8 Oct
2003
8 Oct
'03
1:14 p.m.
I think the strength of Reaktor is the resources in that central
program. Right now in Linux we have Pd which is probably the closet to
it and a bunch of synths that are seperate and different from each
other. It seems we need a similar program in terms of functionality.
Ams is probably close, but its not multi-timbral, multi-channel, or is
it. Like it or not, Reaktor works but I wouldn't go back into that big
money arena again if you gave me the money!
Ken
Mark Knecht wrote:
I think you're probably right, although of the thousands I wouldn't venture
a guess as to how many of those are warez types. More than NI might want to
admit.
That said, Reaktor Session comes with 35-40 prebuilt instruments, and each
instrument has many sounds ready to go. It comes with a large library of
wave files built into the instruments, but they can be extracted and reused
elsewhere. I think the method to that madness is that NI creates enough
usability out of the box to get users really turned on to create more. Then
the library comes, which benefits all the users again.
I'd love to see that happen with one or more of the Linux tools. I simple
don't have the time or interest to become a programmer. When I turn on my PC
and try to write music I need tools that get me there faster. I don't want
to spend an hour grabbing blocks and wiring them together. By the time I get
that done I've lost my inspiration for making music.
I may be the odd man out around here. I'm not sure...
- Mark
>I think we Linux soft synth users should try to
make that happen.
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Reaktor users == thousands
Linux softsynth users == dozens
Umm, maybe it's a numbers thing ??
== dp