Native Instruments knows that a good user-interface is half the inspiration when it comes to tweaking the sounds of a soft-synth, and Reaktor Gaugear might be their most inspirational -- and inspired -- GUI ever.

Bill Holland is reduced to near-tears when confronted with Gaugear's interface, which instills him with a sense of wonder he hasn't felt since he was but a wee Holland, traveling around in his drop-top stroller, circuit-bending his Teddy Ruxpin and basically starting the whole pacifier-raver-trend about fifteen years before anyone else.