Cakewalk Rapture Virtual Synthesizer (Macintosh and Windows)

Manufacturer's Description for Cakewalk Rapture Virtual Synthesizer (Macintosh and Windows)

Synthesis Ignited Virtual Synthesizer for Mac & PC
Combining power, elegance, control, and unbeatable sounds, Rapture is one of the most exciting synthesizers to hit the market in years. Capable of producing rich, hypnotic, and rhythmic basses, leads, and pads, Rapture is perfect for performing and designing the modern synthesized sounds igniting today's pop, dance, and electronic music. Rapture's non-aliasing resampling engine technology sets a new standard for sound quality, and produces pristine, high-resolution rendering and playback. Its advanced modulation capabilities include over 40 Step Generators per patch, providing an intuitive interface for generating rhythmic sequences. With its beautifully designed interface and extensive sound manipulation capabilities, Rapture is destined to put the spirit back into your music.

Features:
Wavetable synthesizer with cutting edge sound manipulation

Non-aliasing resampling engine for pristine sound quality

Over 600 professionally crafted sound programs

6 fully-programmable, stereo sound-generating Elements

Multi-waveform Oscillators with ring modulation

2 x 16-mode filters per oscillator with LoFi and Drive

Up to 42 EGs, LFOs, & Step Generators for superior parameter modulation

Advanced MIDI Modulation Matrix

Mix and modulate all Elements through global FX and dynamic Step Generator

Mac formats: AU, RTAS, VSTi; Windows formats: DXi (32-bit & x64), RTAS, VSTi

The 6th Element
Rapture sounds like no other synth, offering brilliant sound design capabilities with patches that blend up to six different Elements. And out of the box you get a stunning collection of over 500 programs including Basses, Leads, Pads, Arpeggios, Textures, Electronic Percussion and Sequences.

High Resolution Power
At the heart of Rapture's 6-part sound engine are powerful, multi-mode wavetable oscillators. These pristinely produced wavetables provide a virtually endless array of sonic possibilities, plus you can multiply each oscillator up to 9 times across the stereo field, creating some of the fattest sounds ever heard. And Rapture's high resolution anti-aliasing engine ensures that every note of every voice will be pure and vibrant.

Breathe Life into Your Sound
Rapture's Step Generators breathe life into your sound, allowing for dramatic trance gate effects and percussive rhythms. With graphical step sequencing of sound parameters, Rapture provides a modern extension to traditional envelopes and LFOs, allowing you to 'groove-modulate' Pitch, Filters, Amplitude and other parameters.

Elegant Design
Rapture's interface is infused with sleek and elegant design, carefully constructed to enhance usability at every turn. Everything you need to make your sounds come to life are easy to find, and more importantly easy to use. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Cakewalk products.