Reaktor competitor software list

SC is friendly. Just have to get the right tutorial for your way of thinking.
There are so many but this one is really good.
http://www.ixi-software.net/content/backyard.html

Tassman is the best physical modeler. Think Steampunk drum machine. Sound quality is very good.

Sync Modular became Reaktor Core - sort of

 

So it's true that Reaktor 5 has the "latest" version of SynC Modular

 

hello, of course people don't know sync modular now. It was the main challenger of Reaktor, very cheap, powerfull and handy. Then Native Instruments decided to kill that soft by buying it's creator. So now you can't download the full version of Sync modular and it was stopped, with no advertising. Anyway, it still exists few people regretting it, and maybe other that will discover how cool it is.

Anyway, for all Sync modular lovers, here is the new link where you can find all ensembles made by users :

http://mvxsynths.googlepages.com/homesync.htm#smensembles

thanks to Wickter for that big work

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and of course the link of Sync modular :

http://www.mtu-net.ru/syncmodular/

 

Thanks for the link ! I don't think 'kill' is the right word, SynC Modular was too complex as standalone, so its better 'hidden' as Reaktor core i think.

Check out wiki here.

 

I don't know how you can say that Sync modular is too complex. It is much easier to use than Reaktor, you do not have to deal with event clock, audio clock, latch etc... It would be interesting to hear Vadim Zavalishin why he has put much more complexity in the core of Reaktor, maybe to solve some signal problems ? i don't know

 

Probably too complex for me compared with Reaktor primary, but compared to core, yes, it's easier to use. Although just like core, if we don't want to deal with the complexity, we could just use the macros provided.

 

I agree, however I see sense in audio clock rate and latch modules, but event clock rate is something, that makes things more complicated.

 

Event clock is probably just for a more convenience way in controlling most of the event processing rate ..

 

Yep, but why is it limited to 25Hz..

And many modules don't act on this event rate (Iteration).

 

I thought you mean global event rate. 25 hz is display rate, right ?

 

No I mean global event control rate.. oh I always confuse it..

 

Isn't it allowed up to 3200 hz ? Using A to E perm you can even push the rate beyond audio clock rate, although doesn't make sense probably...
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Sorry if i confuse too

 

Yes min is 25 Hz and max is 3200 Hz..

 

One difference between reaktor and Sync modular is that ensembles made with core are very hard to understand whereas ensembles made with sync modular are much easier to analyse, even if they do the same thing. I would be interested to know how many users of Reaktor are able to understand core ensembles. Very few i suppose. With sync modular, it's more clear and so more helpfull for people who desire to learn how electronic sound are built.

 

Isn't it the purpose of very good manual, unfortunately not the best side of Reaktor? I couldn't read core structures in the beginning and manual didn't help, but now I understand its basics, as well as I can read some medium structure, however loads of stuff should be learned.

But that's okay. I think it's just impossible to understand easy, as well as programming languages and so on. Everything takes time.

I installed Sync modular and still I don't find it easy to use and it doesn't have good interface, however it was about 10 years ago, so yes back to then it was huge!

 

Maybe it's just simply a different 'language', so people that got used to core obviously find core a little easier to learn. Anyway, from the links you gave there's not much work by Dr.SynC, i'm interested on his works as i know i could learn much from them.

I agree !

10 years ago it was already in core cell