The first steps in VSampler

To help you getting started with VSampler you'll find demosongs and soundbanks in the directory /Banks. More soundbanks are available at the VSampler website for free download.

Playing back the demosong with the Standalone version

To playback the demosong through the Standalone version of VSampler you need to have a VMIDI port installed. This can be either the included driver (installed by the Setup-program if checkbox activated, appears in your MIDI device list under the name VSampler Internal MIDI) or just every other VMIDI port driver, such as the popular "Hubi's MIDI Loopback Device" for example. This driver connects the MIDI sequencer/player with the VMIDI output device, which would be our VSampler. The steps to listen to the test-song via VSampler are as follows:

1. Load the file 'Perfect Tool' by Renozzo.mid into Windows MediaPlayer or import it into a sequencer software

2. Set the output device to VSampler Internal MIDI (either System Properties-->Multimedia-->MIDI or the channels of the MIDI sequencer)

3. Start VSampler, load the soundbank 'Perfect Tool' by Renozzo.vsb and activate VSampler Internal MIDI as MIDI input device at VSamplers MIDI preferences

4. At the lower left of the "Presets" page within VSampler activate the MIDI Mode "Multi". By default this mode is set to "Preset" for the simple reason of being able to play VSampler through external MIDI keyboards independent of the keyboard's MIDI send-channel, to avoid a typical trap for MIDI-newbies (check the Basics for "Preset vs. Multi Mode")

5. Hit PLAY in Windows Media Player / sequencer :-)

Use this demosong to find out the optimal Audio Settings for your soundcard, that means, the smallest possible buffer which allows a faultless audio signal.

Playing back the demosong with the DX instrument under Cakewalk Sonar

To play back the demosong through the VSampler DirectX instrument under Cakewalk Sonar load the song 'Perfect Tool' by Renozzo.wrk into Sonar. As last track you see the audio track adding the VSampler DXi as possible track output for MIDI tracks. All the other tracks are MIDI tracks containing the actual song data and playing through the track output "VSamplerDXi". To open the user interface of VSampler click at "VSamplerDXi" at the Fx plugin-menu of the VSampler audio track. You should see the soundbank 'Perfect Tool' by Renozzo.vsb loaded into VSampler. Important: at the lower left of the "Presets" page within VSampler activate the MIDI Mode "Multi". By default this mode is set to "Preset" for the simple reason of being able to play VSampler through external MIDI keyboards independent of the keyboard's MIDI send-channel, to avoid a typical trap for MIDI-newbies (check the Basics for "Preset vs. Multi Mode"). Now just hit Sonar's PLAY button and enjoy :-)

Playing back the demosong with the VST instrument under Steinberg Cubase/Cubasis VST

To play back the demosong through the VSampler VST instrument load the song 'Perfect Tool' by Renozzo.all into Cubase VST. You see the MIDI tracks having VSamplerVST activated as output device. To open the user interface of VSampler us the Edit button of the VST instrument rack.You should see the soundbank 'Perfect Tool' by Renozzo.vsb loaded into VSampler. Important: at the lower left of the "Presets" page within VSampler activate the MIDI Mode "Multi". By default this mode is set to "Preset" for the simple reason of being able to play VSampler through external MIDI keyboards independent of the keyboard's MIDI send-channel, to avoid a typical trap for MIDI-newbies (check the Basics for "Preset vs. Multi Mode"). Now just hit the PLAY button of Cubase and enjoy :-)

How to play VSampler multitimbrally in Emagic Logic

(Credits: www.soundbytes.de, you'll not just find interesting sounds there, but the tutorial VSamplerVST and Logic, incl. screenshots)

Emagic's Logic has a slightly different MIDI implementation than Cubase. You will have to fiddle around a bit to accomodate the VSampler in the Logic environment but here's the way to go:

If your keyboard or MIDI input device should not support switching to different MIDI-channels here's a workaround:
In VSampler's directory Banks there's a very basic Template-Song Multitimbral Logic Template.LSO to guide you through the process. When you open it you will see the arrange window with three VSampler tracks. You can add more later.