Super 8 R2: First VST3 plugin by Native Instruments!

[alexbaroni]

Hi. Somone here with GUI problems with the new VST3 NI products? Neither Super 8 r2 nor Massive X are population the screen. I tried on different DAW and nothing. See the photos

[chk071]

I read that there are issues with some beta/alpha/whatever version of Live with the NI plugins. Are you using such a version?

[EnGee]

I have no such problems with Live 11.0.6. I have a monitor with 1440p.

[Dirtgrain]

Live 11 is having problems with some VST3 plugins (for me, have had multiple crashes with Zynaptiq, HY-Plugins, and Blue Cat Audio). Someone just suggested in another thread to stick with VST2, generally, as they tend to not be on the forefront of bugginess, generally.

[nanostream]

It seems this experiment, whatever it was exactly, is coming to an end. Super 8 will return as a Reaktor ensemble:

https://community.native-instruments.co ... ment_42737

Super 8 is no longer developed as a standalone synth, it will now only be developed as a Reaktor synth, like it was before.

A bit of a shame, imho, I would’ve loved to see stand-alone versions of Form and other Reaktor instruments. That being said, I’ve started to group frequently used ensembles in Ableton Live so I can open them directly, and usually save own sounds with the DAW project anyway, avoiding any snapshot hassle.

I just hope NI managed to gain anything from this approach and that it wasn’t a complete waste of resources.

[pdxindy]

It seems this experiment, whatever it was exactly, is coming to an end. Super 8 will return as a Reaktor ensemble:

https://community.native-instruments.co ... ment_42737

Super 8 is no longer developed as a standalone synth, it will now only be developed as a Reaktor synth, like it was before.

A bit of a shame, imho, I would’ve loved to see stand-alone versions of Form and other Reaktor instruments. That being said, I’ve started to group frequently used ensembles in Ableton Live so I can open them directly, and usually save own sounds with the DAW project anyway, avoiding any snapshot hassle.

I just hope NI managed to gain anything from this approach and that it wasn’t a complete waste of resources.

Too bad... now I'm glad I didn't buy Super 8. I would have liked to see Form and others as regular plugins. Now that seems unlikely given this news.

[zvenx]

Wth...
I never used Super 8 in Reaktor form, in vst3 form it got some use.

Was looking forward to its continued development.
rsp

[vitocorleone123]

Wth...
I never used Super 8 in Reaktor form, in vst3 form it got some use.

Was looking forward to its continued development.
rsp

Yeah, no kidding. I was wanting a new version as that coulda been a contender. Wish I hadn't spent that $50, in retrospect. Think I'll try to sell it (for a loss, but better than nothing).

My NI use is now down to Kontakt and only Kontakt, and never more. Also minimizing all use of all Soundwide products, with a goal of substituting something else for all of them except Kontakt over the next year.

[Echoes in the Attic]

Another irritating move by NI. I much prefer the vst3 version. Nice interaction on touch screens. I was looking forward to monark and others as standalone plugin.

[aMUSEd]

I prefer it in Reaktor form as you can massively pump up the audio rate and get a much better sound. This was only really a test plugin to get the VST3 ball rolling.

[pierb]

Hard to believe NI is a company with hundreds of employees... We're in 2022. All plugins should have resizable GUIs.

[chk071]

Interesting. I wonder how they want to approach the transition. Will there be an update which removes the VST3, and adds it as a Reaktor ensemble?

[zvenx]

Not sure that is technically possible. I imagine everyone with the vst3 will a license for the reaktor one. (I think when it was released the opposite happened).
rsp

[nachenko]

I prefer it in Reaktor form as you can massively pump up the audio rate and get a much better sound.

Wait, what? How do you do that?

[aMUSEd]

You can do it with all Reaktor ensembles