KVR Audio

Chad@PA · Post by **Chad@PA** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:04 pm

Hi Guys,

I have a ton of content in Rapture that I'd like to convert over to a new synth/sampler engine. Anyone want to share their suggestions?

Ideally it would be:
- Cross Platform Win/OS X
- Loads Multisamples, velocity, keymapping
- Synthesis engine of sometype
- Ability to layer both synth and samples
- Decent effects and modulation

I always thought Alchemy the closest thing to Rapture, but you know how that goes

... Should I just go with Kontakt?

Hope you are all having a great summer if you're in the northern hemisphere.

Thanks!

dmbaer · Post by **dmbaer** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:41 pm

By "content" I assume you me samples, not synth presets. If it's synth presets, then you're out of luck. No other synth will load and use those - you probably don't need to be told this.

If it's sample content you want to port over to the new instrument, then it's likely to be SFZ files (commonly used with Dimension and later Rapture Pro) and not plain-old WAV files. HALion 6 checks all the items on your requirements list, but does not import SFZ data. Falcon, likewise, checks all the items, but I'm pretty sure (could be wrong) it does not import SFZ. If you have WAV files, either instrument will do the job.

David · Post by **David** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:55 pm

Falcon DOES import sfz's, with some limitations (but of course is a monster with them once in).

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:35 pm

Rapture is pretty unique, tho... I'd just keep using it for as long as it works

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:59 pm

David wrote:Falcon DOES import sfz's, with some limitations (but of course is a monster with them once in).

Falcon was my first thought too.

David · Post by **David** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:06 pm

EvilDragon wrote:Rapture is pretty unique, tho... I'd just keep using it for as long as it works

Agreed, it's my fav sfz "player" even with Falcon on hand. Feels kinda toy-like in this day and age (I just picked it up at a heavy discount a few months ago), but sounds marvelous, and easy to use.

Chad@PA · Post by **Chad@PA** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 10:40 am

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the replies.

The replacement doesn't need to import .sfz, that is just a bonus.

pljones · Post by **pljones** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:07 pm

When I want to play with stuff, I mix up Sforzando with MUX. It's damn flexible.

dmbaer · Post by **dmbaer** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:56 pm

Chad@PA wrote:Hi Guys,

Thanks for the replies.

The replacement doesn't need to import .sfz, that is just a bonus.

I just remembered that Synthmaster probably checks all the items on your list as well. Plus it's way less expensive than HALion 6 and Falcon. It does do SFZ, I believe, but I don't know how well - I've used Synthmaster but I don't recall ever trying its SFZ capability.

dnekm · Post by **dnekm** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:06 pm

SynthMaster 2 works well with single sampled SFZ/WAV files. Have not tested it with multi-sampled SFZ/WAV files. You may or may not run into problems with looped WAV files. But if you do, it is easy to fix.

nate.protoculture · Post by **nate.protoculture** » Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:33 am

I think the big three you should be looking at is Falcon 3, Kontakt 5 or Halion 6.

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