I know there are differing opinions on this forum re Nexus, but I have to say - and yes I am a paying customer, I am really excited for this new release.

It finally seems Nexus is turning into something of a beast. It's no longer a Rompler!

The upgrade price probably will hit a nerve for some - but I'm good with it. After all, it's a reasonable upgrade price for those that have had the VST for a while now.





Limitless

Design your own presets from scratch. Load your own samples.

Create your own routings. Build your own expansions.



NEXUS5 has it all! No more limits!



First Look

Introducing the newly designed librarian! Enjoy a fresh new look and stay tuned for more exciting updates. There's much more to discover in the coming days, and we can't wait to share it with you.

Release date: Black Friday, November 29th, 2024



N2 Retro Mode

Longing for the old simplicity? Tired of adjusting countless parameters? Feeling nostalgic? Here’s the original skin with the same colors, same style, and same awesomeness.




Upgrade Pricing

Upgrading your NEXUS? We have you covered!

Special introductory upgrade pricing is available during our annual Christmas Sale depending on when you bought your NEXUS:

• Before July 1st 2024 (applies to customers who bought NEXUS1, NEXUS2, NEXUS3, or NEXUS4),
• between July 1st 2024 and August 31st 2024,
• on or after September 1st 2024.

Before July 2024

$79

July or August 2024
$39

Sep, Oct, or Nov 2024
Free

Prices above listed in USD and may be different in your currency. Prices are without sales tax and other applicable taxes. Prices are subject to change without notice.

 

Hmm, interesting. I do love Nexus as well and I am a "loyal" customer for over 10 years. My first thoughts are that they should've done this with N4 tbh. On the other hand, it seems they are trying to make it more like Avenger (I guess) which is odd because it's the same people behind both plugins.
Anyways $79 isn't too bad for an upgrade price and this certainly is an upgrade. Seeing EDM 10 and Melodic Techno 3 isn't going to spare my wallet either...

 

Same sound designer - Vengeance Sound, but not the same developer. Avenger is developed by Keilwerth.

As someone who doesn't own Nexus, this actually looks quite promising. Switching from a more rompler-type plugin to more of a tweakable synth is a great direction.

 

Just saw the announcement in my mail. Yeah, N5 will have some long awaited features and I'm definitely going to upgrade.
Let's see on November 29th

 

cant wait to have it the nexus 2 mode is perfect

 

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Not all patches are designed by Manuel Schleis.

I'm lucky enough to try the beta, and it's actually pretty awesome. They also listened to many community-requested features, like the N2 skin. (I even wished for the missing Christmas packs from 2021 and 2022 to avoid a "gap" between 2020 and 2023, and they delivered.)

However, I wasn't around during the period when the company was apparently difficult, and there was a time when the expansions sounded too basic to be worth paying for. But expansions like "Vintage Synths" are amazing and crafted with love.

 

A question for you, dear beta tester, do you know how and if you can create your own presets and how that works or do I have filters and envelopes and effects and maybe oscillators like Saw Sine Square and Triangle. I read somewhere that version 4.5 already goes from rompler to synthesizer. That would be great and can you also download a demo of version 5?

 

Where does all the community related stuff happen?

 

You can use basic waveforms, wavetables, and now also the samples from all expansion packs. You can import your own samples and create different layers, each with its own effects and multiple oscillators, wavetables, and more. There are various manipulation options, and for samples specifically, there are cool features like grain and cloud. As far as I know, there’s no demo version—I don’t think they offer one.

I have fun with it and I especially like the FX! Also, I feel like sharing this is OK now because it's officially announced.

In the reFX Facebook group, that the only reason i use FB anymore.

 

Thank you @VSKZ for the valuable and useful information, I'm in a really good mood right now, finally something is happening for the users. reFX made a really great plugin with the Vanguard, unfortunately only in 32 bit (back then with Markus Krause from Tone2), the old quadriSID is also a good sounding plugin.
upload pic

 

Please tell me you can change the nexus 2 skins if not please tell refx to include the skins

 

Don't forget Vanguard 2. That is 64bit.

 

Yeah, for me, some of their products are really nostalgic. That's also why I like the n2 skin, reminds me of the first time i started to make music.

Currently, only the default. I can ask, but there are some other UI and workflow-related things that I find more important to prioritize. Also, I'm just a small beta tester, so no promises that it will work out.

 

Please ask them having all the nexus 2 skins is essential

 

You can. That's the whole point of this update.

 

To me : the most overrated ROMpler ever, with overpriced expansions ...

 

i see is more flexible, the question is how many activations? hopefully they give at least 2 activations, i wish

 

I think they already cover 3 activations? I have two activated at the same time, studio and home studio.

 

To you, and many other people. Obviously though, they charge whatever the market will bear. They are on v5 and still have lots of customers.