The official Reaktor 5.5 update was released on September 1st.
The last significant Reaktor update from Native Instruments was version 5.1, released in 2005. 5.5 has been a long time coming. At least we know now that Reaktor hasn't been completely abandoned.
It's mostly a GUI/workflow upgrade, but still worth the download.
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Written September 07 2010 , Tags: reaktor, 5.5
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maybe a reason for me to not completely abandon it as well.
i havent even had it installed for a while. way too wonky ui/workflow. anyone got any user library favorite .ens?
or even better cool stuff youve made yourself? I would say Weedwacker. (the Vladislav Delay presets are great!!!)
To me, with the 5.5 GUI upgrade, this is a winner. I have been working with the demo and just downloaded the official release. I haven't spent an exhaustive amount of time with it, but so far the new GUI has already improved my workflow; everything looks a lot less cluttered and it is a lot easier to make sense of what I am looking at since I don't have to deal with multiple windows. Also, I am really into the newly included Modal Synth module. Real good stuff.
I got Komplete 7 on release day, and I must say I actually enjoy using Reaktor now, versus about 3 years ago, for reasons mentioned above, plus I think the newer ensembles sound less harsh. I look forward to finally making music with it!
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F11 is full screen mode. It looks really nice. It looks like it actually belongs on stage, unlike a Windows XP theme.
The player/recorder has become a bar instead of a floating window. Looks good. And, there's a new sample map editor. Also looks good. No doubt it looks and handles much better. There's still room for improvement. The new bookmarks feature is a little clunky, and there's no keyboard shortcuts for bookmarks (to the best of my knowledge). F11 is full screen mode. It looks really nice. It looks like it actually belongs on stage, unlike a Windows XP theme.
The player/recorder has become a bar instead of a floating window. Looks good. And, there's a new sample map editor. Also a bar instead of a floating window. Also looks good. No doubt it looks and handles much better. The Electronic Instruments ensembles are all included free with the update. A $200 value, yours for only three easy payments of $0.00. There's still room for improvement. The new bookmarks feature is a little clunky, and there's no keyboard shortcuts for bookmarks (to the best of my knowledge). It's important to keep in mind that this is a free update. NI could have packaged this as version 6. I'm glad they didn't. It's a very nice gesture. Thanks NI! Remember when Reaktor was on sale for $99? I can't stop thinking how great a deal that was, and it just got a whole lot better. I kind of wish I didn't already own it at the time! I'd been jonesing for Reaktor for a long, long time but could never justify the price until it was $99. I haven't really figured out how to work it into my way of making sound, but I'm happy I have it. Mostly I wish I wasn't so dumb so I could get it to do the stuff I want.
edit: 'demo' should have been 'beta'
shit i can't wait to try this out. i loved the older versions of Weedwacker. i need update my os first though.
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