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Product XS-1
Developer Jeskola
Primary Type Sampler/Sample Player
Price (MSRP) $99
Plug-in Formats
Instrument(s)VST
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Supported Sample Formats include SF2, WAV
Average User Rating Average rating - 8.982
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XS-1
  • Loads .XS1,.SF2 & .WAV (Full support for SoundFonts).
  • 16 parts, keyboard splits / part layering possible.

Synthesis features:

  • Unlimited number of key/velocity zones per voice.
  • Volume and Modulation envelopes with attack, hold, decay, sustain, release key to hold and key to decay parameters. Modulation envelope can modulate pitch and filter cutoff.
  • Vibrato and Modulation LFOs with delay, frequency and depth parameters. Modulation envelope can modulate pitch, filter cutoff and volume.
  • 4 filter types: 12 and 24dB/oct lowpass, 12 and 24dB/oct highpass.
  • Reverb/Chorus send level.
  • High quality / extra high quality interpolation
  • Monophonic mode with retrig switch and portamento time control.
  • Tuning, volume, pan, key range, transpose, pitch wheel range controls for each part.
  • MIDI Velocity to volume, velocity to filter cutoff.
  • MIDI support: note on/off, sustain pedal, pitch bend, modulation wheel, channel volume.

Global settings:

  • Master volume, polyphony (max 1000), master tune.
  • Effects: Reverb, Chorus, Distortion.
  • Supported output samplerates: 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96KHz.

RSS FeedAll KVR Audio news items relating to XS-1.

Jeskola XS-1 beta available 27th July 2003
Jeskola XS-1 R6 released 14th July 2003
Jeskola XS-1 updated to R5 24th June 2003
Jeskola XS-1 updated to R4 25th May 2003
Jeskola XS-1 R3 released 7th April 2003
BuzzXP GM Set for XS-1 released 13th January 2003
BuzzXP release two new instruments for Jeskola XS-1 11th January 2003
BuzzXP free XS-1 instruments 17th December 2002
Jeskola XS-1 VSTi/Buzz sampler updated to v2.0 16th October 2002
Jeskola XS-1 VSTi & Buzz Sampler released 22nd February 2002
Jeskola XS-1 beta released 7th February 2002

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By dkistner
On 10th August 2003
Version: R6

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With the new R6 update to XS-1, I am in sampler heaven. The most important addition, for me, is that the midi channel I've selected for an instrument holds when I change to a different soundfount, rather than jumping back to a default setting like it did before. This makes it super-fast and easy to audition tons of different instruments to find just the right one. The samples load fast, and XS-1 responds well to real-time switching.

XS-1 is making it possible for me to realize the value of the 6,000 or so soundfonts I have acquired. Even some of those that I didn't think sounded very good can be made usable by tweaking the settings in XS-1.

I use XS-1 more than any other plugin, and it's paid for itself many times over. Great work, Oskari!
 
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By RWA
On 4th August 2003
Version: 5

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Reading the previous reviews made me purchase this thing...... and I'm not disappointed. Of course the sound depends heavily on the quality of the soundfounds but the XS-1 threads them perfectly!

GUI: not my style, but very simple and dead easy to use. And you can easy replace it by another GUI-design provided by Jeskola.

Features: excellent. I hate VSTi's with millions of features you never use much. XS-1 has all the main ones you actually use.

Documentation: no idea really... never had to use it.

Presets: it's been said before, it's what you put in yourself. But the starter-set on the Jeskola page is pretty good.

Customer support: never had to use it but Jeskola sends the updates automatically by E-mail. You don't have to think about it yourself! Excellent!

Value for money: price is hardly an issue, it's freakin' cheap!

Stability: rock solid. Never had any problems with it.

I've checked out several SF-players but this one is by far the best. No click or crackles or crashes or loadingproblems or whatever......
Go get it!
 
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By bobb
On 10th April 2003
Version: 3

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GUI: Well, it's not the most beautiful VSTi available, but it's very easy to use.

Sound: Great. Actually it sounds better than my VSampler (for soundfonts that is)

Docs: You dont need it.

Presets: Download free soundfonts from hammersound.net, or wherever.

Customer support: What can I say. I had to e-mail Oskari once when I bought the XS-1 and got my answer almost at once.

Value for Money: Hey, it's cheap.....

Stability: Never crashed...


All in all, this has to be the best Soundfont player available. It's easy on my humble CPU, and the release 3 can load 16 channels. Of course you can stack them all, or split, or why not a combination of stack and split.

If you need a soundfontplayer, you need this one. I use it in addition to VSampler, and it's a great combination.
 
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By venice
On 9th April 2003
Version: R3

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This is a one-hit wonder. And let me say I really love the focus of this VSTi. As other reviewers have noted, the vast selection of SF2 files now available make this product absolutely perfect.

I have never needed an owner's manual - I don't even know if one is supplied. It is really intuitive and stable. Clearly, a winning combination.
 
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By IvoryTickler
On 4th November 2002
Version: 2.0

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This is a great VST. Combine it with Vienna, and selected soundfonts from Hammer etc, and you have a huge amount of music making potential!

Version 2 now saves settings, allows a channel to be "emptied", and has a sort of mouse-over help.

Interface: Is OK. Workmanlike, some oddities - why an "M" button for the effects? I queried the "positive and negative" reverb send settings, but apparently this range is part of the soundfont spec. A list of all loaded presets on the main window would have been good.

Sound: Good! Great claims made on the website, and certainly better with sf2s than Kontakt (which has clicky loop points), sound quality close to Halion (which however drops notes too readily). This VST will bring out the best in your soundfonts!

Features: Fine. I don't use envelopes. The portamento is useful, as is the pitchbend range adjustment, and the keyboard sensitivity adjustment. (Sampletank doesn't have these features!) The distortion could use some warmth. The reverb is just OK, but I have Cubase SXs reverb anyway. I would have liked more than 4 presets, allowing its use as a single VST for a whole song.

Presets: this is a soundfont player. Can't really be marked down for a lack of presets.

Support has been fine (email).

Documentation is not really needed for a VSTi of this type - it does what it says on the screen. Command-line format conversion utility should be integrated with main VSTi.

It seems to be completely stable, has a low CPU use, and at this price is a STEAL. Get it.

Alan Hope
 
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