DirectWave by Image Line

Virtual Instruments - Sampling
  

Opens all your sounds*

DirectWave is one of the most complete VSTi samplers currently available. It loads and edits most of the existing sound formatsĀ³ out there (WAV (any), SF2 (Soundfont), AKP (Akai), Propellerheads Recycle, Native Instruments Battery, Kontakt *(nki), GIGA *(gig) & eMagic EXS24, ...) and it can even sample your existing VSTi instruments.

Key Features:

  • 16 part multitimbral, 32-bit VSTi sampler
  • 128 Voice Polyphony
  • 128 programs
  • unlimited zones per program
  • All samplerates supported
  • Realtime SINC-64 point interpolation (HQ Audiophile)
  • Poly, Mono, Legato operation, with glide / auto mode.
  • 2*24 dB 5 mode filters serial or parallel
  • Flexible 16 slot freely assignable Modulation Matrix
  • 2 mod. ADSR envelopes, 2 zone-independent mod. LFOs 2 global program mod. LFOs
  • Automatable loop points, reverse loop points supported
  • Loop modes : fwd, one-shot, sustained, bounce looping
  • Automatable sample start offset (available as mod. destination parameters)
  • Built-in voice Insert FX with independent settings for each zone : ring mod. samplerate decimator, bitcrusher & phaser.
  • Built-in send effects : chorus, reverb, delay (with filtered feedback, sync to host tempo).
  • Independent send amounts per zone
  • Freely assignable 16 stereo outputs
  • Multi-editor with channel list, mixer, expression, modulation and pitchbend GUI controls
  • Built-in sample editor with destructive editing (cut / copy / paste / trim functions), loop finding tool, normalize, vertical / horizontal zooming, etc)
  • Realtime sampling / recording of whatever is connected to DirectWave inputs (needs modular host or host with assignable plug-in routing)
  • Record Threshold: sampling input will wait until signal peak arises (-40dB)
  • Built-in VSTi host to easily automate "sampling" of your vst instruments directly into DirectWave
  • Total Recall operation mode: DirectWave will enclose all the required sample data in the project files created by your host: it creates totally portable projects without worrying about needed sample files
  • Import: DWP (proprietary), WAV (any), SF2 (Soundfont), AKP (Akai), Propellerheads Recycle, Native Instruments Battery, Kontakt *(nki), GIGA *(gig) & eMagic EXS24
  • Several importing methods: built-in browsing, drag&drop, menu options
  • Built-in fast library browser list and tree-arranged menu program selector.
  • Zone editor with visual zone arrangement map and list with all zone properties
  • All program/zone parameters of all channels can be automated as VST parameters


*WARNING: DirectWave will not import the above formats if they have been encrypted/protected. Encryption is sometimes used by vendors to prevent non-native import of program files (they want you to buy their sampler) so check with the vendor they are not encrypyted/locked to a given sampler if you are planning to purchase any of these formats for use with DirectWave and/or test out the demo of DirectWave to see if it works BEFORE you buy it.

System requirements:

  • 2Ghz AMD or Intel Pentium 3 compatible CPU with full SSE1 support
  • 512Mb RAM.
  • 30Mb free disc space.
  • DirectSound or ASIO compatible soundcard.