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Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:53 pm

I voted Z3ta+ but if given a second vote I would have gone for Pentagon 1. I have always enjoyed it's sound. They never made a 64 bit version did they ? I'd install Pentagon 1 again in a heartbeat if they did.....

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:53 am

I listed Pentagon because the DXi wasn't that stable in 64 bit and I'd like to see a 64 bit VSTi. There are also a lot of things I think they could do with it.

Rapture Pro would have been my second choice. There were a lot of missed opportunities with that one, and it desperately needs a more functional interface.

I am starting to warm up to Z3ta, but I think its the one least likely to really need an update.

melomood · Post by **melomood** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:35 am

himalaya wrote:
Michael L wrote:SFZ has the most "unrealized potential" (like so many of us)
We are like the stars...shining dimly awaiting our supernova moment....

Personally, I feel we need to get Rene back to take care of one of his children, named SFZ.

Amen

melomood · Post by **melomood** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:37 am

Jace-BeOS wrote:Everything released for Mac OS. Cakewalk abandoned Mac versions so readily...

I thought Cakewalk was a Windows only program that slept around with Apple for awhile til the thrill was gone

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:00 am

wetdentist wrote:+1 Project 5

As much as I would like to see that happen, I was really only looking to see which instruments people would like to see updated.

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:04 am

layzer wrote:triangle!

.. is now an option you can vote for !

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:24 am

melomood wrote:
Jace-BeOS wrote:Everything released for Mac OS. Cakewalk abandoned Mac versions so readily...
I thought Cakewalk was a Windows only program that slept around with Apple for awhile til the thrill was gone

Cakewalk was a company that made products for both systems, but the Mac products were few (Rapture and Dimension Pro) and would be abandoned immediately after first release (to the point that the installers didn't even work). Cakewalk also had a foolish WINE-wrapped Sonar they tried to foist upon Mac users as a port...

fresh101 · Post by **fresh101** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:26 am

Beatscape and Cyclone had so much potential. I'd love to see a fusion of the two that explores the best of both with some of the missing features added. Also Dropzone fell just shy of being really cool.

toonertik · Post by **toonertik** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:57 am

mumpcake wrote:
wetdentist wrote:+1 Project 5
As much as I would like to see that happen, I was really only looking to see which instruments people would like to see updated.

hmmm
The whole point of Project 5 was a synth workstation, with included synths...
one of which was the made for P5Ver 2.5, the original Dimension in DXi format.
Then CW realised how good a synth it was, made a VSTi for PC and Mac, added more content and removed it from P5, replacing it with DimensionLE (BTW, that is when I decided not to upgrade Sonar and never spend more $s with CW.. like screw me>> screw you CW)
So in the update it should also include updated synths and ofc a new one just for P5>>>>

toonertik · Post by **toonertik** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:58 am

oops double

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:02 am

Jace-BeOS wrote:
melomood wrote:
Jace-BeOS wrote:Everything released for Mac OS. Cakewalk abandoned Mac versions so readily...
I thought Cakewalk was a Windows only program that slept around with Apple for awhile til the thrill was gone
Cakewalk was a company that made products for both systems, but the Mac products were few (Rapture and Dimension Pro) and would be abandoned immediately after first release (to the point that the installers didn't even work). Cakewalk also had a foolish WINE-wrapped Sonar they tried to foist upon Mac users as a port...

You are not well informed. Both Rapture PRO and z3ta+ 2 were released for macOS as well, and also their latest plug-ins (like the CA-2A that was being offered for free) were released for macOS.

Anyway, I never understood why would Cakewalk loose time with macOS in this day and age. macOS is loosing momentum each day, and their strategy of a new OS version each year makes supporting their OS a nightmare. It was a waste of resources

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:10 pm

fmr wrote:
Jace-BeOS wrote:
melomood wrote:
Jace-BeOS wrote:Everything released for Mac OS. Cakewalk abandoned Mac versions so readily...
I thought Cakewalk was a Windows only program that slept around with Apple for awhile til the thrill was gone
Cakewalk was a company that made products for both systems, but the Mac products were few (Rapture and Dimension Pro) and would be abandoned immediately after first release (to the point that the installers didn't even work). Cakewalk also had a foolish WINE-wrapped Sonar they tried to foist upon Mac users as a port...
You are not well informed. Both Rapture PRO and z3ta+ 2 were released for macOS as well, and also their latest plug-ins (like the CA-2A that was being offered for free) were released for macOS.

Yeah, I thought so, but didn't really bother to check up on the details when I made my last post. I stopped paying attention at the point where I abandoned Windows, PCs, and Sonar.

fmr wrote:Anyway, I never understood why would Cakewalk loose time with macOS in this day and age. macOS is loosing momentum each day, and their strategy of a new OS version each year makes supporting their OS a nightmare. It was a waste of resources

Cakewalk probably thought they were going to make lots of extra profit with next to zero effort in maintenance. Ha.

Apple were doing great for a few years. The Mac was growing in usage because the mobile devices were brilliant and the software was well made and human usable. Now they're being Wall Street jackasses again and have abandoned nearly every design ideology that earned them any respect at all. It's all riding on (and burning) the old reputation at this point. Still better than going back to where I started, though. Sigh. Choosing "less bad" technology is like voting for the "lesser evil". So effing sick of this shit.

digitalboytn · Post by **digitalboytn** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:37 pm

himalaya wrote: Personally, I feel we need to get Rene back to take care of one of his children, named SFZ.

This is exactly what I was thinking when I saw this post ...

Rene was the genius behind so many great soft synths along with the sfz format and without his continued involvement,the instruments are going nowhere...

If you kill the chicken,you don't keep getting the eggs

zzz00m · Post by **zzz00m** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:55 am

Z3TA+2 and Rapture Pro were the only supported synths at the time of the last call for Cakewalk. So if any synth were to be revived, it would probably be one or both of them. The others have been abandoned for a while, with no recent support or development.

I like the idea of a P5 revival, but that wasn't a synth, more of a DAW-like synth workstation. I think Reason would be the closest analogy to that.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:59 am

mumpcake wrote:
layzer wrote:triangle!
.. is now an option you can vote for !

Triangle II was much better.........

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/triang ... y_cakewalk

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