HISE - Hart Instruments Sampler Engine

HISE is a cross-platform open source audio application for building virtual instruments.

HISE emphasizes on sampling, but includes some basic synthesis features for making hybrid instruments. You can build patches, design a custom interface and compile them as a VST / AU plug-in or iOS app.

HISE is available as Standalone application or as VST / AU plugin for Mac OS X and Windows.

Highlights

Sampler engine:

• fast disk streaming sampler engine using memory mapped files.
• Import SFZ files, Mach5 files or AIFFs with metadata from Keymap Pro.
• File name parser for automapping samples.
• multi mic sample support (with purging of single mic channels).
• looping with crossfades.
• sample start modulation.
• crossfade between samples for dynamic sustain samples.
• customizable voice start behaviour.
• regex parser for mapping samples.
• custom monolith file format for faster loading times.
• switch sample mappings dynamically.

Modulation:

• complex modulation architecture for nested modulation of common parameters.
• includes the most common modulators (LFO, envelopes).

Audio Effects:

• fast convolution reverb.
• filters / eq.
• phaser / chorus.
• delay / reverb.

JavaScript interpreter:

• superset of JavaScript built for real time usage (no allocations, low overhead function calls).
• write MIDI processing scripts.
• change voice properties (volume & pitch).
• create plugin interfaces with a WYSIWYG editor.
• built in IDE features (autocomplete / API reference, variable watch, console debugging).
• combine DSP routines for custom effects.

C / C++ compiler:

• embedded C JIT compiler for fast prototyping of DSP routines (based on TinyCC).
• API for adding DSP modules via dynamic libraries.
• one click C++ build system for building VST / AU / AAX plugins (based on JUCE) from within HISE (using msbuild / xcodebuild).

License:

• GPL v3 or a commercial licence for closed source usage.
• HISE is based on JUCE, which must be separately licensed.