Absynth 6

[Echoes in the Attic]

Totally forgot their was an FX version until now.

then, two posts further down the thread...

Or is even uhe not on there radar?

You got a problem with 2 people swapping there-theirs? We are consenting adults and will not be told what words we can trade.

[jens]

Fair enough...

[krankyone]

More confirmation:

https://synthanatomy.com/2025/12/ni-abs ... -back.html

[vurt]

Fair enough...

psst fur enough...

you could have joined in

[Touch The Universe]

Totally forgot their was an FX version until now.

then, two posts further down the thread...

Or is even uhe not on there radar?

You got a problem with 2 people swapping there-theirs? We are consenting adults and will not be told what words we can trade.

There was a time when their corrections fell upon deaf ears.

[Shabdahbriah]

Totally forgot their was an FX version until now.

then, two posts further down the thread...

Or is even uhe not on there radar?

You got a problem with 2 people swapping there-theirs? We are consenting adults and will not be told what words we can trade.

There was a time when their corrections fell upon deaf ears.

They're much more attentive now.

[Fornicras]

NI just shared a teaser with a caption "// process resumed: [classified synth] 09.12.25 #weirdbydesign"

I guess it's Absynth

[zvenx]

Was there really still doubt?
rsp

[Examigan]

I wonder how much they will charge if someone doesn’t own the original version?

[vertibration]

I wonder how much they will charge if someone doesn’t own the original version?

Most people own the original. They will probably do a small discount for folks who own A5. Same as Massive

[wagtunes]

Just 1 week away. I can't wait.

[ffx]

Can you explain to me what was so special regarding synthesis in Absynth 5, except the esoteric-/alienship-like GUI? Was it kind of semi-modular? FM? Was it similar to AIR Music Loom 2?

[noiseboyuk]

I wonder how much they will charge if someone doesn’t own the original version?

Most people own the original. They will probably do a small discount for folks who own A5. Same as Massive

Whatever they decide to do price-wise, this clearly isn't the same prospect of Massive -> Massive X. Massive X was a totally different synth, whereas Absynth is a new version of the same synth.

You'd hope it would be a fairly modest upgrade price for existing users.

[aMUSEd]

Can you explain to me what was so special regarding synthesis in Absynth 5, except the esoteric-/alienship-like GUI? Was it kind of semi-modular? FM? Was it similar to AIR Music Loom 2?

It's like a laboratory for sound design - it combines many sound generation methods - people often tend to think of it as mainly granular/sample based but it also had (has) FM, Fractal and Additive synthesis (including a limited form of resynthesis and drawable waves) along with some exotic sound processing modules combining complex MSEG's (which are used all over the place), resonators, complex comb filtering and the 'Aetherizer' which is a grain based delay/reverb. Back when it came out and for a long time there was nothing like it and even today I can't think of any synths that combine all those elements in a similar way. It also had (has) support for multiple forms of surround sound, again very few synths have that even today and when it came out this was also ground breaking. Last but not least because it attracted so many fantastic sound experimenters and designers there is a huge legacy library of amazing sound design.

[ksandvik]

Yes, Absynth is the ultimate audio lab, for me, always found something interesting and odd when exploring it. Glad it's back.