Version 5 of Reaktor Now Available

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Native Instruments has announced that Reaktor 5 is now available in stores worldwide. Furthermore, Reaktor Session customers can now take advantage of a special time-limited upgrade offer to the full version of Reaktor.

Reaktor 5 is the next generation of the modular sound design studio that fuses synthesis, sampling and effects. The latest version introduces the new "Reaktor Core Technology", resulting in a major technology leap that dramatically widens the scope of Reaktor-based instrument design. With a massive instrument library, powerful new routing options, vastly expanded panel design options, a revised user interface and a host of other improvements, the new version of Reaktor is more than ever an unlimited creative resource for musicians and producers.

Reaktor 5 is available for a suggested retail price of $579 / 499 Euro from authorized dealers and in the NI Online Shop. An update for owners of Reaktor 3/4 is available for a $169 / 149 Euro.

Owners of Reaktor Session can now take advantage of a special Reaktor 5 upgrade offer, allowing them to move up to the full-featured version of Reaktor for only $169 / 149 Euro. From now on, Native Instruments will completely focus Reaktor development on the full-featured version of Reaktor. Therefore, Reaktor Session will be discontinued. The Reaktor 5 upgrade offer for Reaktor Session users is valid until August 31st 2005.