Absynth 6

[carlca]

And why litter this thread with your specific issue when we are already discussing by email, let's continue there if you still need help, and yes take into account we sometimes sleep and do human things in between being online

Continued by email...

[coroknight]

I have to say, I don't really get absynth. What things can it do that you can't already with synths like Serum and Phaseplant?

[aMUSEd]

Yeah would have liked to see more parameters exposed. With these 16 Macros only, it's Massive X again. The keyboard controller tweaks for any given patch are restricted to the 16 macros.

Absynth 5 is just the same - you assign params internally to macros - macros are what is exposed to the host for host automation (plus a master envelope).

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Although you can also use midi cc

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[WolfKay]

Yeah would have liked to see more parameters exposed. With these 16 Macros only, it's Massive X again. The keyboard controller tweaks for any given patch are restricted to the 16 macros.

Absynth 5 is just the same - you assign params internally to macros - macros are what is exposed to the host for host automation (plus a master envelope).

Sure, but Absynth 5 was 16 years ago!
What’s surprising is that many parameters do respond to the Mutate and Randomize functions, so you’d think those same parameters could have been made available for automation. But no… And since automation still isn’t available in Massive X, I guess we shouldn’t expect it anytime soon in Absynth either…

[aMUSEd]

Yeah would have liked to see more parameters exposed. With these 16 Macros only, it's Massive X again. The keyboard controller tweaks for any given patch are restricted to the 16 macros.

Absynth 5 is just the same - you assign params internally to macros - macros are what is exposed to the host for host automation (plus a master envelope).

Sure, but Absynth 5 was 16 years ago!
What’s surprising is that many parameters do respond to the Mutate and Randomize functions, so you’d think those same parameters could have been made available for automation. But no… And since automation still isn’t available in Massive X, I guess we shouldn’t expect it anytime soon in Absynth either…

Yeah but the argument being made was that NI are doing what they did with Massive X all over again - it's the other way round (and Massive X is being updated to open up automation according to NI reps anyway)

[WolfKay]

Yeah but the argument being made was that NI are doing what they did with Massive X all over again - it's the other way round (and Massive X is being updated to open up automation according to NI reps anyway)

I know Massive is set to evolve in that direction soon. I only wish Absynth had offered it right from the start after all these years. But it will surely arrive too, in its own time…”

[Echoes in the Attic]

Yeah would have liked to see more parameters exposed. With these 16 Macros only, it's Massive X again. The keyboard controller tweaks for any given patch are restricted to the 16 macros.

Absynth 5 is just the same - you assign params internally to macros - macros are what is exposed to the host for host automation (plus a master envelope).

Screenshot 2025-12-09 at 21.15.59.png

I know. Same as Massive X. But word on the street is that Massive X is opening up it's parameters for direct automation. I was hoping Absynth 6 would do the same. Would be nice to to have more edibility from the controller.

[JHernandez]

Absyth always kicked butt imo, now it kicks more butt. That said, I have no need for it. Maybe I can find an excuse.

[aMUSEd]

Yeah would have liked to see more parameters exposed. With these 16 Macros only, it's Massive X again. The keyboard controller tweaks for any given patch are restricted to the 16 macros.

Absynth 5 is just the same - you assign params internally to macros - macros are what is exposed to the host for host automation (plus a master envelope).

Screenshot 2025-12-09 at 21.15.59.png

I know. Same as Massive X. But word on the street is that Massive X is opening up it's parameters for direct automation. I was hoping Absynth 6 would do the same. Would be nice to to have more edibility from the controller.

I think that's more likely now that it has proper knobs instead of those fiddly diamonds - maybe they will, it looks like there are a lot of things that could be improved in Absynth 6, even if it's incredibly fantastic to have it back - parts do feel unfinished (eg template libraries still need to be added back and the preset saving and management is still dependent on Komplete Kontrol to do things like tagging and organising patches).

[EvilDragon]

What’s surprising is that many parameters do respond to the Mutate and Randomize functions, so you’d think those same parameters could have been made available for automation.

Those things are completely unrelated.

[felis]

Probably posted already, but this article is a good read:

https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/i ... -clevinger

[voidhead23]

Currently unable to load old patches. Pretty bummed, I was super excited for this thing and have mostly just been doing technical troubleshooting instead of getting into music.

[aMUSEd]

It loads old patches in .nabs or .nksf format, older ones in .glo or .ksd will need Absynth 5 to covert first to .nabs. I've so far been able to load anything that way.

[voidhead23]

All my presets are .nabs. It just freezes on re-scanning. No worries, I've contacted NI to see what's up.

[aMUSEd]

All my presets are .nabs. It just freezes on re-scanning. No worries, I've contacted NI to see what's up.

This is how I did it:

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