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Absynth 6 - how many brand new patches

F!D3L

Please can those who have bought Absynth confirm the number of new presets it ships with as standard? By that I mean:
1) core library, not add-ons or extensions (free or paid)
2) playable sounds (not components like effects, wavetables, samples etc)

I've read that it could be 350 brand new sounds but some reviewers have stated it's only 32.

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Michiro Sato

I think it's 483.

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/50830/absynth-6-how-many-brand-new-patches

I am not a user that are so experienced with using Absynth 5 that I could tell if something in Absynth 6 is new or not but the Absynth 6 product page says :

Absynth 6 delivers over 2000 presets with more than 350 brand-new additions to the Factory Library. Randomize macro parameters to generate entirely new presets on the fly – and with full backward compatibility, every patch you’ve ever designed can be imported seamlessly.

F!D3L

Thankyou both for replying. I thought I had email notifications on but apparently not, so apologies for my slow response.

I read the NI product page which does say 350 but then this should be called 5.5 rather than 6 because it's basically a GUI update (albeit a very nice one) and a randomise button. No new effects, still only one per patch, etc. NI's financial problems mean they need to milk everything, so I'm hesitant to believe the official line. I need to be sure that these sounds were not previously available as an expansion or addon.

@PoorFellow

In Absynth 5, the browser allowed you to filter by Library. I've attached a screenshot and I can click to just see (for example) all the Absynth 4 patches. Does 6 still have this feature? If so, clicking on "Absynth 6" in your browser would filter the patch list on the right hand side. I don't need a count, just to know that it is more than a handful. If you're able to confirm then I'll go ahead and upgrade.

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/262581#Comment_262581

In Absynth 5, the browser allowed you to filter by Library. I've attached a screenshot and I can click to just see (for example) all the Absynth 4 patches. Does 6 still have this feature? If so, clicking on "Absynth 6" in your browser would filter the patch list on the right hand side. I don't need a count, just to know that it is more than a handful. If you're able to confirm then I'll go ahead and upgrade.

As I wrote in the above then I could tell if something in Absynth 6 is new or not (I meant by listening to it) but sorting by Absynth 6 preset bank as you have requested is easy and yes is still supported. And it lists a lot of presets :

Kymeia

Yes it still has a banks filter. More patches have been added since the first release, there are currently 483 in the Absynth 6 bank (that's instrument patches + 30 more FX patches)

F!D3L

Thanks for the replies. I was tempted for other reasons, but that many new patches is a real deal-maker for me because I can't program synths (just tweaking patches for now). Absynth is probably my fave synth and I'd love to have more sounds for it, but very few libraries have been made that I like the sound of since it started to drift towards being abandonware. I just wanted to be 100% sure because the £89 upgrade is not a trivial expense for me right now.

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/262610#Comment_262610

I don't know how many presets is in the demo but there is an Absynth 6 Demo.

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