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The BitRate II Black Friday deal puts the BitRate II & Monoboy Reaktor ensembles at $25, 48% off, until Dec 18, 2026.
BitRate II is a drum instrument built on retro digital synthesis and sampling. The maker says it is aimed at charismatic, nostalgic drum sounds.
It runs inside Reaktor, so this BitRate II plugin is a Reaktor ensemble rather than a standalone VST.
The included sound engines cover four areas:
A 5-track mixer sits on top of those engines, so you can balance the drum voices before they hit the master section.
The master FX section holds an analogue modelled EQ, a bus compressor and a speaker simulator. The speaker simulator adds extra lo-fi colour to the drum bus.
You can trigger drums over MIDI or from the internal sequencer. The sequencer gives each drum two modulation sequences, and those can be routed to nearly any combination of sound parameters, in any amount.
MonoBoy is the second instrument in the bundle, described by the maker as the melodic counterpart to BitRate II. It uses similar sound engines, with an interface laid out for playing melodies.
It has three sound generator modes:
Two modulation sequences are on board, and the master FX section includes the Bit Delay effect, which the maker calls one-of-a-kind.
BitRate II & Monoboy were created by Icebreaker Audio, the project of Adam Hanley. His name is in the credits of many high-profile Kontakt and Reaktor products, covering everything from African drums to additive synthesis. He also handles the Kontakt scripting at Heavyocity.
The package comes with 140 preset snapshots and takes up 112 MB on disk. It is a direct download only.
You need the full version of Reaktor 5 (5.9.0 or later), or Reaktor or Reaktor Player 6.2 or later.
On Mac, the minimum is OS X 10.10, 10.11 or macOS 10.12 on an Intel Core 2 Duo. On PC, it is Windows 7, 8 or 10 (32/64-bit) with an Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2.
Yes. The BitRate II & Monoboy Black Friday deal takes 48% off the Reaktor ensemble bundle, bringing it to $25. The offer runs until Dec 18, 2026. Both instruments, BitRate II and MonoBoy, come in the one package.
The bundle holds two Reaktor instruments: BitRate II, a retro digital drum synth, and MonoBoy, its melodic counterpart. It also ships with 140 preset snapshots and takes up 112 MB on disk. It is a direct download only.
BitRate II covers chipsounds, FM synthesis, lofi sampling and glitchy circuit bending. A 5-track mixer feeds a master FX section with an analogue modelled EQ, a bus compressor and a speaker simulator for extra lo-fi character.
Yes, it is powered by the Reaktor engine. The maker lists the full version of Reaktor 5 (5.9.0 or later), or Reaktor or Reaktor Player 6.2 or later. It runs on Mac (OS X 10.10 and up) and Windows 7, 8 or 10.
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