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First public release: Whether quick playback module for everyday use or creative tool with synthesizer
qualities - VSampler 3 fuses both in a versatile instrument. It's faster than
VSampler 2 in every situation *and* sounds better at the same time. Don't take
our word for it, test it!
Feel free to take the full
tour incl. animated screenshots or check the major points here:
- completely reworked user interface:
- transparent in every sense of the word: controls are hidden behind transparent gray
as long as they don't make sense in the current situation
- Small View for quick playback of existing soundbanks
- Edit View with outstanding graphical support for sound editing, 3
variants: all-in-one (VSampler 2 like), scrollable rack or all windows
undocked
- many drag & drop actions and context menus for smooth workflow, smart
helpers like Shift-key for finetuning mode of all controls
- less is more: unused pages can be hidden using the context menu (right
mouse button)
- multilingual user interface and help file (English and German at the
moment)
- more soundbank types:
- added support for instrument formats HALion™ (.FXB, .FXP), Gigastudio™
(.GIG) and Downloadable Sounds (.DLS)
- improved import of all existing import types: AKAI™ (S1000/3000 CD or
1:1 discimage file on harddisk, S5000/6000 .AKP), SoundFont™ (.SF2), LM4™
drumkits and samples (.WAV, .AIF)
- ASPI driver not longer required for AKAI™-CD import under Windows
2000/XP (admin rights required)
- improved SF2 export (more details converted)
- easier instruments handling:
- unique autoload-to-MIDI-channel feature, step through instruments and hear
them in your song with a single mouse-click or cursor up/down
- Instruments Pool autoload: by stepping through the instruments
of your current soundbank using the new "softwired"
MIDI-channel mode
- Import Rack autoload: by using the new Import Rack to step through
instruments of an external soundbank BEFORE LOADING THE BANK and preview the
instrument at the current MIDI-channel
- Soundbank-Manager autoload: offers unique comfort for the
administration of extensive sound libraries, incl. search function and
category filter, load instruments to a MIDI-channel with a single mouse-click
- more connectivity:
- Plugin version: supports VSTi and DXi (now DXi with multi-outputs too),
multiple plugin instances can be opened parallel (if 16 channels shouldn't
be enough)
- Standalone version: added Rewire support (e.g. to connect to Reason) in
addition to MIDI, included virtual MIDI cable now supports all Windows
versions incl. 2000 and XP
- new 255 voices audio engine:
- 32 bit floating point precision, semi-modular voice structure, pristine audio quality, clipping-free internal operation
- complete new set of speed- and quality-improved filters, ranging from 6 dB to 24 dB,
lowpass, highpass, bandpass
- 32-point envelopes with free curve shape for Volume + Filter
- 4 free envelopes + 4 LFO's + 4 step sequencers with up to 192 steps and
“load from WAV" option to transform the volume progression of an external
WAV file into a step pattern
- all envelopes, LFO's and step sequencers can be synchronized to song
tempo
- each controller knob has a little "Analogizer" attached, to recreate the vital ever-changing sound of analog synthesizers
- new sample editor:
- all basic sample editing functions onboard, e.g. cut/copy/insert, change level, fade
in/out, autotrim sample start/end, phase and playback reversal, switch
channels or convert format, Time stretching (Tempo Scale), Pitch Shifter
- non-destructive crossfade-looping
- Auto-Looper: takes care of the often arduous search for suitable
loop points at the touch of a button - even for hundreds of samples at a
time
- Beat Slicer: slices drum loops into single hits, allowing to
change tempo and pitch in realtime independent of each other
- new effects engine:
- multiple effects at different levels: 3 per sample
(similiar to VSampler 2), 3 per instrument (new) and 3 per output channel
(new)
- onboard effects: Reverb, Delay, Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Distortion,
EQ, Limiter, Compressor
- supports external VST-plugins
- onboard and external effects seamlessly integrated into the voice
architecture incl. parameter modulation
- new modulation power:
- endow instruments with an impressive vitality and animate parameters in
realtime
- unique combination of effects and modulation: the parameters of all
effects (internal and VST plugins), envelopes and filters are controlled in
a mutual modulation matrix
- allows e.g. to let a VSampler envelope control the cutoff frequency of
your favourite VST-filter-plugin or to let Aftertouch add
your favourite distortion effect
- 12-slot modulation matrix: select which Source controls what Target at what
Factor (strength), freely adjustable curve
- lots of modulation sources (internal and external) and modulation targets available
- new automation power:
- practically every VSampler parameter can be remote controlled and
automated by MIDI-controllers (supported by every MIDI sequencer)
- mouse movements on VSampler controller knobs in main view and mixer can
be recorded by a suitable sequencer (sequencer must be able to record VST
automation data)
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