Massive X 1.6.1 update (September 2025)!

[MidnightRunner]

i was never able to gel with MX. it sits gathering dust.

[liv]

No

Thanks... and bye bye Massive X

People are just insanely picky. Massive X Is easily the best sounding soft synth out there.

That's why sound designers rolled out thousands of amazing preset packs for Massive X

It has nothing to do with the sound mate. They didn’t roll out presets coz the synth was not popular so there was no business. And the reason it didn’t become popular had nothing to do with the sound, but because it was half baked. Still one of the best sounding soft synths.

Why isn't it (was not) popular? It's supposed to be popular, it's Massive (X)

The reason is basically because they ”removed” the possibility to create third party soundsets (in any sensible way).

[EvilDragon]

You actually could tag your sounds in Komplete Kontrol and it would show under user banks. For example:




EDIT: Actually, I forgot this does require enabling a feature toggle that is available to content producers. Worth asking NI partnering team about!

[aMUSEd]

You actually could tag your sounds in Komplete Kontrol and it would show under user banks. For example:




EDIT: Actually, I forgot this does require enabling a feature toggle that is available to content producers. Worth asking NI partnering team about!

Yes it does. But there is a third party app that enables it (although it shouldn't be needed). However it came too late, I think most third party sound designers lost interest by then

https://community.native-instruments.co ... e-x#latest

This what mine looks like

[EvilDragon]

I bet Mikael would still be interested. Right?

[liv]

You actually could tag your sounds in Komplete Kontrol and it would show under user banks. For example:




EDIT: Actually, I forgot this does require enabling a feature toggle that is available to content producers. Worth asking NI partnering team about!

Yes it does. But there is a third party app that enables it (although it shouldn't be needed). However it came too late, I think most third party sound designers lost interest by then

https://community.native-instruments.co ... e-x#latest

This what mine looks like

Cool, didn't know about this.

I did a fair dive into it towards the initial release but then it kind of faded. I now remember there are two major reasons for me to not designing any third party presets for Massive X. The first is the mentioned tagging and the second is the "performer" is not poly but only mono which is a scandal imho. Makes it useless to create longer evolving sounds with precision and also takes the fun out of rhythmic stuff (playing polyphonically).

Nevertheless, the tool could perhaps encourage another dive. We'll see. Been thinking about Pigments awhile (for third party soundsets) and yea maybe lets see if MX can convince.

[Vortifex]

Bumping this thread without news of an update is just cruel

[EvilDragon]

I did a fair dive into it towards the initial release but then it kind of faded. I now remember there are two major reasons for me to not designing any third party presets for Massive X. The first is the mentioned tagging and the second is the "performer" is not poly but only mono which is a scandal imho. Makes it useless to create longer evolving sounds with precision and also takes the fun out of rhythmic stuff (playing polyphonically).

It's true about the Performer. It did gain some other features though (remote octave to change different sequences on the fly, for example), and the routing is WAY more elaborate, audio rate modulation sounds better than pretty much almost any other softsynth out there... all the wavetable mangling modes are very interesting and exponentially widen the sonic palette... there's still an awful lot to like in there, sound-wise. I'm sure you'll find your way

[liv]

I bet Mikael would still be interested. Right?

I would be if there was enough requests for a MX soundset by Leap Into The Void.
What do you (everyone) think?

In the meanwhile if there are Massive enthusiasts here that would be interested there's a Leap Into The Void complete Massive bundle with a super price available right now.

[liv]

all the wavetable mangling modes are very interesting and exponentially widen the sonic palette... there's still an awful lot to like in there, sound-wise.

Yes, sound wise, the oscillators are pure genius.

[EvilDragon]

Look, I'd buy anything you make for MX, no question about it. Heheh.

[zerocrossing]

No

Thanks... and bye bye Massive X

People are just insanely picky. Massive X Is easily the best sounding soft synth out there.

That's why sound designers rolled out thousands of amazing preset packs for Massive X

It has nothing to do with the sound mate. They didn’t roll out presets coz the synth was not popular so there was no business. And the reason it didn’t become popular had nothing to do with the sound, but because it was half baked. Still one of the best sounding soft synths.

Why isn't it (was not) popular? It's supposed to be popular, it's Massive (X)

Do we have any evidence that it’s not popular, or are we just basing it on what we think based on KVR chatter? I bet most people who own it have it via Komplete, so even if they’re not selling a lot of individual licenses, they’re selling a lot.

There is no polyphonic wavetable plugin instrument that does feedback and filter FM better than Massive X. I still feel like the UI is a bit terrible, but in time I got used to it. I consider it one of the best “hybrid” synths that I own, including hardware that set me back several thousands of dollars. Whatever issues it has, I feel it’s still one of the best sounding synths that I own.

[aMUSEd]

I bet Mikael would still be interested. Right?

I would be if there was enough requests for a MX soundset by Leap Into The Void.
What do you (everyone) think?

In the meanwhile if there are Massive enthusiasts here that would be interested there's a Leap Into The Void complete Massive bundle with a super price available right now.

Absolutely - take my money now

[_leras]

That's why sound designers rolled out thousands of amazing preset packs for Massive X

It has nothing to do with the sound mate. They didn’t roll out presets coz the synth was not popular so there was no business. And the reason it didn’t become popular had nothing to do with the sound, but because it was half baked. Still one of the best sounding soft synths.

There are actually quite a few preset packs out there. maybe not compared to serum which has been around much longer.

NI also have a large number of presets. I very very rarely buy presets, but I did get quite a few NI packs on sale to help me get a better idea of the scope of sounds the synth can make. The synth certainly has some range.

It is a shame the browser isn't a bit better, and that seems to have paused updates. A 1.5 or even 2.0 update would be very welcome.

Lots of low hanging fruit for NI when they get the time.
Browser improvements
LFO improvements
Midi control mapping (beyond the macros)
etc

[Danilo Villanova]

MIDI mapping is just so essential...