There's almost nothing there resembling a simple, great sounding plucked synth sound that drops easily into a mix and sounds musical. You have the MIDI part all programmed and playing on a loop and you dial up their 'plucked' presets and start going through the list. Let's say you're looking for a modern plucked sound of the kind that's common in modern EDM. NI could be doing a lot more toward getting beginners up and running with synth building in Reaktor instead of forcing them into buying third party lessons (which like NI's own documentation, aren't that great for beginners.) I've tried reading the Reaktor manual but never really got anywhere with synth building because they don't really explain the basic philosophies and practices of Reaktor well enough to give you enough confidence to understand what the hell they're going on about later. How about some online tutorials? Adobe, for example, provides a lot of baby-step lessons for new users.
Reaktor, yes I know, very powerful tool, but again the documentation kind of presumes you already have a strong overview on how it all works, it's more like a reference manual than anything. This stuff could be great, but they don't want to help you get to grips with it. The difference between someone who really knows how to introduce a new user to a new product, and someone who figures they'll just collect all of their nerdy development notes into a PDF and call it a day.
When I compare, for example, the Geist manual with the manual for any NI synth, it's like night and day.
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