Samplitude Music Studio X8
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You can now use the same professional audio routing as Samplitude Pro: Set AUX sends to Direct Out, Pre-Fader or Post-Fader. Pre-Fader creates separate monitor mixes, while Post-Fader takes the signal after the volume control. Perfect your sound with Samplitude Music Studio X8.

Using the new direct recording function, you can capture the audio signal from your headphone output directly. Expand your creative horizons. Sample sounds, record podcast interviews, or effortlessly record movie or game audio for sound design. Discover a new world of audio capturing.

Multi-track recording

Record instruments and vocals in up to 24-bit/96 kHz studio quality on up to 16 mono tracks or 8 stereo tracks at the same time. From band practice to demo tapes to entire albums – access professional editing tools and plug-ins for all project tracks.

With Vocal Tune 2, correcting your vocal recordings is simple. The pitch curves and practical waveform display let you adjust recordings in detail with the pencil tool.

With the integrated tuner, you can make sure your guitar and bass are perfectly tuned before you start recording. Simply hit a string and adjust it. This tool also works with acoustic resonating bodies and other amplified instruments, such as analog synths.

The gentle cycle for your hard drive and RAM without loss of sound quality: Recordings made with effects can be easily converted to normal audio files using track freeze. The applied effects are disabled until the tracks are "thawed out".

Samplitude Music Studio 2023 contains a wide range of impressive VST instruments for improvising and composing your own music – from concert grand pianos to atmospheric synthesizers to full-bodied drums and entire ensembles.

• Tiny Percussion Barrel: Thrilling drum rhythms that deliver pure suspense – ideal for dramatic moments in movies.
• Tiny Percussion Christmas Bells: Ideal for adding a festive atmosphere to any song.
• Tiny Percussion Claps & Snaps: The light clap and snap sounds will inspire your listeners to start dancing.
• Tiny Percussion Cowbells: This unique bell sound is characteristic in the cha-cha-cha and adds a Latin flavor to any track.
• Tiny Percussion Darbuka: This sound evokes the "Arabian Nights" and is perfect for Middle Eastern and belly dance music.
• Tiny Percussion Djembe: This popular goblet drum transports you away on a musical journey through West Africa.
• Tiny Percussion Doumbek: Spark a musical fire in your listeners' ears using passionate rhythms from this drum.
• Tiny Percussion Tambourine: The sounds of the tambourine are great for adding both rhythm and fine details throughout a piece.
• Tiny Percussion Bongos: These drums sounds that originate in Cuba add an exciting rhythm and a hot salsa flair.
• Tiny Percussion Congas: When the congas kick in, it's guaranteed to get everyone onto the dance floor.
• Tiny Percussion Shaker: From pop and jazz to Latin sounds, the shaker can be used in any genre to create the perfect groove.
• Tiny Percussion Taiko: Drum sounds from Japan that form the perfect backdrop to fast-paced fighting scenes and create a dramatic effect.

• Soundtrack Percussion: A wide palette of impressive bells, drums, timpani, gongs and taiko drums for building up the drama in film music in a rhythmic way.
• Jazz Drums: Drum sticks, brushes, tom toms, ride cymbals and hi-hats provide that true groovy jazz sound.
• Rock Drums: Dynamic snares, powerful kick and precise hi-hats. Supported by a wild electric guitar.
• Pop Drums: Play booming trap beats, pumping techno grooves or a furious double bass in a metal style with Pop Drums!
• Drum engine: The classic sound and style of legendary drum machines and samplers.

• Lead Synth: This polyphonic synth specializes in catchy lead sounds, growling sawtooth and smooth phatty sounds.
• Bass Machine: This bass machine delivers the ultimate bass lines with powerful, bone-rattling tone.
• Analog Synths 2: From analog to digital and classic to modern: These unique synths will enrich any piece of music.
• Cinematic Synth: Dark dreamy sequences lose themselves in this synthesizer between grating basslines & extra-terrestrial sounds.
• Cinematic Soundscapes: Explore icy, vast expanses of sound – ideal for creating depth & tension.
• Revolta 2: An electronic dance track with an animated beat and playful synth lines.

• Cello: An instrument that sounds just as good on its own as it does in an ensemble: the cello. The master of nuanced sounds, from delicate to powerfully expressive.
• Orchestral Ensemble: Full orchestra, brass, woodwind, percussion and strings with an impressively authentic sound – ideal for arranging film score.
• Concert Grand: This virtual concert piano shines in modern pop and all other kinds of productions.
• Church Organ: This organ is based on an original recording in a little church near Venice and ideal for authentic organ sounds.
• Choir: A dark melody with mystical undertones sung by a mixed choir.

• Power Guitar: Phenomenal power chords, screeching slides and powerful overdrives – all you need for a deep, full guitar sound.
• Jazz Guitar: Warm, semi-acoustic tones that are a wonderfully harmonic complement to any recording.

• Accordion: A light summery accordion melody just like in classic French films.
• Folk: Whether banjo, piano, percussion or acoustic guitar: These traditional sounds lend your music that special note.
• World Flutes: The exotic woods create organic sounds that are perfect for chillout, world music and tropical house.
• Vita 2: Ultra realistic drums with VITA 2 instruments Acoustic Dum Kit Pop and Acoustic Percussion 1.
• Vita Sampler: With the Vita sampler, you can play every loop like an instrument.

Simply connect your MIDI device, such as a keyboard or pad controller, record to your heart's content, and then work on your MIDI material in the editor.

The new Samplitude Music Studio naturally allows you to use MIDI plug-ins too. This opens up lots of new possibilities for music production. Make use of the wide variety of MIDI plug-ins available and combine as many plug-ins as you want. In addition, the new plug-in support allows you to freely route MIDI signals.

More prominent note blocks and a clearer color design allow for better orientation in your project and let you keep track of everything. You can now concentrate 100% on composing with your MIDI instruments and let your creativity run free.

Choose from lots of different styles and hundreds of richly produced samples. Use drag & drop to combine urban and exotic sounds any way you want. Create new rhythms, new melodies, and new songs.

The mixer and plug-in browser can now be docked, making all elements easily and quickly accessible. They also scale to fit any window size. You can now work with a clearer interface that lets you drag & drop your plug-ins from the plug-in browser right into your project.

Discover a powerful 6-band EQ – perfect for precisely shaping your sound. EQ116 includes an oversampling option to deliver significantly better sound quality. The integrated analyzer provides an overview of your entire frequency spectrum and gives you absolute control of your sound.

The practical function for a lightning-fast workflow in Samplitude Pro X. This tool allows you to seamlessly transfer tracks between projects while retaining all the effects, automations, plug-ins and other track properties you want.

Edit the sound of individual audio clips without having to change track settings or create new tracks. For instance, you can apply an effect to just a single word in a vocal recording to make it stand out. The object editor also provides EQ and time/pitch settings for each clip.

Much more than the sum of its parts: Use the crossfade editor to design seamless transitions between different audio files. For an incredible listening experience.

Combine all your takes and objects into groups at any time. You can group all the objects on one or more tracks and move them together, edit them or add effects.

Easily adjust the pitch of audio files without affecting playback speed. This feature is great for making quick harmony changes in arrangements.

And if you need to pick up the pace a little bit, you can also easily adjust the playback speed of your audio material without affecting the pitch.

Whether for last-minute changes or totally unexpected sounds, wizardFX speeds up any mix and offers endless inspiration for your songs. With its one-knob concept and numerous presets, you can achieve your audio goal in no time at all. Simply select, listen and get started. Applying professional effects has never been this easy.

Audio file export is a core function of any DAW. Samplitude's export workflow has been improved, allowing you to work even faster and more efficiently. The new, clear structure and modern design offer you an optimal overview of the essential functions. It also lets you access your favorite export formats more quickly.

The dockable track editor ensures that you always have access to all the most important track functions – from audio and AUX settings to plug-ins, mixer settings and equalizer. Enjoy even better control over faders, flexible window arrangements for your projects and the ability to keep all your track settings and information in the foreground.

Experience greater speed when using ARA2-compatible plug-ins and edit your audio files even more efficiently. Perform editing tasks on multiple tracks simultaneously and create seamless clip borders. Integrating plug-ins take place via the dedicated browser and provides you with you even more creative possibilities.

Using a track to control tempo ensures that your arrangement has a clear structure. The speed and tempo changes you make are displayed using easy-to-manage markers. Transitions for musical climaxes and slow-downs can be easily automated.

Use the available shapes to create smooth custom transitions between automation points. The predefined curve types are suitable for making both classic fades and dramatic modulations. Use the available shapes to create smooth custom transitions between automation points. The predefined curve types are suitable for making both classic fades and dramatic modulations.

Overdrive or distortion, tremolo or chorus: the Vandal SE virtual guitar and bass amp sounds like an authentic analog amplifier, but with a range of unique and diverse features. Can be used with connected instruments or as an insert effect in the mix.

11 sophisticated plug-ins in one collection: With the essentialFX Suite, the most important effects for mixing and mastering are always right where you need them.