Software Audio Sampler

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Giada is a free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs and live performers. Load or record up to 32 samples, choose to play them in single mode (drum machine) or loop mode (sequencer) and start the show with your computer keyboard as a controller. Giada aims to be a compact and portable virtual device for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows for production use and live sets. 100% open-source GPL
http://www.giadamusic.com/


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Mellosoftron
The MellosoftronTM is a low latency, fully programmable virtual sampler.
It can be controlled from a MIDI keyboard, a sequencer or any MIDI file player. No wavetable card is required. Any entry-level 16 bit sound card will do just fine, as long as it supports the Windows DirectSound API.
http://www.polyhedric.com/software/ml/index.html

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Grace: Sampler
VST plugin sampler - Grace is a stable and compact sampler with a great streamlined workflow and a strong feature set.
Requirements
Grace is a VST 2.4 plugin. 32bit and 64bit versions available.
Windows XP/Vista/7/8
VST Host (Cubase, Ableton Live, Sonar, FL Studio etc)
http://www.onesmallclue.com/plugin/grace/

VSTHost
http://www.hermannseib.com/vsthost.htm

http://www.hermannseib.com/documents/VSTHost.pdf

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The LinuxSampler project was founded with the goal to produce a free, streaming capable open source pure software audio sampler with professional grade features, comparable to both hardware and commercial Windows/Mac software samplers and to introduce new features not yet available by any other sampler in the world.

Requirements (Windows):
    * Modern Intel Pentium or recent AMD processor
    * Windows 2000, ME, XP, Vista, Windows 7
    * Java Runtime Environment (version 6)
    * sound card with ASIO driver


http://www.linuxsampler.org/

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ASIO4ALL - Universal ASIO Driver For WDM Audio
June 2010: Version 2.10 released!
Combined 32/64 bit version, supports Win 98SE/ME/2k/XP/MCE/2003/XP64 and Vista/Windows 7 x86/x64
http://www.asio4all.com/

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Schon länger ist der kX-Treiber eine Alternative zu den Soundtreibern der Firma Creative Labs (CL), vorausgesetzt man nennt eine SoundBlaster Live! oder SoundBlaster Audigy(2) sein Eigen. ...
Neue kX-Treiber für Live! und Audigy (2)
http://www.computerbase.de/news/treiber/soundkarten/2004/dezember/neue-kx-treiber-fuer-live-und-audigy-2/

ASIO Driver for
# The E-mu Audio Production Studio (APS) card
# The motherboard models of 10k1 cards (M002, M003 and others)
# PCI256 (CT4890, CT4891 and CT4893) and PCI512 (CT4820 and SB0150) including OEM model (CT4790)
# The original Live! (CT4620) and Live! Value cards (CT4670)
# The Live! X-Gamer, Live! MP3+, Live! Player 1024, Live! Platinum cards (CT4760) and value cards (CT4780)
# The Live! X-Gamer 5.1, Live! MP3+ 5.1, Live! Player 5.1, Live! Platinum 5.1, Live! Digital Entertainment 5.1 cards (SB0060, SB0100, SB0102, SB0220, SB0222, SB0103 and SB0105) and Value 5.1 (SB0101)
# The generic and custom OEM Live cards (CT4830, CT4831, CT4832, CT4850, CT4870, CT4871 and CT4872)
# The Audigy series, including the Audigy MP3+, X-Gamer, Platinum and OEM cards (CT0070, CT0072, SB0090 and SB0092).
# The Audigy 2 series, including Gamer, Platinum, Platinum eX and OEM cards (SB0242, SB0244, SB0320, SB0240, SB0240P, SB0280).
# The Audigy 2 ZS series, including Audigy 2 ZS Gamer, Platinum and OEM cards (SB0350).

The Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro is not fully supported yet. There are issues with the line in ADC.

24/96 support for the Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS cards is under development.
# Audigy 2 Value (SB0400), Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (SB0350) and Audigy 4 Pro (SB0380) cards are partially supported.
# The Dell OEM SB Live! (SB020x) is not yet supported since it uses a custom version of the EMU10k1, whose details are unknown. Experimental support may be provided when more information about it becomes available.
# Soundblaster Live! 5.1 cards (SB022x) are supported.
# Soundblaster Live! 24 Bit and Audigy LS are incompatible with kX, since they do not use the 10kX chips.
# Audigy2 ZS Notebook is supported, although some limitations apply.
# E-mu E-DSP based PCI devices are supported (0404, 1212, 1820, ...).
# Extigy is NOT supported and will not be supported.
# X-Fi is NOT supported and will not be supported.

The kX Audio Driver package includes driver system files and setup files as well as a powerful audio mixer application (the kX Mixer), which acts as a Graphical User Interface, providing access to many of the driver's internal functions. The following features are either fully supported or partially supported in the latest release of the kX Audio Driver:

    * Wave Recording & Playback
    * MIDI Synthesizer (Soundfont-based) and MIDI UART In/Out
    * DirectSound 2D and DirectSound 3D
    * Full ASIO and GSIF support
    * DSP Microcode Loading/Unloading
    * Full AC97 codec control
    * AC3 Software Decoding


http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/index.php?language=en

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Shortcircuit was created as a reaction against the ongoing trend where software samplers are being designed with the primary intent of library playback. It is intended for people who, like us, consider a sampler to be a musical instrument in its own right, and not just a way to emulate other instruments. It has been a very high priority to make sure that adding and editing individual samples is as fast and logical as possible. ...
http://www.vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit.php

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Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux. It's main goal is to bring professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming. ...
http://www.hydrogen-music.org

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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundFont

http://www.bredel.homepage.t-online.de/Soundfonts/soundfonts.html

http://connect.creativelabs.com/developer/SoundFont/Forms/AllItems.aspx


SynthFont is a software synthesizer ("MIDI-to-WAV" tool, “Midi Expander”)
http://www.synthfont.com/

http://www.synthfont.com/kiwi/index.php?title=Main_Page


Creative Vienna SoundFont Studio (Freeware)
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Other-AUDIO-Tools/Creative-Vienna-SoundFont-Studio.shtml

http://www.creative.com/soundblaster/soundfont/downloads.asp

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TX16Wx Software Sampler
TX16Wx is a FREE, multitimbral VSTi Software Sampler instrument plugin, modelled after professional hardware samplers from the 80s and 90s.
http://tx16wx.blogspot.com/


XS-1 is a SoundFont2 player plugin. Download Buzz or VSTi version.
http://www.jeskola.net/xs1/

NN-29 is a single-sample, one-shot mono/stereo emulator of Reason's NN19.
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1203.html | http://www.autistici.org/egg/data/

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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VST-Host

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Free VST Host Übersicht Features
    Lädt VST Effekte, Syntesizer, Sampler
    Editieren der VST Plugins
    Spielt VST ab
    Sound Out via ASIO oder Windows MME
    Midi Input und Output
    Spielt Waves und Recordet sie
    Aufnahme des VST Outputs
http://www.hermannseib.com/vsthost.htm

http://www.heise.de/download/vsthost-1166054.html

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samplv1 is an old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx.
* pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI input support;
* LV2 instrument plugin.
* URI: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/lv2

samplv1 is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1 | Weblog: http://www.rncbc.org

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Sam!
24 Slot - 6 Stereo Output - 16/24-bit Sample Player
Features:
24 16/24-bit Stereo Wave File Players with ADSR Envelopes and Selectable MIDI Note Triggering
Pitch, Level, Velocity Sensitivity, Pan, L/R Channel Swap Controls and L/R Clip Indicators
Forward/Reverse/Loop Play
Start/End Position Sliders with Fine Adjust and Cue Markers
MIDI In, Manual Gate Triggering and Solo Switches
8 Patchable 12db LP/BP/HP/Notch Filters with Level Controls
Independent Filtered and Direct Output Patching
6 Level Adjustable Stereo Outputs (Host Dependant) with Peak Level Meters
Patch Indicator Matrix for Direct and Filtered Outputs
Mixer Panel
Default Position Reset on all Rotary Controls and Sliders
Partial Automation
User Assignable Automation Capability
Last Updated 11/02/2004
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jez.price/players.htm