Sonicbytes Announces EST Sampling Groovebox Plug-In for PC VST Hosts
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| Preliminary Release Screenshot |
June 22, 2004
EST is a mixture of a sampler and a 12-row / 16-step-sequencer. The design with its clue editing and auto-composing features makes it easy to use, even for beginners. Professionals will find new inspirations and appreciate the modulation and automation capabilities. Live enthusiasts will love its MIDI-control features. The EST-Loop-factory comes as a VSTi-plugin, supports (optionally) multi-out.
The heart of EST is a 12 part multitimbral sampler. Each sampler can be controlled either by your host, MIDI-in or the internal step-sequencer. The step-sequencer contains 128 recallable patterns, which are organized in banks, programs and variations. Each pattern contains complete sequences with triggers, notes and automation-data for the 12 samplers.
Detailed Features:
Sampler
- Imports WAV and AIF with all known sub formats
- Uses its own 32-bit-float format for setting up slots (a sample with extensions) and kits
- Quick access via tree-menus and customizable sample-directory's
- One shot, forward, backward, ping pong
- Scalable root-key
- Multi-sample support by using multiple rows and key zones (from/to)
- Keytrack-option
- Sample-offset controllable
- Up to 128 voices polyphony
- Modes: Poly, Legato and Mono
- Scalable Unison, Voice-Limit and Detune
- Chord-mode (combinable with unison)
- Oscillator mode (waveform are used as oscillators) with 2 distortion modes and lp-filter
- Volume, pan and morph with inertia
- Pitchbend (global and single) with scalable range
- Fine-tune
- Glide-mode (works even in poly mode) with adjustable glide-time
- Amplitude envelope ADSR with velocity sense.
- Modulation envelope ADSR with velocity sense (can be modulated by LFO2)
- Two syncable LFO's with sin, tri, pulse, saw, saw up/down and scalable phase
- Filter (lp, hp, bp, br, eq, ls, hs) with overdrive
- Modulation of pitch, filter, morph and mod-adsr itself
- Almost all parameters can be automated by the step-sequencer
- Loop-recorder for reuse of sequences as samples or usage in other applications
- Basic functions for mono/stereo-conversion, channel swap, normalize, gain and reverse
- Menu option to edit and reload sample in your preferred sample-editor
GUI
- Well structured, lightweight user-interface with customizable color-schemes
- Visualization of used patterns
- Step-LED's for visual feedback
- Integrated Help system
- Support for right mouse button, wheel
- Almost all functions are available without control/shift keys
Global settings and functions
- Preset browser
- Scope and level display (with clip and sync indicator)
- Gain slider
- Songinfo (opens linked web site or document)
- Sync mode (internal, host, manual)
- Key-select (auto-activation of rows regarding key-zone)
- Grid-size (piano-roll and drum-grid)
- Record velocity, delay-time and auto-step
- Audition (editing and sample-import, velocity and gate-time)
Synchronization
- Host synchronization for tempo, transport
- Inter process synchronization (mute, solo, play, record)
- Relative tempo from 1/32. to 32/1t
- Sample accurate timing
Row Parameters
- Output-port (EST can use up to 12 outputs)
- Trigger channel (active, all and 1-16)
- Route (trigger other rows, make custom chords, trigger multi-samples)
- Relative transpose, velocity, gate-time and delay
- Swing affecting delay and velocity (scalable first step and interval)
- Humanization for velocity, delay and gate-time
- Step-divide, which allows to play a row in a different tempo (adjustable divide and length)
Live Control (MIDI-in targets)
- Bank, program and variation recall via midi-note
- Start/Stop, Start, Mute/Solo, Sync
- Row-mute
- Navigation and editing via controllers (every single step can be controlled)
- Midi-Learn function
- Midi-Thru
- Panic
- Transpose via midi-note (global and single-row)
- Free and Hold mode
Recording
- Step and Live recording
- Adjustable auto-step, velocity and delay
- Built-in Loop-Recorder, Wave-export
- Record loop to sample
EST will be released within the next week. Preorders are being taken now for 49 EUR.
For more information, visit their web site at www.sonicbytes.com. |
