What an amazing and unique synth! This is still my favourite spectral synth, though I've tried Harmor and would buy that too if I could. Razor just has an immediacy about it, and a sharpness to the sound that makes it great for bass (wobble or otherwise).
It's also got some really unique effects such as the waterbed filter, synth reverbs that can track pitch, the dissonance FX, the filters where the resonant peak is a little barbershop freakshow...
Also, one of the only really positive things to come from the new VST preset system in Cubase 6 and up is that it's letting me save and recall patches in the Reaktor player now, so I can start making patches. One of the biggest drawbacks was that you couldn't do this before, but now you can.
Anyone else still loving Razor?
Razor is still, as a once famous street-savvy producer said - "Wicked"
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- KVRAF
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
http://sendy.bandcamp.com/releases < My new album at Bandcamp! Now pay what you like!
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- KVRAF
- 4373 posts since 15 Sep, 2010
It's an additive synthesis synth, not spectral by the way.Sendy wrote:What an amazing and unique synth! This is still my favourite spectral synth, though I've tried Harmor and would buy that too if I could. ?
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- KVRAF
- 1596 posts since 19 May, 2011 from North Carolina
+1Sendy wrote:Anyone else still loving Razor?
It's wickedly inspiring, and I love the interface - easy to just swap out parts and "see what happens".
Only drawback (IMHO) is that I sometimes have a hard time getting it to play well with others (sit in the mix), though I haven't used it on a finished track yet (mostly because I almost never finish tracks
), but that's not really the fault of the synth. I've got to spend more time wrapping my head around some of the more esoteric controls.Reaktor is still a very solid synthesis engine. I know a lot has happened in the DSP world even since Core, but for the most part even the older Reaktor synths just plain sound good, and have awesome feature sets (Photone and Carbon are good examples). And I love that little modulation-recorder module.
Reaktor 6 PLEEEEZE!
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- KVRist
- 355 posts since 24 Oct, 2007 from the bavarian badlands
Funny that i just "re"-dicovered Razor last Sunday. Having it on my drive since i upgraded to Komplete 8 half a year ago, but it seems i always overlooked this great synth.
At the moment i love everything that's spectral, additive, resynth, wavetable, ...
I specially like Razor for creating wierd pads and bell type instruments.
Cheers,
Gerald
At the moment i love everything that's spectral, additive, resynth, wavetable, ...
I specially like Razor for creating wierd pads and bell type instruments.
Cheers,
Gerald
EAT - SLEEP - SYNTH
http://soundcloud.com/pocvecem
http://soundcloud.com/pocvecem
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- KVRAF
- 2655 posts since 18 Mar, 2011 from Spain
There is no demo?
I loved it when i saw the first teaser in Youtube, fantastic electronic sound.
But i never looked for a demo before, now i'm looking for one i think there is no demo in Native Instruments website.
Have a good day guys
I loved it when i saw the first teaser in Youtube, fantastic electronic sound.
But i never looked for a demo before, now i'm looking for one i think there is no demo in Native Instruments website.
Have a good day guys
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
Nope, no demo, and I don't have Kontakt so I had to go on a bit of a leap of faith and hope the free Reaktor Player would cooperate with me. Luckily it paid off and Razor was a really well priced investment.
Torley gives a good runthrough of all the presets on youtube, so if you like the sound of those and you can afford the cash and CPU cycles, I'd say go for it. It can do things that are very unique and usable, and as I've said before, the sound cuts like a knife which makes it ideal for bass and other distinctive sounds.
Despite Harmor and Cyclop (which I know isn't additive, but has a similar in your face attitude and fun factor) and Blade (which to be honest I never liked the sound of - seemed thin and wiry when I was playing with the oscillators), Razor is still very relevant yet seems to have been somewhat forgotten.
Torley gives a good runthrough of all the presets on youtube, so if you like the sound of those and you can afford the cash and CPU cycles, I'd say go for it. It can do things that are very unique and usable, and as I've said before, the sound cuts like a knife which makes it ideal for bass and other distinctive sounds.
Despite Harmor and Cyclop (which I know isn't additive, but has a similar in your face attitude and fun factor) and Blade (which to be honest I never liked the sound of - seemed thin and wiry when I was playing with the oscillators), Razor is still very relevant yet seems to have been somewhat forgotten.
http://sendy.bandcamp.com/releases < My new album at Bandcamp! Now pay what you like!
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Sampleconstruct Sampleconstruct https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=191286 - KVRAF
- 16738 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
Here is a widget with 100% Razor demos, almost 45 minutes:
http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/s ... for-razor/
http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/s ... for-razor/
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- KVRAF
- 16738 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
That bug has been around since v 1hibidy wrote:The lfo's don't sync properly in reaper. If you set them to beat and add notes it get all whompy. And as far as I can tell you can't get the numbers right manually.
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- KVRist
- 279 posts since 8 Sep, 2010 from Earth (most of the time)
GREAT sounding synth!
Would love to hear more that sound this good.
Would love to hear more that sound this good.
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
And it's (wait for it)...........BUGGIN me big time. I'm watching the macprovid on it and it's like "well, now that I can do this, it doesn't work"Sampleconstruct wrote:That bug has been around since v 1hibidy wrote:The lfo's don't sync properly in reaper. If you set them to beat and add notes it get all whompy. And as far as I can tell you can't get the numbers right manually.
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- KVRAF
- 16738 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
They promised a fix for it a decade ago....hibidy wrote:And it's (wait for it)...........BUGGIN me big time. I'm watching the macprovid on it and it's like "well, now that I can do this, it doesn't work"Sampleconstruct wrote:That bug has been around since v 1hibidy wrote:The lfo's don't sync properly in reaper. If you set them to beat and add notes it get all whompy. And as far as I can tell you can't get the numbers right manually.
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
Not to drag everything all off topic, but NI seems to be w/o any need to fix ANYTHING of late........
back on topic, Razor does sound lovely. Now that I have a clue on how to use it it's nice (got the macproviddy 50% off so figured it was worth the 9 bucks to figure it out )
back on topic, Razor does sound lovely. Now that I have a clue on how to use it it's nice (got the macproviddy 50% off so figured it was worth the 9 bucks to figure it out
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- KVRAF
- 1596 posts since 19 May, 2011 from North Carolina
That's not entirely off topic one posters start asking about an NI product - they should be aware that NI are not as responsive as many of the independent devs we are used to dealing with here at KVR. (Even when those guys are duking it out on some "I'm more analog" thread, at least you know they're alive and listeninghibidy wrote:Not to drag everything all off topic, but NI seems to be w/o any need to fix ANYTHING of late........
. )I still like NI products (most of them just plain sound good), but I always consider that I'm purchasing something from them "as is". The products I've used are not buggy (have SOME bugs, but not bugGY).