alright now what about Battery?

Ver 4 came out in 2013... jeez. And it's definitely not like there's no room for improvement.

 

I think functional GUIs are underrated, look at Ableton Live or Valhalla's stuff. They do the job. Meanwhile, something many of Arturia's synths, while looking good, is harder to program, because of the GUI

 

Most people are happy that Absynth is getting an update and being adapted to modern requirements.

Your argument about it being a money grab is so out of touch with reality. This programmer works for his money every day, at his own risk. If he doesn't sell enough plugins after they're finished, he'll go bankrupt.

What business is it of yours where someone lives and where they want to live? You can program software anywhere in the world today thanks to the World Wide Web; all you need is electricity and internet access.

 

The best options are always round, labeled knobs. Sliders, like those used in the Plasmonic and MeldaProduction plugins, are the least popular. Some programmers are excellent but completely fail when it comes to GUI design. There are many great designers worldwide who can create a user-friendly GUI for a small fee.

 

oh my god man this guy was my early teenage years learning absynth.
there is NOTHING like absynth. its just EPIC. i dont use it so much but i open it from time to time to remember what true character and personality in VSTi design really is. n o t h i n g will EVER compare to absynth. god bless early NI for fueling my dreams with that one

 

NI have a page up, "Weird by design", where you can sign up for a notification: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/weird-by-design/

I signed up so you don't have to, I'll post here when the synth hits the fan.

 

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"weird-by-design"? - Perhaps the new young NI employees haven’t quite got to grips with our old chap of an interface or ended up making it even more confusing. With NI these days, you never quite know what to expect

 

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Yeah, I had all but given up on NI coming up with anything new and creative like they did in the past, but then they came up with Massive X which has bizarre by the bucketload. I'm not saying it's the most capable of synths, but it manages to outweird a lot of them. I mean what were they smoking with the oscillators? Love it.

It remains to be seen what A6 will do, but I'm cautiously optimistic. If it's just slightly revamped and improved A5 I'm happy, but you never know.

 

I used a magnifying glass. I'd be happy with glasses.

 

"weird by design" is essentially the entire design principle of reaktor so I'm on board if NI gets interesting again

 

@ambbe : "Sería bueno si se pudiera usar sin gafas."

I never said that, I don't even speak Spanish!

 

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