Reviewed By frankpain [all]
December 26th, 2008
Version reviewed: 1.09 on Windows
I believe this device is the best emulation of the Akai MPC Drum sampler in VST format.
User Interface:
Its' based on the Akai MPC series, If MPC style programming is your cup of tea then you shouldn't have any problems figuring out the basic functions of Poise.
Sound:
What does it sound like? Awesome !
Sounds like the real deal, the LP/HP Filters, distortion F/X, modulation, and amplitude/pitch enveloping are great tools to edit drums/samples.
Features:
These are my fav. features of this plug in:
16 Drum Pads.
8 Samples per Drum Pad.
Multiple Sample switching modes:
Round Robin.
Random.
Trigger All (for layering multiple samples).
Support for velocity splits.
Inbuilt sample browser with preview.
Drag and Drop sample loading.
2 - 16 stereo outputs.
Comprehensive Pad and Sample editing with:
Amplitude + Pitch Envelopes.
Volume + Balance + Pitch.
A user assignable FX module, and humanization.
Documentation:
The manual is handy when you want to look at the more advanced features of Poise
Presets:
One Small Clue has free drums available on the forum, check them out!
Poise is also skinnable !
Customer Support:
I contacted customer support and received a response immediately.
Since I purchased Poise there have been numerous updates!
Value For Money:
Under 50 bucks, really ?
Order it now you won't be sorry!
Stability:
This drum machine is rock solid
THIS POST HAS BEEN REMOVED
Following a bedroomproducersblog article from June 30 2020, Poise is or should be free. But currently, the website of One small clue does not provide the correct download links (also not for grace).
However, on archive.org the snapshot from August 07, 2020 of the index page does provide the download: One Small Clue Page on Archive.org
Both Windows 32-bit and 64-bit versions, along with the sample content, are available there. The same goes for Grace.
Great sampler, only issue is that is not resizable so its not really that visible on big monitors and TVs running on 1080p or more, and wish there was a way to add more skins (if people made skins for Poise that is).
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