The next version of Max / MSP has just been announced for the first quarter of 2008. I won't reiterate everything in the linked article, but it sounds like they've chosen to rethink, rewrite and re-engineer the product rather than merely add a few new features to the codebase and increment the version number. Exciting stuff - especially the promise of a Linux version sometime in the future. I wouldn't hold my breath for that but the new platform-independent framework does make it sound like a possibility rather than a pipe dream.
Am I jumping ship from Reaktor? Noooooo, not at all. Both products have their own strengths, and where they overlap - hey, competition is a good thing. It keeps businesses on their toes. Still, I am eager to see what NI will come up with in R6.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Keeping an eye on the competition
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As long as you remember GOMPy is KING of midi manipulation ;)
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Rich (Guru #1)
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Plogue Bidule is the thing people should really be checking out. Max is such a pain to use if you don't know it well (or perhaps even if you do), Reaktor also is not easy to learn - Plogue Bidule often surprises you with just how easy it is to get ideas working.
That's interesting, David. What kind of ideas have you gotten working in Bidule and what do you think are the roadblocks to getting them working in Reaktor or Max? I'm not trying to put you on the spot here - I'm genuinely curious!
BTW, there's a heated discussion here on the NI forums about Reaktor vs. Max. People are being civil for the most part, so far. This sort of topic at the Reaktor forums is like chumming the waters at KVR by asking which is the best sounding virtual analog plugin. :-)
well, i was just trying to build a drum module first in reaktor, but i was missing curved envelopes.. then i tried to build the same in max msp 4.5 but i found out that antialased waveform generators like tri~ rect~ cannot be phase offset.... so i got back into reaktor and somehow managed to make my envelopes curved... anyway i liked them both, and really curious about the version 5.
Palinkas, if you're still out there reading - have you had a look at the multi-breakpoint envelope macros in Reaktor? Not sure how you achieved curved envelopes but that's one way to do it.
thanks for the tip, i'll look into it!
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