#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 5 MOD#
#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 5 PATCH#
#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 5 SOFTWARE#

Each grain is sent to a random position in the stereo field and can be pitch‑shifted before being fed back into the effect's input, while most parameters have a random control to generate more chaotic results. Granular synthesis (where audio is chopped into short 'grains' and recombined in various ways to produce new sounds) has always been a core feature of Absynth, but the new Aetherizer granular delay effect goes much further. AetherizerĪbsynth 5 features the rather intelligent and very useful Sound Mutation section with Fine Tuning and History features, which finally makes it easy for the newcomer to create unique sounds.

#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 5 PATCH#

While the results will never match the finely hand‑crafted creations of professional sound designers, Sound Mutation is nevertheless far more intelligent than your average 'random patch creation' tool, and will be welcomed by many long‑term Absynth users. I spent a long time generating lots of mutations, and with a little practice was able to produce very acceptable results ranging from gentle variations on the original all the way through to radically new creations.

#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 5 MOD#

You can further refine your new sounds by excluding various modules from future Mutations, and by tweaking one or more of the eight fine‑tuning knobs that control parameters such as brightness, resonance and mod amount.

Each one you do accept appears in the pop‑up Mutation History window, where you can decide which you want to save as new presets and which you want to discard. If you don't like the current Mutation, click on the Retry button for another. The Mutation Amount slider adjusts how far from the original sound you want to go, while the Random Amount slider defines how much variation there will be between mutations. Once you're happy with the target list, you click on the Mutate button, and each time you do so, a new Mutation preset is generated that combines the attributes of the original and target presets. As you add further tags, your search is narrowed down to a list of presets whose parameters will be used as targets for your mutations. These comprise Instrument, Source, Timbre, Articulation and Genre. First, you choose an existing preset as a starting point, and then select some of the tags from the Browser database first seen in Absynth 4. If you want to make new Absynth sounds but never knew where to start before, the new Mutator will make you smile. Fortunately, in Absynth 5 a lot of effort has gone into making things easier to use, so let's see how successful NI have been! Mutator This makes it a favourite among sound designers, but its quirky design also means that while many users love its sound capabilities, they rapidly become rather lost when it comes to creating their own sounds. Part of the reason for its popularity is that it not only runs as a stand‑alone version or as a plug‑in instrument, but also as a plug‑in effect that can treat incoming audio.

#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 5 SOFTWARE#

Following its humble origins as a Mac‑only release by software developers Rhizomatic in 2000, Absynth quickly joined the ranks of Native Instruments products and gained a PC version, while its semi‑modular design, wave‑shaping, granular synthesis and 68‑point envelopes also gained it a huge number of enthusiastic users. There are few soft synths that rise to the dizzy heights of a fifth incarnation, but then Absynth has always been rather different from the norm. The grain cloud options of the Aetherizer effect are stunning, and can be applied to your own audio as well to Absynth patches. The fifth version of Absynth introduces even more sound-mangling features and aims to be far more user‑friendly than its predecessors.

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