Absynth 6

[xx JPRacer xx]

Honestly I am really surprised this synth release gets so much attention.

Honestly I am really surprised that you're honestly really surprised this synth release gets so much attention.

Absynth is an iconic synth.

[BBFG#]

Willing to wait a year to see what it turns into at this point.
To all you early adopters:
"thank you for your service".

[Echoes in the Attic]

I did end up getting it, even though I wish they had added more enhancements, even if they were the same algorithms from Massive X's filter selection. My updated wish list...

Unison spread for oscillators.
Filter algorithms from Massive X
Two more effect slots with some bread and butter effects.
MPE response curves, as well as bipolar slide.
UI enhancements to communicate interaction cues.

I would include:
Larger edit window for editing samples.
Bring back saved presets for the Effects, filters and the waveshaper.

I’ve not used the sample editor yet, but it’s always better to have a good UI for editing samples. I’m all in on presets for individual modules. Melda really gets this.

It would also be nice to have improved visualization for the sample playback, especially for granular. And start point indicator too. And it's always nice to see the grains themselves visualized. Serum did this quite nicely in a small window. There's not a ton of space in that little waveform view in Absynth but it could probably have something.

[DCrown]

Honestly I am really surprised this synth release gets so much attention.

Honestly I am really surprised that you're honestly really surprised this synth release gets so much attention.

Absynth is an iconic synth.

I am surprised again, iconic for whom?
I am just kidding, the noise of this sound machine gives me negative vibes just like Plasmonic, I could assume both synths were developed by same dev, but Absynth is NI afaik, had NI Complete many years ago.

[Gam456]

Honestly I am really surprised this synth release gets so much attention.

Honestly I am really surprised that you're honestly really surprised this synth release gets so much attention.

Absynth is an iconic synth.

I am surprised again, iconic for whom?
I am just kidding, the noise of this sound machine gives me negative vibes just like Plasmonic, I could assume both synths were developed by same dev

Yes but absolutely not the same synthesis

[Echoes in the Attic]

I heard the original name of Absynth was going to be called "Negative Vibes". Had a lot of skulls and blood and stuff, and was mostly red rather than the green. But then someone in the marketing department was a big fan of booze and convinced them to change it.


But not like, literally or anything.

[bermudagold]

Honestly I am really surprised this synth release gets so much attention.

exactly...I haven't seen anything functionally or heard anything sonically that really separates it from all the other hybrids out there...what is it the mseg designer?...crystal had a sophisticated mseg designer with per voice delays that each had a filter and each filter had a sophisticated mseg designer, with patch morphing which could also be modulated, over 20 yrs ago...xphraze also had copious modulation that could also double as sequencing over 20 yrs ago...biotek has had 32 stage polyphonic msegs with robust per stage triggering and looping controls over 15 yrs ago

people act like "evolving pads" have ever been hard to make...and how many musical use cases are there for patches that evolve forever?...the more they do the more that nulls the ability for them to be expressive in performance by the player...the dominant use case would therefore be film scoring?

lots of powerful hybrids have been ignored...biotek for over a decade, karmafx for yrs, hyperion for the first year, horizen still...a huge hybrid that is workstation class on the same tier as halion, falcon, MSF, avenger, and synthmaster has been out for months with no buzz in sourcelab...even though it has the whole daw in a plugin thing that people seem to think is so innovative when its really not

yet the ubiquity of NI, nostalgia, and sentimentality for a radioactive green GUI has this thing everywhere...the only thing I've seen remotely analogous in mentions was serum 2...
as always the market and as an extension kvr is fairly irrational...will make an interesting case study in the intersection of marketing and consumer psychology for business schools

[enCiphered]

Truly a burden you carry.. You could’ve just said you’re upset. Blink twice if Absynth hurt you.

[vurt]

Truly a burden you carry.. You could’ve just said you’re upset. Blink twice if Absynth hurt you.

[Broken]

We need a preset library built with contributions from those who have been molested by Absynth. It would probably just be various attempts at 303s and supersaws, but I'd still buy it, if only to support the healing.

[BBFG#]

NI would be the molester in your simile. Absynth would just be one of their foreign objects they used to do it.

[MrJubbly]

It would be nice if Native Instruments also add a "light theme" skin, which closely resembles and calls back to the classic sea-green/teal user interface of previous Absynth incarnations.

With shades of mid-to-light teal and white and yellow used to display text and other displays and UI elements. That colour combination was pretty unique to the vibe of this synth and it would be a shame to lose that completely.

NI Absynth 5.png

The default dark theme for Absynth 6, is also very nice and great for a "dark theme" skin. However, it does seem to lack those iconic yellow accents of Absynth.

Initially, the new default Absynth 6 skin reminded me visually of Refx's recent Vanguard 2 default skin. Both of which are dark grey with sea-green/teal highlights.

Absynth 6 vs Vanguard 2 - Default Skins.jpg

[mothra]

NI would be the molester in your simile. Absynth would just be one of their foreign objects they used to do it.

Ok now Im on board if it turns me the same teal color the original was.

[BBFG#]

[machinesworking]

Honestly I am really surprised this synth release gets so much attention.

exactly...I haven't seen anything functionally or heard anything sonically that really separates it from all the other hybrids out there...

All the nonsense after this first thought makes sense only because of you're hatred for NI I guess?

I bought Absynth 2 when it came out, if I recall correctly Absynth 1 was more like a standalone synth, and Mac OS 9 only. Crystal is pretty great, but FFS it's not anywhere near Absynth in sound. There's no rational reason you could think that's a good comparison, you're just trolling. Why do you all do this? if you don't like the weird wavetables in Absynth or the wave shapers, or the delays that to this day are pretty unique that's fine. It's OK not to like an iconic sound. I could give less than a f**k about the 303, but other people love it, and I'm aware that it comes down to personal taste. So I don't enter 303 threads talking about how worthless I find that sound.

KVR is filled with spectrum trolls who for some reason need to shit on other peoples favorite things. Sometime I forget I'm not on 4chan, seriously. What makes it so hard to understand that: Not all synths have you, your sound in mind? You're lack of interest isn't interesting or unique, and not everything is tied to your perception of what is commercial and what is boutique.