 Note
to owners of the "VSampler
3.0 DXi" OEM version which was part of Sonar 3 Producer (not longer available):
When running VSampler 3.5 with the "VSampler 3.0 DXi" serial
number which came with Sonar the new functions which are
marked yellow won't
be available, since the licensed Cakewalk version was tied to
the "VSampler 3.0 DXi" feature-set which came with Sonar, new
future functions not included. To release the
full power of VSampler 3.5 (and future 3.x versions) those
extra functions can be added within a few minutes by
purchasing
the upgrade online. The complete list of advantages:
Why should I upgrade?
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more import formats supported:
- Kontakt (NKI, NKM)
- Battery (KIT)
- ReCycle (RCY, REX,
RX2), independent change of tempo and pitch
- Acid (WAV), independent change of tempo and pitch
- E-MU CD (E-MU III and EMU IV CD)
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DRC Pro engine to play instruments of any size
without being limited by RAM-size, DRC LED changes color to reflect the
current RAM state
- green: maximum polyphony available
- yellow: medium polyphony available
- red: low polyphony available, if you should experience dropouts
during playback start RAMbo (see next point) to kick idle Samples out of RAM, if the LED remains red either limit Instruments polyphony or
raise the DRC limit to let VSampler use more RAM ... in the long
term you will have to buy more RAM or live with the reduced
polyphony
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DRC Pro extension RAMbo to reduce
system load for improved performance of large instruments by kicking idle samples out of your RAM at the click of a
button. RAMbo allows you to play very large Instruments
with higher polyphony than before. The gained space
allows DRC to exploit previously idle parts of your RAM. To tell RAMbo which samples are never being
played in your current song you need to play the song from start to
end using the current Soundlibrary one time. RAMbo will stay active
as long as the "R" button in the title bar is enabled.
RAMbo updates automatically: new samples will be re-loaded on first
playback (2nd playback will be perfect again), old samples (last
playback 24h older than others) will be kicked when you hit the (O)ptimize
button in the title bar or when you load the library next time. To
end RAMbo mode click “R” again. This will re-load all samples and
reset their playback state to “idle”.
The following screenshot shows how RAMbo boosts available
performance (polyphony) when playing a multi-sampled 1.2 GB bass
guitar with only 200 MB available RAM. The song actually used just
1/3 of the Samples, which is a typical value for this kind of
Instruments with hundreds of key-zones and velocity-zones.
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new "manual" DRC mode (see left
half of screenshot above) for ultra-fast loading/exchanging
of large instruments (menu “Options | Audio | Performance / Quality
| Memory”):
In both modes you will never run out of
RAM. The worst possible result when using XXL instruments is
unnecessarily high system load, which would force you to limit
polyphony to avoid overload. Whenever you exchange (or add/remove)
an active Instrument the total "active" size of your soundlibrary changes up or down and the memory could be
re-optimized, but that takes time. This is what the Auto
mode does. The new Manual mode allows you to set your own
trade-off between adequate polyphony and number of
auto-optimize situations. The difference:Auto (internally uses the complete slider range): It
automatically exploits the complete available RAM (your DRC limit
size) for best performance.
- pro: always best possible polyphony
- con: any Instrument exchange
will cause re-optimization, slowing down instrument load/exchange e.g. when
importing/previewing XXL instruments by stepping through Pool or
Import window
Manual (internally uses the left part of the slider range):
The "grab as much RAM as allowed" dynamics stops at the slider position.
VSampler will immediately use this default value, if all active
Instruments fit into RAM at this setting.
- pro: fast instrument load/exchange
- con: it doesn't care whether your available RAM is fully
exploited or not, resulting in less performance (polyphony)
than you would get with fully exploited RAM
For experienced users we
recommend the "Manual" mode. Set the slider to a low value and hit the "Apply" button. If your
song still plays without dropouts everything is cool. Whenever
you should experience dropouts later just hit the little "O" button in the title bar to (O)ptimize your RAM when it's actually
required. This will automatically move the slider to the best
possible position (your default setting won't be changed). This way
you get
highest polyphony when you need it, while no auto-optimization will
steal your time when you just compare instruments and don't
need maximum polyphony.
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added group effects for Zones (new default), great e.g. to add different effects to
drums of a drumkit without using polyphone (CPU-intensive) Zone-effects |
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added individual mixer outputs for Zones (DXi/VSTi and Rewire only, not
in Standalone), great e.g. to
output drums of a drumkit at different sequencer mixer channels, check the new
"Output" selector at the Zones page header |
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increased maximum mixer outputs to 32 for DXi/VSTi/Rewire version, either 16
stereo or 32 mono or any mixture (still 16 stereo in Standalone) |
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added:
full-featured 30-day-trial mode, allows to test all functions of the full version for 30 days |
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added: three new high quality playback modes (menu “Options
| Audio | Performance / Quality” at the “Quality” tab), check the
websites Sampler anti-aliasing
and pitch-shifting comparison (by Simon V) and Resampling quality compared
(by maz) to compare the sample interpolation quality to other
samplers.
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- Draft: in previous versions called "Standard"
- Standard: in previous versions called
"Production", that's the current industry standard
used in most samplers as "best" mode
- Good: less aliasing than most other "big" samplers
- Perfect: almost no audible aliasing
- Ultra: no audible aliasing, almost as good as if you would convert
every single note non-realtime in Soundforge or Cool Edit
(Adobe Audition) with the best quality settings
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Note: Duron and Celeron processors
don't like "Ultra" mode, the speed difference to the other 4 modes is
much more extreme than it is on Athlon XP and Pentium 4. But no matter how slow your processor is, you're welcome
to use "Ultra" mode when you mixdown/bounce/freeze the VSampler
tracks in your project.
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new in Standalone version: Direct Kernel Streaming
for ASIO-like low latency performance of DirectSound
soundcards: "Speedsoft ASIO" appears as new device in the list of
available ASIO devices, play around with the
settings of the ASIO control panel, for most soundcards a buffersize
of 256 samples and 3 buffers works fine |
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added: in Compact View the ADSR sliders for Volume- and
Filter-envelope now have a range setting (right mouse button) to
give you the control level you need *without* having to hold Shift
key for finetuning mode, you can choose between 1s, 3s, 5s or 10s,
default is 3s, which is *way* more usable than the previously fixed
10s range |
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added easy MIDI remote control in Compact View
(just as in Edit View, context menu at all knobs and faders) |
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added:
new Quickbrowser view "Groups of Instrument" for easy navigation within
complex
multi-layer instruments, allows to quickly select
Groups and show or hide Groups at the Zones page, it shows a treeview
of either Selection Groups or Poly Groups or Cycle Groups (switchable)
and supports the following actions:
- single click on a Group name selects all Zones of this Group
- double click on a Group name hides/shows all Zones of this Group at the Zones page
(great to visually separate multi-layered instruments, a "mute
hidden groups" option will follow!)
- right clicking on a Group name opens a context menu with some
more options (Auto play, Auto select groups, New group ...)
- adds Zones to a
group by drag'n'droping them (using right mouse button at the
moment!) from the Zones page onto a group name
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added: Beat Slicer now exports the beat timing of the slices,
either as MIDI file (click "Export Slice" button in Sample
Editor) or as MIDI notes
straight into the sequencer track (drag'n'drop the "Export Slice"
button to the desired sequencer track), so you can create variations
of the drumloop in your sequencer |
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added microtuning support at instruments level, loads
Scala files |
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added new and easy way to assemble your
drumkit from a directory with hundreds of WAV files: preview and load WAV files
in the Quickbrowser view "Disk Browser", then step through
the list doing "cursor
cursor cursor cursor ENTER cursor cursor ENTER" to preview and
load your desired WAV's, right click mouse to
set options (e.g. next free key vs. span across entire keyboard) |
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added: channel FX buttons in Mixer rack for direct
access, current FX channel state now displayed in Mixer rack, MIDI
rack and Smallview |
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added: channel L/R link buttons in Mixer rack to move
L/R sliders bundled or individual |
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added: context menu option "Refresh" in Bank-Manager
to refresh all stored shortcuts, fixed preview option bug (context
menu) |
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added: LFO waveform "Random Soft" (or call it "Sample
& Fade"), a triangle with random amount per cycle, the
previously available S&H and Noise waveforms are now merged and
call "Random Hard", which is the classical
"Sample & Hold" |
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added ".VSI" file format for individual instrument files instead of
soundlibraries (right click at the Instruments Pool
to export selected instruments) |
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added to Beat Slicer: "Stretch" option to fill gaps
when playing a sliced drumloop below root tempo |
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added to Beat Slicer: button bar to play individual
Slices or quickly change their state:
- lock/unlock marker
positions against auto search
- mute: play silence for a slice
- disable: skip this slice for playback
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added to Beat-Slicer: export selected Slices into
Zones of an Instrument to trigger them individually (Sample Editor
context menu "Slices | Create Zones ...") |
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added to Zones page: new Zone playback mode "Reverse"
(doesn't work with looped samples yet) |
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added to Zones page: selecting a Zone by pressing a
keyboard key (sending key via MIDI), either through the context menu
"Select | Select Zone via MIDI" or by Ctrl-M shortcut |
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added to Zones page: Visualize MIDI events (context
menu) now got "All Channels" option (new default) |
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added to Bank Manager: Refresh option (context menu)
to refresh all file shortcuts |
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added: VSamplers bank column names now appear in the
VSTi/DXi host sequencer patch selector instead of just bank numbers |
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added: direct drag'n'drop of WAV/AIF files to a MIDI
chanel slot or Pool slot now also works in Small View |
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added Instrument/Output slide switch to the Mixer
rack similiar to the one of the Small View; to switch the MIDI
channel name display between the name of Instruments or output
devices |
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added: quickly compare Instruments using the + (plus)
and – (minus) keys of the numerical keyboard, they switch one
Instrument forwards and backwards, skipping empty slots |
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added: red keys at the onscreen keyboard mark "Switch Keys" (used to switch between
different sample sets, often used in .GIG files), 1st Switch Key now automatically
enabled to avoid the "no sound" problem with those files |
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added Drag'n'Drop functionality (from Windows
Explorer) to Bank Manager and Import Window, you can now add
shortcuts to the Bank Manager this way, or preview the contents of a
soundbank file in the Import Window before adding some of them into
the Pool |
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added: copy/paste function (context menu at the MIDI
channel slots) to copy a Multi incl. all of it's settings |
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added to Pattern Sequencer: context menu to link or
unlink all sliders |
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added: drag'n'drop of external files into Import window or Bank Manager (in addition to
Instruments Pool and MIDI channel slots) |
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added "Import Instrument" to context menu (right
mouse) of MIDI channels and Pool slots to quickly import an
Instrument from an external file (in addition to drag'n'drop, Import
window and main menu) |
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added "Preview Instrument" feature (same as
in Pool, BankMan, Import window) is now available in the Quickbrowser of
the Edit View as well, allows to browse through external instruments
and soundlibraries and preview their contained instruments live at
the active MIDI channel with a single click |
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added menu “File | Archive" to safely archive backups or finished
projects incl. all belonging Samples (linked or embedded or
compressed), similiar to the old "Export .. library" menu, but the
new "Save as copy" checkbox allows to choose whether VSampler should
create a backup copy aside from your host project (as in previous
versions) or actually tell your host sequencer to use the newly
created VS3 or VC3 file. This allows you to "freeze" a finished song
project using space-saving compressed Samples e.g. in order to
archive the project (song file + VC3 file) on CD/DVD.
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added / updated: import of Gigastudio 3 files with one exception:
24 bit samples are only supported when uncompressed, compressed 24
bit samples are NOT supported at the moment |
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added: "auto-play" option (default "on") for Zone- and
Sample-selection, i.e. whenever you select a Zone or Sample in the
Quickbrowser or at the Zones tab or Samples tab you'll immediately hear the sample
you selected |
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added to Sample Editor: hitting Space bar plays
current sample |
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added:
"channel padlock options" under "Options | MIDI | Preferences",
allows VSampler power
users to get manual control over the padlock open/close state (if
you are not sure, please don't touch those options!):
- closed padlock blocks external
program/bank changes (default = off), enabling this option makes
the closed padlock "harder", be sure you want that:
- advantage: closed MIDI channels always keep their assigned
instrument, ignoring program change commands from your keyboard or
sequencer, while the open MIDI channels still follow a program
change
- disadvantage (newbie warning): don't enable this option if your
songs contain Program
Changes (e.g. GM songs) or if you are used to select your Instruments
in the
sequencers track properties (e.g. Cubase Inspector) - both won't
work with blocked program changes!
- auto-close padlock after import
(default = on), disabling this option will keep the current MIDI
channel open after importing an instrument, be sure you want that:
- advantage: due to the open MIDI channel the "autoload-to-MIDI-channel"
continues to work for your further imports or when stepping through
the instruments
- disadvantage: due to the open MIDI channel the imported
instrument is not hardwired to this channel yet, you need to close
the padlock manually if desired, otherwise the MIDI channel will
change its assigned instrument as soon as you put your cursor to
another instrument
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added:
new "Auto create Cycle
Groups" action at the Zones page context menu (right mouse), automatically creates new Cycle Groups for Zones with
identical key- and velocity-range, existing Cycle-groups won't be
changed (submenu for round robin or random mode will follow!) |
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added to Zones page:
at the lower right corner of the "Extended Zone
Settings" dialog (right mouse) there's now an "Exclusion Poly Group"
option, which allows a Zone to mute (exclude) a complete group of
other Zones, required e.g. for realistic multi-velocity hi-hats,
the hi-hat group example works like this (all actions done at the
Zones page):
- group #1 creation: select all Zones of the open hi-hat
and change the Poly-Group from "Off" to "1" - your new group #1
- group #1 excludes group #2: click right mouse button,
select "Extended Zone
Settings" and set the "Exclusion Poly Group"
to group number "2"
- group #2 creation: select all Zones of the closed hi-hat
and change the Poly-Group from "Off" to "2" - your new group #2
- group #2 excludes group #1: click right mouse button,
select "Extended Zone
Settings" and set the "Exclusion Poly Group"
to group number "1"
Now whenever you play a Zone of Group #1 it will stop all voices
of Group #2 and vice versa. The advantage over just putting them all
into one common monophonic group is that inside a group all Zones
can be set to any polyphony you want. In the hi-hat example a group
polyphony of 2 sounds more realistic than monophonic.
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added:
double-clicking the Voices display in the title bar opens
global polyphony settings |
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added:
status bar of Bank Manager now shows the source location (e.g. name
of the belonging VS3 library) of the currently selected instrument |
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fixed: performance waste by using just 50% of the DRC limit, this
bug was introduced in one of the latest betas |
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fixed: Logic 5.5 crashed when closing VSampler |
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fixed: "Save As" created embedded samples instead of linked
samples |
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fixed: MIDI command "Program Change" stopped sustained notes on
*all* channels |
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fixed: MIDI command "Bank Select" sometimes didn't
affect the next Program Change |
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fixed: Beat Slicer mode "Pitch" didn't sync tempo to host |
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fixed Compact View: MIDI channel padlock icon unlocked when
turning Volume- or Velocity-knob after unlocking + locking the
channel before at least once |
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fixed: minimized VSampler main window missed the "Restore" button |
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renamed "Volume" tab to "Vol Pitch" to reflect the contained pitch
settings (as requested by users) |
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fixed: doing an "Import" closed *all* unlocked MIDI channels
instead of just the current one |
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fixed: after deleting an Instrument from the Pool which was
assigned to a MIDI channel this channel now isn't silent anymore
(right but dumb) but falls back to unlocked mode, automatically
playing the currently selected Instrument |
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fixed: in the Cycle group dialog the Zone assignment buttons ">",
">>" and "<", "<<" only worked in one direction, and pressing a
button twice caused a "list index out of bounds" error |
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fixed: drag'n'drop of ISO files into Pool didn't work |
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fixed Kontakt import: "keyTracking" yes/no setting was ignored,
Cycle Groups import wasn't correct, ADSR envelope curve shape wasn't
close enough to Kontakt (especially attack shape with curve <>0) |
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fixed SF2 import: special characters in sample names caused
missing samples when saving the soundlibrary with linked samples |
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fixed SF2 import: wrong loop points with some SF2 files |
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improved SF2 Export: VSampler's Zone playback mode "Drum" is now
converted into the longest possible SF2 Volume release time to
emulate "ignore Note Off" (releasing the Drum stick doesn't stop the
sound) |
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fixed: Beat Slicer "Stretch" value didn't work (btw, name change,
now called "Fill gaps") |
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fixed: smoothed LFO square waveforms a bit to avoid clicks caused
by the jumping LFO target parameter (e.g. Filter Cutoff) |
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fixed: after loading an SF2 file VSampler started at Multi 2 (no
big problem, but not nice) |
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fixed: MIDI channels didn't retain Pan and Volume when switching
between Multis |
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fixed: problem with
Tobybear Minihost, in Compact View the keyboard keys were
painted even when keyboard window wasn't enabled |
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fixed: Quickbrowser showed wrong icon for E-MU CD content (folders
and instruments) |
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fixed: audible clicks when changing Filter Cutoff of sustained
notes with an active Filter Envelope |
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fixed: audible LFO steps (e.g. for target Pitch) when audio
buffersize was 512 ms or bigger (12 ms latency or bigger) |
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fixed: Beat Slicer exported Muted/Disabled slices instead of
skipping them |
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fixed: Compact View showed the Filter ADSR controls when the
filter had no active envelope |
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improved: velocity response conversion for import of HALion and GIG
files (you can also choose the new velocity curve "SoftHAL" for your
own instruments) |
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fixed: BankManager didn't support drag'n'drop of E-MU folders from
the disc browser |
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fixed: Access violation in pattern sequencer (thanks Krzysztof!) |
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improved: Bank Manager links can now be changed afterwards (e.g.
if you move your library to another place) |
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fixed: installer problem with virtual MIDI cable driver under
Win2k/XP |
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fixed instrument template problems: XML export crashed, applying a
template with the properties for instrument, name, zones, volume and
sample disabled and "repeat template for extra zones" enabled
destroyed the soundlibrary |
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fixed: startup crash caused by audio drivers (e.g. ATI
All-In-Wonder) which claim to support Direct Kernel Streaming but in
fact just crash |
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fixed: drag'n'drop of REX files to onscreen-keyboard didn't work |
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fixed: host project wasn't able to find samples within a
compressed VC3 file which moved to another location |
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improved: drag'n'drop of WAV files to the onscreen keyboard and
then selecting "to next free keys" now uses the drag'n'drop target
key as 1st key, instead of always starting at C0 as in previous
versions |
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fixed: problem with Group effects (distorted audio) |
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simplified/changed saving of Soundlibraries (new menu “Options |
Save" to change the defaults): new Soundlibraries are not longer
allowed to contain a mix of linked and embedded Samples (no
way to change sample link/embed state at Zones level anymore)
- new default is "save with host project" and generally "linked
Samples"
- 100% backward compatible: the link/embed state of existing
Soundlibraries won't be changed when you edit and save them
For users who prefer to stick to embedded Samples:
- To permanently activate "embedded" mode for the current
Soundlibrary you need to save it as "embedded" one time, either
by menu "File | Archive | embedded samples (uncompressed)" or
"File | Save As" with activated checkbox "embed all Sampledata".
VSampler will then permanently treat it as embedded incl.
imports of new samples/instruments.
- New frequently requested feature (to activate it check menu
"Options | Import | VS3"): You can now import Instruments from
other embedded VS3 files as link, without wasting HD space for
the embedded Samples multiple times. It also works when "save
with host project" is activated, when you save your project in
the sequencer VSampler will ask you whether it should create
linked WAV files or link to the existing embedded Samples. But
be sure you know what you do, if you use this option you can not
longer rely on the fact that an embedded VS3 file always
contains all belonging samples. Changing or deleting Samples in
the original source library will also affect all copies which
link to it!
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simplified registration: copy the registration key to
the Windows clipboard (right mouse "copy") and start VSampler,
it will automatically detect the valid registration key |
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fixed: SF2 export was broken in Beta 4 (produced
unreadable SF2 files) |
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fixed: SF2 export didn't pan splitted stereo samples
to left + right |
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fixed: Akai-CD import: Samples are not longer merged (grouped) to
one big Instrument if the complete Volume of a Partition is
programmed to use the same MIDI channel, in this case the MIDI
channel setting is obviously not meant to be used (thanks to
Spectrasonics for sending CD's for debugging) |
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fixed: made demo version BEEEP less shocking (3 dB
softer + longer attack time + deeper frequency) |
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fixed VSTi/DXi Import window: stepping through the
instruments by arrow keys up/down didn't change instruments of
opened MIDI channels (opened padlock symbol) |
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fixed: "Out of memory" error when exporting large
libraries using the "Export linked library" menu item |
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fixed: VSTi/DXi dialog font positioning problem when
Windows font size has been set to > 100% |
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fixed: problems of pattern sequencer when applying
some instrument effects in sequence (phorum
post) |
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fixed Kontakt import: samples not found, LFO waveform, filter amount,
timing of free env (flex env in Kontakt) |
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fixed E-MU import (thanks Brad!): problems with pitch,
key mapping. loops and volume envelope + problem with > 128 volumes (e.g. Bob Clearmountain "The
Ultimate Drum Collection") |
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fixed: "Rec" button in Pattern Sequencer didn't work
(no WAV file created) |
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extended upper frequency range of synced LFO: slowest
possible LFO rate in Sync mode now 8 bars |
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fixed: DRC size limit now shared between multiple
plugin instances |
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fixed: Standalone version with "Speedsoft Audio" driver,
effect times changed with playback frequency |
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fixed: "Cannot open file" problem when selecting an
instrument in the bank manager which is part of the currently loaded
soundlibrary |
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improved: default release time of sliced beats in
Beat Slicer reduced from 50 ms to 5 ms, sounds better with most
drumloops |
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fixed: Drag'n'Drop of multiple instrument- or
library-files didn't place instruments to instrument slots 0...127
but stepped to the next bank column every 16th instrument |
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fixed VSTi/DXi: annoying "Select WAV Directory" box
for every save action when "Save Bank with Host Project" option
activated |
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fixed: "VSampler always starts at 48 kHz"
problem: at runtime
VSampler now forces the setting made by the user in VSampler last
time, on close it restores the initial card setting |
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fixed: problem loading sound libraries in DLS format
(missing instruments) |
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fixed: when importing 3rd party libraries or
instruments VSampler created multiple copies of a Sample when it's used in multiple Zones |
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fixed: Beat Slicer now more tolerant against DC
offsets |
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improved (Compact View): selecting an Instrument in
the Pool now automatically makes it available at the onscreeen
keyboard by changing the active MIDI channel to one which already
contains the selected instrument or to the first free one (open
padlock icon) |
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fixed: crash in Beta 3 when exchanging instruments
and in some other situations, especially while playback |
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fixed in Pattern Sequencer: render to wav didn't work |
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removed: "auto-trim" feature, which automatically
removed silence from the end of samples while loading them |
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fixed: Beta 3 did not allow to do changes in "Sustain
loop" Start and End point edit fields |
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fixed: when doing Copy&Paste of Zones in the Zones
View VSampler sometimes doubled the samples in memory instead of
re-using them internally as it normally does |
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improved: Zone "Solo" switch (right side of the Edit
View Onscreen keyboard) now also works when playing an external MIDI
keyboard |
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improved: SF2 export now ignores released trigger
samples, because the SF2 format doesn't support them anyway, and
playing them at Note On would make less sense than not playing them |
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improved: SF2 export now converts VSampler
Poly-groups to SF2 exclusion-groups (aka "hihat groups") if
polyphony = 1 or "Exclusion Group" is checked |
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fixed: doubleclicking the closed padlock icon could
cause an Access Violation |
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fixed: crash in Bank Manager |
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fixed: instrument templates didn't apply
filter-velocity curve correctly |
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fixed GIG import: skipped Zones above b5 of East West
Bösendorfer 275 Piano |
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improved Kontakt import |
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improved Halion import |
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fixed: crash when playing beat-sliced loops with
non-standard playback offsets |
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fixed: Beta 3 "fatal bank load error" |
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fixed: FX level knobs were not refreshed in Compact
View when enabling/disabling FX |
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fixed: doubled instrument after Import (unnecessary
temporary instrument) |
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improved "detect root key from filename" in WAV
Import Wizard (smarter) |
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improved: setting Key-Range via MIDI now accepts
"wrong" order of Lo and Hi input |
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fixed: drag'n'drop of multiple GIG files at once did
nothing |
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fixed Akai CD import: wrong pitches of "Hans Zimmer
Guitars" |
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fixed Akai CD import: empty instruments of "Soundscan
Vol 9 (Oldschool Keyboards)" |
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fixed: Akai .AKP import: wrong volume envelope times |
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fixed: GIG import, missing switch keys in some files |
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improved: extended Zones settings "play Zone if" now
show in addition to the note numbers |
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fixed: after manually creating a new zone and
assigning a sample to it the sample wasn't editable in the sample
editor (missing refresh) |
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improved: more intuitive auto-scrolling when
drag'n'drop'ing instruments to the edge of the Instruments Pool |
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fixed: Beta 3 didn't restore global MIDI remote
assignments |
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fixed: crash when deleting the temporary preview
instrument while it plays |
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fixed: switching Sample location between embedded and
linked (at the Samples page) sometimes didn't work |
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fixed: problem with filter activation/deactivation
vs. applying filter settings for all zones |
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improved: easier polyphony limitation at global and
Instrument level, when counting active Voices VSampler now separates
between:
- Note Voices at global and Instrument level: the number of notes
being played back, max. 255, independent of Instrument layers
- Zone Voices at Zone level (Poly Groups): the number of Zones
(layers) being played back, max. 255 notes x 16 layers = 4080
With the right mouse button the Voices display (upper right
corner) can be switched. |
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increased number of simultaneously available effects
per Zone Group from 2 to 3 |
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changed: made hardwired MIDI channels (closed padlock
symbol) harder, i.e. a hardwired MIDI channel is not replaced by an
Import or a Preview Instrument anymore (only opened MIDI channel
slots), same behavior at Pool, Import Window and BankMan |
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changed/added: another way to import a Preview
Instrument to a MIDI channel and into the Pool is to double click
the open MIDI channel padlock symbol |
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simplified demo version limit: there are no
functional restrictions anymore but the playback is interrupted
regularly by a beeping noise (plus Soundlibraries can not be saved,
as before) |
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simplified OEM version limit: same as above, owners
of a "VSampler 3.0 DXi" OEM registration key (as bundled with Sonar
3 PE) can now test all new functions in demo mode by
downloading and installing the separate VSampler 3.1 version and
starting it outside of the DXi-sequencer (either Standalone or as
VST plugin) |
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fixed: when loading multiple Soundlibrary files or a
mixture of multiple Soundlibrary files and Instrument files by
drag'n'drop VSampler now loads all Instruments from within all files
no matter which type |
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fixed: adapted the HALion import to the changed file
format of HALion 2.02 |
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improved: smarter display of too long names of
instruments, samples, output devices ("..." in the middle) |
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fixed: using the new option "Save Bank with Host"
sometimes did corrupt the saved bank settings (Fatal Bank load
error) |
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fixed: saving a soundbank not longer resets active
Multi to the 1st one |
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text change in Small View: renamed "Instruments" button
to "Pool" to optically better separate it from the "Import" button |
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fixed: BankMan, after applying Sort, files in
category folders were mixed up |
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fixed: "Lock Library" didn't work |
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fixed: applying an Instrument template changed some
wrong settings |
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fixed: pattern sequencer ignored Zone effects and
modulations |
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fixed: freezing an Instrument effect removed beat
markers |
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improved: existing WAV files of a Preview Instrument
will automatically be used when saving this Instrument in a
Soundlibrary, instead of creating duplicates in another directory |
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fixed: deleting of multiple Zones sometimes raised an
Exception error |
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fixed: saving .VSI files (VSampler Instruments)
sometimes produced corrupt files |