Reaktor 5 is the greatest thing i've ever seen

[adhmzaiusz]

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4. cpu is wayyyy more reasonable

Are you on Mac or PC? Would like to know how much the difference is.....

In the minimum requirements it says 1Ghz PowerPC---- so that rules anyone with less out, more or less, right?

im mac use a pb1.33
lets just say reaktor session was nearly impossible to use...reaktor5 hasnt crashed on me yet, and the fact that it doesnt crash live is unbelievable. i can open up ensembles and actually use them and the cpu isn't retarded. it can get high, but it reaktor 5 is alot more friendlier than R4S

id say it runs acceptably now, the bugs seemed to have been squashed that have been pestering me

[suburbanbather]

Nope, shouldn't be a problem. The reason some ensembles break when you upgrade is that they change the way some of the basic tools function (different event processing, etc.). In Reaktor 5, they have a mode that lets you tell Reaktor to act behave like it's still Reaktor 4, using the old way of doing things. You can think of it like having R4 and R5 together in the same package--you can run all the new ensembles in R5 mode, and you can run all the old ensembles in legacy/R4 mode. Basically, if it works in R4, it will work in R5.

Ok, I gotcha now

Thanx

[mcconaghy]

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4. cpu is wayyyy more reasonable

Are you on Mac or PC? Would like to know how much the difference is.....

In the minimum requirements it says 1Ghz PowerPC---- so that rules anyone with less out, more or less, right?

R5 runs smoothly on my Mac, and she's prehistoric

[jackmazzotti]

r5 is awesome but virsyn tera is just as good or even better
I have both and I love them both but if I had to choose then it is definately tera 2

[jackmazzotti]

cube 2 is completely sick as well (its like a real time U&I metasynth synth)

check em out here http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Home/e_home.html

I believe virsyn is probably the best kept secret in the plug in world

download the demos and you will understand

and no I don't work for them

[RiotNrrd]

Alright, you guys have convinced me.

I've been waffling back and forth about upgrading from Reaktor Session. I wasn't much into Session because of the high CPU requirements and its general instability (no other program has ever crashed my computer as often as Session). The sound is great, but if you can't depend on the program to actually run for any length of time...

But at a $169 upgrade price, I guess I can't really go too wrong. And I'm liking what I'm hearing from you all who've been actually using it.

[anonymouse]

at a $169 upgrade price, I guess I can't really go too wrong.

you would be nuts to miss the opportunity to upgrade Session to R5. The upgrade price is so good because NI are "apologising" for killing Session and giving the users a really really sweet deal to upgrade. (not far from the R4->R5 upgrade price)

One of the great things about Reaktor is that it makes you stop and think before ever buying any other vst software or even new hardware. Because Reaktor can do it all (in theory) ... it just depends on another user or yourself creating the ensemble that you need. (and of course there is the enormous library to use, or to cherry pick components from and built your own frankenstein synth/sequencer/sampler/effects etc - this is not difficult to do)

[arturnowak]

For people, who didin't experience Reaktor yet: with Reaktor 5 you get 50 (!) ready-to-use instruments, like synthesizers, both classic and very modern, grooveboxes, samplers, loop-slicer, sequencers (to build your won loops), all sort of effects, including mastering effects - you name it. Best value for money ever. And what's more, you get access to user library with almost 2000 instruments. If it's too much, on Reaktor CD you will find a selection of the best "old" instruments, which are still far beyond what you get as VST plugin. I can imagine use of nothing but L5+R5. It's more than anybody needs to make music.

[FORMAT]

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4. cpu is wayyyy more reasonable

Are you on Mac or PC? Would like to know how much the difference is.....

In the minimum requirements it says 1Ghz PowerPC---- so that rules anyone with less out, more or less, right?

R5 runs smoothly on my Mac, and she's prehistoric

Haha---- that's very interesting, how prehistoric is she? I found a session with 3 Amplitube for real-time guitar looping, 1 Reaktor GoBox and Operator kills my live set, it's simply not possible..... cracking and 108% Cpu.

Do you have any real comparisons, e.g. what a certain ensemble consumed before and now?

[mcconaghy]

Are you on Mac or PC? Would like to know how much the difference is.....

In the minimum requirements it says 1Ghz PowerPC---- so that rules anyone with less out, more or less, right?

R5 runs smoothly on my Mac, and she's prehistoric

Haha---- that's very interesting, how prehistoric is she?

G4 400 Mhz Gigabit, upgraded to 1.2 Ghz. Runs much better than R4 did, which crackled, and produced drop outs. This is really smooth.

Do you have any real comparisons, e.g. what a certain ensemble consumed before and now?

Sadly no hard numbers. R4 was virtually unusable on my system, but R5 purrs like a kitten - if that qualifies as a good comparison

[12micsn1]

R5 is just funkin deep as it gets. Theres such a huge pallet of ensembles for potential creativity that it should takes years if ever to exhuast R5. It maybe the the most over-the-top an beyond software you could ever need. CPU is definitely way down on then before which is mind blowing for such a monster. Ni definitely spent a great deal on this one before sharing it with those who have it. The best thing i got this for next to nothing with Komplete Care. Otherwise, this worth a small fortune for what offers but well worth it.

[FORMAT]

Do you have any real comparisons, e.g. what a certain ensemble consumed before and now?

Sadly no hard numbers. R4 was virtually unusable on my system, but R5 purrs like a kitten - if that qualifies as a good comparison

cool comparison

[suburbanbather]

Anybody know when the 'academic' discount will be available. I have not seen it yet. One of my friends downloaded the demo and is now cursing himself for not giving softsynths a chance. He wants to buy it now but I told him he should chill until the acedemic discount is available.

I'm glad I bought Reaktor a while ago because buying it for the first time has a pretty hefty price tag.

[FORMAT]

So what do you guys reckon - is a 867Mhz G4 Powerbook too slow for Reaktor 5?
In the minimum requirements, they state 1Ghz .....

Thanks

[adhmzaiusz]

So what do you guys reckon - is a 867Mhz G4 Powerbook too slow for Reaktor 5?
In the minimum requirements, they state 1Ghz .....

Thanks

hell, if you were me, you'd just go buy everything you need in one shot and worry about it later.

i just walked into the store the day i got my R5 and threw a motu traveler in with it just for good measure, so i'd suggest just throwing on a new computer while your at it. No remorse. Remorse ruins your satisfaction. Trust me, use the plastic and worry about the paper later. When you need something now, what else can you do?