on the effect's name and turning it on by hitting the switch above, more parameters for controls appear on the right. You probably noticed the keyboard at the bottom of the picture. On the left side, marked in red, are the root keys of the selected loop. You can change them by moving through the scale. Every key stands for a different loop on the right, marked in blue.  

Audio Examples

Once again, I must emphasize that the sound and selection of the loops sound diverse and inspiring. Therefore, I encourage you to explore it. To conclude, let's hear some practical audio examples of different loop categories REV-X Loops offers.

~ REV-X Loops - Loop 1

~ REV-X Loops - Loop 2

~ REV-X Loops - Loop 3

~ REV-X Loops - Loop 4

~ REV-X Loops - Loop 5