The Curious case of Dimension and Rapture

I'm running Producer 8.5.3 on Windows 7 x64 on a Quad-Core Dell Inspiron 530 (4G) mostly without any issues.
 
I have a number of NI instruments from the Komplete 5 and 6 set and regularly use the 64-bit plugins for Kontakt, Absynth, etc and so far (6 months on) I have had no issues. I've also been using Kore (which as you know is still 32-bit) via the bridge and it seems to be happy enough.
 
Yep, all seems good. That is until I try to bring Rapture 64-bit or Dimension 64-bit into a project, then I start to experience issues with stability of the entire application - well perhaps that's unfair to SONAR - the circumstantial evidence would seem to suggest that Rapture, and to a lesser extent, Dimension are a little less stable then their NI counterparts, which is a shame because I really love Rapture's sound.
 
On the whole, Rapture seems better at the fall-down trick  than Dimension, but it does happen with them both. I am spending some time now (see below) to try and figure this out, but from past experience, there doesn't seem to be any obvious discernable pattern or cause.
 
The 32-bit versions of Dim. & Rap. don't seem to fare much better via bitbridge. I should point out that I am using Rapture w/1.2.1 hotfix and Dimension 1.2.
 
I don't think SONAR itself is the problem - clearly it's quite happy using the NI products. The only difference as far as I know, is that the NI products are VST, and Dim/Rap are DXi. I don't know enough about the dynamics of this to point to this as a cause.
 
I am gathering as much info as I can and plan to submit bug reports to Cakewalk in the next few days. I've waited this long only because I've been able to work around the problem by using the NI synths, but now I have more time to spend trying to diagnose the problem and report it.
 
I guess I really would just like to know if anyone else has seen similar events on their own systsems - i.e. one set of plugins working just fine but Dimension or Rapture falling over...
 
Stephanie.
 
 
 

Hi:  Several of us are having problems with Dimension Pro and Rapture on 64bit OS.  Cakewalk says to use the DXi versions as they are more stable in 64bit OS.  Yet, last night I ran all my Komplete 6 Synths as VST plugins plus Omnisphere with no problems until I inserted a Dimension Pro, which crashed my Sonar 8.5.3 yet again.  I have reported the problem to Cakewalk, who have 1) said they know there is a problem and 2) said there is NO problem.

Please make sure you report your problem to the Cakewalk problem reporter so we can get this fixed.

http://www.cakewalk.com/S...mReporter/Default.aspx

Good luck

Cecelius2

I also had to uninstall 64-bit Rapture and go with the 32-bit version.  I have not noticed any problems with 64-bit Dimension Pro.
John

juan47


I also had to uninstall 64-bit Rapture and go with the 32-bit version.  I have not noticed any problems with 64-bit Dimension Pro.
John

How did you go about this?
I just got the Rapture Elite upgrade.
Which is 1.1.  is this a 32 bit or 64 bit?
 
I also applied the 1.2 update and was given a choice of 32bit or 64 bit.
I installed the 64 bit and it crashes with Sonar 8.5.3 64bit. When I try to install the 32 bit rapture I can't insert it,  it say's that it isn't properly installed.
 
Do I need to install 32 bit Sonar 8.5 and use the 32 bit rapture with it?