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

[Mirko R.]

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[Teksonik]

Is there a written Change Log somewhere ? Not seeing it at the website yet. Last one is for 1.7.

So far I'm loving the update just want to make sure I don't miss something new. Thanks Parawave.

[zvenx]

https://parawave-audio.com/rapid_version_history


Version History

The following section lists all additions, changes and fixes of each software version through time.

1.8.0 - 23. July 2020
NEWEST
Additions:

Granular Synthesis.
Value indicator in the top information display now shows the value of the lastly changed parameter.
Dropdown parameters (e.g Filter Type) now support the mouse wheel input to quickly scroll through values.
Force Loop options is now available when importing singe samples without a loop.

Optimizations:

Massively reduced wavetable load times!!!
Multi-Sample loading improved. Decoder is now multi-threaded.

Changes:

Voicing display waveform sample rate is now synced up to the currently played note.
Master Compressor now displays the gain reduction curves if active.
Added Constant and Constant x 0.1 to context menu modulations sources.
If a sample is shown in the oscillator display, the phase position is now settable by clicking into it.
Increased maximum number of preset author characters from 16 to 24.

Fixes:

Phase Bend Mid A table calculation was out of range at 180 degrees.
Very short duplicated note on/off events within a buffer got stuck at the end of pattern loops.
Allow internal stereo processing if plugin is inserted on mono channel configurations.
Show "bypassed" warning instead of license check button.
Blurry context menu icons are now sharper at scales above 100%.
Avoid visible waveform glitches in voicing and multi-band display.
If monophon, legato, always glide off and voice is in release state, don't glide the note pitch.
The initial aftertouch value of new arpeggiator notes is now correctly redirected from the previous note.

Presets:

Free sound package "Granular Elements".
155 Multi-Samples.
59 Sounds Presets.



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[Teksonik]

Thanks, I looked all over the site and didn't see the changelog. Impressive update.

[padillac]

I've kind of had Rapid in the back of my mind for a while. Finally demoed it today, instantly loved it. While I wait for the factory library to download, I have one comment / request:

1) How about some more macro's? 3 is a bit on the low side. I would suggest 6 or 8.

^ is from a few years ago. Rapid seems like it would really benefit from more macro controls. And I'm looking at my Korg nanoKontrol with 8 faders and 8 knobs, thinking the faders are perfect for the layer level controls, and the knobs would be perfect for 8 macros...

[zvenx]

Thanks, I looked all over the site and didn't see the changelog. Impressive update.

Site seems to have a set of hidden pages.
How I got to it was from the plugin, Choose help, choose user guide and it was next to the user guide.
rsp

[padillac]

I’m using this on two computers. What’s the best way to ensure that my presets and samples are available on both? I was thinking of moving some of the content folders to Dropbox... it looks like there’s an XML file for the sample library though, I don’t want that getting overwritten.

Anyway, are any of you regularly using Rapid on two computers? How do you make the content available to both?

[zvenx]

I do use two computers, a mac and a pc, but I only started using Rapid today. So thus far it is simple stuff like settings I have copied. My whole system is networked and I just manually copy stuff across from pc to mac or vice versa currently. At some point I will probably do like I do with many of my other synths, write a job in dillobits insync on pc that will look at the two main folders for Rapid and sync them. HD/Library/Parawave/Rapid on Mac and C:\ProgramData\Parawave\Rapid (seems like the factory stuff) and your Document Folder\Parawave\Rapid (for your own stuff) on PC.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
rsp

[Neon Breath]

Congrats Parawave on the update with the new granular synthesis implementation

[exmatproton]

Great update ! Quite impressive to see (in this day and age) this is a free update! Lovely!!

[quincy]

Great update ! Quite impressive to see (in this day and age) this is a free update! Lovely!!

It's a really good synth and it sounds great despite having modest CPU usage. Don't quote me on this but I think they have a "free lifetime updates" policy at the expense of "no resale". Personally I think this is a fair trade because there is an almost fully-featured demo that you can use as much as you want and it's clear that they are in active development for several years. This isn't one of the (many) abandonware VSTs that won't get new features. At the sale price I find it very tempting indeed!

[Tannaliini]

How does this new version compare to Serum's CPU? I can't download the demo/try the demo at the moment...
If I remember correct, the older version I demoed had about same CPU as Serum, maybe a bit lower. Was just wondering how the addition of granular etc affected the CPU?

[exmatproton]

How does this new version compare to Serum's CPU? I can't download the demo/try the demo at the moment...
If I remember correct, the older version I demoed had about same CPU as Serum, maybe a bit lower. Was just wondering how the addition of granular etc affected the CPU?

That depends on many factors, but over here Rapid uses less CPU.

[buzz1]

How does this new version compare to Serum's CPU? I can't download the demo/try the demo at the moment...
If I remember correct, the older version I demoed had about same CPU as Serum, maybe a bit lower. Was just wondering how the addition of granular etc affected the CPU?

In the wavetable blowout thread from last year the OP did a cpu test where Rapid emerged as the lightest and Serum the second heavyest after Pigments among all the leading contenders.

[SLiC]

The CPU is amazing light for Rapid even with the nice analogue modelled filters in 1.7 and granular being added in 1.8, its one of its killer features- you can just forget about CPU!