Magic Russ

It is made by the same team.

Added new amps: Bass Invader and Bass Pro Ok, I'm surprised they didn't have the Bass Pro already. However, this looks like they are gearing up to release some bass libraries.

I've requested this several times but... I think you should be able to drag FX Chain Presets onto a track using the media browser. Currently you can Drag FX Chain presets from the Plugins/Audio FX tab but not the media browser. I would like to be able to drag FX Chain Presets to a track without the container. Current the only way you can do this is to right click the FX Bin, click the Insert FX Chain Preset option, select the file, and click Shift while opening it. That seems a bit cumbersome. It would be much easier to Shift-Drag or Ctrl drag the preset from the browser.

Maybe if you could just convince Max Martin that he needs new drum and keyboard sounds...

If so, Microsoft could incorporate Songsmith into Cakewalk. (Not sure if that will generate a lot of "Great Idea" responses or "Ha Ha" ones.)

I think a lot of them sound more like the guy playing in the piano lounge than elevator music. As for Folk, I don't really think that sounds particularly folky in the demo. One I'm surprised to like is the Hip Hop pack. It has a wide variety of distinctive rhythms. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of variations with that pack.

The sound banks go for $15 and $16 respectively (67% off), so definitely a good deal.

Well I kind of like a bit of everything, but I'm always looking for stuff that sounds kind of different. I always like to hear the sounds that make me think "I didn't know you could do that with that synth" because when I get the chance to open them up and dissect them (I've decided that the upgrade to the full collection will be my main splurge next BF) I usually learn something. Nori U and Richard Devine are designers I appreciate. I don't normally choose FM synthesis, but I am kind of intrigued by NU's DX7 sounds from the rare cartridges.

Only if you have a singer that sounds like Shirley Manson.

I don't like that the cabinet emulation seems to be on on all of their model presets for this component. I do like the X-Drive Rat and Muff emulations much more than the ones which come with Amplitube.

Does anyone have any of the sound packs? I'd be curious to know which ones are worth getting.

If I remember right the EMU stuff (or at least Creative) would load SF2 into memory. I think Cakewalk had a utility to load and unload soundfonts per project. Even if that were an option I would probably go with a VST sampler which supports SF2.

Looks like they don't even sell Cakewalk versions anymore, although it looks like everything that was in Cakewalk format is now available as SoundFonts.

Rapture Pro, when taken for what it was, was not a bad product, once they got a handle on the bugs and the long load times. Unfortunately, it was not at all what people were hoping for. People expected it to be the next generation synth and it functioned more like Sound Center 2. If they brought it back, I wouldn't mind if they made it NKS compatible. More importantly, I'd rather see a more developer friendly interface.

Glad you are enjoying that. Every once in a while I found that Rapture didn't respond to F5 as well.

If you happen to bite on this, be advised that there are quite a few free patch sets in the shop waiting to be downloaded.

If you have downloaded the Muz3um patch set for Rapture, I invite you to download my Magic Russ in the Muz3um set of patches which I have posted to the Rapture Patches page on KVR. I will also post the 30 for 30 set there tomorrow or so.

I thought they were saying "Batty" or "That's Me" But the harmony on the Blues is pretty nice.

I don't think anyone pointed out that this runs through Jan 31.

To turn this thread on its head, I mostly ignore 3rd party equalizers in favor of the Cakewalk equalizer. Overall, though, I'm in the camp of not wanting anything that won't work in multiple DAWs.

It looks like their free packs for each year include impulses and samples from previous years. Also, is it my imagination, but did they forget to include the Vintage Soul impulses?

Muz3um presets for Rapture can be found here http://patcharena.com/downloads/index.php?subcat=83&ENGINEsessID=9133e8654dbb81493f3d191f6e7fc437 Note towards the bottom of that page are 30 presets I contributed.

You should also be able to find the Muz3um bank for Z3ta (also updated version for v2) which is based around the sound (and waveforms) of more vintage synths.

I seem to recall that Line 6 at one point included a model of their old models because their users liked the old one better than the new and improved one. Also Guitar Rig has had a SansAmp model for ages.

I guess if you go back far enough, having Triangle II primed me to buy a copy of Pentagon I (a few years before Cakewalk bought rgc:Audio and included it in Sonar)