BitHeadz Releases Unity DS-1 Sampler for Windows
April 9, 1999BitHeadz has announced the release of the PC version
of Unity DS-1 Digital Sampler, an application for both Mac and Windows that turns
your computer into a powerful real-time pro sampler.
One of the features that set Unity apart from other samplers is the ability
to run on a laptop. Built-in effects and extensive modulation routings & modulators
are also included, and being RAM based, Unity does not require special hardware.
Unity DS-1 gives you all the features of hardware samplers, plus a complete integrated
Digital Audio Editor and easy integration with your existing sequencer and DAW
applications. Using the same renowned synthesis engine as the Retro AS-1 (the
analog software synthesizer from BitHeadz), Unity allows you manipulate sampled
instruments and create new sounds of your own.
Unity DS-1 features include: True phase-locked stereo signal path throughout,
2 stereo oscillators (multisamples) per voice, 2 assignable filters per voice
with 13 filter types, 6-stage envelope modulators with extensive routing choices,
6 LFO waveform shapes that can be synced to MIDI clock, 2 stereo effects processors
per voice, 2 stereo global effects processors, and 'drag & drop' sample handling.
Supported sample formats include: WAV, CD-Audio, and AIFF files, plus Unity maps
Akai S1000, DLS, SoundFont 2.0 and SampleCell I & II instruments automatically.
You can also sample live from microphone or line inputs. Supported I/O formats
include: ASIO, Direct Sound, and MPU-401
The included full-featured arpeggiator allows you to generate event-list "sequences".
You can even write the sampler's complete multi-timbral stereo output to disk
as an 8 or 16, bit audio file for use in your favorite digital audio applications.
And of course, it's fully polyphonic and multi-timbral. Unity also includes a
complete 16-channel mixer and 250 MB of sounds for $449.00 SRP.
For more information and to download a demo version (expected to be available
April 2), visit BitHeadz' web site at www.bitheadz.com.
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