What is it good for?

Virtual Sampler was developed to exploit the capabilities of the EWS 64 + Guilemot MaxiSound + Hoontech SoundTrack. Since version 1.2 Virtual Sampler has also a built in support for the DirectSound interface that makes it possible to use Virtual Sampler on any SoundCard that comes with DirectSound drivers (for example SBLive and AWE32). It gives the ability to manage sounds and samples. The program has been designed to quickly manage EWS soundbanks and to make sounds available to external or internal Midi equipment. It has all the features that I personally missed in the TerraTec Ed!son bank editor.

The program runs on Windows95 and Windows98. Windows 3.11 or NT are NOT supported because the program uses both 32 bit code for memory management and 16 bit code for the time critical Midi and realtime (envelopes, filter,controllers) stuff. You should have at least a Pentium 90 processor, although especially when you work with Cubase on the same machine a better processor or a second machine is highly recommended (I've personally tested the program on my Pentium 400 :-) and on my Pentium 133 computers and timing is ok even when you simultaneously record audio with Cubase VST).

What makes it superior to TerraTec's free "Ed!son" (beside the "slightly" faster speed of development ;) )?

• Up to 64 voices simultaneously on 16 Midi channels at a time
  
• Preset and Multi mode (omni/poly)
  
• Up to 65535 splits within a voice
  
• Unlimited stacking of splits within a voice
  
• Sample length only limited by available EWS memory
  
• Fully exploits EWS + MaxiSound  + Hoontech hardware
  
• Latency <10ms through interrupt driven Midi and realtime routines even while running sequencers or other programs
  
• Unlimited sample memory. However, the memory available to the samples that can be played simultaneously is limited by your EWS memory because Virtual Sampler loads the samples into EWS memory for quick access. In such situations you can use program change messages to change the samples for a specified Midi channel
  
• Mixing of loaded .94b or .tts soundbanks with Virtual Sampler voices
  
• reads WAV files of all sample rates, mono and stereo
  
• Envelopes for both sample output and filters (Resolution <10ms)
  
• Realtime effects (Reverb,Chorus,Delay,...) for each voice and even each split within a voice
  
• Filtering of each split within a voice supporting Filter frequency, Filter Quality and Filter envelope
  
• Support for panning of each split within a voice
  
• Support for velocity and aftertouch sensitivity of several voice parameters (sample output, Filter Q, Panning, ...)
  
• Support for realtime pitch shifting and sample detuning
  
• Realtime controls (Modulation wheel, assignable controllers, Pitch) for nearly all effects and settings
  
• Multi mode and user defined multis for quickly changing sounds within your songs
  
• support for looped samples
  
• Resampling option
  
• LFO realtime support

• Integrated FM synthesizer

• DirectX plugin support (Version 1.5 Beta and higher)

The free evaluation version:

The evaluation version is limited to handle samples up to 1 MB maximum size. You can test all functions of the program and if it runs fine on your hardware - for a period of 2 weeks. If you like the program, please order the registered version. If you don't think the program is of any use for you you have to delete it from your HD after the 2 weeks test period. If you experience hardware conflicts or other problems, please contact the author.