Reaktor does support MIDI and OSC and you can do a lot with it. Reaktor 5 has some performance enhancements though.Alexis Forge wrote:I was going to use this existing Reaktor thread but I think it may have strayed...so I might give it it's own thread too
I've been thinking a lot lately about learning Max and getting more into creating my own tools, but I already have Reaktor 4
some people have already suggested getting R5 but I dont have a pot to piss in - so that puts Max/MSP out of the frame for now too
question is, how far can I get with Reaktor 4? will it be really useful for building my own instruments that integrate with Live - like for example TOne Deft's one pedal looper and things like that - can you do really flexible routing type stuff with Reaktor 4?
I have it as part of Komplete 2 and have only ever loaded presets - so I'd rather use what I already have if I can
can Reaktor handle signals from hardware and convert them to MIDI/OSC - things like that like Max can? I dont mind using Glove PIE for that, but I'm curious
I'm learning Max now though because I have future plans to build some custom video stuff and Reaktor has no support for video. I also find the tutorials that come with Max to be light years better than anything I've seen; book, website, or product doc about Reaktor.