Samplitude 8 SE FREE!!!

[LIMITAPROACHINGINFINITY]

I wonder if it'll require a dongle?

I know you are just a little serious..

[djsubject]

There's some details not listed though. vst2 support (does that mean only effects or does it include instruments as well)

AFAIK vst2 is for instruments

Subz

[ezeeboogie]

There's some details not listed though. vst2 support (does that mean only effects or does it include instruments as well)

AFAIK vst2 is for instruments

Subz

Then You don't know!

The main addition to VST SDK for v2 was the VSTi spec but when updates to the SDK come out they are relevant for both VST and VSTi.

[runagate]

I've heard it supports both VST effects and instruments (no insts included though) and it has a "powerful sample editor".

Samp does indeed use VSTs and it seems to accept more VSTs that anything else
I've gotten to monkey around with, plus it scans my ginormous freeware folder
I carry around with me faster than anything else I've seen and hardly ever crashed
from it.

Plus 16 pencil-tool-drawable midi animation channels per track, each has a little
drop-down menu for the effect/synth parameter and each it's own festive color and
you can individually turn off the animation curve's info without erasing the curve
itself and make whichever one you want visible or invisible so you can actually
tell what you're doing. Every time I've gotten to use it I've wished I could afford
it!

I don't know what the sample editor is but it is a wave editor and has all the nice
time/pitch abilities that you'd expect and per-object effects and looping and such.

I don't think I've gotten a go at version 8 yet but I do recall that trying to
sequence in it is a quixotic endeavor but then again I couldn't make Sonar work at
all when left unattended with it.

[Ja.x]

I remember that in the past some of the cover disk freebies in Keys also appeared in MTM (MicroTera, Tassman4Free if I'm not wrong); maybe it happens the same this time .

[Alan]

Another serious consideration is language,although I'm of German descent Iv'e lived in the U.S. all my life and can't speak or read German. I'd hate to order a Magazine I can't read just to get an app who's functions I might stumble a bit with due to language. Hopefully it'll be Multi.

[backpage]

Can you order directly from their website? But I suppose postage would be extremely high.

[Ben [KVR]]

More info:

The program will be downloadable from http://www.samplitude.com from April 2006 for €49. First it comes free with German KEYS magazine (issue 05/06).

Samplitude SE - All-in-one digital audio workstation
Professional music productions for software novices


Record - Edit - Arrange - Mix - Master

- The complete software packet, from composing with MIDI and VSTi to the final stereo mix.
- 24-bit/96 kHz audio quality, with consistent 32-bit floating-point technology.
- Object-oriented editing functions and virtual, non-destructive editing.
- High-quality effects set (phase-stable effects for mixing and mastering)
- Fully upgradeable to Samplitude classic/professional

Samplitude SE is the ideal starting point for sound professionals, producers, and ambitious musicians: Samplitude SE is suitable for everyone looking to find out more about the world of computer-aided music production. The program provides a unique production environment that doesn't have to rely on costly hardware components.

This meets the highest demands for quality in effect editing and caters for absolute sound neutrality. Not only that, it also transforms every standard PC into a professional digital workstation in which synchronization with hardware controllers and the application of virtual instruments are fully integrated with one another. For those searching for a starting point in audio recording, editing, and mastering at the highest level, Samplitude SE, thanks to its functionality and upgrade options, is the perfect alternative..

It can host VST instruments and VST and DirectX effects.

It uses Challenge/Response copy protection.


The features in detail:
- 48 tracks, 2 submix buses, 4 aux buses
- Consistent use of 32-bit floating point processing
- ASIO, MME, and WDM support
- Comprehensive realtime audio editor functions
- Unique object-oriented editing options
- Batch processing, flexible mixer with variable signal flow
- ReWire, DirectX and VST plugin support
- Automatic latency compensation for Samplitude effects
- VSTi support incl. 8 separate outputs
- MIDI recording & editing
- Supports up to 8 I/Os (24-bit/96 kHz)
- Mixer automation (vol. pan), 5x undo/redo
- High-quality effects: Normalize, 4-band parametric EQ, Stereo
Enhancer, Amp Simulation, Vocoder, Dehisser, Timestretching/Pitchshifting,
Panorama, Dynamics (Compressor, Expander, Noise Gate, Limiter), Reverb,
Delay, Resampling, Declipping, Distortion, Noise Reduction, Phase Invert



By upgrading to Samplitude classic (€299) you also get:
- Unlimited physical inputs/outputs
- 64 audio tracks
- Latency compensation for external effects as well
- Freely configurable mixer view
- Up to 8 internal VST/DirectX effects
- Up to 8 effect sends/64 effect returns
- Up to 8 submix buses
- Folder tracks
- Track & object freeze
- FFT, multi-band stereo Enhancer, real-time normalization, multi-band dynamics
- Vintage Effects Suite Pro
- Convolution reverb as offline effect/stereo incl. 200 MB impulse responses
- Sound Cloner
- Asymmetrical crossfades
- Advanced timestretching /pitchshifting modes
- Track speed
- Max. 32-bit/384 kHz audio resolution
- POW-r dithering
- Unlimited analysis tools
- Drum Editor for MIDI Editing
- Synchronization: MIDI clock, MTC, SMPTE, Chase Lock
- Shortcut Editor
- Practical and unlimited undo/redo incl. undo history
- Project Browser
- Take Manager
- Take Composer
- DAT marker support
- Marker Manager
- Root Projects
- Strip Silence
- Unlimited Hardware Controller Support
- Red Book CD Authoring
- DVD-Audio Authoring
- Burn projects and backups onto CD/DVD
- Export broadcast wave (incl. BWF Timestamp), MPEG 1 Audio Layer II, MP3

By upgrading to Samplitude professional (€599) you get, in addition to the functions mentioned above:
- 999 audio tracks
- Unlimited VSTi single outputs
- Up to 64 internal VST/DirectX effects
- Up to 64 effect sends/64 effect returns
- Up to 64 submix buses
- MAGIX Analog Modelling Suite
- Realtime convolution reverb
- 5.1 Surround
- Object-based surround panning
- MAGIX Elastic Audio
- MAGIX Robota Pro

[djsubject]

There's some details not listed though. vst2 support (does that mean only effects or does it include instruments as well)

AFAIK vst2 is for instruments

Subz

Then You don't know!

The main addition to VST SDK for v2 was the VSTi spec but when updates to the SDK come out they are relevant for both VST and VSTi.

thanx for the info

Subz

[spaceman]

no cup holders in any of the version I've noticed

[jmbriley]

Does anyone know if Samplitude creates temporary and program files out the wazoo like the Magix products?

[christianmusicmaker]

What do we have here?

It looks like Magix have finally found the lower end of the market a bit too competitive. Even with Magix MusicMaker and Magix MusicStudio on offer. The Samplitude SE version is almost identical to MusicMaker. That too has VSTi support and midi editing.

49 Euros is very low indeed. It looks like Magix are responding to Cakewalks Music Creator pricing. How low can you go?

I don't see any support for recording at 24 bit though. Magix seem to have thrown just about everything else in apart from some of the Samplitude 8 plugs like AM Track and AM pulse...ECOX e.t.c, and a few other Samp 8 exclusives (highly unlikely they would make it in at that price of course).

I think Magix were not really selling too many of the other lower end Magix products (Maker and Studio). Maybe the Emagic deal has run out as well.

No 24 bit recording by the looks of it. Maybe not an issue for most, but that would be the best feature to add for me. Maybe asking a bit much at that price point though... Although I think Music Creator allows for 24 bit recording...not sure.

[Oook]

I'm a bit confused about this one:

- VSTi support incl. 8 separate outputs

What does "outputs" in this context mean?

[thecontrolcentre]

it means if you have a multi-output soundcard, you have up to 8 outputs available.

[fandango]

Hmn, I thought it meant VSTi's with seperate outputs. (i.e., Kontakt player has 8 stereo outputs)