

However, most people started to take notice the following year, when sampling and granular synthesis features were added, and Reaktor v2 was born.

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I first came across Native Instruments way back in SOS September 1998, when I reviewed their Generator v1.5 modular software synth, and even at this early stage I was impressed with its flexibility. Native Instruments' flagship modular software synth has now reached version 4, dispensing with the dongle copy protection that bothered v3 owners, adding many user-friendly features and allowing still greater scope for personalising your patches. However, this is only the simpler view 'B' - by clicking on the 'A' button (top right) you switch to a far more comprehensive display that requires a 1280 x 1024 resolution. 'Kaleidon' is the biggest synth in the new library, with six oscillators plus noise and sub-oscillator, sync, FM, and ring modulation, two multi-mode filters, three envelopes, three LFOs, and a rack full of effects that are here minimised to 'header bars', making it easier to move from one to another without swamping your monitor screen.
