Ableton Forum

adhmzaiusz wrote: it was impossible to work together because reaktor would crash live. it would open, but there was always a knob or slider or something that if touched, it would destroy everything. the problem was, i never knew which knob it would be. i found that if i hit the down key, it would also crash live. everytime. trust me i tried everything to fix that but the only solution was updating to the more stable R5. it seems w/ r5 they fixed things and it works to my acceptance.

Are you on PC or Mac? I have seen a lot of complaints about Reaktor on Mac.

I'm on PC and the only problems I've had with Reaktor 4 and Live are closing a set without shutting off Reaktor first.

Ordered my upgrade to 5 this morning

im mac

but...there may still be bugs ive never come across yet. im just happy r5 works reasonably now.

adhmzaiusz wrote:ibut...there may still be bugs ive never come across yet. im just happy r5 works reasonably now.

Are you talking about Reaktor 5? No bugs, whatsoever! Reaktor 5 works like a charm!

arturnowak wrote:

adhmzaiusz wrote:ibut...there may still be bugs ive never come across yet. im just happy r5 works reasonably now.

Are you talking about Reaktor 5? No bugs, whatsoever! Reaktor 5 works like a charm!

omg i should start including every tid of information in everypost i make since nobody bothers reading the threads history...

i really didn't expect this thread to carry on this far
i guess everyone must share the love of r5

The demo is now out!

http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.p ... eaktor5_us

Dwonloading...

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conny wrote:Dwonloading...

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I find it fantastic!

...and I've only messed with the demo ensembles!

I usually steer clear of apps where you build your own instruments. This is because when I first started messing around with sampling and sequencing I spent 2 weeks making a drum kit from my tabla and some other percussion. I realized how tweaky I could get and that would take me away from composing. I mean how could any normal person really get that much out of 2 weeks of messing with percussion samples? I felt silly.

I used Reaktor once and didn't get it. I started building my own sounds and it was cool but it wasn't making music, just sounds.

Then just this weekend I was at a show and a couple of friends started talking about it and how it was the end all be all of sound design. My skeptisism was lessened when they started talking about the ensembles.

Being more curious about it I installed 4 and loaded up an ensemble. I tried the vocoder through Live with my microphone. Wow. Then I loaded up a couple of its synths. Oh my gawd!

I am completely sold. I am getting 5 no matter what it takes. I'm going to start collecting bottles to return until I can afford it!

kennerb wrote:I'm going to start collecting bottles to return until I can afford it!

Check if your eligable for the academic version. It's about half price. Or get Reaktor sessions - then upgrade before the end of August. That would also come in cheaper than going straight for R5.

Cheers,
Mikael

Lo-Fi Massahkah wrote:

kennerb wrote:I'm going to start collecting bottles to return until I can afford it!

Check if your eligable for the academic version. It's about half price. Or get Reaktor sessions - then upgrade before the end of August. That would also come in cheaper than going straight for R5.

Cheers,
Mikael

Hey thanks for the tip Mikael! Appreciate it.

About additive synthesis:

noisetonepause wrote: -Paws

But Computer Music #88 says:
"Well, yeah - it still doesn't do additive resynthesis... but we bet it will."

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Err. Well. Mate. Unlike the people at Computer Music, I a) actually know how to operate a computer and b) have actually used Reaktor before writing a review of it.

Mate. Additive synthesis means the ability to mix two or more oscillators together. Reaktor might not excel at it (in that I know my computer probably won't be able to run the 500+ sine wave oscs of, say, a Kawai synth, but then my computer's pretty shit) but yes, Reaktor can add sound waves together. The fact that CM claim otherwise is just yet another example of what a bunch of fucking tossers write that mag...

-Paws

In all fairness they said REsynthesis which (AFAIK) is that you break down an existing sound/waveform into it's partials via a FFT and then resynthesizes it with a lot of sine wave generators. Chamelon does that and also Virsyn Cube.

That's something else entirely... It will do granular resynthesis, but not FFT.

noisetonepause wrote:That's something else entirely... It will do granular resynthesis, but not FFT.

Yes.
And that's about what I wanted to have confirmed.

Paws!

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