A Powerhouse DAW for Windows Users
MAGIX’s Samplitude has long been one of the most attractive Windows-only DAWs, and things have only improved with Samplitude Pro X8. New features include a revamped comping function that provides improved speed when cutting, arranging, and merging your takes. AudioWarp fixes timing issues at light speed. Multi-codec export allows you to finish your tracks in multiple formats with a single click. New organizational tools include Marker Track, which displays markers on multiple lines, and a new enhanced-color MIDI display. Of course, everything else Samplitude users have come to know is still present, like a redesigned Object Editor, ARA2 support, and the ability to copy tracks across entirely different projects. Sweetwater studio engineers particularly love Samplitude Pro X8’s ability to integrate external hardware effects as plug-ins! In short, Samplitude Pro X8 from MAGIX is a Windows-only DAW with capabilities that rival any other software out there.
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An impressive upgrade
The quality of life for Samplitude users has always been high, but Pro X8 makes it downright luxurious. In addition to the aforementioned features, Samplitude Pro X8 has a new Monitoring section that allows multiple monitoring paths with or without effects, as well as integrated talkback. The Tempo Track is now parked in its own lane to give you intuitive control over tempo and meter changes. A newly integrated resampling engine lets you work with any sample rate in your project, with support all the way up to 384kHz. Comparisonics and WaveColor use colors to depict waveforms, thus enabling you to identify noise and plosives before even hearing the track.
Highly tailorable to your workflow
Samplitude Pro X8 includes a very customizable interface, including dark and light themes as well as renamable VST instruments, user-defined automation curves, a searchable plug-in browser (with drag-and-drop plug-in functionality), and automation lanes with sophisticated copy-and-paste capabilities.
Virtual instruments galore
We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention Samplitude Pro X8’s plethora of included virtual instruments, including:
- Jazz Guitar and Upright Bass
- Congas, Bongos, Shakers, and Taiko drums
- Jazz/Rock/Pop Drums, Loop Designer, Robota, and BeatBox 2
- Electric Piano and Century Keys pianos
- Cello and Orchestral Ensemble
- Lead Synth, Bass Machine, Analog Synths 2, Cinematic Synth, DN-e1, and Revolta 2 synthesizers
- Vita 2, Vita Sampler, and Independence Sampler
MAGIX Samplitude Pro X8 Features:
- Comprehensive DAW for Windows that lets you record, edit, mix, and master
- Support for 999 tracks, 256 physical I/O, 32-bit float and up to 384kHz sample rate
- Advanced comping tools for slicing, arranging, and merging comps from recorded takes
- Object Editor provides customizable curves, crossfades, trimming, stretching, effects, routing, and more
- ARA2 support for Celemony Melodyne Essential
- Custom workflow options including dark/light theme, renamable VST instruments, dockable and resizable windows, and more
- Easily copy tracks (including their VSTs and buses) across entire projects
- Enhanced-color MIDI display plus MIDI VST support, MIDI Polyphonic Expression, Music notation, and Drum Editor as well as classic piano roll
- New Monitoring section for listening to multiple monitoring paths with or without effects, as well as configuring talkback
- Dedicated Tempo Track with easy and intuitive controls for beat and tempo changes
- Searchable plug-in browser with drag-and-drop functionality that also lets you save your favorite effects for easy recall
- Integrate external hardware effects devices as plug-ins within your project – import as many as you want
- New automation lanes that let you copy and paste various automation data across grouped tracks
- Use any sample rate in your project thanks to redesigned resampling engine
- Visualizations, Comparisonics, and WaveColor provide excellent visual data
- Multi-codec export lets you export various formats at once with a single click
- Loads of included virtual instruments, including guitars, drums, strings, synths, samplers, and much more
