Wondering- About At Least Two Things, Questions Options

[charlieb]

1. Is it just my ignorance, or do software makers do an artful job of NOT being clear about which soft is mainly a sequencer and which is mainly a synth? Seems to me that most product descriptions try and say that the soft is a "complete" package. This to me is confusing.

2. I am wondering about the soft from Native Instruments.
In reading about their products, they seem pretty hot, but I have heard very little about them on the couple of forums that I have checked into.

Opinions please.

Thanks,
charlie

[rickenbacker]

NI software is generally well-respected. They've not done anything for OS X yet (except Traktor 2, their DJ package) so this year they'll probably be launching OS X updates of their range. If they've got any sense they will, anyway.

As for product descriptions, a company isn't going to say, "Well, we do this really well, but we absolutely suck at that"! A lot of the available software does so much it almost can do it all - but in reality, everybody here probably has a selection of software from different manufacturers. Having an extra colour in your paintbox can't hurt, right?

Check out the NI site - if you like the sound of their gear, you'd probably not regret buying it. I don't have any myself, but I do like the look of Battery (the drum machine). When that comes to OS X, I might well buy it.