Ofcourse, Reaktor isn't mono. However, Blocks and Monark are. There is an edited patch of Monark which can play polyphony (sort of), but it is buggy (triggering, envelopes, etc) and sucks up all CPU power.Mutant wrote:Take 1 analog synth and 1 digital synth.
Make a patch that sounds as close as possible on both, (without trying to prove anything like 1 is better than the other, which i think was the case in that $ motivated DvsO test where in some patches Diva was made to sound better while it was clearly possible to make her sound closer instead).
Post the 2 audio clips on a forum and ask which is analog.
The closer to 50% the number of correct anwers is, the more analog the digital synth sounds (and/or the more digital the analog synth sounds).
Both Diva and Reaktor can get well within that almost or completely indistinguishable from analog area - you just have to know what you are doing.
Pick Diva if you want it easy, pick Reaktor for a bit of learning and way way way more versatility (and yes you can make your Reaktor ensembles polyphonic).
To get really everything (and efficiënt) out of Reaktor, one will have to accept a long learning period. Which can be great. Learning new stuff is always fun. But it can stand in the way of being 100% creative on the arrangement part of music making.
I love both synths/programs.
