7/26/2023 0 Comments Reaktor 6 monarkFrom an engineering standpoint, though, NI is applying the latest research in digital filter models. Now, the Minimoog is perhaps the most-modeled, most influential synth ever, in some way influencing the design of countless hardware and software designs that followed, so the idea that a new model is “revolutionary” may seem downright odd. But I think it could also appeal to synth lovers. For people just looking for vintage sounds, it’ll fit the bill, because the Minimoog is such a part of music. (NI has to legall call it “a classic analog monophonic synthesizer that has shaped four decades of popular music.”)ĬDM got an exclusive hands-on with the instrument, and it sounds extraordinary in a way software virtual analog instruments usually don’t. What NI can’t say, legally, I can: this is clearly a model of the classic Minimoog. We’ll be looking more in detail at Monark with the engineers at NI who built it. In fact, still one of the only dedicated drum samplers out there, since others tend to be general-purpose samplers or drum machine-oriented. Let me explain.īattery 4: still the most advanced drag-and-drop drum sampler out there, now upgraded. Oh, yeah, and Komplete is still a ridiculous amount of software, though that’s not exactly news. And Battery 4 shows that NI is committed to an instrument in a category all its own. Monark may seem like just another modeled virtual analog synth, but under the hood, it represents significant advances in modeling technology, a labor of love from some of NI’s DSP mad scientists. What you do get, though, is still big news. In fairness, Reaktor did get a couple of important upgrades recently both simply had the misfortune to be labeled as point releases rather than “Reaktor 6.” (Reaktor 5.7 is nonetheless a major new version with a substantially new UI, and Reaktor 5.8 brought an industry-leading, user-friendly OSC implementation.) But fans of the modular software no doubt want more. The fact that the Monark video showed Reaktor patching may have confused matters further. While NI is making Komplete, their bundle of their extensive stable of software instruments, available for preorder, there’s still no sign of a big upgrade to Reaktor. Native Instruments has been teasing new instrument software in recent days, and now we get to see what they were previewing: a new virtual-analog monosynth and a remade version of their drum sampler.īut, hold on, before everyone yawns and leaves the building – there’s reason to pay attention to this news.įirst, yes, there is something notably absent in today’s announcement. What you can’t: this decades-old synth was actually recreated using fairly new, cutting-edge digital filter research. What you can see: something that looks a lot like a Minimoog.
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