Bitwig 3.0's Grid VS NI Reaktor 

PP and the grid are definitely similar in some ways, but for me, I see them quite differently. Phase plant is a semi-modular wavetable synth: best of it’s kind, but still a serum like wavetable synth at heart. The grid is full on modular mayhem, any wire can connect anywhere, you can audio rate modulate almost anything, and the approach is modular at heart, and pretty unique in this way. The modules allow you to do many kinds of common synthesis: subtractive, FM/PM, basic physical modeling and additive, and with the sampler module in cycles mode, you can even do perfectly clean wavetable synthesis. But the beuty of modular is the exploration to be had, throwing two oscillators through a logic or math process (love doing this XD) spreading the amount of wave-folding on each stacked unison voice, whatever crazy idea you come up with. Ive been demoing Bitwig and the grid has been one of the most creative and inspiring synths I’ve used in a while, I could spend hours exploring every possibility I feel like. Me and the grid clicked in an instant, I don’t know if it will for you, but if your into sound design, you might just click as well.

@@KnzoVortex completely agree!

Bitwig is a modulation masterpiece!

Amadeus Paulussen I politely disagree, it's a comparison between two completely different products, these are not trying to acomplish the same goal.

@@TribalSMD They are certainly completely different, I agree. On the other hand both should allow you to construct your own synths, your own sounds. And from that perspective, I guess, they are comparable nonetheless.

Amadeus Paulussen So are products like the VCV Rack, which has a lot more than that in common and would therefore be a better comparison. In the video the guy is discussing how easy the Grid modules are to use compared to the Reaktor objects as if both products are designed to be used in the same way. That is misleading, making the comparison in the first place will tell beginners and people who don't know much about one product that they're somwhat similar and are meant to be used in the same way. Being able to create a synth sound is such a common thing many different products can do. If that's enough to make a comparison worth it, then why not compare the Grid to C++? To me it seems a lot more like making an unfair comparison on purpose to make the Grid seem superior. He comes to the conclusion at the end that the Grid is easier and more fun to use. That's the same as making a comparison between RU-vid and JavaScript and coming to the conclusion that it's easier to make a RU-vid account and upload a video to it to share it with the world instead of programming your own website and video host to do the same. Of course it's easier, what did you expect? You're comparing two products with different levels of abstraction that are designed to do different things. Yes, you can use both to upload and share videos online / create a synth sound, doesn't make it a fair comparison.

@@TribalSMD Nah as a owner off both! The grid is awesome. you got to try it to understand why ppl love it..

@@NathanChisholm041 the Grid is indeed awesome, I'm not disagreeing with that. The comparison to Reaktor is pointless and misleading to newcomers, who are here trying to learn about these things.

I don’t agree that Falcon smashes the Grid. I have had Falcon since it came out, and still prefer to do sound design in the Grid. I might do a video comparing them in the future.

Because they are both modular environments so yeah it makes sense

@@AudioDigital Yes a video comparison would be appreciated

Correct

Haven't really given it a try yet. Looks interesting though. But it does not look as fast and as deep as the Grid though from what I saw on the Cherry Audio site.

I think Voltage Modular is more like the Grid than it is like Reaktor. But of course, Voltage is a VST (like Reaktor), so you can move your creation in Voltage to different DAWs. Also, Voltage has a development environment and SDK for programming new modules in Java. I assume Bitwig has an SDK, but I haven't seen them push it as a user tool whereas the Voltage guys do push the SDK as a user tool (for those who can write Java of course, but it also has graphical aids for making a module). So it means you can program your own new modules, but more importantly, many other people are creating new modules. Audio Digital, another great video. Thanks! I have Voltage Modular. Bitwig is next on my list to acquire.

Image Line Patcher is primarily for patching together existing FL and VST plug-ins, and not for synthesis. A closer parallel to the Grid and Reaktor in FL was Flowstone, but it’s no longer a part of the FL Studio install.

Patchpool seems to be getting some interesting sounds out of MSF...

No, I've had Reaktor for about 15 years. I state that in the video. Did you watch the whole video before commenting? 🙂

TribalSMD this is a topic people like myself just starting to approach modular environments have questions about so this video is helpful.

Dougie Jordan So now you know that Reaktor is a completely different thing than the Grid. The Grid has modules that you can connect, Reaktor is designed to create such modules or similar things. That's the only useful information you got, it would've been much better if the video mentioned other products that are actually similar to the Grid. If you wouldn't have any idea about the internet, you've just been told that RU-vid is easier and faster to use compared to programming your own video host website. Yes, you've learned something, but you still have no idea about Vimeo, Dailymotion and all the other video hosting sites and how they compare to RU-vid.

TribalSMD yeah cool

have you even watched and listen to what he said? plus you talk too much. and mostly irrelevant stuff...

Doctor Too-Much Yes I have. I talk about irrelevant things? This whole video is mostly a comparison between apples and oranges. If people are wondering what the difference is between Grid and Reaktor, make it obvious why they are both completely different and you can't compare them. Teach them, don't just ignore other products than what was asked. Go to the next step and answer the question beginner don't know to ask yet and compare Grid to relevant products that are actually trying to acomplish the same tasks. Sorry if I talk too much for you, not my problem though.

Yeah, is he modular?