KVR Audio

awol9000 · Post by **awol9000** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:51 pm

As a Maschine owner, NI gave me Komplete Elements quite awhile ago. For whatever reason I never really checked it out. But I gotta say I'm really liking Photone. Especially for pads.

Anyone else?

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:05 pm

Photone is one of my favourite ensembles, in many respects it's one of the ancestors of Massive.

Lunatic_Machinist · Post by **Lunatic_Machinist** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:13 am

and in some respects it still surpasses Massive. particularly in the sound department.

and I don't know if I'm happy or sad about this.
but yeah, another photone fan here. it can sound absolutely engrossing.

JoeCat · Post by **JoeCat** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:36 am

awol9000 wrote:As a Maschine owner, NI gave me Komplete Elements quite awhile ago. For whatever reason I never really checked it out. But I gotta say I'm really liking Photone. Especially for pads.

Anyone else?

+1!

I am the Photone (and Carbon) fanboi. Posted this recently:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0
(and took some deserved crap for playing guess the synth).

Hardly anyone discusses those two synths (I did a search once and found one of my old posts here

) but I think they hold up very well. Great modulation possibilities, and Reaktor's engine is still as capable as all but some of the latest cutting-edge synths (I don't have to mention names

)

I've thought of skinning them at some point just for fun.

At any rate, Photone does excel in the pad department. It (and Carbon) have an "icy" sound that I like.

Glad to hear there are fans. It's foolish, but I think sometimes when an instrument or effect gets little use, you can get caught up in the "it must not be good even though I like it" bullsh*t (the converse is true for popular plugs of course). If Skryllex used Photone instead of FM8 we'd never hear the end of it.

experimental.crow · Post by **experimental.crow** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:51 am

one of my favorites , for sure ...

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... art=45#top

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:40 am

I really like Photone

It is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered by anybody who invests in Komplete Elements.

Further sweetening the deal by including the full version of Spark in KE, that really is a no brainer deal by NI

awol9000 · Post by **awol9000** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:21 pm

JoeCat wrote:
I've thought of skinning them at some point just for fun.

Please do. I think it could use a bit of a makeover.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:02 pm

Great instrument and super light on the cpu these days too! (There was a time when I thought I'd never say that of a reaktor instrument).

Love the comb filter. Lurker effect is amazing for that kind of sound too.

arachnaut · Post by **arachnaut** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:50 pm

One of my favorites as well.

Photone (Reaktor)