- Developer: Native Instruments
- Version: 2.0.0
- File Size: 2.5 GB
- Formats: VST3, AU, AAX
- System Requirements: Windows 10/11 (64-bit), macOS 14 or later
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.
Step into a synth that hits hard fast, then keeps opening up
- Get detailed visual feedback about the wavetable with single oscillator view.
- Or choose the original two-oscillator view layout.
- Quickly shape sounds exactly how you want them with Mutator.
- Create real patches from any audio file with Preset Generator.
- Get to the sound in your head fast with intuitive features like Morpher and Animator.
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.
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 Instrument 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.
