Thinking of buying Reaktor 5?

buckman · Post by **buckman** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:10 am

Im really into Sound design and quirky electronic sounds and fx, as well as mad loops etc and was looking at Reaktor?

Anyone use it?

From the demos i hear it souds like i dont really need a sequencer as it does loops/chords/sequences on its own?

So can i use it on its own as well as within Logic 8 and Live 7.02?

Also once I buy it, do i get access to all the NI and NI USER ensembles as part of the deal?

Any good / bad experiences?

exper · Post by **exper** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:27 am

Buy it. You'll love using it within live. You can build sequencers, algorythmic drum sequencers and midi lfos in it and trigger stuff in live. Far more intuitive than Max. Any fx you want, except for convolution (yet) You can use it on its own, or you can render loops for use in live, etc. The online library is brilliant, some mad stuff there. And Reaktor 5 is extremely stable.

Live and Reaktor are my 2 main tools.

Cloak and Dagger · Post by **Cloak and Dagger** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:32 am

Reaktor is immense...
lots of quirky sounds and effects more than you'll ever have time to explore. it comes with some great ensembles from NI
and yes you get access to the user library with thousands of ensembles.
Reaktor plus live =infinite possibilities. its drum machines, synths, effects , sample manglers, and sequencers galore. great for coming up with new inspiration.
some ensembles are CPU heavy and some aren't. The more processing power the better. but even some of the greatest ensembles can be fairly light on CPU.
it can be used Stand Alone and as a plugin in Logic or Live. Im running it Great with Live 6.0.7 as a plug in on os 10.4.8 however cant speak for -live 7 or Leopard or Logic. or windows for that matter.

jamos · Post by **jamos** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:36 am

I just started using it with Live, I cant imagine Ill ever need another synth !

Precision · Post by **Precision** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:44 am

buckman wrote:Im really into Sound design and quirky electronic sounds and fx, as well as mad loops etc and was looking at Reaktor?

I love Reaktor. For sheer versatility, range of instruments and the craaaaazy stuff that you can dream up with it - it's a real winner

You can use it standalone and sample loops from it, and then import them into Logic, for example - or just use it in Live or Logic as a VST. The reverbs alone are excellent, for example (a great tip I picked up from this very forum

).

Two downsides: firstly, it can be pretty CPU intensive (well, it is on my elderly PC, anyway...). Secondly, it's quite an investment of time to create your own ensembles. But if you go down that road, the potential is there to make an instrument completely unique to you - for definite.

Yes, you will get immediate access as a registered user to the Reaktor library, and you can download stuff to you heart's content. The content varies in quality, but there is some excellent stuff there. And the forums are a very good place for technical Q&A. Why not download the demo?

So, in summary: yeah. it's alright, I suppose

Edited for correctness: excuse my ridiculous generalisations about CPU usage....Man, I'm dumb today.

But Cloak has it spot on

photonal · Post by **photonal** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:47 am

exper wrote:And Reaktor 5 is extremely stable.

!?!?!!?! What?

Reaktor 5 (under OSX Leopard) is extremely UNstable in Live 7 (and Live 6, 5 etc)
If I need to get into Reaktor I have to switch into Logic Pro.

buckman · Post by **buckman** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:51 am

Thanks!

Im on Tiger 10.4.9 and Live 7 - is that any better?

Is Leopard the issue?

photonal · Post by **photonal** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:56 am

buckman wrote:Thanks!

Im on Tiger 10.4.9 and Live 7 - is that any better?
Is Leopard the issue?

Could be - things seem to have got worse with 10.5 in terms of Reaktor crashes (tends to be more the non-Native Instruments Library sounds which crash Live), but it was already pretty bad in 10.4 anyway!

I don't have Logic 8, so I can't say how Reaktor fairs there but it is *rock solid* in Logic 7

blank · Post by **blank** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:15 pm

Reaktor is simply the best synth I bought.

-B

commuter · Post by **commuter** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:31 pm

I love Carbon 2!!!it can do everything : Wavetables, VA etc..
Superb Filters...
Fatcat from the user library is a must have too(good Minimoog Emulation)

Ni ensembles like carbon are really stable, but i also get crashes with some users ensembles...
live 7.02 , OSX 10.4.11, Reaktor 5.1.4.002

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:35 pm

I am after it too, but its extremly pricey ( i know you get alot with it).
Also need upgrade to live 7

MBD73 · Post by **MBD73** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:19 pm

Buy it !

Homebelly · Post by **Homebelly** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:03 pm

photonal wrote:
exper wrote:And Reaktor 5 is extremely stable.
!?!?!!?! What?

Reaktor 5 (under OSX Leopard) is extremely UNstable in Live 7 (and Live 6, 5 etc)
If I need to get into Reaktor I have to switch into Logic Pro.

its a rock on my 10.5 system. what are you doing to make it crash??

ewistrand · Post by **ewistrand** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:10 pm

Homebelly wrote:
photonal wrote:
exper wrote:And Reaktor 5 is extremely stable.
!?!?!!?! What?

Reaktor 5 (under OSX Leopard) is extremely UNstable in Live 7 (and Live 6, 5 etc)
If I need to get into Reaktor I have to switch into Logic Pro.
its a rock on my 10.5 system. what are you doing to make it crash??

I'd like to know the same thing. Are you using 5.1.4?

ew

Homebelly · Post by **Homebelly** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:14 pm

ewistrand wrote:
Homebelly wrote:
photonal wrote: !?!?!!?! What?

Reaktor 5 (under OSX Leopard) is extremely UNstable in Live 7 (and Live 6, 5 etc)
If I need to get into Reaktor I have to switch into Logic Pro.
its a rock on my 10.5 system. what are you doing to make it crash??
I'd like to know the same thing. Are you using 5.1.4?

ew

WTF

ew??
Your like some kind of radar,,,
all any one needs to do is ask any question about N-I products in any forum,,
and you turn up!!!

What kinds of cognitive abilities do you posses??

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