Update - Modular III vs. Reaktor - My decision

vmartell · Post by **vmartell** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 2:28 pm

Well, just to report on my decision on the question asked on a previous thread. A couple of points:

1.- I was able to work a little bit more with the Reaktor demo. All in all, a great product, but I realized something: Reaktor is more of a Synth construction kit than a modular... Of course, Reaktor has macros that will give you the software modular look and feel, but I felt that the complexity of Reaktor was too much for what I do with my music setup

2.- Xmas specials! The Synth'n'Sampler pack was just to good to pass up. MINIMAX rules!
MIII, is of course, included.

3.- So I splurged and went ahead and got me a Pulsar II to go along my Pulsar I.

4.- I am extremely happy with it... MIII is great. It is in fact so good that I don't think I'll need Flexor for a while... The standard stuff is enough the keep me busy for a while. Things that you wouldn't think you would use, like the Frequency Divider can help you achieve wonderful effects on plain design.

5.- Other stuff like the SB404 just rounded the deal... Not extremely impressed with the 5000 sampler, but I have to admit that the sound quality is great.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with my decision.

6.- When do you guys think I will be ready for Flexor?

Victor

decimator · Post by **decimator** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 3:56 pm

Flexor ... the very first time I had to push the brakes instead of the accelerator : an another bargain for a new sonic dimension !

Modular is just a huge launching pad for Flexor ... mix them with j9k modules while you' re at it.

If you're still at it, *definitely* try the freshly released Melohman by Ohmforce ...

If I had to pick 2 in this hell of a 2003 year !!

vmartell · Post by **vmartell** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:07 pm

I was just reading about the Mehloman and it sounds very interesting... plus it's not terribly expensive stuff... It's definitely worth a look.

decimator · Post by **decimator** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:33 pm

You've got a 6 - 8 hours demo then white noise should rise up to ruin the party.
I've spent 10 awesome minutes tweaking upon a single very dull vocal sample without reading the manual ...
So it's sold here !

decimator · Post by **decimator** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:51 pm

Note : it's *highly* recommended to press the player / tweaker toggle button near tempo display to display ( ah ! ) more controls, and then tweak of course ...

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:49 am

Hi Victor, good decision you´ve made.
To point six, once you´ve tried the demo of FleXor you should be addicted to it.
I tried the demo patches and only got through the third patch in the hour.
Christmas is near and I´ll have my FleXor.

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Eric Dahlberg · Post by **Eric Dahlberg** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 5:07 am

NI gave me Reaktor after they bought out SynC Modular (of which I was a proud registered owner). Well, I still use SynC every so often but I never even bothered to install the new version of Reaktor...

vmartell · Post by **vmartell** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 2:34 pm

May I dare to ask, why didn't you decide to give Reaktor a whirl?

vmartell · Post by **vmartell** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 2:31 pm

Thanks for the advice, will try the demo now