ARTISTS

In the following Tech Talk interview, Mike Huckaby discusses the role REAKTOR plays in his music and how teaching it as part of the Youthville project has deepened his knowledge of music production in general.
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"We use Reaktor live and in the studio, for voice processing and effects, as a sequencer and sampler, and for all kinds of experimental stuff. Reaktor is absolutely unique and to us it is the most versatile software instrument there is."

"Everything that has come out by Native Instruments has always been top notch quality, with a depth to it that I really appreciate. Reaktor has been all over my productions for years now. The new version is incredible, and more indispensable for me than ever."

"Reaktor 5 is the most amazing environment for building modern modular instruments. It's all over my score for "Stealth" and will be all over my next album."

Composer for The Italian Job, Monster, Stealth, remixed Seal, Madonna, N-Sync, and more

"Reaktor 5 is a stunning addition on many creative levels. The original features and impressive instruments make it a blast to use. I'm using it all the time now."

Jesper Kyd - Game Audio Composer and BAFTA Games Award 2005 Winner

"I love the fact that if I want something unique there is a huge depth of resources to dip into with Reaktor. Basically I can get the sound I want in my head to come alive, my own personal sound designer!"

Producer for Sade, Bjork, Sinead O’Connor, Primal Scream, Blur, and many others

"Reaktor also regularly features on our tracks and we make good use of all the user generated content online — there’s a Solina string ensemble that we’ve been using for years and it sounds amazing.
We’ve also created our own beat mangling ensemble with a dedicated hardware midi control. Very Stone Age compared to what some are doing but it’s pretty sweet to have our own custom controller. Currently thinking of ways we can incorporate it into our live show!"

"The first time we used Reaktor we were fascinated. The sheer depth of the program meant we could access anything we wanted and manipulate anything. I remember thinking, 'Where’s the end, where's the limit? Surely we can't do that' - and then - 'jesus - we can'."

"The unlimited scope for experimentation. We love using the step sequencer type instruments & committing loads of mad edits on the fly to audio for further processing."

''Reaktor remains a gorgeously inspiring and sonically astounding tool to me - a core part of my production regime.''

Producer on labels like Trapez, BEEF & Om Records