Native Instruments Massive XL v2.0.1 [MacOSX]

Massive XL builds on its iconic heritage to guide you to your own distinctive sound with grit, weight, and character. Massive XL carries the legacy of Massive and Massive X, including the Massive X sound, presets, and Expansions, into the next chapter. Begin with a preset, an Expansion, a sample, or an idea, then take it somewhere only you would. Mutate offers guided preset mutations and instant module randomization. Lock in what you love, change what you don't, stay in control. The Morpher turns expressive movement into something you can perform. Generate turns a sample into a real, playable preset, with every parameter ready to shape – stem separation included. You can also build sounds from scratch in Edit view, where semi-modular patching meets expressive, playable modulation. THE SOUND OF PUSHING FURTHER The original Massive helped define bass music, electro and dubstep. Massive XL carries this legacy, including the Massive X sound, presets, and Expansions, into the next chapter. Discover new routes to fat, gnarly lows, shimmering leads, glassy tops, lush pads, and beyond. Grit and growl Sick of safe, clean, and familiar? This is a weighty synth built to wobble rooms and rattle chests, with all the creative freedom to forge whole new directions. Your sonic signature Begin with a Massive X preset, an Expansion, a sample, or a half-formed idea, then use standout tools like Mutator to take it somewhere only you would. Deep control Advanced sound design can come with a lot of chin-scratching. But Massive XL takes you deep with clear visuals and context that guides exploration without oversimplifying. More than bass Find what you've been searching for, whether that's a fat and gnarly sound or shimmering leads, glassy tops, and lush pads. SOUND LIKE NO ONE ELSE Get distinctive sonic character with all the flexibility to make it your own. Massive XL combines the Massive X open routing architecture with more creative tools to keep your sound evolving. More than a wavetable Take every source further with ten different oscillator modes that reshape how wavetables behave. And choose from hundreds of tables, including OG Massive, vintage PPG, acoustic, and analog-derived sources – or drag in your own. Playable motion Draw complex rhythmic motion with Performers, shape how every note responds with Trackers, and modulate deep into the engine. Now save your favorite Performer curves and see modulation move as you shape it. TAKE THE SIGNAL SOMEWHERE UNEXPECTED Break out of fixed signal chains. Route oscillators, noise, filters, inserts, phase modulation, and feedback into unexpected combinations, then add effects including NI icons Raum, Replika Shimmer, and Tape Wobble. Get there fast This isn't about preset tweaking but seriously smart pathways to get you where you want to be. Morph and animate Morpher and Animator turn expressive movement into something you can perform and carry across presets. Find new directions Mutator and Randomizer offer guided preset mutations and instant module randomization. Lock in what you love, change what you don't, stay in control. Skip the blank canvas Start with the sound in your head and turn any sample into a real, playable preset, with every parameter ready to shape – stem separation included. And no synthesis knowledge required. This is advanced sound design without the headache. Build your own signal paths, discover unexpected interactions, and grow your skills in the process. EXPLORE AND CONTROL This is advanced sound design without the headache. Build your own signal paths, discover unexpected interactions, and grow your skills in the process. Only see what you need Get extra context right away without too much visual clutter. Hover over any parameter to see the modulators that are driving it. Deep and flexible Shape expressive sounds fast with drag-and-drop modulation, sidechain, envelopes, LFOs, and macros, then turn them into evolving parts that respond to how you play. Watch modulation happen Every assigned modulator is displayed as an animated shape, and every control shows how hard it's being pushed. CREATE WITHOUT FRICTION Stay deep in the synth with no distractions, thanks to workflow improvements that keep you down the rabbit hole. See your history Go too far without the fear. Every edit is tracked, and you can jump back to any point, not just one step at a time. Learn by doing Hover over anything, understand everything. Explanations are there when you need them so you always have the context to help you as you explore the synth. Find it. Save it. Reuse it. Find exactly what you need through search, favorites, tagging, and a deep factory library. Organize presets into your own banks by project, genre, or client, then save favorite filter, effect, Performer, and Keytracker setups to drop straight into the next sound. Polyphonic aftertouch support Get expressive control over every note on compatible hardware, including our Kontrol keyboards. Kontrol S-Series are the award-winning Native Instruments controllers built to unify your studio, with PolyAT on a Fatar keybed as standard. Compatible with Massive X Pick up where you left off with all your Massive X presets and Expansions ready to go with Massive XL. → What's new in Massive XL The following features have been added or improved in Massive XL Generate Use your samples to automatically create a fully tweakable patch from scratch. You can find more information in Generate. Mutate Come up with new sounds based on existing presets by introducing algorithmically generated variations. You can find more information in Mutate. User wavetable import Import audio files into Massive XL and build your own wavetable library. You can find more information in User wavetables. Module sub-presets Save and load sub-presets in the Filter, Inserts, and Effects. The Performers and Trackers offer the same functionality for their shapes. You can find more information in Sub-presets. Morpher Freeze mode Lock the Morpher position for every note you play, giving you instant, per-note variations of your sound. You can find more information in Animator. Polyphonic aftertouch Play sounds expressively using polyphonic aftertouch, including existing presets. You can find more information in Polyphonic aftertouch. New Effects Load Raum, Replika Shimmer, and Tape Wobble in the Effects module to create new sounds. New wavetables and noisetables Explore more than 100 new wavetables and more than 100 new noisetables across various categories, including vintage PPG and original Massive wavetables. You can find more information in Wavetables categories. New Massive XL Factory Library Find presets that span a huge range of styles and genres in the new and expanded Factory Library. You can find more information about browsing in Browse view and presets. User banks Organize user presets in your own custom user banks. You can find more information in Saving user presets and banks. Updated themes and user interface Switch between the rebuilt dark and light themes, with optional flat mode. You can access them from the Settings menu in the Header. New Wavetable oscillator views Switch between the original Dual view and Single view, where the new Wavetable display visualizes the wavetable and Wavetable mode. You can find more information in Wavetable oscillators overview. Animated modulation and contextual assignment View active modulation using new scopes in the Navigation bar and real-time indicators in controls. The new modulation assignment workflows and views are contextual and responsive. You can find more information in Modulation. Interactive envelope displays Dial in the envelope shape without using knobs using the new interactive envelope displays. You can find more information in Modulation Envelope. Undo/redo Undo or redo all of your changes, and use the history to jump to specific versions of your patch. You can find more information in Header. Info pane Learn about any control or element you hover in the new Info pane at the bottom of the instrument. You can find more information in Header. → This release contains: Massive X Factory Library v1.5.6 Massive XL Factory Library v1.0.0 Massive XL/X All Expansion libraries available up to this release. Supported Operation System: macOS 14.0 or later Apple Silicon or Intel Core processor Native Instruments Massive XL v2.0.1 Team HCiSO