REAKTOR 5 LIBRARY UPDATE
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REAKTOR 5 LIBRARY SOFTWARE

However, the new Sine Mode delivers a new level of additive synthesis for Reaktor, optimising CPU usage to efficiently deliver many partials. Reaktor includes a vast array of synthesis and sound manipulation modules (over 70 unique synths, samplers, drum machines and effects), and additive synthesis is already demonstrated in the Sum Synth. Further improvements include larger fonts, better colours, a simplified instrument header, refreshed panel graphics, master input and output faders, an improved sample player/recorder and a new snapshot control in the main bar. This allows you to easily store and recall particular layers, allowing you quick, direct access in complex patches. Next up, there's a new bookmark system for structures. Unsurprisingly you can also rescale the split and there are also various rescale options for the overall window. You can even get up two structure views if you like. Icons allow you to select both single and dual pane views, so accessing ensembles and structures, either individually or at the same time, is quick and straightforward. But with each release these complexities have become easier to penetrate, and 5.5 is a marked improvement offering a modern single window workspace (standardized for plug-in and standalone use) with foldaway panels (side panel, sample map and player/recorder).

Reaktor's fully modular synthesis, sampling and effects system can seem pretty daunting at first.

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This follows the same path as Reaktor Spark, delivering a focused synthesizer using the Reaktor engine, but available in Reaktor Player form for those without the full Reaktor software. The additive synthesis module (Sine Bank) forms the basis of a new instrument, Lazerbass, while the modal synthesis module (Modal Bank) forms the basis of a new 'Komplete Instrument' add-on, Reaktor Prism. In essence, it builds on the considerable changes that appeared five years ago, improving overall workflow, adding two additional synthesis modes ( additive and modal) and significantly boosting the incorporated sounds library.

REAKTOR 5 LIBRARY UPDATE

So, it's fitting that the arrival of Komplete 7 should also coincide with some news on the Reaktor front, and this comes in the form of Reaktor 5.5 and Reaktor Prism.Īs indicated by the title, NI see Reaktor 5.5 as an update rather than an entirely new version, and correspondingly it's a free update for registered users. Surprising perhaps given that version 5 had been around since 2005. One NI instrument that made it through this process unscathed was Reaktor. Needless to say the result was still an impressive package, but easier to understand in terms not only of use, but also underlying synthesis. Sample-based instruments were either rolled directly into Kontakt or reworked into add-on packs in Kore or Kontakt format, and a number of products (Pro-53 for example) were discontinued.

REAKTOR 5 LIBRARY SOFTWARE

Last year's version 6 release of Native Instruments' Komplete coincided with a considerable re-jig of their software instruments and effects.

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