Native Instruments Komplete 26 released

[Lbdunequest]

Im dissapointed that there is no new Reaktor. And Reaktor needs update badly at least to adress scaling.

[Gamma-UT]

I hope to be proven wrong, but I don't think the InMusic acquisition improves the situation for Reaktor. You might see compatibility updates but not a lot that changes how it works or looks.

[mcbpete]

I hope to be proven wrong, but I don't think the InMusic acquisition improves the situation for Reaktor.

There was a few comments by Tim Exile (long term advocator of Reaktor and producer of commercial NI libraries) on the video below that makes me think there might be something positive secretly brewing:

@iamyila: What about NI bankruptcy? - don't you wanna build it in another platform?
@timexile: I'm not worried at all about that for... reasons.

@ozzy3ml: Very interesting, but how is this future proof considering what’s happening with NI atm?
@timexile: NI products will be fine

@vedelope: How will NI's financial status affect your choice of Reaktor for all of these instruments?
@timexile: Given conversations I;ve had, I'm not at all concerned with the future of Reaktor

[D-Fusion]

I hope to be proven wrong, but I don't think the InMusic acquisition improves the situation for Reaktor.

There was a few comments by Tim Exile (long term advocator of Reaktor and producer of commercial NI libraries) on the video below that makes me think there might be something positive secretly brewing:

@iamyila: What about NI bankruptcy? - don't you wanna build it in another platform?
@timexile: I'm not worried at all about that for... reasons.

@ozzy3ml: Very interesting, but how is this future proof considering what’s happening with NI atm?
@timexile: NI products will be fine

@vedelope: How will NI's financial status affect your choice of Reaktor for all of these instruments?
@timexile: Given conversations I;ve had, I'm not at all concerned with the future of Reaktor

Offcourse he has to say that when he sells products for that platform.
I would do the same to protect my investment and the time I used to make them.

Only time will tell what will happen under the Inmusic umbrella and it could get better than it has been for last 8-10 years or worse so i don't have my doomsday alarm on Atm.

We will get a better picture on what the changes will be in the next 2-4 Months.
I would love to see a Hardware version of Reaktor that is simillar to the Nord Modulars that can load the Free and payed for Reaktor Creations.

They already have the tech and could make a more powerfull Maschine Standalone and Add Support for Reaktor Instead of using time and resources to make a brand new product to get it done.

I would be more interested in something like that instead of Samplepack Number 2000

[DrGonzo]

Offcourse he has to say that when he sells products for that platform.
I would do the same to protect my investment and the time I used to make them.

I would actually do the complete opposite.

If I had inside information that the ship really were sinking I would do two things. 1) Have a massive sale to sell as much as possible 2) Start working on a different platform alongside the old.

The last thing I would do is to double down on a platform that you know is going down.

But that's me.

[Sascha Franck]

If there's anything that I don't need myself, it's gotta be "content". But that's precisely what NI has been moving towards to. More content (so much not even an ambitious person could wade through even half of it it), less new exciting things. Add to this (partially great) abandoned stuff left and right.

[Sascha Franck]

There was a few comments by Tim Exile (long term advocator of Reaktor and producer of commercial NI libraries) on the video below that makes me think there might be something positive secretly brewing:

Well, Reaktor performs like a** on Silicon-Macs and you'd think they're out for long enough by now. Yet, nothing ever happened.

[DrGonzo]

I know I am always harping on about Inmusic and Akai, but they manage damn well with balancing their hardware, OS updates, even paid OS "DLCs", sound expansions and manage innovation as well. They manage to feed their ecosystem and user base with new stuff constantly. The new MPC Sample shot up to #1 on Thomann on their sampler list and is selling like crazy.

I don't know guys. I am cautiously optimistic.

[Harry_HH]

I know I am always harping on about Inmusic and Akai, but they manage damn well with balancing their hardware, OS updates, even paid OS "DLCs", sound expansions and manage innovation as well. They manage to feed their ecosystem and user base with new stuff constantly. The new MPC Sample shot up to #1 on Thomann on their sampler list and is selling like crazy.

I don't know guys. I am cautiously optimistic.

”Balancing” doesn’t comfort BFD and NI product owners very much, if and when Inmusic f**ks up these 20+ year old, trusty fundaments.

[DrGonzo]

”Balancing” doesn’t comfort BFD and NI product owners very much, if and when Inmusic f**ks up these 20+ year old, trusty fundaments.

Eh? I am a "NI product owner". Not sure what you are trying to say here.

[Harry_HH]

”Balancing” doesn’t comfort BFD and NI product owners very much, if and when Inmusic f**ks up these 20+ year old, trusty fundaments.

Eh? I am a "NI product owner". Not sure what you are trying to say here.

OK. Great that you are happy.

I’m the BFD and NI flagship version produt active user since 2006. Invested quite a lot both money and time, plus numerous projects integrated to these products.

Now, BFD platform is ruined, its too slow to use and the development practically stopped. Its in the continuous sale which tells how the present owner Inmusic sees the product.
The NI Komplete concept is in the danger to follow the BFD path.

[Lbdunequest]

If there's anything that I don't need myself, it's gotta be "content". But that's precisely what NI has been moving towards to. More content (so much not even an ambitious person could wade through even half of it it), less new exciting things. Add to this (partially great) abandoned stuff left and right.

Im ok with content if it doesnt take take more then 5gb.

Its really annoying to have awesome library but rarely used like choirs for example that takes 70gb where's something like Omnisphere 3 can squeeze in to 10 times less.

[digitalboytn]

I’m the BFD and NI flagship version produt active user since 2006. Invested quite a lot both money and time, plus numerous projects integrated to these products.

Now, BFD platform is ruined, its too slow to use and the development practically stopped. Its in the continuous sale which tells how the present owner Inmusic sees the product.
The NI Komplete concept is in the danger to follow the BFD path.

I am also invested in using BFD and NI products, but I don't think that the sky is falling...

I've become an Inmusic customer by default, so I am hoping that they will work towards a good outcome for the products that they are inheriting...

It takes time to fix years of neglect...

I could use substitutes for most of the NI stuff, but BFD is unique for acoustic drums and I get great results with that platform...

It sounds so damn good with the right libraries and some good engineering...

Thanks to Jim Scott, Joe Barresi and Platinum Samples, I can sound like a real drummer

[DrGonzo]

”Balancing” doesn’t comfort BFD and NI product owners very much, if and when Inmusic f**ks up these 20+ year old, trusty fundaments.

Eh? I am a "NI product owner". Not sure what you are trying to say here.

OK. Great that you are happy.

I’m the BFD and NI flagship version produt active user since 2006. Invested quite a lot both money and time, plus numerous projects integrated to these products.

Now, BFD platform is ruined, its too slow to use and the development practically stopped. Its in the continuous sale which tells how the present owner Inmusic sees the product.
The NI Komplete concept is in the danger to follow the BFD path.

Eh? I'm not happy.

I wrote I am cautiously optimistic. Some brands Inmusic have bought & largely ignored. Other brands, like Akai have been managed pretty damn well. It can go either way. But if Inmusic spend the same amount of energy on NI as they've done with Akai, then I don't think the future is bleak at all.

And honestly, didn't the downturn of BFD start even before Inmusic? I've never been a BFD user but I been hearing complaints about it since like forever.

[simon.a.billington]

Speculating as usual, but I can see that maybe the NI hardware may and up being integrated and/or manufactured by one of their other hardware orientated brands such as Akai or Denon.

If it helps to keep production costs down and maximising profit the would seem very much like a move an umbrella corp would make, but it actually may be for the better in the long run