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VSampler 2 has been ceased in October 2003 in
favour of it's successor VSampler 3.
The answers to the frequently asked questions (FAQ)
will stay online and are part of the
full text search. The VSampler 2
downloads incl.
tutorial will stay online as well.
VSampler 2 has been released in May 2000 as the worlds first softwaresampler
for Steinbergs VST-plugin interface,
and in May 2001 as the
worldwide first softwaresampler for Cakewalks DXi-plugin
interface.
It got the following awards:
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KEYS, Germany, March 2002, KEYS Readers-Award 2002 |
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Frankfurt Musikmesse 2002:
VSampler got the KEYS Readers-Award 2002 as "Best Shareware".
Thanks a lot to the readers of KEYS! |
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Electronic Musician,
USA, January 2002, Cover Feature "2002 EDITORS CHOICE" |
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"Our latest batch of
award-winning products field-tested over the past year by our editors and a
selected group of top authors."
Editors Choice Award Winner 2002 [Software Samplers] |
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KEYBOARDS,
Germany,
September 2001, Review |
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(translated from german) "Below the line it's
unbelievable, how many features and how much functionality are included for
this price; the VSampler will surely find it's home at many
harddrives." |
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Future Music, UK,
July 2001: as part of their "Top 40 software instruments" special, VSampler
ranked 2nd at the "Top 10 samplers" |
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"In fact, some would say, that VSampler is the most mature
sampling option on the PC to date. ... the most widely compatible sampler in
this lineup ... up to 64 stereo voices all with sample accurate timing, a
maltitude of effects and modulation options ... VSampler is a powerful beast
that could go head-to-head with some of its hardware housemates and still
come out on top." |
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Remix, USA, June 2001, as part of their article "Caught in the web" |
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"Maz-Sound's VSampler
2.51 is an incredible bargain, especially when you consider that only a few
years ago you would have had to shell out at least a couple thousand clams
to buy a comparable hardware sampler." |
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| Chip,
Czech republic,
May 2001, as part of a VST instruments special |
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(translated from czech) "In direct comparison with
S*****T*** we prefer the sound of VSampler ...
and CPU load is quite low. But the main bomb is the price." |
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| Computer Music, UK,
December 2000: VSampler got 8 of 10 points and the 'smart buy' verdict |
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 "Anyone who already used a sampler, hardware or software,
will feel at home with this. It contains everything a 'proper' sampler
should, from the realtime controllers (pitchbend, modulation) through to
sample key tracking, filters, envelopes and velocity sensitivity; it can
even import .sf2 and AKAI format samples. ... VSampler is an impressive
package at a very attractive price. ... with no limit on the sample size and
enough editing functions to contort them without spending an obscene amount of money, you're not going to
find anything better." |
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| KEYS, Germany,
July 2000, as part of their 'Software Sampler' roundup |
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(translated
from german) "Only the cheerful interface and low price hint at VSampler's
shareware status, it's feature set equaling and sometimes surpassing that of
much more expensive software samplers. The two integrated synthesizers, not just
mere "extras", sound good, complimenting the samplers feature set
perfectly. VSampler offers a lot and is without a doubt amongst the most
flexible software synthesizers you can buy, and the fact that the price won't
make you dig deep in your pockets is quite commendable." |
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user reviews
at KvR (KvR is a very popular VST instrument online ressource) |
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