Have you really given up on Reaktor, NI?

dreason85

It's a new year again, what hasn't NI done with Reaktor? At least, the cables operation should provide more convenient features, such as quickly connecting one output to multiple inputs or quickly connecting multiple outputs to multiple inputs, etc., instead of manually connecting them one by one.
I no longer expect it to add any additional, but this feature that can improve efficiency should be indispensable.😔

gentleclockdivider

Reaktor is end of line

Gui wise it's still stuck in the early 2000 , the block cables that everyone asked for was just a hack to show the inlets-outlets + draw a cable , this was so compete with other modular offerings .

In ensemble mode we're still stuck with white cables only , and the dreaded bitmap based environment .

I love reaktor and will probably keep using it untill my O.S. doesn't support it anymore because it sounds amazing , but there is a reason why a lot of the great reaktor developers have jumped ship long ago .

The once so great community has literally dried -up , current experienced members can be counted on one hand ( yes you Colb etc.. :) .
Plug (pure) data , supercollider are free and amazing alternatives , max msp is an expensive alternative , alpha forever is also great

dreason85

Actually, Reaktor is not bad, but the times have changed, and some of its features can't keep up.
Of course, the development of Plugdata has been on the rising, but there is no news about SuperCollider. Max must be doing well under the roof of Ableton.
So I still insist that Reaktor needs to do something in this era, just like the new era of programming developers can't still use simple notepads to write programs, adding these efficient features is still necessary, don't think that Reaktor is too powerful and it's unnecessary, look at the upgrade of other software, maybe they don't add any big features, but they will give priority to things that can improve efficiency.

Paul B

This discussion will almost certainly go nowhere. The optimists will say Reaktor hasn't been abandoned, and they will be able to point to the fact that NI has never said it is EOL, unlike other products which are definitively discontinued, and particularly that NI put in the time and money to make it Apple Silicon compatible, which would be wasteful for a product they intend to discontinue in the near future. The pessimists will say it is EOL despite no evidence.

What we know for sure is that NI's focus is currently not on Reaktor and it is on hold as far as new development goes. What you see is what you get.

Whether this will mean it becomes EOL in the future is uncertain and there is little point in speculating.

I will keep using it because it is the basis for many of the instruments I use. Switching to something else means losing those instruments. If I create anything with it myself I will use Reaktor Blocks because I have no interest in going lower level.

If you want something that is probably future proof and good for low level work, my vote goes to Max, with acknowledgement that I am biased as an Ableton Live user (the close integration scores points there) and because Autechre use it.

soundesigner

Hello, long NI user. Just purchased Reaktor in 2023 and it is amazing piece of software…I think I will keep using it since it provides wide range of sounds I am after…it would be amazing if NI will release new and improved version, but who knows?