When will Reaktor7 come?

It's a direct indicator of how they really treat the users of their software. It is a kind of litmus test of how they treat us.

I agree. It just comes down to how the is using it. If I had then time I would have gone quite deep with it and kept woking at until I had become a bit of an expert. I would have even dived in to the maths and understood how that worked.

Alas, that didn't end up happening and I just started using it for its Blocks, which is why something like VCV might be a good alternative for me. Or I could just drop the whole idea about using modular synth in general. I got alot of other synths and there are so many ways I can get creative with them and go off the beaten track, especially, if use them together.

Its certainly the less risky option for me at this point.

Yep, and that is something I want to avoid buying into because its all very uncertain.

Don't buy into software if you cant manage uncertainty or risk. In fact, don't do any creative stuff at all.

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Once upon a time there was a DAW called Logic. it became very popular, lots of PC and Mac users switched to it and used it for their music.

It was very healthy and received regular updates!

Then one day, Apple bought Logic from Emagic, and immediately dropped PC support. Leaving all the existing PC users in the doodoo. No warning, no recourse.

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Best option is to use whatever sounds good an inspires you while you can, Record your output and keep backups. When things change, move on, use it as an opportunity to freshen things up with something new - ring the changes.

Don't second guess what you have no control over. Reaktor is no more of a risk than any other music software. If it works use it, if it doesn't don't. When its gone, use something else.

The only risk here is that you worry so much about uncertainty and risk that you shut yourself off from a fantastic creative opportunity.

When Logic bought eMagic they were still making Logic for PC for a number of years. That was the warning sign, however.

The point being is that once Apple bought out eMagic it wouldn't have been a smart idea to invest or keep investing in Logic on PC, its days would have been numbered too.

Apple being who they it's a pretty sure thing the will eventually drop support for PC. The better move would be to take the 3-5 years awarded to you before Logic PC was dropped and start either migrating to Mac or to a different DAW. You had time to sort it out.

You certainly wouldn't want to blindly keep using Logic PC until one day the rug was pulled out from under you. It's much more wise to take action while you can before its too late.

It's thing I've be reinstating over and over. Nothing is truely risk free, but some things are bigger risks than others. Of course, not everybody needs to risk manage like this, that's another topic. I however do need to work with one eye looking forward.

Apple being who they it's a pretty sure thing the will eventually drop support for PC. The better move would be to take the 3-5 years awarded to you before Logic PC was dropped and start either migrating to Mac or to a different DAW. You had time to sort it out.

Not sure where you get 3 to 5 years from.

Emagic were a large independent music company. They were bought out by Apple in July 2002, which was a surprise to everyone at the time. All support for PC products was dropped in September 2002.

I wouldn't count on virtual computers. I use those in my day job. Significantly inferior to running directly on a physical machine. Definitely not suited to demanding tasks where you need to get the best performance. And by their nature they almost certainly never will be.

Bringing up various unusual events like significant hardware architecture changes (extremely rare), Apple buying eMagic (a one off event unlikely to repeat) and so on changes nothing.

The only statement we have from from NI that is official is ‘Reaktor is definitely not EOL’. That is the most definitive statement that has been made that was not tied to a specific version. And they took the step to update for the biggest change in a long time.

Obviously, for some, management of beyond a certain level of uncertainty is required. For the general user there is no reason for concern.

Year clearly I was mistaken with that one.

Many companies have the 5 year business plans, or thereabouts. Apple seems to be no different. All their development cycles seem to be focussed around the 5 year mark. It's roughly the time you have with a new computer or device before the new OS won't run on it. It's roughly the time their transition periods take, PowerPC to Intel, 32 to 64 bit OS, 32 to 64 bit audio, their Swift programming language cycles and I'm willing to bet Intel to M Class processor.

I was under the impression Apple didn't drop Logic on PC straight away, I was there at the time. It was pre-internet days for many of us, pro Audi news travelled much more slowly. So either I recalled incorrectly or the news took a lot longer to hit Australia. I admit I guessed it was around 3-5 years, since Apple seems to do everything in 5 year cycles… or thereabouts.