Comments on: The Entire Boscomac Collection For Reaktor Is Now FREE!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:26:10 +0000

In reply to Martin.

Same issue as Ronald.

Wow, so Native Access 1 has an auto-update feature to update itself to the latest version, but does not update itself to Native Access 2. That’s some bad software development policy. How long have I been in the dark?

Looks also like they are trying to force Kontakt users into Kontakt 7. I have a bunch of the Play Series instruments, which I use in Kontakt 6, but I noticed that if you update those instruments, you have to use Kontakt 7 (I have the player, of course, but not the full version). Yikes.

Anyway, thanks Martin for the head’s up. This solved the boscomac problem for me.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:54:23 +0000

I emailed Boscomac to thank him. Here’s his reply:
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It doesn’t bother me if you contact me by email, on the contrary I really appreciate your generosity in telling me about the appreciation you have for my Reaktor Work. Nothing is more satisfying than knowing that you are happy to use these ensembles.

I have always given them away, at first as donationware and now as freeware. There is nothing worse than censorship of money, things must be shared, it is the only way to truly progress in the world.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 18:09:34 +0000

In reply to Ronald. Reaktor’s current/latest version is 6.5. Are you using legacy Native Access 1 or the new Native Access 2?

By: Ronald

Ronald — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 04:33:44 +0000

The nks version says it was made with a newer version of Reaktor (6.5) so it can’t play, but my copy of Reaktor (6.4.3) is up to date according to Native Access, anyone else experienced this? Moreover, the boscomac readme says it just has to be 6.3 so that’s confusing…

By: Numanoid

Numanoid — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 17:59:18 +0000

About the Reaktor Tax. What I realized when I started using VST and plugins 15 years ago, sooner or later you will have to get Komplete.

There are tons and tons of excellent free soundware for both Reaktor and Kontakt. The investment in Komplete will pay back massive dividends. And for those liking building their own plugs, or utilizing own samples, it is even a bigger must to get it.

Komplete is regularly on half price sale, my advice is to buy into it.

By: Uriah

Uriah — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:06:58 +0000

Uh, this collection was always free.

By: shane

shane — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 22:03:32 +0000

A wonderful collection.. great stuff!

By: Vinícius Lessa

Vinícius Lessa — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:09:03 +0000

Nice! With these freebies I’m getting introduced to Reaktor 6 indeed.

By: Per

Per — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 17:10:28 +0000

The collection was always free and I have it for at least 6 or 7 years. However, it’s nice to bring it back to music producers’ attention from time to time, because some of the instruments are real gems both musically and visually. And one of them is the interesting emulation of Leonardo’s Viola Organista, as far as I know the unique in the world of virtual instruments.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:44:58 +0000

I’d much rather pay the “Reaktor tax” than a Kontakt tax. Sometimes I look enviously at the cool Kontakt libraries out there but it’s nothing compared to the User Library, plus I’ve made some pretty wild devices myself. Reaktor is incredible and these are cool machines.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:32:50 +0000

I very much appreciate you guys bringing Boscomac‘s excellent collection (back) to everybody’s attention.
All of his sounds and effects are of outstanding high quality, and even if there are sounds that I would not know where and how to use, the whole collection is worth checking out.

Peter

By: Synthie Lauper

Synthie Lauper — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:25:15 +0000

Oh, I love the Chiller and used it so much.
Thanks for the info.