rapture help

I purchased rapture today, installed and yeah nothing is on my computer besides the sounds and documents. I ran many searches went through my whole computer and spent hours on a virtual wild goose chase i cant find the program itself to do anything therefore there is no interface , ive used fl6 in the past and wanted to upgrade and found this is on of the best products. if anyone had this problem or know wat the problem is please help. i just spent 200 on this and all i want to to is start this thing already. and the place wont let me return it =/ please help me asap, thank you

so a host is needed, wats are u using? cause i dont really like fl too much i see a rapture interface tho wat host is that? is it one of cakewalks prod. as if rapture is an expansion?

hehe. Rapture is a VST and/or DXI format instrument. You need a compatible host application to use it. If you are running frutiy Loops, now that you've installed Rapture, simply click on the "Channel" > "More" > "Fast Rescan" buttons (they appear in that order)....rapture should then show up in the list of available dxi and vst plugins. Select Rapture, either the dxi or the vsti, then close the plugin manager window. Now, add a channel, selecting Rapture, which should now be available in the list of instruments you can place on a channel. Wahla! Also, you could download a free vsti host, like Minihost from TobyBear Productions, or Herman Seib's VST Host...Check kvraudio.com and do a search for those two in their database to get the download information.

You could also try EnergyXT as a host.

Or, even better, you could purchase one of the lovely Cakewalk hosts, like Project 5 for example.

Hope that helps.

Peace

okay you did help me alot, i was bugging out lol thank you. i dont think im going to use fruity loops because its kindof cheasy and i have the illegal version so it always craps out on me. im checking out p5 and it looks nice but all i see is v2, do i need the first version b4 v2? and thank you

Now now now, illegal versions are not cool. However, if you're looking to go straight....Since you bought Rapture, and therefore should be a registered Cakewalk customer...I think, don't quote me on this, that you can get P5 for only 99$ or 199 dollars....or something like that. I may be wrong though...can anybody confirm/correct that for me?

Peace

If you are used to FL then P5 is one way to go, esp. if the sale is viable. If not, I think that SHS goes for about $100 - it is a straight ahead DAW, not a looper like P5 or FL.

Or FL Studio - it can be had for $100 also as long as you don't need to record audio - all the midi toys are there.

Lots of ways to go for a C note. And yea, legit is best, for more than just moral reasons. Better support and the company will be there next year, too.

Frank posted the fix. Toby bears mini host.Go get it, use it. It makes all host based synth's standalone.

HS will let you install Rapture as a synth on an audio track. you then set a midi track to that instance of rapture and play. A tad diff from FL's interface. but somewhat close?

I hope this is a legit version of SONAR, Killa.

I do know that FL Studio put out stuff that locked up your cracked version so you couldn't get to your songs.

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i have one more quick question, it says sonar 4 home studio is for audio recording wich i will be doing some of also, some bass lines ect. but i wanted to know with rapture and some sound clips i already have on my computer if i can still make loops and completed songs without recording in sonar and just using them. thank you.
and yes, this will be a legit version.

Killa,

yea, you don't have to record audio. In fact, HS used to come with quite a nice bit of loops - I don't remember if SHS/S4 does. The Sonar family does loops fine - just drag 'em onto the timeline and then double-click to open the clip up in the groove clip editor. There you can change pitch or tempo to match your project.

I don't think it works as well as Acid, but it still works pretty good.

do i need a key board do work this thing?

No. By any chance have you given Kinetic a look. It's a hotfire loopin' app that is simple to use and can deliver the goods. Check the Kinetic forum.

have a good one
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