Top 12 Instruments for NI Reaktor (Free Download)
Native Instruments Reaktor has been around for ages and the factory synths that come with it like Razor, Monark, Form, and Rounds to just name a few, are incredible.
But Reaktor is a complete DSP environment to build your own instruments and effects. And the online user library has been growing for over a decade so we decided to round up the best ones from recent years. We chose ones that not only sound good but also have a friendly and good looking interface.
Clear out your schedules.
MONOVOKS
Created by David Frappaz. Fat, vintage, filthy and distorted. Inspired by the Russian synth Polivoks from the 80’s.
Specs
2 OSC
Noise Generator
LP/BP filter with Env
1 LFO
Built-in Soft/Hard clipping
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GIMMICK
Another one from David Frappaz. Beautiful design and clear layout. Beast.
Specs
3 Osc (including supersaw designed by João Ferreira )
Mod LFO and ENV
Multimode ZDF filters
Built-in Reverb
Special vintager knob which randomly detunes everything
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Parasite 2
Inspired by the Access Virus synths. Comes with great presets.
Great for trance music with bright plucks, bass and leads.
Specs
3 OSC
2 Multi-Mode Filters
3 LFOS
Built-in Effects
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Infrastructure
This one is from YUNG FOREVER. Very efficient design with a versatile Oscillator, feedback filter, and built-in effects.
It can achieve a huge array of sounds and comes packed with over 120 presets.
Specs
Multiple Voicing Modes including Unison
Mixer style Oscillator
Feedback Multi-Mode Filter
3 Envelopes
2 LFOs
Expression Controls
Distortion, Stereo Chorus, Delay and Reverb.
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Juno 60
Emulated the Roland Juno-60 with all 112 factory presets included! with some extra functions not available on the hardware.
Specs
1 DCO
HP/LP Filter
1 LFO
Built-in Arp
Built-in Chorus
Back panel (View B) EQ and extra features
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Calc-U-Synth VR
Replicate the Casio VL-Tone VL-1 in a small and easy to use interface.
A speaker simulator and sampled key-clicks added for an extra level of lo-fi goodness.
Specs
Wave selector
Delay FX
LP Filter
Vibrato & Tremolo
Speaker Simulator
Glitch Knob
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Sri Synt
3 layer synth with a mod matrix capable of long morphing sounds thanks to its 4 LFOs
Specs
3 Mixer style Oscillators with built-in Filters
ADSR
4 LFOS
Mod Matrix
Overload function
Oscilloscope
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Eminent-V 310 String Ensemble
Emulation of a vintage string synth ensemble like the Arp Solina String Ensemble. It comes with a great interface and effect pedals + an EQ pedal.
View A controls the Upper and Lower manual of the instrument while View B gives you access to multiple controls like Vibrato, Stereo spread, Chorus unit controls and Manuals transposition.
Phaser/Flanger, Phase Shifter, Echo/Delay and Reverb effect pedals included.
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The Swarmatron
Emulation of the peculiar cluster synth Dewanatron Swarmtron. Used by Trent Reznor for The Social Network movie soundtrack.
The Swarmatron was created to produce eight tones tuned approximately to one note, each tone slightly different in pitch to produce a complex and natural choral effect.
Very strange and eerie sound.
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KraftStrom
This one is hard to explain. The interface is mostly suggestive and everything fills like using some sort of a post-apocalyptic machine. It can create a huge variety of strange and experimental sounds.
Click everything!
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The Swarm
Another sound generator with a beautiful interface and built-in randomizer called the Swarm (hence the name). Each oscillator can also be a sampler!
Specs
4 Osc/samplers
Resochord effect
Cloud Delay
Reverb
Limiter
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Digit8
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