What we can see in front of us is an empty Instrument because creating a new ensemble creates a blank Instrument within it automatically. The first thing we’ll need to do is create a new ensemble, so either hit cmd + n (on a mac) or File > New Ensemble. Modules are the smallest thing in Reaktor and might be something like a triangle wave oscillator, an ADSR envelope generator, a number, a slider or even a mathematical function like subtract, divide or multiply. Confusingly, ensembles can contain other ensembles too, but we won’t be getting that deep this time around. An ensemble can contain Instruments Instruments can contain a combination of Macros, modules and core cells (we’ll come on to Macros in more detail a bit later on and core cells will be covered with in a later article). The hierarchy of Reaktor starts at the top level with what’s called ensembles. Finally the box with sliders is the panel control. The camera is for browser ‘snapshots’, which is Reaktor-speak for presets. The magnifying glass is the browser, navigating your hard drive and the factory content. When you open the program up, you’ll be confronted with something like this:
Reaktor synth Pc#
Reaktor standalone can be found (like other Native Instruments standalone devices) in Applications > Native Instruments (for OSX sadly I don’t have a PC to find out exactly where it is but I’m sure it’ll be in Program Files or something). They can be properly road-tested in a DAW later down the line. This certainly speeds works-flow up when you’re designing/building synths and effects. One huge advantage of running in standalone is that all the hot keys work in Reaktor rather than applying to the DAW you’re in. Anything you do in standalone can be opened when Reaktor is a run as an Audio Unit or VST, so don’t worry about losing your work. For simplicity, today I’m going to be running it in standalone.
Reaktor can be run within a DAW, like Ableton or Logic, or in standalone. Reaktor is almost like a DAW within a DAW, so it has its own File, Edit, Settings etc. There are some things worth knowing before you actually get into building anything in Reaktor, as the interface can be slightly jarring.
Reaktor synth for free#
What’s great is that loads of other Reaktor users have built their own machines and uploaded them to NI’s website for free download, so check them out too. If you’ve not, it’s certainly worth exploring what it has to offer: Lazerbass, Carbon2 and OkiComputer are some of my favourite synths while SpaceDrone, Vectory, Space Master 2 and Fast FX are all worth exploring, too. I’m going to assume that if you’ve read this far you’ve probably opened Reaktor up once or twice and at least dicked around with some of the factory content. I’m going to show you how you can put together a simple one-voice mono synth and hopefully inspire you develop it further and learn about the architecture of some of the more exotic things in Reaktor. One of the beauties of Reaktor is that everything is editable and can be customised and tweaked to an extremely high degree but before getting on to anything this complex, it’s worth getting your head around the basics. Well, sort of: there are some restrictions and this is why it’s really a semi-modular.
One of Reaktor’s strengths is that the synths, drum machines, effects and sequencers it comes bundled with are incredibly powerful, esoteric creations – even blindly noodling with them can produce some really quite quirky results – but this is really just the tip of the iceberg of what the synths can do.Īs I mentioned before, Reaktor is a digital semi-modular – but what does this mean? Modular means that the individual components that make up the synths/drum machines/effects/sequencers in Reaktor can be hooked up however you like. A lot of producers might have it as part of the Komplete bundle, but few I’ve spoken to have even scratched the surface of its potential.Īdmittedly the interface can be a little overwhelming: although I purchased it as a standalone many years ago, it wasn’t until after a few years that I really began to become acquainted with it and a few years more before I began to be happy with what I was building. Reaktor is an incredibly powerful digital semi-modular by Native Instruments.
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