Absynth is really my only NI plug I really use anymore, and I use that one religiously.The most recent 6.4 is amazing, also i like how they have kept it compatible to 6.0. I actually don't know why I keep upgrading it haha. Ensembles are rad, but I prefer to make my own patches when I can, and the Reaktor learning curve has just been something Ive never wanted to really take the time to learn. I just don't understand how to use them, or when they are needed. Reaktor is great though, Ive been using it since it was called Generator, but after all these years, a lot of the modules in it just baffle me as to what they do. I have way more fun with that, it just feels better being able to know exactly what Im looking at in front of me and understand what happens when I patch this output into this input (and isn't so resource intensive to my Mac either). I hardly even use Reaktor anymore after getting my modular completed a year or so ago though. It was pretty cool learning how to make Krell patches with Reaktor, before I had all the hardware modules in my modular to do it there. I really dig most of the 'west coast' blocks. In a way its more sensory because you can see the modulation on the scope/modulation parameters on the Blocks. I've addresed this by setting up Maschine templates for oft-used ensembles to control my modular. The major objection to Reaktor and software on this forum is the loss of tactile interaction. Euro Reakt's Hold & Slew has separate Rise and Fall controls, so you could set a rapid Rise time with a slightly slower Fall time to roughly emulate a vactrol (and ultimately have more control). Alternatively, a slew limiter would be fine here. You could plug in a voltage directly to the vactrol model and consider that a rough emulation. ER's Low-Pass Gate has a vactrol model with a direct input and output. There's also a cool Random Gates Block in ER that has 8 random clocks with independent probability.ħ) The Opto-Integrator is the most unusual feature. It has a Smooth or Stepped output.Ħ) For Random Pulses, either use Euro Reakt's Dust Block, Impulse Generator Block, or a clock source of your choice with ER's Probability Block. This is the Toggle A/B Out.ĥ) For R-FLUX, I'd probably emulate that using Euro Reakt's "Low Frequency Noise" Block. Plug the stepped outputs of S+H 1 & 2 into it (not the slewed 2 output). This will act as the "Sample-B Slew" control.Ĥ) Add Euro Reakt's 2-to-1 Switch. Plug the output of Sample B (one of the S&H Blocks) here. Plug it into the Gate inputs of the S&H Block.ģ) Add a Bento Box CV Processor. CLK" (since you can choose your clock) and "CLK Out". This takes care of "CLK Speed", "CLK FM", "EXT. This takes care of "Sample A/B Level" and "Sample Out-A/B" on the UA.Ģ) Add a clock generator of your choice to clock the random sources. Building an Ultra Analog emulator is a fun learning experience:ġ) Add two Bento Box S&H Blocks (these are in the standard library). There are a ton of random sources in Euro Reakt to choose from. between my es-3 and motu interface would prefer to keep my modulation sources in software at this point as i'm running out of space been holding off on buying the ultra random. looking for a favorite random source block at the moment. will report back when i have a chance to play with some of them. Rean1mator wrote:i just got my setup working in ableton and have downloaded a bunch of stuff. There was a recently released block called Processorz which apparently wasn't built in a sophisticated way but I found very cool. If you use an ipad/elmur, Twisted Tools released a free block called the Ring which is really powerful. AXYS + is cool for bouncing ball modulations. Within Michael's indispensable Euroreakt collection, check out the chaos blocks connected to the Lisojou scope in the utilities folder, Wavetable LFO mod, squid axion, and complex oscillator. An up-to-date version is included in Infinite Phi. My single favorite Block is Sandy Small's Microwave wavetable oscillator. I highly recommend the Nouveau Collection by Matthew Friedrichs, the Infinite Phi Collection by Sandy Small, The Synite Collection by Jonathan Tremblay, Brett Blocks (take a look at all of Brett's Block collections, especially his Rounds collection), everything by Colugo (not collected into a bundle), and the free Niji Drums expansion by NI (Also, be sure to install the 1.1 and 1.2 Blocks Library updates through the NI Service Center. There is also a wide array of sequencers, mixing tools, and noise/chaos sources. There are ports of Mutable Instruments, Noise Engineering, and Nonlinear Circuits modules (all made with permission). I created Euro Reakt, which contains 140 Blocks. Thelizard wrote:Here are all Blocks sorted by best reviews:
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