The new NI Absynth 5.3.3 Interstellar update is free of charge for existing customers and available from Native Access.Note: This article has been updated on August 19, 2020.Īs of May 31, 2020, a range of legacy products from Native Instruments and third-party manufacturers, as well as the activation tool Service Center, will be discontinued. Ok, if they always come from space, you can understand the waiting time. I do not hope that it is just an exception and that we have to wait another 6 years for the next update. This update shows that NI is working on the plugin again. It is not yet known whether an Absynth 6 will be launched in 2021. Absynth 5 does not need a feature update immediately, a GUI update for the beginning would be a big step forward. Needless to say, what this looks like on high-resolution 4K screens.ĭear NI team. The GUI is reminiscent of plugins from the early 2000s. In my opinion, Absynth 5 urgently needs a big update which mainly includes a major GUI update. This is probably due to the very slow and irregular product maintenance. Many casual users are happy, real fans of the soft synth less so.

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. 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.

There is not much new, but it’s nice to see that the plugin is maintained again. Even 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. I would rate Native Instruments Absynth 5 as almost legendary. Some are true insiders, others are legends. It’s not a dream, NI has updated Absynth 5 to version 5.3.3 after 6 years of silence with 200 new presets, Big Sur support & more.

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