I don't know why it is but for some reason Rapture is just totally unstable in any DAW that is not Sonar. I do not use Sonar these days I left Sonar alone and went Live 8 in 2012 and it crashed a ton there. Now I only use Maschine 2.0 and still constant crashing. I'd like to be able to use this synth since I did pay for it after all and I cannot sell it but it is just totally unstable and has been for 2 years and I don't believe Cakewalk has any intention of fixing any of their software to make it stable. Any suggestions of things I can do to make it work? 

Since I use Sonar mostly, i don't know how stable or unstable it is outside that environment.  i will try it using Reaper and see if i have any issues.  Is there any particular action that causes crashes or does it just crash at random times?

I tried all kinds of things to crash in reaper and could not replicate

i use Rapture all the time in Maschine (both 1.8 & 2.0) in x64. also, i use Rapture within Kore 2.0 inside Maschine all the time as well. no crashes for several years.  all 64 bit programs, no bridges

You have updated to the latest version haven't you?

I think it is amazing that home music producers are still using rapture and indeed dimension pro because they are "old" software packages but they still work with my Windows 7 (64-bit) system and many of the sounds are still worth using , but I only use them in my Sonar x2 DAW.

malcolmfhill
I think it is amazing that home music producers are still using rapture and indeed dimension pro because they are "old" software packages but they still work with my Windows 7 (64-bit) system and many of the sounds are still worth using , but I only use them in my Sonar x2 DAW.

I still use my DX7II and my Ensoniq EPS 16+ a lot as well (and my D50 and my K1000). When something works, it doesn't matter how old it is. But I agree, for the age of those soft synths, they still work pretty well in modern systems. They (Rapture/DimPro) probably work *better* today because of the processing power and large amounts of RAM that come standard in pre-built computers today as compared to when they were shiny and new. My computers today run SONAR X3d better than any computer I built and installed Cakewalk 3, 4 or 5 (the DOS-based MIDI sequencer from Twelve Tone Systems) on back in the day. Thank goodness for Moore's Law. lol

Cake 3 - now there is a memory! That was my first PC sequencer. And as far as obsolescence goes, I'm glad not everything that's just a few years old needs replacing or my wife would of gotten rid of me a long, long time ago...

Dupe - sorry...
Cake 3 - now there is a memory! That was my first PC sequencer. And as far as obsolescence goes, I'm glad not everything that's just a few years old needs replacing or my wife would of gotten rid of me a long, long time ago...

Yep, every time i use rapture with macshine or live 9 lite. Dimension pro works fine. Really irritating that it doesn't work as it should. Hope they fix it. 😡 i think it has something to do with if you installed 64 or 32 first. I uninstalled and re installed and files kept original dates. Please fix as i am a long time cakewalk user and would probably purchase more sounds for this synth, if it worked correctly with other daws.😕