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All the latest News
June 1, 2022
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Join us in celebrating our 25th Anniversary! 
The company - Rob Papen - was officially formed in June 1997 and we celebrate the 25th anniversary with you by offering a FREE plugin ‘RP-PAN’, and also a 25% discount on all plugins and upgrades throughout June!
- How to obtain the FREE plugin RP-PAN [ read ]
- Check out the products that include our celebration discount [ here! ]
The story behind the brand - Rob Papen -
Rob started out as a music artist with the 80’s bands PERU, and NOVA. He also got involved with sound design in the 90’s working alongside well know synthesizer brands and had a hand in producing legendary sound cards for the Waldorf Microwave, followed by the factory
patches (presets with initial RP) for the Access Virus and followed on with sound sets for
the Ensoniq ASR-10, E-mu Emulator, Proteus-2000, and the E-mu Orbit-3.
Then, with the advent of VST instruments, Rob saw a chance to develop not only the presets for products, but also the whole concept for his brand that we have today!
The first custom synthesizer VST ‘Albino’ designed by Rob and built by Linplug was an instant success, but Rob wanted to create more and formed his own team with the brilliant coder Jon Ayres, who became his partner in crime in 2006.
RPCX (AKA Rob Papen Concrete FX) team was joined shortly by Jacek Kusmierczyk, who takes care of Mac version programming and the product Prisma.
Of course, more people are involved behind the scenes in the Rob Papen brand. Firstly, JoMal our inhouse sound designer, who creates brilliant presets for our products, Hans van Even who is responsible for most of the GUI designs, Richard Hider(TONAL AXiS) who helps out on several tasks, Armand ten Dam (Manuals), our distributors, and last but not least Mike and Marion Papen who assist at the home base.
Now, many years later the virtual instruments and effects under the brand name - Rob Papen - have become much-loved tools by both professional and hobbyist musicians worldwide!
So as previously mentioned we celebrate our 25th anniversary with you and offer a FREE plugin ‘RP-PAN’, and a 25% discount on all plugins and upgrades throughout June!
- How to obtain the FREE plugin RP-PAN [ read ]
- Check out the products that include our celebration discount [ here! ]
Enjoy creating music!
Rob Papen & Team
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From left to right, the center position of the - Rob Papen - brand has always been about creating plugins that think outside of the box whilst being extremely useful at the same time, this of course really ‘pans’ out literally in your music productions!
Yes, with this pun intended in the opening sentence we are proud to present you with the free RP-PAN as a gift to help celebrate our 25th year anniversary!
This top-notch plugin will allow you to use some very creative panning FX on your audio or instrument tracks.The Panning Sphere can be used to manually record pan movements between left and right in the stereo field. However, it gets really exciting if you use the ‘Spring back’ feature.
This is tempo-based to let the Sphere revert back to either the Center, Left, or Right positions.
To go beyond the regular panning FX, we have also added the Doppler FX option, and to avoid muscle pain if you like to have a constant pan movement, the ‘Lazy Mode’ is also available for automated Panning movements or other more experimental panning FX.
Last but not least we have added our easy-to-use bank manager, and also added a selection of useful presets which always is the cherry on the cake with - Rob Papen - products!
- Please watch the YouTube Introduction video here
- Please check here the License Terms, and how to obtain the FREE RP-PAN
Enjoy RP-PAN
Rob Papen & Team
Compatibility
- PC: 32 & 64 bits VST, VST3, and 64 bits AAX for Windows 7/8/10/11
(Note: PC AAX for PT 12 or higher)
- Mac: 64 bits AU, VST3, VST, and AAX, for OS-10.13 up to OS-12
M1 ARM processor compatible
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Celebration discount! |
We celebrate the 25th anniversary with you by offering a 25% discount on all plugins and upgrades throughout June!
- Below is the list of products, and the purchased check-outs (discount included).
- For the upgrades, please log in and request the upgrade coupon on 'MyProducts'. In the case the upgrade coupon doesn't appear, please contact us info@robpapen.com
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eXplorer-7 includes Predator-3, RoCoder, DelSane, and RP-Distort 2 as its new products!
This inspirational bundle holds 28 RP products if you include the amazing Prisma! which you can request after registering your bundle.
Purchase eXplorer-7 June Special ( € 374--| $ 374--) here
Upgrades to eXplorer-7:
- eXplorer (1-6) owners, please log in to robpapen.com and visit ‘MyProducts’ to request the upgrade to eXplorer-7. Upgrade cost € 74-- | USD 74-- (June special)
Please check your email box or your spam box, especially if you use yahoo or hotmail.
If you haven’t received the upgrade email, please contact us at info@robpapen.com
- eXplorer-6 owners that also own DelSane, please contact us for the upgrade. info@robpapen.com Upgrade cost € 48-- | USD 48-- (June special)
- eXplorer owners Ren2Buy upgrade to eXplorer-7 option
Please contact us for the upgrade terms. info@robpapen.com
Upgrade cost is 6 monthly payments of € 17-- | USD 17--
But we are, of course, also offering up some tasty upgrade options (June special):
| - Owners of 1 purchased Rob Papen product. |
€ 224,-- | $ 224,-- |
order |
| - Owners of 2 purchased Rob Papen products. |
€ 149,-- | $ 149,-- |
order |
| - Owners of 3 purchased Rob Papen products. |
€ 111,-- | $ 111,--. |
order |
| - Owners of 4 purchased Rob Papen products. |
€ 74,-- | $ 74-- |
order |
==> Note: free deal products (RP-AMOD and Prisma) do not count!
==> Upgrading at a reseller:: first please log in to robpapen.com and print as PDF the product list to request the upgrade. Note: free deal products (RP-AMOD and Prisma) do not count.
==> ReasonStudios crossgrade options: Please send a screenshot/receipt of your - Rob Papen - RE registrations(excluding the free Attention and RP-Spec to info@robpapen.com and we will send you a crossgrade offer.
Compatibility eXplorer-7:
- PC: 32 & 64 bits VST, VST3, and 64 bits AAX for Windows 7/8/10/11
(Note: PC AAX for PT 12 or higher)
- Mac: 64 bits AU, VST, VST3, and AAX, for OS-X 10.13 - OS-12
- NI NKS compatible instruments, except for Prisma.
- Serial/license system with activation whilst registering the product
- The activation system is offline, which means that there is no direct connection between the plugin and the robpapen.com homepage.
- The software can be installed on 2 of your own computer systems.
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Rob Papen 'The 4 Element Synth' |
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Rob Papen Book & Video ' The 4 Element Synth '.
The first release of ‘The 4 Element Synth’ book had 4 DVDs and in today’s world, even DVD players are becoming rare! The re-release is now handled by a publisher and the 10 hours of video content is stored in the cloud and if you click here you can see a screenshot of how well the video content is organized according to the book and its chapters and sections.
The main reason why Rob Papen selected a publisher is that this way the book gets potentially a wider audience. After all, this book is a textbook and perfect for learning and understanding subtractive synthesis. It is mainly for the novice, intermediate... but if you are a real pro, you know that there is always something new to learn.
- Predator-4ES
In the book, Rob Papen uses hardware synthesizers but also the Predator plug-in. This plug-in is perfect for learning subtractive synthesis. So we have also released a study version of Predator called Predator-4ES. It contains all the presets used in the book/videos and even the original introduction bank. Predator-4ES is perfect for studying alongside the book, discovering, and playing around.The limitations of the plugin are that you need to use it in your music host program as there is no stand-alone version and that there is no saving preset option. So if you have purchased the book, feel free to download this study synthesizer from the homepage.
- Extras
There is also an extras page here, which allows you to open or download
‘The 4 Element Synth’ as PDF, the layout of the Synthesizer.com System-22 used in the videos, Predator-2 Presets and, 2 extra videos.
How to get hold of the re-released ‘The 4 Element Synth’ book?
- It is available here and now comes in 3 formats! Hardback, Paperback, and eBook!
- Music schools that would like to acquire multiple copies of the book, please check here.
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In April 1982 Nova went number 1 in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg with our instrumental synthesizer track Aurora.
Nova was formed by Peter Kommers, Ruud van Es, and Rob Papen.
Since it was 40 years ago, Rob Papen re-created this track using the plugins and played the result during the YouTube Live Stream which can be watched here.
As the cherry on the cake, the Cubase song can be downloaded including the plugin presets used. Of course, you need to own the plugins used -Rob Papen- plugins B.I.T., Predator-3, and Punch-2 to play the track. Inside the info section below the YouTube stream video, you can find the information/downloads.
If you like synthesizer music with a different ‘fresh and uplifting vibe’
Both albums have recently been re-released as a double CD pack and are available below!
NOVA TERRANOVA & QUO VADIS
Format: 2CD Cat.#: RB 66.346 EAN code: 87 12944 66346 4
Released!
- New expanded edition of both Nova albums from 1982 and 1983, featuring the number 1-hit Aurora.
- For the first time remastered from the first-generation master tapes.
- Featuring 1 previously unreleased mix.• Featuring the B-side Reel and the 12-inch version of Aurora.
- Including a 12-page booklet with a new essay, memorabilia, and photos.
Available below:
About NOVA told by Rob Papen on the YouTube 'Muzikxpress' you can watch here
The story behind NOVA
Peter Kommers and Ruud van Es started to work together as Peru in 1979. Both shared an interest in electronic music and synthesizers.Following their acquaintance with Rob Papen at a Dutch Fanclub event of German electronic musician Klaus Schulze in 1980, Peru continued as a trio.As their first album Macchu Picchu gained some airplay, they got in contact with Willem van Kooten and decided to form another group next to Peru: Nova.One of Nova’s first tracks was Aurora, a song based on the Peru track Sons Of Dawn and released on single in Spring 1982, which became a number 1-hit in the Netherlands and Belgium.The trio worked with producer Chris Pilgram on their album debut Terranova, released in Autumn 1982 and climbed to #7 in the Dutch album charts in July 1982.In 1983 their second album Quo Vadis hit the stores, but also marked the end for Nova. From then on, Peter Kommers, Ruud van Es en Rob Papen continued as Peru.
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In case of other questions, please contact us.
Yours,
Rob Papen and Team
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