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Native Instruments software...worth it, or just trendy?
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vector_0
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 00:15:10
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so I've *ahem* tested massive, and I'm really not all that impressed. It has some really cool features and neat quirky ways about it but every time I work with it for an hour or so and then step back and listen to it objectively I think that it sounds really cliché and trendy. And though I liked the different features, I found it to be really convoluted and annoying to figure out; is this just the experience of a novice synth-wizard?
I've also played around with absynth (not as much as massive, but enough) and thought it to be nothing special.
Are the other native programs also just the synths du jour, or would you stand behind them?
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jonsta
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 00:19
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snowdogg
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 00:21
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yea massive is great very meaty bass! i dont like the adsr envelopes in it tho although they work fine the attack cant be pushed to the very left on graphic? it says zero! fukk!
try FM8 aswell i just started tryin to figure it out its killah |
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orgytime
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 00:33
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Nectarios
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 02:48
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Two things about Massive. The included oscillators, the multistage/sequencer like modulation generator.
I mean seriously, there's nothing to dislike about it.
Yes its a digital synth, but its got a ballsy digital sound.
Its been used like there is no tomorrow in the dubstep scene, but that does not make the synth it self, trendy. It merely makes one aspect of its sound generation possibilities, something that inspires people to make a certain type of music.
There is not much more a synthesizer developer can hope for...besides make people buy it, instead of download it.
Reaktor, well, how deep does the rabbit hole go? and not matter how much free time you thik you have on your hands, its simply not enough.
Absynth, its good, but Sculpture is included in the Logic synths and I can definitely say that it delivers, even if it does not have that elaborate break point, envelope stage.
I would not mind the Maschine in my studio and my live set up.
FM8, haven't bothered to be honest, although I have used FM7 in the past (as I have used the nightmare that is the DX7) and can't see my self bothering for the time being.
All in all, great bang for the buck if you get the bundle.
Peace out.
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Trevon
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 07:42
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massive is good
fm8 is good too. the best sounding fm synth I ever used. still a lot to discover 
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faxinadu
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 12:07
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demoniac
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 13:46
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TimeTraveller
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 14:04
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Massive is nice for wobble basslines too. I like FM 7 or FM 8 from Native and Absynth and Kontakt and Battery. I think Reaktor is the most powerful tool made by N.I. though and only this plug in is a great investment.I still need to get it at some point.
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PoM
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 14:33
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On 2011-11-25 02:48, disco hooligans wrote:
Two things about Massive. The included oscillators, the multistage/sequencer like modulation generator.
I mean seriously, there's nothing to dislike about it.
Yes its a digital synth, but its got a ballsy digital sound.
Its been used like there is no tomorrow in the dubstep scene, but that does not make the synth it self, trendy. It merely makes one aspect of its sound generation possibilities, something that inspires people to make a certain type of music.
There is not much more a synthesizer developer can hope for...besides make people buy it, instead of download it.
Reaktor, well, how deep does the rabbit hole go? and not matter how much free time you thik you have on your hands, its simply not enough.
Absynth, its good, but Sculpture is included in the Logic synths and I can definitely say that it delivers, even if it does not have that elaborate break point, envelope stage.
I would not mind the Maschine in my studio and my live set up.
FM8, haven't bothered to be honest, although I have used FM7 in the past (as I have used the nightmare that is the DX7) and can't see my self bothering for the time being.
All in all, great bang for the buck if you get the bundle.
Peace out.
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+1 reaktor is the shit and great package...add to this loads of sample in komplete, lot of analog synth sampled to use in kontakt,some drums... |
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PoM
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 14:37
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btw there is 50% deals on lot of their stuff these days, same for sonnox |
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Sheil
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 15:31
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man, NI for me is a necessity. Especially Battery, Guitar Rig and Kontakt (Awesome live instrument packs sold for this). Especially since And I just started learning Absynth and already the sonic possibilities seem limitless. Though FM8 and Reaktor sound like i need to spend some time reading about before synthesizing with. All in all, i like their GUI and the fact that so many packs and exensions are available.  . |
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D7uan
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 18:19
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+! Reaktor is the shit...even though I havent got past the first pages of how to use it...but Ill get there some day
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Endeavour
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Posted : Nov 25, 2011 19:22
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Kryten
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Posted : Nov 26, 2011 09:18
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+1 on komplete. Bought it in july and still have not explored half of it I guess. Absynth is just great and i hope i will start with massive soon....no clue how it works yet
After that I'll get onto FM8, but that can take a while I guess....
..And we already had a lot of fun with guitar rig and recording a guitar then(although nothing productive came out at the end 
My first track:
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