Reaktor Blocks - Controlling & Expanding A Modular Synth Voice

Here's a similar patch to the Blocks ES-3 AJH jam video I put up earlier this week. Native Instruments Reaktor Blocks is controlling the entire voice with pitch information, modulation, rhythms and triggers etc. Everything. The focus is around the Pitch CV Out Block which gives out pitch and gate CV and offers calibration of your oscillator (and other things that oscillator but don't track) to give pitch perfect and reliable tracking.

I also go through adding multiple sequences for transposition. Any questions just ask as always.

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[sharonsr]

Thank you Ben, for doing this so quick, great video and information.

[unkatom]

This works so well for nano systems, like your lunch boxes and so on... Great WERK:)

[MarkosAtelier]

Great video.It will be great to see a west coast style implementation as well.

[noizzihardwood]

I can't believe it's nearly 2021 and this is still complicated in Reaktor. Nearly every hardware synth these days has CV now, and interplay between the hardware and software world is both exciting while still frustrating because these basic interfacing tools are lacking.

[Larry]

Cool Vid. I'm a newbie to eurorack. I never knew things like this could be possible. I've had Reaktor since it came out, but found it a little daunting to program and build stuff. Life is too short :) This however, looks doable, but I'll have to get over my PTSD of my earlier experience with blocks. Maybe this is just a little too labor intensive. But in reality, doesn't seem harder than messing with a eurorack...same logic and work flow.

[joaoceitil]

Hello thank you for this introduction. I was wondering if we want to use lfo to modulate several parameters others than pitch, do we need to calibrate. If yes how we do it? Thank you in advanced

[TOMKATPEDALS]

Great video. Makes me wanna mess with this now

[mynmyself]

Hi, Im having trouble trying to use Reaktor as a VST in Ableton and sending signals to my ES-3. If used standalone everything works flawlessly. But when using it inside Ableton, Im unable of sending 8 signals from blocks out to my ES-3, I am assuming it has to do with Ableton only allowing me to send midi tracks to just a stereo pair of outs, instead of to the 8 ADAT outs. Do you know of a way of solving this?

Cheers and amazing videos!

[in_z]

I've been using ES-3 and Reaktor for years inside Abelton Live. I can tell you it's ridiculously finicky and NI has a LOT more work to do to make integration with actual hardware CV a reality. Reaktor Blocks are incredible, but using the blocks to control your real modular gear is a royal PIA. PLEASE someone simplify this and Reaktor will enter new dimensions of awesomeness.

[blueboxed]

So I have been using this set up tonight. I have an ES-3 attached to an ES-5, ESX-8CV, ESX-8GT and ESX-8MD. Try as I might I cannot work out how to route signals to anything other than the 8 ES-3 outputs. This means if I route anything to outputs 7 and 8 it outputs on those two channels and all the other attached modules on all their channels too. Any ideas on how it sort that out?

[nikfrisbee]

This has got me thinking - I have a Nord Modular Synth&Editor and I would like to be able to incorporate this into my eurorack if possible? Would the ES-3 work in my case would you know? Do you have to configure the USB to adat device within reaktor settings? Not sure if I would be able to configure this within Nord editor? Any help would be very welcome. :-)

[TRaddcliff]

how did you get channel 33 to 40? for my aggregate im using MOTU Ultrlite and ES-8. with the aggregate setup, i can only create outs from 1-16 in Reaktor. any help would be great thanks

[mynmyself]

I know this is not strictly related to eurorack, but to Reaktor... But I have been trying to make a 16step sequencer using blocks for ages. Im just applying what I know from eurorack, so I am trying to use seq switches and trying to sum both 8stepseqs outs into a mixer, but I am not getting any decent or expected results... I am using an ES4 btw

[EliahHoliday]

I'm looking at a similar hybrid set up using the ES-40 and ESX-8CV and Silent Way. How do you find Reaktor Blocks overall for sound and modulation? I tried VCV Racks (via Bridge) in Ableton and it was unusable due to CPU load which is unfortunate because I like the tradition functionality and modules in VCV. The Softube modular is just way too expensive when you start adding paid modules. Seem Reaktor Blocks is the only way to go.

[pangea]

is there a way to clock reaktor from the eurorack with cv in? the input of reaktor block clock module is only for MIDI Clock right? is there a block for CV Clock input? Cheers

[justintonation]

What device are you using for converting USB to ADAT to your ES-3?