RAZOR GETS SHARPENED
By Graeme Hague
25 November 2013
Native Instruments has upgraded its Razor additive synthesizer to version 1.5 and for a period has chopped the price in half to mark the occasion. Most of the brains behind Razor is a chap called “Errorsmith” (he may want to rethink that one), a producer, solo artist and DJ based in Berlin. Errorsmith developed Razor initially for his own use using Reaktor 5 and apparently caught NI’s attention with his ninja-like Reaktor skills. With Razor 1.5 you get over 100 new leads, basses, and unique sounds – many, but not all, designed by Errorsmith – using twelve new modules. A multimode filter offers unusual shapes for irregular filtering and sound design, a distortion module adds extra grit and a further eight different dissonance modules range from frequency modulation to metallic frequency stretching and pitch manipulation. There are also new dynamic effects and a stereo reverb, plus Razor 1.5 includes a macro control system that maps single or multiple parameters straight to the eight control knobs on NI’s own Maschine hardware. Razor is currently at a half-price of US$49.50 direct from NI’s website. You’ll need at least the freebie Reaktor 5 Player unless you own Komplete, in which case you’re sorted.
Australian Distributor: CMI Music and Audio www.cmi.com.au
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