Native Instruments has announced on their forum a public beta of Reaktor 5.5, the first big update in years.
Honestly, I was a little surprised they didn’t jump straight to Reaktor 6 but come to think about it, this could turn out to be similar to Kontakt. If you remember, Kontakt 3 got a major update in 3.5 which was released just shortly before Kontakt 4. Maybe it’s just a way to not leave current users in the cold? Or Reaktor 6 is still years away, what the heck do I know…
Here’s the new features and improvements list:
- Additive synthesis capabilities (based on new “Sine Bank” module)
- Modal synthesis capabilities (based on new “Modal Bank” module)
- Instruments can now be loaded as ensembles and vice versa
- Revised one-window GUI with flexible “split” view
- Unified interface layout for standalone and plugin operation
- New full-screen view in standalone mode
- New “structure bookmarks” feature
- Improved instrument header, properties and sample map editor
- Improved audio player with browser integration, drag&drop and auto-mode
- Improved preset handling with bank list and “snapshot master” function
- Global master volume controls for audio input and output
- Improved functionality of send/receive modules
- Audio I/O channels increased to 40 in standalone mode
- Improved handling of audio I/Os and ports
- Improved auto-save in plugin mode
- Improved sample rate conversion
- New “Lazerbass” monophonic additive synthesizer by Mike Daliot
- All ensembles from Electronic Instruments I + II now included
- Additional keyboard shortcuts
- New “application reference” manual with integrated tutorials
Reaktor 5.5 will be a free upgrade.
Very cool! My favorite VST is back!
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