17hex has released Arachnid, a free 8-channel stereo drum sampler VST instrument plug-in for Windows.

Features:

• Interface designed with simplicity and ease-of-use in mind.
• 8 independent stereo channels with easy sample adding and assignable outputs.
• Sample loop / reverse / position / start / end adjustment, as well as tape-style manual pitch shift for each sample.
• Multi-mode (Lowpass / HiPass / Bandpass / Bandreject) filters with adjustable ADSR.
• Full inline ADSR in the amp section.
• Very small size (under 4MB).
• Full documentation built into the plugin.