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Rapture

Synth (Wavetable) Plugin by Cakewalk
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Rapture has an average user rating of 4.50 from 4 reviews

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Rapture

Reviewed By zerocrossing [all]
February 9th, 2007
Version reviewed: 1 (Demo) on Mac

Wow, I'm shocked no one has reviewed this, so I guess I will. It's my first review.

First I'd like to say that I'm mainly a guitarist, but I cut my teeth in synthesis on old modular stuff at an audio engineering school in NYC, and later saved for a Roland Juno 106. That type of education doesn't get you all that far and I ended up in Music retail. Anyway, I *LOVE* synthesis and in the vain of Adrain Belew and Robert Fripp spent years in love/hate relationships with guitar synths.

So, over the last year I've had to dismantle much of my hardware rig and move to software. It's been a fun ride so far. Recently I asked myself, "why did you ignore Rapture?" I think I thought why have another wave table synth since I had the Korg Legacy Suite. Silly of me. Rapture is a totally different animal So I downloaded a Mac and PC version of the demo software and had at it.

I was blown away. This synth is about to become my go-to synth, I'm sure of it. Sure it's geared towards modern electronica, but the ability to import an audio file to use as an osc makes it AMAZING in a similar way that Absynth (another of my favorites for different reasons) is. This baby can ring like a DX, yet pump like a minimoog... often at the same time. Few VSTi's can really get a filter to "quack" in that really warm organic way that Rapture can. As an ex Virus C user I think Rapture does a better job at modern dance sounds and is easier to program. A A/B'd it to Albino too and I found it better to my ears as well.

Speaking of program, I spend my days (that often run into nights) as a graphic designer/animator and there is precious little time for making new tones. Most of my time has to be spent playing or I end up being a sound designer, which while very fun, isn't as fun as playing IMO. No problem here as Rapture comes with a TON of presets and there isn't a bad one in the bunch.

Then there's the arp and step/wave sequencing ability... wow. It's not quite an M1Galaxy (which I love) synth but boy can you get lost in the evolving, pulsing morphing madness this synth can do.

So... if you have $200, I'd say don't hesitate, go to your favorite retailer and pick this up. It really seems like it could be a "desert island" synth. My only request to Cakewalk is this: Why no MIDI learn with the X/Y pad? Silly. If you want to see how this is implemented perfectly, check out Zebra2 (which btw, is one of my favorite synths ever). Seem silly to include this and expect people to use a mouse or trackpad to control it.
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modularmoog
modularmoog
21 September 2012 at 11:20am

I would want to buy this plug, i think it sounds fantastic. Anyone know if there are AAX version in the pipeline?

Also, is it stable in Pro Tools 10 ?

Thanks

ID_23
ID_23
7 January 2014 at 11:20pm

Hi modularmoog... If you buy Computer Music 200 (Feb 2014) the full version is free on the DVD!.

Runs on mac 10.6.8 and earlier afaik.

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Lejurai
Lejurai
3 February 2016 at 4:21pm

Rapture v1 is awesome. I still use it regulary. Though rapture pro.. Haven't heard good things about it :P.

BlackWinny
BlackWinny
3 February 2016 at 5:20pm

I don't encounter any issue with it. Nothing abnormal after six months of use. Either in the wavetable synthesis either in the sample reading, even with very big samples and the six layers used. Have you sent reports of issues to the Cakewalk support?

LamsterMP
LamsterMP
4 February 2016 at 9:54am

Hmmm, everything works fine without any problems and it sounds really good. Okay, I am a Windows-10-user.... puhhhhhh :-) I would give 9 out of 10.

halcyon68
halcyon68
8 September 2021 at 9:09am

Rapture Pro is NLA, but you can still get Rapture if you have a Cakewalk Account (Signup not possible anymore), the code from a Computer Music issue from 2014 can still be redeemed. The GUI is small, but it's still a very capable synth. Definitely worth the 5 dollars I paid for it.

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