Sonic Academy welcomes back IDM Godfather Kirk Degiorgio for a new 'How To Use' course where he's checking out the much talked about NI Kontakt instrument by Slate + Ash - Cycles.

This incredibly powerful and in-depth plugin is as much an instrument as an effect and loop manipulator and to say you will rarely create the same sound twice using Cycles in an understatement.

Be careful, this plugin could seriously eat up your life but Kirk's easy-to-follow and detailed overview of the controls and options available will get you up and running as he checks out both Loop and Grain mode demonstrating the sounds this awesome plugin can create.
Slate + Ash have taken great care in providing perfect content to use along with some excellent presets but you can also import your own sounds into this mind-boggling machine so the scope for sound design is infinite.

Kirk's blown away by this plugin and we reckon you will be too so check it out!