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Reaktor: A Long Term Relationship

Benn Jordan | April 6, 2026



I reference Reaktor a whole bunch on my channel, so I figured with it being 50% off ($99.99 USD) until November 30th, I would do a general overview of what it’s capable of and how I’ve used it over the years.

This covers the basics of blocks and core mode.

Written by Benn Jordan

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  1. @FronasMusic

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    Man, watched this start to end and then bought Reaktor. It's like with working out. Best day to start with it would've been 17 years ago, but second best day is today.

  2. @iowamusicarchive4633

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    I usually watch all your content from my phone and almost never want to log in so I can't like and subscribe or comment. Funny thought about good generative content and how to get effective feedback from a fanbase.

  3. @NicholasBryantBonzaiSequoias

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    17 years.. hmm, so you missed the joys of 2.3, 3 and 4? Reaktor has changed a fair bit over the years.. slightly better MIDI IO, slightly better visual aspects, controls that are nearly different in size between large, medium and small.
    IMHO blocks is not worth using (VCV is better for tweaking modules).
    Reaktors strength is in the making of things below the surface (even as far down as Core).
    I can't imagine Endlesss would have happened with only Blocks as a starting point.
    I wish NI would put more resources into Reaktor, instead of ceaseless kontakt libraries (Zzzz).

  4. @ChrisWoodBandit

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    whoa I didn't know that THAT was what reaktor was! To be honest I used to work on a farm and I hated it and those names are too close to Tractor. But I'll tell you what got me, in your video wwhen you showed what it could do around 4 minutes in there was a Synthi looking thing in the upper middle and in the next patch a rene looking thing in the bottom middle, and it looked like 8 times more fun than the software modular synths i have been messing with (cherry audio, the one in Arturia's big package). I'm going to get this and thank you for making this video.

  5. @kunalpareek8321

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    Oh man. this looks like so much fun. But here I am late in delivering today's code and watching vids like this and wondering how on earth will I get time to even get in 20 mins practice on my Piano and guitar.

  6. @sapitron

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    Reaktor was extremely frustrating to me because it was the opposite of what I was looking for: a synth full of radio ready mainstream pop sounds. So I deleted it. Im watching this video to change my mind

  7. @EspenFrafalne

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    I love this software!!! If you download "Knobman", you can create your own buttons, knobs, and faders. It will be saved in an image file that is a series of pictures arranged vertically, which means that you can use your regular photo editing software (like gimpshop, photoshop, etc) to create an image file with whatever images you want (they need to have the same height and width). And if you add that as a custom knob or fader, you can then control that parameter with an LFO (or whatever you like), and suddenly you have your own custom animations. I have the words "Dream Machine" flashing on and off in a LCD screen on the top middle part of my "creation", and to the left of this, i have a blue neon girl dancing. Both are synced to tempo.

  8. @alyeska4226

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    This thing seems like it's just another block in a pyramid scheme. Isn't it?

    What I want, is Molekular. I like the auto ease of Komplete controllers, so I have an m32. Do I really need Reaktor to use Molekular reliably? And will these be too computer intensive?

  9. @buggedmusik

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    Great video, I've just started getting into blocks, I am just wondering how do you record some of the patches into my daw, I am using logic x, some of the patches have midi out but some presets just play out.

  10. @jrileyhill

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    I bought REAKTOR…. I think during this sale. I used a bunch of instruments over the last couple year, so many unique sounds have made their way into my productions.
    Recently had time to start learning how to build my own synths, and also the new update with "racks" came out recently….
    So awesome, it's truly a gift that keeps on giving.

  11. @gossamyr

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    I think piracy is necessary in the beginning for 1.education and 2.what if this isn't for me(no returns, bye tons of money vs hardware you can reverb/ebay). That's how I learned stuff too, but the shit I really like, I bought. Since I found hardware more reliable I focused on that and stopped software altogether, but I remember playing with absynth and being truly amazed at the ooey gooey yummy. It's 2018 and NI is having the sale again, hmmm, maybe it's time, before they ruin it with ilock and I go back to hardware again 😉

  12. @VincentJames3912

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    I got the free Reaktor 6 player and was immediatly blown away by how good it sounds and never understood why I never saw people use it on the thousands of beat breakdowns videos I've watched and tutorials. It actually somehow made my bluetooth monitor speakers sound better which started me looking into how and NI's DSP code. The free player comes with some very usable presets Im just confused as to it's limitations I don't think i can use any of the free user ensambles on the interwbs.

  13. @VincentJames3912

    April 6, 2026 at 11:37 pm

    Lol bruh I love you're the first musician I ever heard say in a video you understand why people pirate and have done it before. It's such a taboo subject and all these channels act like they never did it when they got into music or everybody has all this money to spend especially on a hobby as most people pirating are only into production and music as a hobby not a profession.

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