Any news on Massive 2?
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4968 posts since 26 Apr, 2007 from Noosphere
10 years have past since the release. I'm wondering if NI are working on the upgrade of this wavetable pioneer? Maybe it's time to catch up the rivals? New filters (old ones are very outdated), resizable GUI, new waveforms, waveform editor and you name it. It's weird that such a huge company cannot even make a bigger GUI for it for HD monitors.
- KVRAF
- 23102 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Absolutely untrue (and made up) information.acYm wrote:and nobody into advanced synthesis left over at NI
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4968 posts since 26 Apr, 2007 from Noosphere
Exactly. Stephan Schmitt (NI founder) coded it. So he could do the job, no?chk071 wrote:Seriously? What about Reaktor?acYm wrote:tbh, with Daliot gone, and nobody into advanced synthesis left over at NI
- KVRAF
- 8182 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
I would put money on there never being a Massive follow up.
Native instruments wants to sell you content because a) it costs less to develop and b) costs less to support.
I would actually rather see them do something with Absynth. Massive has already been surpassed by Serum and other wavetable synths now.
Native instruments wants to sell you content because a) it costs less to develop and b) costs less to support.
I would actually rather see them do something with Absynth. Massive has already been surpassed by Serum and other wavetable synths now.
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- KVRAF
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
Certainly if they have coders capable of creating and maintaining Reaktor, they can make a Massive 2. Will they? Highly unlikely at this point. I think we have seen the last of Massive, FM and ABSynth.
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- KVRAF
- 35436 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Yeah, have that feeling too... if they really wanted to do a successor, they would have done it by now. They would have to top other wavetable synths like Serum, so, would have to be quite an effort then. But, i'd surely like to be surprised by NI. IF someone could top Serum and likes, then it's them. Reaktor is superb in terms of sound quality, so, a Massive 2 would probable be very good as well.tehlord wrote:I would put money on there never being a Massive follow up.
- KVRAF
- 35295 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Personally I still prefer Massive to Serum
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- KVRian
- 1185 posts since 11 Sep, 2015
as soon as you leave the admittedly stellar wavetable editor and engine, massive kinda mops the floor with serum, I gotta say. much, much cooler environment.
I respect Schmitt as much as anyone else here, but he never made anything in reaktor that's as good or better than massive. reaktor is not aging well anyway, modern synth designs perform terribly in there.
I respect Schmitt as much as anyone else here, but he never made anything in reaktor that's as good or better than massive. reaktor is not aging well anyway, modern synth designs perform terribly in there.
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- Pick Me Pick me!
- 9684 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from a state of confusion
"Wants to" and "will" are two very different situations... and until I see some VST action on the NI front, I'm not updating Komplete.tehlord wrote:I would put money on there never being a Massive follow up.
Native instruments wants to sell you content because a) it costs less to develop and b) costs less to support.
I suppose I could be in the minority, but I am not interested in more samples to clutter my hard drive. I don't care how meticulous and life-like they are...
However, I think you're correct in no VST (outside of Kontakt and Reaktor) instrument plugins from NI. They are really riding the sample horse hard.
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- KVRian
- 563 posts since 10 Feb, 2017
I think they will do Massive 2 and Absynth 6. I know Brian Clevinger is always working on Absynth and hopes for it to continue. I think it would be very foolish for them not to at least make Massive 2. I think it would make them a lot of money. And no Serum doesn't have to completely destroy the possibility of Massive 2- as Massive can take on new characteristics Serum doesn't and Massive 2 would sell no matter what based on it's name.
- KVRAF
- 2925 posts since 29 May, 2009 from New Zealand
Same man, that's why I'm still on K9...VitaminD wrote:"Wants to" and "will" are two very different situations... and until I see some VST action on the NI front, I'm not updating Komplete.tehlord wrote:I would put money on there never being a Massive follow up.
Native instruments wants to sell you content because a) it costs less to develop and b) costs less to support.
I suppose I could be in the minority, but I am not interested in more samples to clutter my hard drive. I don't care how meticulous and life-like they are...
However, I think you're correct in no VST (outside of Kontakt and Reaktor) instrument plugins from NI. They are really riding the sample horse hard.