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Absynth 6
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- KVRian
- 1415 posts since 14 Apr, 2008 from velvet noise
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Last edited by noiseresearch on Mon Feb 02, 2026 4:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
It refuses description, allowing only the vague approach of adjectives: dark, light, raw, angelic. Who or what is making these noises? Where are they coming from and what do they point to? What kind of entity can leave such a troubling sonic remnant?
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- KVRAF
- 5913 posts since 25 Jan, 2007
I too reckon this will turn out to be true and it IS a great surprise.
We know Brian Clevinger wanted to update it but NI felt it would be not worth it for the cost. Someone somewhere must have re-calculated.
We know Brian Clevinger wanted to update it but NI felt it would be not worth it for the cost. Someone somewhere must have re-calculated.
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- KVRian
- 1200 posts since 16 May, 2007 from At home. Good bye city ways!
Well, every customer gets Massive, so they can include presets in the sound packs. Perhaps that stopped working?
A new Absynth will produce upgrade sales, they can update all content packs with presets and increase content sales. And honestly, I must not be alone in not finding any reason for upgrading KOMPLETE anymore.
They did the Massive upgrade first and people keep asking for new native synths. Massive X is ten years old now. Time to re-assess the effort for Absynth.
A new Absynth will produce upgrade sales, they can update all content packs with presets and increase content sales. And honestly, I must not be alone in not finding any reason for upgrading KOMPLETE anymore.
They did the Massive upgrade first and people keep asking for new native synths. Massive X is ten years old now. Time to re-assess the effort for Absynth.
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- KVRAF
- 24404 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
In a universe where 10 years ago was 2019, sure.
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- KVRAF
- 2287 posts since 2 Jul, 2007
lol exactly
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- KVRist
- 248 posts since 13 Oct, 2018
If it's real, it's amazing news !
P.S. :
If any NI people is reading this : please, if you do Absynth 6, let us load old Absynth 5 presets in the new version.
Even better, let us do a "copy settings" in Absynth 5 and "paste settings" in Absynth 6, exactly like Fabfilter, Klanghelm, TDR, Valhalla etc. etc. do between plugin instances (and between different plugin versions with ProQ).
I know a synth is not like an EQ or a reverb, but I've got so many sessions with Absynth instances that I may not be able to recall when Rosetta will not exist anymore, I'd be super happy to have a simple way to upgrade any Absynth 5 instance into an Absynth 6...
P.S. :
If any NI people is reading this : please, if you do Absynth 6, let us load old Absynth 5 presets in the new version.
Even better, let us do a "copy settings" in Absynth 5 and "paste settings" in Absynth 6, exactly like Fabfilter, Klanghelm, TDR, Valhalla etc. etc. do between plugin instances (and between different plugin versions with ProQ).
I know a synth is not like an EQ or a reverb, but I've got so many sessions with Absynth instances that I may not be able to recall when Rosetta will not exist anymore, I'd be super happy to have a simple way to upgrade any Absynth 5 instance into an Absynth 6...
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- KVRAF
- 24404 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
You can load v5 presets in v6, of course.
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- KVRAF
- 2719 posts since 2 Jul, 2010
Yup, is the thing that would get me to upgrade Komplete after a few years.
There's really nothing else like Absynth's "everything is a MSEG" workflow. A bit cumbersome for bread-and-butter patches, but so good for rhythmic stuff, pads and other drones.
There's really nothing else like Absynth's "everything is a MSEG" workflow. A bit cumbersome for bread-and-butter patches, but so good for rhythmic stuff, pads and other drones.
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- KVRAF
- 9582 posts since 5 Aug, 2009
great news, but i doubt it will sound the same. so I hope Absynth 5 can be activated many more years. (backwards compatibility, I lost a lot of Absynth 4 sessions)
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- KVRist
- 248 posts since 13 Oct, 2018
How do you know ?
Do you know more ?
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- KVRian
- 1415 posts since 14 Apr, 2008 from velvet noise
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Last edited by noiseresearch on Mon Feb 02, 2026 4:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
It refuses description, allowing only the vague approach of adjectives: dark, light, raw, angelic. Who or what is making these noises? Where are they coming from and what do they point to? What kind of entity can leave such a troubling sonic remnant?
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- KVRAF
- 24404 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Why doubt? The same thing happened in every major update of Absynth before. Old patches sound the same as they used to. Absynth 6 builds upon Absynth 5, it's not a from-scratch thing.
Because you can load Absynth 1 presets in Absynth 5. Why wouldn't you be able to load older presets in Absynth 6? It would make no sense.
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- KVRAF
- 37379 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
It's the same core synth, just brought uptodate and improved upon in many waysCaine123 wrote: Wed Nov 26, 2025 9:08 amgreat news, but i doubt it will sound the same. so I hope Absynth 5 can be activated many more years. (backwards compatibility, I lost a lot of Absynth 4 sessions)
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- KVRAF
- 22873 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
This would be so cool. I can't wait.