|
|
|
|
|
| Great free sampler |
|
Wednesday, September 14 2005 @ 11:17 AM BST
Contributed by:
|
Check out this great sampler. You can get a free version on the site that allows 2-note polyphony and 2 instances but still extremely usable.
Download Here
Official Blurb:
Shortcircuit was created as a reaction against the ongoing trend of software samplers being designed with the primary intent of library playback. It is intended for people who consider a sampler to be a musical instrument in its own right, and not just a way to emulate other instruments.
Sound quality is another concern, and Shortcircuit is using high-quality sinc-interpolation, together with oversampling when upsampling, to provide pitch-shifting without audible artifacts. What this means in plain english is that a sample played back at another pitch sounds like a sample played back at another pitch, without any additional muck.
User interface
All editing of a zone or group fits on one screen.
"In context"-sample preview.
Loop editor.
Drag & drop support (onto the keyrange-view or the list-view).
Sample/instrument import
RIFF wave-files (.wav) (8/16/24/32-bit & 32-bit float, mono/stereo at any sample rate).
AKAI S5000/S6000/Z4/Z8 .akp banks (partial).
NI battery kits (partial).
Soundfont 2.00 (partial).
Sampler engine
High-quality sinc interpolation.
Oversampling used when needed to prevent aliasing.
Double-precision float math (64-bit) used where it matters (IIR filters, summing).
Single-precision float math (32-bit) used for the rest.
Supports any sample-rate.
Max polyphony per instance: 256 voices.
Multiple outputs. (max 16 mono AND 8 stereo-pairs per instance).
Supported sample-playback modes:
playback modes:
forward
forward loop
forward loop crossfade
forward shot
sliced (maps slices across the keyboard)
on release
2 filters / voice
Filter algorithms:
Lowpass 12dB
Highpass 12dB
Bandpass
Peak
Notch
Dual bandpass
Dual peak
Overdrive
Bit*censored*er
Clipper
Gate
Microgate (does glitch/loop style effects when the gate is open)
Ring modulation
Phase modulation (sounds like FM)
Pulse oscillator
Pulse oscillator (with sync)
Sawtooth oscillator (with 1-16 voices in unison)
more to come...
3 step LFOs / voice. Doubles as 32-step step sequencer and wavetable LFO.
2 AHDSR envelopes / voice.
Powerful modulation system with the ability to modulate itself. Destinations include envelope-times, loop-points in addition to traditional destinations.
Group LFO.
Group modulation routing.
Group effects. (2 effects / group)
Effect types:
Digidelay (feedback, filtering & optional MIDI-sync)
more to come...
Getting Started Guide
The best you could do is probably to drag some wav-files onto the keyboard view thats visible when you start shortcircuit (you can always get back there by clicking the black rectangle that says multi with white text).
When you drop samples there, they will appear at the list to the left as zones. They will also appear as well as in the big rectangle above the keyboard. With the keyboard view you can resize the zones so they map to the keys you want by clicking them first and then dragging their edges. If you are building a drumkit you might want to have a different zone for each key, but if your making an instrument you might want to map a single zone across the entire keyboard.
Another basic sampling concept you need to know is the root key, which is the key where a sample is played back at it's original pitch. When you click a zone in the multi-view, it will have one of the keys shaded with a dark grey tint. That is the root key. You can change it by right-clicking the keyboard underneath.
If you have set up a zone to the keys of your liking you should open the zone editor (either click the zone in the list to the left or doubleclick it in the multi-view). There you should have plenty of things to play around with. The filters are probably best for instant gratification.
|
|
| |
| [ Views:: 1,822 ] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
If you appreciate the help provided on this site then please donate a small amount to keep it alive. Thanks
|
|
|
