KVR Audio

nusound mind · Post by **nusound mind** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 9:42 am

Sorry to hear that. I'm sure in your position you should get sorted out eventually. I'm actually going to hold tight myself for now even with the update price, probably wait and see until it's a little more streamlined. I've rekindled my version 5 obsession atm and am diving back into that.

I may cave though, but I'd like more incentive. I was hoping for a higher resolution/fidelity to the sound. Although 5 sounds pretty good already and has that signature absynth sound, it is decades old basically at this point. Oversampling in particular would be a welcomed addition if that's doable.

nusound mind · Post by **nusound mind** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 9:43 am

planet_b wrote: Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:40 am
nusound mind wrote: Wed Dec 10, 2025 8:30 pm Hey I've got good news. Here's an email reply from NI support I just got:

Thank you for reaching out to Native Instruments.

We have had an issue with some base products that were not allowing to show the Update price option, we apologize for that.

Now the error has been fixed and you should be able to purchase the Update to Absynth 6.

If this is not the case, please feel free to contact me back.
Well they still need to work a bit on the "base product detection", as I own Absynth 3 from Essentials and Komplete 4, Absynth 4 from Komplete 5, Absynth 5 from Komplete 9+13CE .. yet I'm not allowed to update. I've opened a ticket with them earlier.

^^^

ThomasN · Post by **ThomasN** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 12:31 pm

So I tried replacing Absynth 5 instances, but there's an odd behavior in v6. Sounds which were mono/balanced are "drifting" to the left side. And it is not a simple panning issue. While lower frequencies are centered, higher frequencies are louder on the left side.

Oh, and in case Absynth 6 does use VST3 migration... This doesn't work, if you used the stereo version of v5.

What a bummer.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 12:40 pm

machinesworking wrote: Thu Dec 11, 2025 4:11 am Maybe not Abysnth 2 like that looks, but a little of that alien skin look should have been preserved, and definitely the program icon!

The symbol for a hurricane on weather maps?

I always wondered, why not a bottle of green liquid? An absinthe spoon with a sugar cube on it? A green fairy? Something relevant to the name.

kejkz · Post by **kejkz** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 12:49 pm

might be relevant when you drink... er... play it

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 1:31 pm

ThomasN wrote: Thu Dec 11, 2025 12:31 pmOh, and in case Absynth 6 does use VST3 migration...

IIRC it doesn't.

From my experience so far, patches sound identical between versions.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 1:43 pm

I will also compare the patches as I got lots of projects with Absynth 5, I hope to find time soon to do so and provide my showcase.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 1:48 pm

I’ve found that some auditions are really quiet compared to the actual preset. Is there a way to adjust the audition volume? And yeah I checked the manual

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 1:51 pm

Preview files all have to be normalized to -19 dB LUFS and -3 dB peak if it goes over that threshold, so they won't show volume differences between patches.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 2:01 pm

EvilDragon wrote: Thu Dec 11, 2025 1:51 pm Preview files all have to be normalized to -19 dB LUFS and -3 dB peak if it goes over that threshold, so they won't show volume differences between patches.

Lovely, but there's nothing to stop Abysnth having a lil vol control like, in fact, Komplete Kontrol, Kontakt etc.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 2:01 pm

Yup that's true!

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 2:33 pm

So no bi-polar options for macros (and therefor mpe expressions either) right? Everything is unipolar?

And the top of the range of the macros and envelopes are always the current value of the parameter right?

Kalamata Kid · Post by **Kalamata Kid** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 5:28 pm

Many of us got Absynth as the result of a Komplete purchase.
Why not make an offer to us Absynth fans:
Hey, buy Absynth 6 now and when you purchase Komplete 16 you will get a $50 discount.

I do not want to buy Absynth 6 now for $99 and then get a second Absynth when I buy Komplete 16. I have no use for two Absynth 6’s.

Does this make sense?

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 5:34 pm

Kalamata Kid wrote: Thu Dec 11, 2025 5:28 pm Many of us got Absynth as the result of a Komplete purchase.
Why not make an offer to us Absynth fans:
Hey, buy Absynth now and when you purchase Komplete 16 you will get a $50 discount.

I do not want to buy Absynth 6 now for $99 and then get a second Absynth when I buy Komplete 16. I have no use for two Absynth 6’s.

Does this make sense?

Great idea, but I bet they don't do it.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:01 pm

Echoes in the Attic wrote: Thu Dec 11, 2025 2:33 pm So no bi-polar options for macros (and therefor mpe expressions either) right? Everything is unipolar?

And the top of the range of the macros and envelopes are always the current value of the parameter right?

Aren’t all MPE values unipolar? (Aside from pitch, obviously)