One of the keys to Massive's aggressive sounds was oscillator phase mod courtesy of a dedicated modulation oscillator. The starter palette of synth modules has actually been simplified, with two primary wavetable oscillators instead of three and a single filter instead of two.
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This may be daunting for casual users, but gives sound designers great scope for patch creation. X replaces these with a freely editable, Reaktor-style routing page. The original Massive combined crossfader points and a partially interactive signal flow view to set up the synth's internal patching. NI are still calling Massive X 'semi-modular', but it is in essence fully modular. The upper half always shows the synth controls, while the lower switches between different tabs for modulation, routing and voice setup. The original midnight blue panel is replaced with a flat, warm grey that lets the coloured modulation rings pop out. It takes design cues from Reaktor Blocks, appearing like two rows of rack modules. Massive X looks like a completely different synth. NI have promised to fill some of these gaps in updates. Starting from scratch is a lot of work though, and even after a lengthy delay Massive X appears to have been rushed out with a number of things left on the developers' backlog.
X is sonically on another level and benefits from modern UI niceties like high-density, scalable graphics. While the original plug-in pushed 2007's CPUs to the edge, it no longer sounds or looks as modern as it once did. On the upside, NI have been able to completely re-think the architecture and UI. Massive (no X) lives on, maintaining compatibility with old songs and providing a tasty synth for NI to bundle with hardware and mid-level Komplete packages.Ī blank canvas has advantages and disadvantages. Rather than rebooting the original Massive, NI have produced a sequel: Massive X. As well as being influential in bass music, it's inspired a generation of modern soft synths like the equally ubiquitous Serum and Pigments, both of which borrow heavily from Massive's wavetable synth concept and modulation system.
It's super-versatile, although it's often associated with dubstep and its offshoots thanks to its ability to generate huge snarling and throbbing sounds. Massive is one of the best-known and best-loved soft synths of the last decade. NI's Massive X isn't just an update, it's a whole new synth! The new Exciter Envelope is great combined with the Comb filter for physical modelled sounds.
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