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NEW RAPID Version - 1.8.8.
19. November 2023

If you are a customer, you can download the newest update now on your Purchased Products page.

You can find a detailed description of all changes in the Version History.




RAPID Version - 1.8.6.
20. November 2022

If you are a customer, you can download it now on your Purchased Products page.

Changes include:


  • VST 3 Support.
  • Improved UI performance.
  • Various DAW compatibility additions.

You can find a detailed description of all changes in the Version History.




RAPID Extension - Progressive House
15. October 2021


If you are looking for tools to create evolving pieces of electronic music, this package supports your productions with punchy, driving basslines, dreamy ethereal plucking sounds and characterful leads, solos and synths. Remarkable filtered chords, stabs and basses complete the repertoire and will stimulate an inspiring and accelerating creation process.

Progressive House is a sound extension for the RAPID Synthesizer, designed to deliver complementary characterful, driving and outstanding sounds. Included are new wavetables, multi-samples, drum samples and presets, ready for sound design and music production.

Included:

  • 138 Sound Presets.
  • 76 Wavetables.
  • 75 Multi-Samples.

You can listen to the demo showcase at YouTube and SoundCloud.

For more detailed feature information and price visit the product page XT - Progressive House.

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RAPID Version - 1.8.5.
15. December 2020

If you are a customer, you can download it now on your Purchased Products page.

CHORUS X

A new effect slot for RAPID. It's a multi-stage dual chorus that can be used to create vintage-sounding ensemble chorus effects, phasing fx, small plate reverbs and much more. Various unique parameters allow a detailed and versatile control over the chorus stages and offer a variety of characteristics. The stereo visualization of each stage gives you a good idea of what the overall result will sound like.


VINTAGIZER

Another new and unique effect. Various emulations and vintage processors are applied to the signal to reproduce the behavior of old devices such as vinyl, cassette tapes, wire recorders and much more. This effect is perfect for LoFi genres. With 24 different device models with loudspeaker, drift, artifact, tube and noise control, you can fine tune the desired result and quickly give vocals or general sounds a unique touch.


IMPROVED BROWSER

The sound preset browser on the master page now consists of different views. The new search view offers a quick way to search for presets by entering a keyword. In addition, multiple tags and other filters can be applied to quickly find presets for your purpose. Each preset can be marked as a favorite or added to a custom preset collection to enhance the workflow with many presets and projects. Moreover, the browser got many small features like renaming and duplication of presets.


LAYER LOADING

The improved browser now allows you to drag and drop presets. To load a preset directly into a layer, simply drag the preset file onto one of the eight layer buttons. This allows you to create massive patches instantly by joining previously created sounds into one large patch.


Support for Big Sur and Apple Silicon

With the latest version of Mac OS 11 (Big Sur), Apple presented its new ARM-based Apple Silicon M1 chips. Previously, Rapid 1.8.0 could already be executed with the Rosetta 2 Intel to ARM emulator supplied. To provide the best performance for this new platform, Rapid for Mac now natively supports the ARM64 instruction set.


You can find a detailed description of all changes in the Version History.




RAPID Version - 1.8.0.
23. July 2020

If you are a customer, you can download it now on your Purchased Products page.

But what is new? We created a summary video to show you the most important additions and changes.

Granular Synthesis YouTube.com/watch?v=om_0_mgFCBc

Granular Elements YouTube.com/watch?v=wa5oaaBUiYI


GRANULAR SYNTHESIS

It comes in the form of a new sample-insert-effect, which can be chosen in the FX-Type section after selecting a sample. This oscillator mode creates many small sound particles from a source sample and blends them together in a grain cloud. It's possible to use up to 100 true stereo grains per oscillator.


LOADING TIMES

Rapid uses high quality wavetables to achieve a clean sound and avoid unpleasant aliasing artifacts. While loading these wavetables or samples, additional processing and decoding is needed to unpack it from disk into the application memory. With Rapid 1.8.0 this process was drastically improved and optimized to use the newest processor instructions. With this enhancement Rapid will load up to 10 times faster than the previous version.


NEW PRESETS

  • Free sound package "Granular Elements".
  • 155 Multi-Samples.
  • 59 Sounds Presets.

The new presets come with a separate installer. Don't forget to install it!

You can find a detailed description of all changes in the Version History.

The user manual was also updated to 1.8.0 and can be read here.




RAPID Extension - Cinematic Exposure
11. December 2019


Inspired by the attributes of movie soundtracks, Hollywood compositions and cinematic characteristics, this package heavily focuses on expression, tension and uniquely crafted sequences, instruments, drums and textures.

Cinematic Exposure is a sound extension for the RAPID Synthesizer, designed to deliver intensive and uniquely crafted sequences and instruments. Included are new wavetables, multi-samples, drum samples and presets, ready for sound design and music production.

Included:

  • 147 Sound Presets.
  • 148 Wavetables.
  • 160 Multi-Samples.

You can listen to the demo showcase at YouTube and SoundCloud.

For more detailed feature information and price visit the product page XT - Cinematic Exposure.

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RAPID Version - 1.7.0.
29. October 2019


It's now available for download. As always, if you are a customer, you can download it on your Purchased Products page.

But what is new?


A NEW LOOK

We added a new main theme and improved the overall visual style. We listened to the wishes of all of you and reworked the fonts, the colors and made it a darker style, so it's easier on the eyes. The older themes are still available and also include the new fonts.


INSERT POWER


  • Sync Bend A
  • Sync Bend B.
  • Organic Drift.

There are three new oscillator insert effects. The new synchronization bends combine hard sync and phase bending to achieve some interesting and complex wave manipulations.

The drift insert adds a randomized organic behavior to each unison voice, ideal for analog emulation and vintage patches. It's comparable to the heat dependent properties of analog component and adds small inaccuracies to add unique characteristics.


FILTER WIZARDRY


  • Pro LP 12dB.
  • Pro LP 24dB.
  • Xtreme LP II.

There are three new lowpass filters. The designs of these filters are based on analog architectures and implement a more intricate feedback drive and resonance behavior.


REVERB MAGIC


  • Nuclear.
  • Solar.
  • Nova.
  • Space.

The new models extend the existing reverb by adding a new internal early and late reflection model and smooth the spectral impulse and frequency decay. They simulate different space sizes from small (Nuclear) to very large (Space).


RAPID FX

It's now possible to use Rapid as effect plugin. The FX (Effect) version of Rapid is an additional plugin and already included in the new setup. It will be installed alongside the normal Rapid Synthesizer plugin. You may have to re-scan your plugin list/database. Look out for Rapid FX.


FX PRESETS

We also added a basic set of 93 FX presets. You can find them in the preset browser, mostly named with the prefix FX. e.g. "FX Ambiance" includes some reverb effects. Definitely try out the macros of these presets, they can easily add very complex motion to your mixer track and are ideally suited for build ups, drops and other track highlights.


There are various other improvements, take a look at the complete Version History for more details.




RAPID Extension - Synthwave
7. February 2019


Synthwave is a style that attempts to recreate the atmosphere of 1980s culture, films and video games and celebrates the nostalgia for this era's unique sound. The same way the new found fondness for the visual aesthetics of this style, the sound design of this package incorporates all the beloved details the collection of genres stands for.

Synthwave is a sound extension for the RAPID Synthesizer, designed to bring back the retro aesthetics of 1980s legendary sound. Included are new wavetables, multi-samples, drum samples and presets, ready for sound design and music production.

Included:

  • 128 Sound Presets
  • 33 Wavetables.
  • 65 Multi-Samples.
  • 131 Oneshot Drum Samples (44.1 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit WAV).

You can listen to the demo showcase at YouTube and SoundCloud.

For more detailed feature information and price visit the product page XT - Synthwave.

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RAPID Extension - Supernova
19. December 2018


Intergalactic and nebulous in quality, your journey into deep space can begin now. With a heavy focus on frequency- and otherwise modulated wavetables as well as spectral samples, you can expect celestial and cosmic pads and textures, full of shimmering and enigmatic sweeping motions. Supernova is a sound extension for the RAPID Synthesizer, designed to excite your production with an "intergalactic and cosmic quality". Included are new wavetables, multi-samples, drum samples and presets, ready for sound design and music production.

Included are:

  • 132 Sound Presets
  • 58 Wavetables
  • 88 Multi-Samples
  • 144 Oneshot Drum Samples (44.1 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit WAV)

You can listen to the demo showcase at YouTube and SoundCloud.

For more detailed feature information and price visit the product page XT - Supernova.

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RAPID Extension - Future Strike
12. December 2018


Future Bass is a highly innovative and modern style with a great bandwidth of sound design concepts. Get a head start and directly jump into the genre, supported by melodic uplifting harmonies, versatility and energy. Future Strike is a new sound extension for the RAPID Synthesizer, introducing 'versatility and energy' conceptualized for Future Bass productions. Included are new wavetables, multi-samples, drum samples, vocals and presets, ready for sound design and music production.

Included are:

  • 136 Sound Presets
  • 41 Wavetables
  • 80 Multi-Samples
  • 389 Oneshot Drum Samples (44.1 kHz, Stereo, 16-bit WAV)

You can listen to the demo showcase at YouTube and SoundCloud.

For more detailed feature information and price visit the product page XT - Future Strike.

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RAPID Version - 1.6.0.
6. December 2018

We updated Rapid to version 1.6.0 and added new oscillator inserts and effect slots.

PM from Oscillator is a powerful insert effect which allows you to create complex "FM" sounds using another oscillator as modulation source. There is also a new RM from Oscillator and Feedback PM insert.

The Glitch is an effect which allows you to jump back in time. Choose one of the four sequences as source and the current selected one tells the Glitch how far it has to jump back.

An up to 4-Band dividable Multiband Saturator with sixteen switchable per-band types to apply dynamic and modulation processing. Asymmetric distortions, hard non linearities, bit crush, feedback, ring modulators and even limiters are available.

Tuneable delay times with and additional Tonal Delay for very short and percussive feed backs and echos. Ideal to colorize your drum loops or just reshape sounds.

A Tapestop processor to hold and continue your sound at arbitrary positions.

There are various other improvements, here is the complete Change Log for more details.

As always, if you're a RAPID customer, you can get the update for free. Visit your Purchased Products to get the latest downloads.




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