Some are true insiders, others are legends. I would rate Native Instruments Absynth 5 as almost legendary. There are more than 10 alternatives to Absynth for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and iPhone. There is not much new, but it’s nice to see that the plugin is maintained again.Įven if it looks like Anno 2000, many experimental musicians use the synth plugin to design large soundscapes.Ībsynth 5 recently got an update, the first in 6 years. Absynth is described as 'ABSYNTH 5 is an exceptional synthesizer with unique sonic potential and more than 2,100 preset sounds' and is a music production app in the audio & music category.
The Absynth 5.3.3 interstellar update brings 200 new presets, ranging from alien soundscapes to futuristic basses, leads, and more, all using ABSYNTH’s unique semi-modular engine to explore rich, new sonic universes. Known issue: Absynth 5 standalone occasionally crashes on quitting.Īfter 6 years Absynth 5 got a little update.Improved: Activation screen now points to Native Access.Last item in File Browser disappears once the folder is collapsed.Browser/Explorer does not show Volume/Drive in exFAT format.Reason 9.5 to 11 crashes when loading Absynth VST.Opening modal dialog windows crashes the UI on macOS Big Sur.Setting autoscaling to off in Ableton Live 10.1 on Windows can lead to UI glitches.Activating autoscaling option in Cubase 11 on Windows can lead to UI glitches.Further, the developers add Big Sur compatibility and fixed several critical bugs. Many casual users are happy, real fans of the soft synth less so. This is probably due to the very slow and irregular product maintenance.
In my opinion, Absynth 5 urgently needs a big update which mainly includes a major GUI update. #Absynth vst compatable with cubase update# The GUI is reminiscent of plugins from the early 2000s. Needless to say, what this looks like on high-resolution 4K screens.ĭear NI team. #Absynth vst compatable with cubase update#.