Rapture vs Massive - first impressions

I bought Rapture when they did the special buy in for Sonar users sometime ago last year. I recently bought Massive because I guess I am a gear nerd.

This is not meant to be an exhaustive comparison, and I haven't owned Massive that long (maybe 3 weeks).

I like Rapture better. It seems somewhat easier to edit. It seems to fit what I like in sounds better, particularly the more etherial stuff.

Massive has a ton of junk in its presets. For some reason, the presets seem harder to edit to get to a sound I like.

And, I actually prefer the Rapture/DimPro tree design of sounds instead of the interface that NI has gone to.

Just some summary thoughts.

AFAIK Massive doesn't allow you to load your own samples. On the other hand, Rapture doesn't morph between wavetables -- every element is static (will v1.1 change that? don't know). So they aren't direct competitors of each other.

I liked Massive a lot, but Rapture overall has more "cool."

Shayne

I don't know. I just don't like Massive. I do need to spend more time with it, as flicking through the presets makes it look like a joke. The only thing I liked right away was the Noise Generating mechanism...has some cool sample based options...but that can be easily recreated in Rapture via an sfz file tied to the noise sample...then you can just chain an element to the noise element. Plus, you'd have much more control over the noise that way. So far, IMO, Rapture gives Massive a Massive Kick in the Ass.

I don't know. I just don't like Massive. I do need to spend more time with it, as flicking through the presets makes it look like a joke. The only thing I liked right away was the Noise Generating mechanism...has some cool sample based options...but that can be easily recreated in Rapture via an sfz file tied to the noise sample...then you can just chain an element to the noise element. Plus, you'd have much more control over the noise that way. So far, IMO, Rapture gives Massive a Massive Kick in the Ass.

Perhaps you can put together some files for sale that have noise and also some Chior and and Some Rich string samples. Also some effects like Waves, Wind, Applause, Explosions that go beyond general Midi samples for these. I would be intersted in these if they were there.