yep, it’s that time again, time for another Native Experience and this time they sent over Massive.
This is one MONSTER synth plugin
And I am loving it! What I really like about Native Instruments is that you can really start making your own sounds easily.
I hate plugins that make me feel like I need a degree in computer science to make music.
And I’m not computer illiterate either, I’m actually a network engineer by day…but I don’t want the same complexity when making tunes.
It comes with 600 presets of raw sonic yumminess….but it’s so easy to create your own sounds.
The sounds can be fat, smack you in the face and kick you in the balls sounding, or sexy seductive pad sounds…you can get any sound you want from this machine.
However, leads, basses, and rhythmic arpeggios are definitely strong points.
Under the hood.
Maaaaaaaaaaaan, there are 3 oscillators and they got some crazy wavetable stuff going on. Filters, fx, routing, man, this thing can mangle sound like no bodies business.
There is even a step-sequencer in this thing….WHAT…yes…it’s there and waiting to be fondled like a cheerleader at a frat party.
I’m not one to get all technical man, it just has to sound good to me, but you synth freaks out there will love the flexible routing and modulation options in
this monster.
You really just have to try it out man, it’s a crazy machine and I am in love with the sounds and the easiness of the editing options.
Bring out the BIG guns
One thing I did notice about Massive was the massive amounts of cpu cycles this baby can use!
It’s a monster, and your cpu will notice it. Luckily, it’s not the worst I’ve ever seen and they implementing a quality mode where you can choose from economy to ultimate…and economy works very nice with the cpu.
I thank them for that, and so does my laptop.
The bottom line
The truth is, you want this synth. Native Instruments produces quality products and this is no exception, I really like the multi track sounds, great for live tweaking.
The koresound browser is a lovely touch and makes finding the right sound a simple click away.
Go on over and download the trial from native-instruments.com
Or check it out at american musical or musicians friend.
Hey Saintjoe,
i totally agree with you on massive. I had the luck to get massive for free as i bought my Audio Kontrol 1 earlier this year, cause it was bundled. Didnt pay that much attention to it but now its my main synth for pretty much everything and i just love it so much. Maybe NI should do the same with Massive like what they did with Maschine – build a huge hardware controller for it
Cheers
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saintjoe Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw man! you speakin my language now! Massive with a massive kontroller man lol, ooooooooooooooooooooooh my!
Yeah dude, that synth is craziness man, I’m really turning into a NI fanboy. I’ve heard people talk about them, some say it sounds ‘cold’ man please! Their stuff is AWESOME lol.
I’ll probably review fm8 this week man, I’m loving that one too.
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Yeah NI Software really rocks. I was makin all my trax with Hardware only but after NI announced Maschine i decided to sell everything and move on and guess what i love it. The only thing that bugs me is – since i own maschine i make more and more hip hop stuff like this
http://www.soundcloud.com/suicide-server
hehe thats german hiphop with bavarian accent done by an acid producer
Have a great week bro
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saintjoe Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I feel you bro! I can’t wait to get my hands on Maschine too! The tracks sounds good man, nice quality sounds man. It’s all good lol. Thanks for sharing…
I’m sure I’ll see ya somewhere later this week lol.
peace.
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Hi!
How do i use the massive vst in Ableton? i cant get i to work. But great video. I love fooling around in massive, it is so great!
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saintjoe Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
If you have your plugin folder setup properly in ableton then it should see massive under your plugins folder. Then you have to drag it to a midi track or an open space in the session/arrange view.
I use session view the most.
Then, you need to arm the track so you can hear the sound from the plugin.
let me know if you get it working, if not I’ll make a video for ya.
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Joakim Reply:
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:11 am
Yea, but i cant figure out how to set up my plugin folder:) in C:/program files/nativeinstruments/massive i have a dll called, massivedxi.dll is that the vst? Ableton cant use that dll:(
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saintjoe Reply:
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:51 am
Where did you install the massive vst plugin when you installed it? You need to point ableton there.
Go into Options > Preferences > File Folder > Turn “use custom vst folder” ON > Under that where it says “browse” browse to the folder that you put your plugins in. I keep mines all in the same folder so it finds them all.
My Massive vst is Massive.dll
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Joakim Reply:
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:50 am
Ahh, now i understand:) ableton cant use Dxi, but i made a search for massive.dll and found the vst. so now it should work in ableton! thanks bro!
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saintjoe Reply:
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:57 am
Cool glad you found it! lol, lemme know if you get it working or if you need some help.
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Joakim Reply:
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:29 am
It’s is working like a charm! thanks alot! love your website
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saintjoe Reply:
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:31 am
Awesome! Glad you got it going man, have fun! Make sure to come back around frequently lol.
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Hey I Just bought massive and use it with ableton but no matter how many times i install it I cant get all the sounds in the soundbank, it just goes down to C when I open it through ableton as a VST, but When I hit the Icon on my desktop and just run it by itself without ableton it works fine
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saintjoe Reply:
October 11th, 2010 at 6:14 am
@SGOTTy, hmmm, make sure you “rescan” the database in standalone mode and see if they all show up, also I’m not sure what you mean by it only goes to “c”.
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