M+ standalone optimized Reaktor content from the community

This has been the case for a long time.. But we were held back on the ens creation by Maschine+ being stuck on older version of Reaktor. Reaktor is funny like that, I will not let you load ensembles created with a newer version, even when the ensemble might be so basic that none of the updated stuff apply to its execution..

Yet, 3rd party Reaktor content is not "officially supported" in Maschine+ standalone, so its all kind of uncharted territory.. there are several limitations to what is possible, outlined earlier in this thread (ens can have maximum of 99 parameter IDs etc)

Well sure, nothing prevents third party companies from stepping in (aside from the uncertainty that functionality might change or even cease), but the biggest appeal in my opinion is that M+ can use Reaktor for designing unique tools that fit the users' preferences and workflows exactly. And unlike Max4live, you can actually have some impressive DSP stuff going on without wasting a ton of CPU due to an inefficient programming layer

In a way, the current situation is similar to how the whole WWW world grew up.. from grassroots and tinkerings of individuals, to established industries and things coming from corporations instead of the users themselves.. embrace the ride while it lasts ;)

Hi,

thanks for letting me know. I could try to resave that particular ens in Reaktor 6.5 and see if that fixes the issue. If not.. well, something unintended has creeped into the additional io side of Reaktor in M+ and needs to be considered unusable for now. Might be a good thing I didnt implement sidechain inout functions to other ensembles yet..

Checked this just now and unfortunately, you are correct. What's worse, re-saving the ensemble in Reaktor desktop 6.5 does not fix the issue. I'm opening a ticket with NI support in order to get this on the backlog of things to fix

there is no way to mass convert a bunch of existing ensembles properly for Maschine+, unfortunately. For best results, the optimization must be made manually.

There are several reasons for this:

• Maschine UI for the plugin controls is laid out in pages of 8 encoders; these need to be manually organized for best usability
• Default parameter names of Reaktor ensembles might look unintuitive in Maschine / NKS view, these need manual renaming
• Maschine will not expose parameters with a Reaktor ID larger than 99; If an ensemble has more than 99 IDs, their amount must be manuially "pruned" which might require significant redesign of ensembles
• Certain controls from Reaktor are not properly mappable in NKS, these parameters require further modification to the ensemble structure

If you have trouble loading any of the ensembles posted in this thread, you might need to contact NI supoort and they will need to sort out your Reaktor licence affairs on their end (one known isssue)

nope, Blezzbeats video was posted a lot later than when people in the larger M+ community learned how to get Reaktor stuff running in Maschine+ standalone. I think I first read about it on the elektronauts forum? That must have been about the same time the product was launched even..

The process isnt too well documented, learned things myself little by little, and have combined all the bits together in my head so that I now have sussed out most of the pieces of the puzzle. I am personally still struggling with understanding how the full NKS stack works (preset banks, custom graphics, content tags).

All the info is already posted in this thread. I should make some sort of document outlining everything I've learned so far, too much to do and never enough time..

In a nutshell

1. open a Reaktor ensemble in Maschine desktop
2. Save a new copy of your ensemble, remove all snapshots aside from a single INIT snapshot
3. assign this INIT snapshot a designation (instrument / effect) and re-store
4. try to map all relevant controls in the Maschine software
5. save your sound with the mappings added as a new file and quit Maschine
6. Open Reaktor 6 and load the sound you just saved from Maschine
7. save the ensemble and copy it to the M+ SD card under Native Instruments/User content/Reaktor

that's the broad strokes of the process, but if you need to rename parameters or add new controls to an ensemble, you need to dig into the Reaktor side

no free versions of Maschine, but if you own a Maschine+, it comes with a licence for Maschine desktop, just log in to your NI account in the Naitve Access app and install Maschine

step 7 in my guide tells you how to transfer your Reaktor ens file to Maschine+ (easiest way to copy the file is to use STORAGE mode). You can tranfer any files into Maschine+, not just samples, but also presets for the synths & fx as well as Reaktor 6 ensembles and Kontakt 6 patches (with samples)