Massive X 1.6.1 update (September 2025)!

[digitalboytn]

They're tidying up NI. Do what people want and money/support follows. Good news.

They're finally starting to listen...

AFT !

People change when they find their backs are against the wall

This feature has been in development for quite some months

So has their bankruptcy

[zerocrossing]

Weird, I can download the Massive X update, but not the factory library update.

[zerocrossing]

Shocking that 898 days after they announced a polyphonic aftertouch controller, there is still no polyphonic aftertouch added to a single one of their products. JK, not shocked.

[liquidsound]

Weird, I can download the Massive X update, but not the factory library update.

It says is for v1.5.6? on the Native Access

[Danilo Villanova]

incredible!

EDIT: Does anyone find that the CPU usage is higher? Especially when in the Edit page. I could be tripping.

[Lbdunequest]

Weird, I can download the Massive X update, but not the factory library update.

It says is for v1.5.6? on the Native Access

Same here

[EvilDragon]

Shocking that 898 days after they announced a polyphonic aftertouch controller, there is still no polyphonic aftertouch added to a single one of their products. JK, not shocked.

There is, in Absynth 6 and several Kontakt based products.

[SLiC]

Need to change the thread title! I am glad this is finally out!

[Touch The Universe]

I remember I had a lot of fun working with this synth. Glad to see they keep updating it.

[Danilo Villanova]

I'm finding that most patches are causing crackling and CPU issues in this version while GUI is open. Didn't use to happen before. Extremely annoying if this is what it took to make parameters automatable. CPU seems to have doubled on my machine. Sadly I'm going to need to roll back.

[SLiC]

Shocking that 898 days after they announced a polyphonic aftertouch controller, there is still no polyphonic aftertouch added to a single one of their products. JK, not shocked.

There is, in Absynth 6 and several Kontakt based products.

Hopefully Massive X next, its a flagship and really would be so much better with Poly AT (speaking as a MK3 88 owner!)

[nanostream]

Hopefully Massive X next, its a flagship and really would be so much better with Poly AT (speaking as a MK3 88 owner!)

I hope they go full in and implement proper MPE.

In any case, I’m very happy with the latest update. Lots of QOL changes in there!

[Teksonik]

EDIT: Does anyone find that the CPU usage is higher? Especially when in the Edit page. I could be tripping.

I'm finding that most patches are causing crackling and CPU issues in this version while GUI is open. Didn't use to happen before. Extremely annoying if this is what it took to make parameters automatable. CPU seems to have doubled on my machine. Sadly I'm going to need to roll back.

So an upgrade that....isn't? DAW automatable parameters are not something that interest me in the least bit. To be honest I haven't used an NI plugin since the financial announcement as I wait to see what the future holds.

So this is an "upgrade" I'm happy to pass on at least for now......

[EvilDragon]

Hopefully Massive X next, its a flagship and really would be so much better with Poly AT (speaking as a MK3 88 owner!)

Pretty sure it's gonna happen in one of the following updates.

[SLiC]

Hopefully Massive X next, its a flagship and really would be so much better with Poly AT (speaking as a MK3 88 owner!)

Pretty sure it's gonna happen in one of the following updates.

Good to know- Massive X is without a doubt one of the k9st underrated synths (possibly due to the unfinished launch) I hope people re-evaluate it now, it really is one of the best sounding VSTs out there, and not in a generic/retro analogue way, its genuinely interesting!