RAPID Synthesizer | Rapid 1.8.0 released | Free "SP - Granular Elements"

[recursive one]

And another one

Demo 4 -- which actually has a title -- Azure Sky. This one is special and will have lots more work to it before finished.

https://soundcloud.com/touch_the_univer ... -azure-sky

Off to finish off that Goa Trance one, already the new version is at five minutes, just need final tweakings

Last one for the day, it is where I'm at with the expanded version of the previous goa trance track I uploaded

https://soundcloud.com/touch_the_univer ... oa-demo-v2

Man, Parawave should hire you as a sound-designer!

[Touch The Universe]

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[bite_me]

Sequencer question:
When I want to modulate musical pitch/ semitones, which value should I enter in the source amount?
Seems the seq is divided in 12 rows for that.

[parawave]

Sequencer question:
When I want to modulate musical pitch/ semitones, which value should I enter in the source amount?
Seems the seq is divided in 12 rows for that.

If you set the mod amount to +12, each step represents 1 semitone step.
Look in the - Tutorial preset folder. The patch Semitone Sequence is a good example for that.

[Touch The Universe]

Feature request: Show cut off rate in frequency. For most intents and purposes, percentages is fine, but if you want to create exotic type filters, like formants, readout in frequency is essential. It's the difference between ah, eh, oooh, etc...

[bite_me]

If you set the mod amount to +12, each step represents 1 semitone step.
Look in the - Tutorial preset folder. The patch Semitone Sequence is a good example for that.

Thanks! Missed to hit 1/12th grid. Now I know what´s it. Your hidden comment in the preset told me.

[kinwie]

Had the 32-bit demo version teested within Pro tools, it ran good and stable so far.
The sounds very inspiring and high class. The interface very easy to understand

[ZeePok]

 
My experience with Rapid:

You should have called this synth: (the) Vamp! We already have Diva, which is known to be 'temperamentful', but this one is: Sexy, seductive and very smooooth! A real 'femme fatale'.

Those presets are gorgeous! I seldom came across a set of 'factory' sounds that are so musical! They practically play themselves! (and I don't mean the sequences or arps).
Stellar sound design!

[recursive one]

Yeah, with all its (minor) imperfections Rapid is a truly stunning sounding synth. I don't remember any other softsynth released in the last few years where playing even with the crippled demo version was so much fun.

I have come up with a slogan for Parawave: "make softsynths great again" lol.

I mean the old softsynths, like Sylenth, Massive, Z3ta have dated algorythms, feature restrictions, optimisations and cut corners here and there but they've got certain mojo, which was then lost when these super clean sounding and infinitely flexible monster plugins started to occupy the market. Rapid brings the fun back while keeping up with the up to date sound quality standards.

Parawave, if you don't mind me asking, did you have Access Virus or another high quality didgital hardware synth for reference? Cause it definitely feels like you did (i don't mean that Rapid emulates Virus, but I'm finiding certain qualities I'm loving about Virus sound and missing in other softsynths, including Spire, in Rapid). Or we just share the same taste when it comes to synth character.

[bite_me]

Feature Request:

- Wouldn´t it be nice to have a master filter where every layer could be routed through?
Just like the compressor. All 8 layers could then be treatet like one 24 osc monster.

A big +1

It´s already possible with send Fx settings.
Set up filter like a reverb send in the 8th layer & actice layer (1...) not to master (light off).
Now you can use the envelopes too.

[recursive one]

^^ Thanks man, you made my day

I could pretty much figure this out myself .... But i didn't

[parawave]

Parawave, if you don't mind me asking, did you have Access Virus or another high quality didgital hardware synth for reference? Cause it definitely feels like you did (i don't mean that Rapid emulates Virus, but I'm finiding certain qualities I'm loving about Virus sound and missing in other softsynths, including Spire, in Rapid). Or we just share the same taste when it comes to synth character.

I didn't use a reference, but thank you for comparing it with other famous synths like Access Virus. It's a good sign and now I'm more certain than before that spending the time was worth it. I just like clarity in my sound, so I guess we have a similiar taste. Instead of fixing unlikely solveable things with EQs and compression in the mixer stage, I wanted to make sure the synth source already produces an acceptable clean sound with a sonic character suited for modern productions. Honestly I have heard enough analog emulations and I'm tired of another x wannabe analog syntesizers. It's a nice thought to strive for old-fashioned gear sound, but definitely not to my personal taste. If people want to produce modern electronic music, they need inspiration and quickly achivable sounds, so they can finally focus on music. Without reinventing the wheel everytime they try to polish a bad sounding source.

I could pretty much figure this out myself .... But i didn't

I think you will have much more fun in the future. The layer send-fx is very powerful when it comes to giving your sound crazy effects. Especially when you use multiple layers as wet fx send. Just use a second layer without oscillator and e.g a effect combination of Ensemble + Filter + Reverb + Trancegate. Tranforms otherwise boring pads into wild and dynamic textures.

[parawave]

Damn accidential double post.

[recursive one]

I think you will have much more fun in the future.

Indeed, seems like I'll do E.g., the "bass dirty/neurophase1" preset, such an elegant way to make multiband processing within the synth

Really great presets it the full version, so much stuff to dissect and learn from (or to use in production right away )

[parawave]

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