Rapture Pro Pack contents listing

Wow, World FX is not what I expected. Was expecting unusual percussion and instrments from around the world, and although the the is sitar which supports this idea, gunshots, cannon and thunder and a stck of synth percussion. Well that and massive umbrella 'World FX'
Glad to not have installed that through CCC

Downloaded a few packs yesterday manually from the website, and extracted to a location for looking at, rather than playing. I'm not going to knock everything, the PlanetT and ClavinetT seem promising, and having a dedicated Harp will be useful for smatterings. When going through the legacy I saw Harps, but I'd rather have a good quaility that a colections of ok ones. Some of the packs seem a mess and so far I've not liked any programs. The blessing with the multisample SFZ format is I can quickly make up something from the good foundations that are provided in some cases.
 
I hate wading through programs and prefer to have an idea in my head and aim for it, than find a near approximation, then strip away, removing effects and trying to figure out why something is acting in a unexpected undesirable way. Other's like the preset way and fair enough, we all have our mindsets and methodologies.
 
I think it's pretty poor that these packs have been assembled and the only info we are given to make a decision, is a file size, nothing more. Even the pack name is vague and contentious. 

cool I'll give it a go.

Here is my install (everything from 1st install up to update 3)

 
 

ShellstaX
Have authors dipped into other packs resources for elements?
 
I was somewhat surprised to the contents of e.g, Prepared Piano 1, including
- Orchestral Percussion
- PianetT
- Sound FX - guns and cannons
Full artistic licence I guess ... and why not(?)
 
One would hope, as is probably the case, that each pack would contain the contents to be able to stand on it's own.
 

I talked to Digital Sound Factory when I bought their Yamaha Grand Piano sound pack for Dimension Pro (Vol.1) and discovered programs like "Bass Clarinet & Clarinet.prog" and "Large Wind Section.prog", etc.  The included wav samples were only of piano notes.  They said the non-piano programs used the 'factory' instruments, which I take to mean instruments present in the default Dimension (pro) installation.