Reviewed By oskroskroskr [all]
October 25th, 2013
Version reviewed: 4 on Mac
I've been using Massive for years so it was inevitable that the search for new sounds would eventually lead me to Absynth. After spending a few hours messing around however I can't say that I'm really that impressed. I don't think Absynth does anything that can't already be done faster in other soft synths.
For starters the GUI is pretty darn small and fiddly. Instead of knobs you mostly get digits. Which helps if you're looking for precision, but it means you have to learn the range of each knob before you can get going. The other immediate downer is that the macros are pretty hard to assign and there seems to be fairly arbitrary set of parameters that you can assign.
The "patch" diagram is quite large and versatile. Which means you can use several waveshapers, several filters and several effects all at once. I'm not sure why you would need to do this though. There seems to be more ways to "destroy" the sound rather than sculpt it.
You do get a couple of cool oscillator options like FM, wave morph and fractalize. But I messed around with this for a while and didn't come up with any remarkable sounds.
With Absynth you can (almost) do everything. But generally I think users want specific tools for specific tasks. Not sure how often you need to make huge complex ambient soundscapes that you can perform with a keyboard. It would probably be well suited to making the ambient music for a horror film.
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4 numbers after the point in absynth.(osc)
That is why more imaginable.
rosko12 didn't completely understand the Absynth, so he wrote a lot of non sense.
Yup.
Re: 25th October 2013 review.
I nearly stopped reading at, "arbitrary set of parameters"...And I suggest any potential buyer/demo-er synthesist possessing the slightest amount of patience to -learn- a software do the same. Absynth's interface is the only issue I've personally ever had with the synth, however be aware that with a proper understanding of this instrument there are sounds and performance features to be had that young lad Massive can presently only dream to achieve.
I say these things being a owner of the nice Massive synthesizer myself. One must have a massive amount of respect for the Deep programming potential and complex modular synthesis that Absynth can provide the right user. I would even go so far as to say that Absynth is more than likely one of the most complex software synthesizers ever developed and requires a good measure of patience/study (versus a need for instant gratification) in order to understand that statement.
Well stated.
I don't think it's reasonable to write such a review.
If you would write, "I didn't feel comfortable with the UI of Absynth so i had no motivation to explore it", that would be okay.
But don't adjudicate something you obviousley don't understand...
Mess around with this and mess around with that, what a silly "review".
What nonsense this review is, Absynth is a very deep and capable piece of software indeed.
Guys, what the file format inside SIT archived file "Cubico AbSynth"? Unpacked SIT and inside was file named "Cubico suitcase" without extension and with strange file header "CLaM"... cannot figured out how to use this "bank"...
Link is dead. I found the demo here https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths/absynth-5/downloads/
Absynth 5 is dicontinued at Native Instruments. No selling - no activating via Native Access 3. Installed version runs on your computer.
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