We all know and try to follow the old advice about keeping your tool kit limited but learn it thoroughly, so how could you possibly apply that to the 5000+ tools, and new ones every day, in the Reaktor tool kit? My solution has been to learn the environment rather than try to pick out just a few tools to learn. This goes right to the question of what to dive into first. There's not just over 5000 existing devices to browse for free, there's literally something new every week, often every day.Īnother reason Reaktor has remained my favorite, go-to, gap-filling 'synth' for over 20 years of constantly scanning the marketplace for the latest VI thing is that it's as much a very deep environment for hooking up tools as it is a source of amazing tools.

One of the best features I find in Reaktor is how the User Library acts wonderfully as a temporary salve for GAS. Have fun! We look forward to your next office visit

The fastest way to get enough of an overview of the Reaktor and Komplete synths to decide which ones to dive into first, is probably to take the list, then spend a few hours watching YouTube demos and tutorials for each item on it. What's missing, of course, are all the other unique synths in the world, e.g.: Loom, ArcSyn, Iris, MetaSynth, Gleetchlab, Aparillo, etc., etc. But one way to describe the Komplete synth collection as a whole could arguably be to say that it IS the gap between Omnisphere and Serum, since there's nothing in Komplete (or anywhere) that could truly duplicate either of those, but most of whatever else you might want is in there. Best bet for that would probably be Falcon. There's no single synth in Komplete that covers all those at once. All are quite well covered within Reaktor alone, in the Reaktor Factory collection, the full Komplete Reaktor offerings, and in the User Library, along with tons of other things. The most obvious gaps in the space between Omnisphere and Serum are Granular, Modular, and Physical Modeling/Modal synths. But until we see your complete questionnaire and have an initial exam, we can't tell if your symptoms are benign or malignant. There's ALWAYS a reason to be found for getting a new synth. The first visit to the What New Synth Should I Get? therapist's office typically requires filling out a more detailed form than you've provided.

Serum vs omnisphere