Emagic EXSP24 Xtreme 24-Bit Sample Player for VST (Macintosh)

Manufacturer's Description for Emagic EXSP24 Xtreme 24-Bit Sample Player for VST (Macintosh)

Over the course of the last 20 years, no musical instrument has influenced music production more than the sampler. When they first appeared, these instruments were only available as obscenely expensive and bulky hardware. That is, until the EXS24 samplers finally made their way into the computer. Now the Emagic Xtreme Sample Player 24 offers users of any VST 2.0 compatible host application many of the features that made the EXS24 so successful.

The Concept
The Emagic Xtreme Sample Player 24 is ideal for any musician who requires access to an extensive and ever-expanding sound library, but has no desire to deal with the sample recording process*. The EXSP 24, with its crystal-clear 32 Bit processing quality, gives direct, real-time control over these sounds to users of VST 2.0-compatible host programs. It reads its native sample format and also SoundFont2 and AKAI S1000/3000** compliant samples - at resolutions of 8 to 24 Bit, and at sample rates ranging from 11 to 96 kHz. As all EXSP24 users receive over 500 MB of sounds from the world's finest Sample Instrument Library cost-free when they register, they can concentrate on the most important thing from the start: the music.

* A copy of Logic Audio plus an installed copy of the EXS24 is required for the recording and creation of Sample Instruments.

** Update after registration.

Sound Sculpting
The first-class sound manipulation capabilities of the EXSP24 breathe life into any Sample Instrument. The core of the EXSP24's sound sculpting revolves around a superior lowpass filter with an integrated distortion and fatness-circuit. This ensures excellent low frequency response, even at high resonance settings. Mono and legato modes support the most expressive and subtle of playing styles for solo instruments. Two LFOs plus 2 blindingly fast, punchy envelopes per voice cater for the most delicate or dramatic movement in pitch, filter frequency, volume and panorama settings. In addition to these modulation options, there is a velocity-sensitive pitch envelope or glide, and sample start-point and envelope attack times can further respond to velocity.

The Interface
The innovative, ergonomic user-interface of the EXSP24 takes sampler use to a new level of simplicity: no more tedious searching through endless menus and dealing with miniscule displays. With the EXSP24, you have a complete, at-a-glance overview of your sound settings. Further EXSP24 user interface features are the unique double-sliders and cutoff-resonance-chaining facilities, offering simultaneous control over multiple parameters. These creative solutions ensure the most efficient workflow allowing you to quickly and easily realize your sonic ideas.

Features:
VST2.0 compatible Sample-Player with 32 Bit internal resolution for EXS24, SoundFont2 and AKAI S1000/3000* sample formats

Multiple EXSP24 instances can be run, up to the capacity of the host application

Up to 64-voice polyphony per EXSP24 instance (dependent on available computer processing resources)

Sample-accurate timing

Sample memory and size only limited by computer's RAM

Intuitive user-interface

All parameter changes can be saved as presets

* Update after registration

Sound Sculpting Options (per voice):

Lowpass filter with integrated resonance and distortion

Filter can be deactivated to increase polyphony

2 independent ADSR envelopes

1 polyphonic LFO with decay/delay envelope

1 monophonic LFO

LFOs can be run freely or in tempo-synchronous note values

Glide or Pitcher (Auto Bend)

Poly, mono or legato modes zZounds is an authorized dealer of Emagic products.

General
The EXSP24 is copy-protected by CD-ROM.

A CD-ROM or DVD drive is required for installation/authorization.

System Requirements Macintosh
VST2.0-compatible host-software

MacOS 8.6, MacOS 9.0.4 or higher for USB

233 Mhz G3 or faster

128 MB RAM, 256 MB RAM highly recommended

MIDI interface