Rethought, rewired, and reincarnated, Native Instruments MASSIVE X is the next-generation flagship synthesizer and the successor to the original Massive virtual instrument. Designed for fast and fluid operation, you can create any sound imaginable with ease. Quickly patch complex routings, and take things further than you thought you could with expressive, playable modulation.
Massive X boasts dual wavetable oscillators with over 170 wavetables and 10 different ways to read them, while the updated routing matrix provides a sleek graphical interface that's simple to understand and implement. An upgraded Performer section allows you to draw precise patterns of modulation and assign them to parameters for complex, evolving patches, or for controlled changes to your sound. Additionally, you can use the Remote Octave control to trigger them on your keyboard, which provides a truly playable modulation and huge expressive variety within a single patch. Massive X works with Mac and Windows and is compatible with DAWs utilizing VST, VST3, AU, and AAX plug-in formats.
- Dual wavetable oscillators form the core of MASSIVE X’s sound. Choose from over 170 wavetables and 10 different oscillator modes—each with their own submodes. These determine how each wavetable is read, with unique controls to shape the resulting sound, which can be modulated of course. Dial in two additional phase-modulation oscillators, assign them to the primary oscillators to introduce movement, or even use an external sound source to do the same.
- Two noise modules—with sources ranging from synthesized sounds to rain, choirs, voices, and machines, make MASSIVE X a powerful engine for textures and left-field sound design.
Insert FX—MASSIVE X’s Insert FX can be patched anywhere along the signal chain for polyphonic signal processing—in series, parallel, or any way you can imagine. The FX can insert up to three extra sine, saw, or pulse-wave oscillators, for sub bass or traditional subtractive synthesis, as well as a ring modulator, sample and hold, or phase-modulation oscillator.
Stereo FX—While Insert FX can be used for creative routing and sound sculpting when building your patch, the Stereo FX in MASSIVE X are ideal for finishing your sound. You’ll find the usual suspects such as reverb, flanger, delay, and chorus, as well as an amp and speaker simulator, and more. Choose whether to use them in series, parallel, or in a mix of both via the routing section.
Envelopes and LFOs—From the subtle to the supersonic, the nine slots for LFO and envelope modulation in MASSIVE X are there to get it done. Switcher LFOs change shape, and can be modulated themselves to change over time. There’s also a Random LFO, Exciter Envelope, and Modulation Envelopes with in-depth shaping, hold, and behavior controls. Tune each of them down to the finest detail for careful sound design, or route them in different ways and make them modulate each other for seriously experimental sounds and unexpected results.
Tracker—Trackers let you modulate per note you play and how you play it. Draw curves with higher notes for subtle modulation such as opening the filter or decreasing reverb in the low-end, or create extreme key-by-key modulation changes for completely different sounds within a melody.
VR Mod—The Voice Randomizer adds randomized modulation to any source. Simple but effective, it can be used in the same way as any other modulator with any parameter. It’s a great tool for analog-style sounds to emulate drifting in the oscillators, filter, and pitch, as well as for more extreme chance variation when cranked up.