Download the DimPro and Rapture packeage yesterday and have a couple of questions.

1) Does anybody know where the manaul get put as I have searched and cannot find it?
2) Probably a silly question but it seems to me that both of these are practically the same, but with different samples, or have I missed something?

I don't know where the manuals are (i can't find mine either) but there are some differences.

In my opinion, Rapture is more powerful than Dim Pro, in that you can create more sounds with Rapture, and have more options. By that i mean if you have both programs because Dim Pro's libery is much bigger.
There's probabaly some i might miss off the top of my head, but;

Rapture has 2 extra elements. You can multiply and detune (some of) the waveforms, and ring mod (some of) the waveforms in Rapture. Rapture has the DSP block which features extra 'distortion units' and routing possibilities, aswell as an extra filter.

You can sync Rapture's envelopes to the host tempo, and 'snap to grid' the nodes (by clicking anywhere in the envelope section and pressing P on your computer's keyboard.) Then you can adjust the tempo of the envelope with the sync control and the envelope stays in time.

Rapture has step sequencers, Dim Pro doesn't. Rapture has a Global page, featuring 2 step sequencers - one for the left, and one for the right channels. The global page also has 2 global fx, a master fx unit, and a master eq unit.

There isn't really anything that Dim Pro can do that Rapture can't. However, Dim Pro comes with Samples, and Rapture comes with Wavetables. The only reason you'd use Dim Pro if you have Rapture would be to use it's (excellent) presets.

Most of Dim Pro's presets are single element SFZ files, or wav samples, both of which Rapture can handle. So i load the actual sfz (or wav) files into Rapture rather than load the Program into Dim Pro. That way i have much more control over the final sound if i want to change it.

I'm sure i've missed something but if i remember i'll edit this.

Thanks s.Wallis, that was useful.

Just wish I could find the manual.

There's a popular book called Cakewalk Synthesizers - From Presets To Power User featuring most included synths in Sonar 8.5. I've got it and can't recommend it enough. You also get a download the has extra info and tutorial presets for most of the synths.

The manual/help should be in your Rapt/DimPro file.  You can also hit F5 (I think) when the synth is focused and help pops up.

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Hmm. I downloaded DimPro last week, and sure enough, the help file is in a different folder.
The Rapture help file is in the Rapture folder, and can be accessed by clicking F1, with Rapture in focus.

Open Windows Explorer to Program Files>Cakewalk.
You should see a folder below Dimension Pro labeled simply Documentation. Open the EN subfolder, and you should see Dimension.chm. That's it.
You might want to shortcut that to your desktop.

Oh yeah. It's a html document and i was looking for a pdf...

Can someone please post or upload the D-Pro manual if you have it? I don't see why this isn't already available for download on the Cakewalk site. Thanks much.

I think the manual was simply a compendium of the html help files.  I haven't read it to proof it, but I havent' opened the manual much since I got the synth.

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Hi Everyone,
 
The Dimension Pro 1.5 full installer does include the help documentation but the installer doesn't automatically extract it. To obtain the help files, you can simply copy the .chm help file over from the Documentation folder included with your installer.
 
You can also now grab these files here: http://www.cakewalk.com/s...der.aspx?ID=2007013200