Kingston_Rapture Session - surprisingly nice

So the new addition in Kingston upgrade "Rapture Session" surprised me, I downloaded, it was "free" why not ?
It gathered up all my Rapture Classic, Dimension Pro Classic and old Cakewalk Sound center patches and displayed them in a new fancy searchable plugin. Reminds me of the great search ability that came with Omnisphere 1, which I have great appreciation for . . . to quickly find multiple types of sounds you're looking for by searching a database of patches.
 
The ezine PDF really undersells this new addition, since it really only mentions that it is a Rapture Pro greatest hits type sound browser. Don't most Cakewalk users by now actually have the original Rapture and Dimension Pro synths ?
 
If you click on the gear icon, there's even a button to upgrade to Rapture Pro.  Hmmm.
I can't help wondering why development on Rapture Session preceded further development on Rapture Pro ?
 
Anyways, this new Rapture Session addition is something I find very usable, and my appreciation goes out to the Cakewalk developer team for offering it this way, at this time.

+1, I actually installed some old Digital Sound Factory content for Cakewalk Sound Center when I saw Rapture Session announced. It is nice to be able to use those sounds without needing to load the 32-bit CW Sound Center. Not gotten to use it much yet, but is a very spiffy addition for sure.

mettelus
+1, I actually installed some old Digital Sound Factory content for Cakewalk Sound Center when I saw Rapture Session announced. It is nice to be able to use those sounds without needing to load the 32-bit CW Sound Center. Not gotten to use it much yet, but is a very spiffy addition for sure.

Well, what about macros? Are they mapped the same way as in CSC? I mean, when you use old CSC programs in RS and open an instrument page, do you see any mapped macros there?

Rapture session is the replacement for sound center. It's way cooler, more powerful and modern. It also sounds better and has a ton of content. Session has the same synth engine as rapture pro and fixes in rapture pro apply to session as well. So is not like this was done in isolation. Pro also has tons of updates in this release.

Thanks for the details and development of this to everyone at Cakewalk!! Although I rarely have used Sound Center in the past, now I'm certainly looking forward to using Rapture Session.
 
 You guys have done a fantastic job with SPLAT over this past year, and I do appreciate all continuous work put into making Sonar a fun/refined program to work with. I'm not a fanboi, but rather an appreciative customer that would like to give credit to where credit's due. Well done guys!!  

Here's a half-awake, stupid question!!! What is Rapture Session? Is it a new synth to add to the arsenal for free or is it something to add to Rapture Pro, which I do not own? All my lights in CCC for Rapture Session are red. Is this a demo version? I'm not understanding. I visited the product page but I'm still confused as to this being a new synth for free download or something that I am going to have to buy Rapture Pro to be able to use. Thanks, guys!

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
Rapture session is the replacement for sound center. It's way cooler, more powerful and modern. It also sounds better and has a ton of content. Session has the same synth engine as rapture pro and fixes in rapture pro apply to session as well. So is not like this was done in isolation. Pro also has tons of updates in this release.

 I see Sound Center is still there as well. Rapture Session is also VST3.
 
 

Sidroe
Here's a half-awake, stupid question!!!

Best post of the morning, BY FAR, Sidroe!
Like JB said its FREE!
Haven't really "test driven" it yet, and I do have RapPro.
I installed it, you should as well...
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I'm not seeing the Rapture Session as an update on CCC.  Where should I be looking?

Thanks, Deering! Downloaded, took forever, but pretty spiffy! Especially for free.

Am I getting this right then SC has been replaced and SC is no longer a viable option. My projects with SC is making a screeching sound how do I replace those projects with rapture using the same instruments if SC is obsolete.

dappa1
Am I getting this right then SC has been replaced and SC is no longer a viable option. My projects with SC is making a screeching sound how do I replace those projects with rapture using the same instruments if SC is obsolete.

I would suggest you make a note of the patch you are using in SC.
 
Then load an instance of Rapture Session and point the output of the midi track associated with SC to Rapture Session and load the appropriate patch. 
 
Then turn off SC and try playing back your project to see if it is all working.
 
I have done it this way before to change the synth.
 
I have not had any luck using the browser to replace a synth but I'm probably just not doing ti correctly.

I encountered 2 small issues with the installation process, which may as well be noted in this thread:

1. The Programs and Presets file path correctly found my D:\Cakewalk Content directory, but the Multisamples defaulted to C:\Cakewalk Content (which doesn't exist on my system).

2. Using the Browse... button to pick a new directory for the Multisamplesdoesn't let me create a new directory. So although I could navigate to D:\Cakewalk Content, it wouldn't let me create D:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Sample Data. I had to go into Explorer and create that myself, then come back and try the browse operation again.

[3. Trying to use ordered lists in this forum editor doesn't work properly.]

Anderton
Just a small correction...it is free to members. However, it costs $29.95 if purchased outside of the membership program, e.g., the AAX version for Pro Tools users, or AU for Logic.

Happy thanksgiving Craig, hope you had a good break...

Just installed this yesterday ... very impressed and happy to have it in the toolkit.
It's great to have the DimPro, Classic Rapture, CSC and third-party libraries all available in the same browser!