CDs have audio at 16 bits and 44.1kHz. The former is the “bit depth,” or the number of bits of data recorded for each sample; the higher the better.
- Windows and Mac free downloads here Soundplant turns your computer keyboard into a versatile, low latency sound trigger and playable instrument. Via drag & drop, easily assign sound files of any format and length onto 72 keyboard keys, creating custom soundboards that put hours of instantly-playing audio at your fingertips with no extra.
- Download Vember Audio Shortcircuit. Prev Page 2 of 5 Next Prev Page 2 of 5 Next. Sonic Charge Cyclone. This one aims to recreate the Yamaha TX16W down to its internal circuitry. That sampler was notoriously difficult to program but came to life many years after it was discontinued, thanks to the after-market Typhoon OS, created.
* SFZ: Fixed internal opcode 'xfin_hivel' falsely being set by user opcode 'xfin_lovel' (patch by Christian Czezatke).
* Bumped version (2.1.1.svn65).
2020-08-29 schoenebeck
* NKSP VM: Fixed the 'release' handler being executed too often under certain situations if polyphonic data was passed from 'note' handler to 'release' handler.
* Bumped version (2.1.1.svn64).
2020-08-28 schoenebeck
* NKSP parser: Fixed crash if unary '-' operator was used on a non-number data type.
* NKSP parser: Raise parser error if either unary '-' or '+' operator was used with a non-number data type.
* Tests: Added test cases for the fixed issues described above.
* Bumped version (2.1.1.svn63).
2020-08-07 schoenebeck
* Test Cases: Fixed deadlock of Condition test on Linux.
2020-08-06 schoenebeck
NKSP: Fixed built-in exit() function to behave as return statement.
* VM API: Introduced new signal STMT_RETURN_SIGNALLED.
* NKSP exit() function: signal STMT_RETURN_SIGNALLED instead of STMT_ABORT_SIGNALLED.
* NKSP AST: Introduced common base class 'Subroutine' for 'EventHandler' and for new 'UserFunction' class.
* NKSP parser: Use 'UserFunction' class instead of 'Statements' class for user declared NKSP functions.
* ScriptVM: Handle new STMT_RETURN_SIGNALLED signal by unwinding the stack to previous, calling subroutine.
* NKSP tests: Added test cases for exit() acting as return statement.
* Bumped version (2.1.1.svn62).
2020-07-31 schoenebeck
* Fixed rare crash when switching between instruments that had instrument scripts loaded.
* Bumped version (2.1.1.svn61).
2020-06-15 schoenebeck
* NKSP language: emit warning if an array variable was declared with bigger array size than amount of initial values been assigned, and initialize the missing array elements with zero in this case.
* Bumped version (2.1.1.svn60).
2020-06-14 schoenebeck
NKSP: Relaxed array variable declaration.
* NKSP: Just throw a warning, not an error if an array variable of size zero was declared.
* NKSP: Allow omitting explicit array size on array variable declaration if combined with immediate value assignment (e.g. declare %foo[] := ( 1, 2, 3 ) ).
* Bumped version (2.1.1.svn59).
Audio Sampler Hardware
| Software | Description | OS | License | File Date | Comments | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice To Instrument 1.0 | Convert your voice into a musical instrument. [VST] | Windows | Free | 2011-02-22 | 7 | 75db |
| Macaw v3.01 | Implements a clip based MIDI sequencer, which drives a bunch of built in plugins, MIDI devices and VST plugins. It has a soundfont loader and wave editor. | Windows | Free | 2009-07-16 | 12 | 70db |
| SampleTank FREE v3 | Free version of SampleTank with 204 Sounds and more than 500 MB of samples [VSTi/RTAS] | Windows | Freeware | 2014-09-02 | 20 | 70db |
| Independence Free 3.1 | Sampler. [VST/AU/RTAS/Standalone] | Mac | Freeware | 2013-01-07 | 4 | 65db |
| SampleTank FREE 3 | Free version of SampleTank with 204 Sounds and more than 500 MB of samples [AU/VSTi/RTAS] | Mac | Freeware | 2014-09-02 | 3 | 65db |
| LoopDrive v4.0 | Loop slicer and step-sequencer especially made for drum loops. | Windows | Freeware | 2009-12-14 | 1 | 65db |
| TX16Wx Software Sampler 2.4.0 | The TX16Wx Software Sampler is a FREE VSTi plugin, sampler software instrument modeled after hardware samplers of the 80s and 90s. [VSTi] | Windows | Freeware | 2014-09-15 | 2 | 65db |
| SuperDrumFX v1.4 | Drum sampler. [VST] | Windows | Freeware | 2009-07-02 | 6 | 65db |
| Proteus VX v2.0 | Borrows its internal architecture from its big brother, Emulator X3. Although Proteus VX does not have the extensive editing capabilities of Emulator X3, it does offer 16 continuous controllers for each preset. [VST/Standalone] | Windows | Freeware | 2010-05-20 | 2 | 60db |
| TX16Wx Software Sampler v2.4.0 | FREE software sampler based on hardware samplers of the 80s and 90s. [VST] | Mac | Freeware | 2014-09-15 | 0 | 60db |
| Composite 0.006.2 | Real-time, in-performance sequencing, sampling, and looping. | Linux | Freeware | 2011-08-02 | 0 | 60db |
| Helios 2.3 | Fun little software sampler. | Windows | Freeware | 2003-12-16 | 1 | 60db |
| Independence Free v3.1 | Sampler. [VST/RTAS/Standalone] | Windows | Freeware | 2013-01-07 | 0 | 60db |
| Beat It v2.0 | Real-time sample based composition tool. | Windows | Freeware | 2003-01-21 | 1 | 60db |
| Musolomo v1.1.0 | Sampler instrument for live performances and much more. [AU] | Mac | Freeware | 2005-03-15 | 1 | 60db |
| Paax v2.2.2 | Sampler that matches many of the features of more expensive samplers. [VST] | Windows | Freeware | 2006-06-09 | 0 | 60db |
| TimeMachine v1.0.2 | Vintage sampler emulator. [VST] | Windows | Freeware | 2008-12-01 | 0 | 60db |
| Shortcircuit 2 v0.5.1 | Software sampler [VST] | Windows | Free | 2010-08-29 | 0 | 60db |
| LoopOnautZ | Live performance interface. | Mac | Freeware | 2011-06-27 | 0 | 55db |
| Softcore Synth | Basic MIDI controlled sample playback device | Windows | Freeware | 2000-09-07 | 8 | 55db |
| Mixed Reaction! v1.0 | DJ Style 4-Track WAV File Player/Recorder. [VST] | Windows | Freeware | 2006-06-12 | 0 | 55db |
| bs-0 v4.0.4 | Software playback sampler. [VST/AU] | Mac | Freeware | 2010-03-19 | 0 | 55db |
| SuperSynthFX v1.0 | Software-synthesizer and sample player with integrated effects. [VST] | Windows | Freeware | 2009-05-08 | 0 | 55db |
| iPro.DJSampler 1.1.0 | iPro.DJSampler is an app that turns your iOS device into a full featured DJ sampler with trigger pads. | iPhone | Freeware | 2013-09-24 | 0 | 55db |
| TsampX 1.0.5 | Sampler for OS X. | Mac | Freeware | 2004-12-04 | 4 | 55db |
| InterContinental v1.0 | SoundFont player. [VST] | Windows | Freeware | 2008-05-12 | 0 | 55db |
| Miraton 2.0 | Program to play and compose music live for Mac OS X | Mac | Free | 2003-09-01 | 2 | 55db |
| LinuxSampler v0.3.3 | Software audio sampler with professional grade features. | Linux | Free | 2005-07-15 | 1 | 55db |
| Oxe FM Synth 1.3.4 | FM software synthesizer. | Windows | Freeware | 2015-11-25 | 1 | 55db |
| Shredder v1.0 | Sampler. [VST] | Mac | Freeware | 2007-07-20 | 2 | 55db |