• Cakewalk Rapture Info

    Rapture

    Rapture is the ultimate wavetable synthesizer for igniting the sounds of today’s pop, dance, and electronic music. Rapture is the first product of its kind, combining one of the most advanced and exciting modulation systems available, with an unrivaled non-aliasing engine, a hallmark of the unparalleled sound quality and creativity found exclusively in the Cakewalk Instruments line.

    Rapture Highlights

    • Wavetable synthesizer with cutting edge sound manipulation capabilities, well suited for electronica-related music styles
    • Non-aliasing resampling engine for pristine sound quality
    • Over 600 professionally-crafted sound programs
    • Six fully-programmable, stereo sound-generating Elements
    • Multi-waveform Oscillators with ring modulation
    • Two 16-mode filters per oscillator with LoFi and Drive
    • Over 40 Envelope Generators, LFOs, and Step Generators for superior parameter modulation
    • Comprehensive MIDI Modulation Matrix
    • Mix and modulate all Elements through global FX and dynamic Step Generator
    • Superbly designed graphical envelope generators and LFOs for ease of use
    • Expandable with native support for SFZ sample formats
    • Mac formats: AU, RTAS, VSTi
    • Windows formats: DXi (32-bit & x64), RTAS, VSTi

    Expression Engine

    The unrivaled, non-aliasing Expression Engine™, exclusive to Cakewalk Instruments, is at the heart of their unparalleled sound quality and capabilities for creative expression. Expression Engine provides rich resampling and synthesis, while simultaneously giving access to extended performance characteristics of sound programs.

    Brilliant Sounds

    Rapture sounds like no other synth, offering brilliant sound design capabilities with patches that blend up to six different Elements. Out of the box you get a stunning collection of over 500 programs including Basses, Leads, Pads, Arpeggios, Textures, Electronic Percussion and Sequences.

    At the heart of Rapture’s six-part sound engine are powerful, multi-mode wavetable oscillators. These pristinely produced wavetables provide a virtually endless array of sonic possibilities, plus you can multiply each oscillator up to 9 times across the stereo field with controlled detuning, creating some of the fattest sounds ever heard. Rapture’s high resolution anti-aliasing rendering engine ensures that every note of every voice will be pure and vibrant.

    Advanced Modulation Capabilities and Sound Design

    Rapture’s modulation capabilities provide the basis for awesome synthesis capabilities sure to inspire listeners, performers, and sound designers alike. Rapture offers over 40 Envelope Generators, LFOs, and Step Generators per patch. These Step Generators breathe life into your sound, allowing for dramatic trance gate effects and percussive rhythms. With graphical step sequencing of sound parameters, Rapture provides a modern extension to traditional envelopes and LFOs, allowing you creative control of Pitch, Filters Amplitude, and other parameters.

    And Rapture’s global and per-Element FX stages provide the finishing touches to your sounds. In the Global FX Stage Rapture offers 3 multi effect units with 9 Delay and 3 Chorus types, 3 Parametric EQs, and a dynamic Step Generator for volume with independent L/R control. The per-Element FX stages offer the multi-effect units and EQs mentioned above, plus two 16-mode filters per oscillator with LoFi and a 5-mode Overdrive section for additional control.

    Elegant Design

    Rapture’s interface is infused with sleek and elegant design, carefully constructed to enhance usability at every turn. Everything you need to make your sounds come to life are easy to find, and more importantly easy to use. A comprehensive MIDI Control Matrix provides for extensive MIDI controllers mapping of all of Rapture’s functions, with the added sensitivity over modulation depth and smoothness control. An X-Y pad lets you assign multiple Rapture parameters to X and Y axes, allowing you to intuitively glide between various parameter levels with ease

     

    System Requirements

    Minimum

    Recommended

    Operating System

    Mac OS x 10.3.9
    Windows XP

    Mac OS X10.4 or higher
    Windows XP

    Processor Speed

    PowerPC G4 1.2 GHz
    Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz /
    AMD Athlon XP 1500+

    PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz
    Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz+ /
    AMD Athlon 64 2800+

    RAM

    512 MB

    1 GB+

    Hard Disk Space

    256 MB

    1 GB+

    Graphics

    1024 x 768, 16-bit

    1280 x 960, 24-bit

    Pricing and Availability

    Rapture has a $199 U.S. estimated street price, and is available at select music and sound retailers.

    International pricing

    Rapture ships with English, French, German, and Spanish versions all contained within one box and available through Roland and Edirol distribution partners. Europe's suggested retail price for Rapture is €219 inc VAT; U.K. pricing is £149 inc VAT. Rapture is available at select music and sound retailers around the world.

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