SECOND COMING RAPTURE EXPANSION

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GALBANUM RELEASES THE SECOND COMING RAPTURE EXPANSION

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http://www.galbanum.com/products/secondcoming/

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Prepare for the Second Coming of the Galbanum Synth Expansion Line! First came the lamb - now comes the lion! These are not your grandma's well-behaved retro sounds! Galbanum's Second Coming Rapture Expansion focuses on aggressive high-energy dance music synths, monstrous techno & electro basses, industrial FX, and big-room arpeggiated chaos. It offers 400 pedal-to-the-medal presets based exclusively on 600MB of new custom resources developed for Cakewalk's award winning Rapture synthesizer.



PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

• Over 600MB of new content 1,393 files in total!

• 400 new meticulously designed presets for Rapture and Rapture LE!

• Approximately 1,000 new resources


SPECIAL FEATURES

• Stereo Waveforms that produce sounds with massively huge, 3D-like spatial images! Stereo waveforms also give each preset a unique psychoacoustic signature through interaural phase differences allowing sounds to stick out of dense mixes without resorting to excessive effects usage that can muddy the mix.

• Obsessive and extensive use of the Modulation Matrix! and MIDI controller assignments which enable complex sound morphing.

• 80 custom, 64-bit, 65,536 point LFO Waveforms which allow complex fractal-like LFO shapes that cause modulations to morph between slow shifting and fast FM-like behavior.

• Velocity sensitivity, dynamic envelopes, FX input controls and other techniques are also used to produce incredibly expressive and dynamic presets which encourage performance, inspire creativity, and enhance usability.

• 40 velocity cross-faded multi-waveform SFZ instruments which allow velocity dependent shifting and morphing of timbre without even using filters.

• 16 special new "Spectrum Sample" SFZ instruments which stretch across eight octaves and consist of perfectly diffuse band-limited spectrums made up of over 2,000 voices each.

• Second Coming was developed for Rapture version 1.1 or later and makes extensive use of the its new features including new filter modes, new DSP transforms, new signal routing, tempo-synched envelopes, 64bit waveforms, stereo waveforms and more.


CREATIVE THEME

Exercise your demons on the dance-floor! The forces of nihilism and decadence collide with humanity in a collision of Hadron proportions. A postmodern peak-hour battle of Armageddon wages on the floor of the big room. Psychoacoustic weapons of mass destruction decimate the sub-woofers and dissolve the self. Accelerated aural mutations breed cybernetic nano-bots which bring about the singularity through tempo-synched white noise bursts. Fight or flight mechanisms, manufactured adrenalin rushes, and FUD disinformation campaigns battle for mankind's mental solvency. Second Coming provides a prophetic, techno-infused score to The End, offered in full technicolor and stereophonics. It's a social caveat, wrapped up in a full spectrum carnival, which warns us all to keep the battle within and identify the true opponent as ourselves.


CUSTOMER

Shock-and-awe sultans of swing and scrappy subterranean sunset soldiers seeking stupendous sound sorcery, stop searching and simply submit to superior scholarly skill. Subjugate silence, snub scant and slender sonance, secede from slanderously simple sensations, and suppress scandalously spineless sonics. Spew sub-harmonic shrapnel, sling splendid super-sonic spears, secure synthetic synaptic swords shrouded in secrecy, and strenuously stir up the signal with some sensationally stout sonic science. Swarm to our superluminal sonata and score steadfast sound with Second Coming.

Second Coming Rapture Expansion content is suitable for: Techno, Electro, Minimal, Progressive, House, Trance • DnB and Breaks • Electronica, IDM, and Left Field • Trip Hop and Glitch Hop • Film, TV, and Game Scoring • and any other music style that could use a serious kick in the...

And I will add it to my already purchased list...

I like it. I still have to dig deeper into it though.

I'm definitely getting this, simply based on how cool Pisces is.


Btw - all the "s"'s are gone. :)

i bought this yesterday and found it to be HOT~HOT~HOT

the installer doesn't work (Vista32).....guess I gotta do it by hand....

This is very odd. It is working for some people (and works perfectly on my local machine), but not others and it is seemingly dependant on where it is downloaded/unzipped to and maybe how it is unzipped. I am looking into this, and will figure out the cause of the issue and fix it ASAP.

To be clear this effects only the Windows installer. There are no problems with the Mac installer.

If you attempt the install by hand and DO NOT already have Piscis, you can follow the instructions given for the manual install of Piscis here: http://www.galbanum.com/products/piscis/pdf/Galbanum_Piscis_Installation.pdf

If you DO have Piscis installed already, this gets complicated though becuase you must merge the contents of the Galbanum Architecture folders of both, keeping all files in their proper directories in both. This is rather tedious to do by hand, and easy to make a mistake.

I am looking into the installer issue and should figure out the variables, cause, and solution shortly.

The only other complication is that I am driving 8 hours today to upstate NY for a hiking trip, so hopefully I may figure something out in the next two hours or so...

ORIGINAL: Nick P
What about Kinetic? Will it host DXis? I need something so simple it forces me to focus on the synth, not the sequencer or DAW.

Kinetic hosts both DXi and VSTi instruments, plus you can export your work to P5.

Now i'm off to do this:

http://www.adirondackjourney.com/Santanoni_Range.htm

Looks fun! ;-)

Definitely going to get this, and piscis while I'm at it (did I spell that right?).
I've been doing well with my "no new gear in 2008," so... I deserve it, right?

Anyway,
Thanks for the continued work.

I did have one question, though:
I use Rapture on both Mac and PC. Can I use the expansion pack on both, or do I need two purchases (the machine are not in use at the same time).

- zevo

ORIGINAL: Nick P
What about Kinetic? Will it host DXis? I need something so simple it forces me to focus on the synth, not the sequencer or DAW.

Kinetic will host DXis. But if you really want to focus exclusively on learning Rapture just spend half an hour here and an hour there using just the microhost for Rapture--basically the synth runs standalone. That is the best way to dig in because NO other software is in your way of learning Rapture. Also, with all the great sounds to use as examples, the book from Simon Cann, and the plethora of tutorials and info here and on the Wiki you get a really great jump start on learning it because other people have already picked apart the technical details so you don't have to experiment blindly.

ORIGINAL: GPD

the installer doesn't work (Vista32).....guess I gotta do it by hand....

If you DO have Piscis installed already, this gets complicated though becuase you must merge the contents of the Galbanum Architecture folders of both, keeping all files in their proper directories in both. This is rather tedious to do by hand, and easy to make a mistake.

No kidding ...but i did it, and it works fine cuz nothing will basically stop me from gettin my hands on amazing sounds. And these are so cool...I really like the "black" synth section, they modulate so beautifully. Awesome awesome set.

No kidding ...but i did it, and it works fine cuz nothing will basically stop me from gettin my hands on amazing sounds. And these are so cool...I really like the "black" synth section, they modulate so beautifully. Awesome awesome set.

You should not need to do this (manual install) if you follow these guidelines:

Summary: Please install Piscis first, if you are just now purchasing this. Please place the unzipped "Galbanum Second Coming Win Installer" folder directly in /Program Files/ and click on the .exe Everything should work fine. After the install you may move/delete the ""Galbanum Second Coming Win Installer" as you wish.

One other note: if anyone has challenges unzipping the download file, I reccomend trying "Stuffit Expander" to unzip, since this is what I used to zip the files.

I am off to an overnight hike now, but will return on Thursday night (hopefully ;-) ) if anyone needs more help.

I'm happy to say I've also purchased this Rapture expansion (downloading now). I'd also like to compliment Andrew on the brilliant web site design. It's so easy to use and contains all the right info in the right places. Very user-friendly. Andrew, you chose an artist who compliments your work. Can't wait to see what you come up with next! I'm looking for even more "edge".

KEv

I'm looking for even more "edge".

I agree with Kev. I think your next venture should be more,...harsh. maybe more industrial/dark oriented.

Love the Black synths.

Oh, and my 4-year-old twin daughters vote for the stereo stacks, especially 01 and 02. I almost didn't get my computer back the other night, they were having so much fun making "noises" on the keyboard.

Another great x-pack!