XS-1
Last update Apr 11th, 2006
XS-1 is a software sample player plugin. The key features are:
- The best sound quality of all realtime software samplers
- SoundFont 2 files are loaded and played correctly (this is rare - 99% of the
other players don't play the loops right for example)
- Sample layering and keyboard splits possible
- High quality built-in effects
Listen:
If a moon's a balloon by Vladimir Nemet
Detache
Paniq in G-min by Hamster Alliance
See how XS-1 compares to other samplers
Screenshots of other skins
Demo version download (time limit/no saving):
News
Apr 11th, 2006
The Buzz version of XS-1 is now freeware. Enjoy, but please don't email me if you have problems with it. Use the Buzz forums instead.
Jul 25th, 2003
The latest beta build of XS-1 is now available for owners of XS-1.
Jul 14th, 2003
New version (R6) released:
- Enhanced MIDI CC support: mod. wheel, volume, pan, sustain pedal, resonance, release time,
attack time, filter cutoff, reverb send, chorus send, all sounds off, all controllers off,
all notes off, mono on, poly on.
- The following parameters no longer reset when a sample is loaded: midi channel, key range,
transpose, pitch wheel range, interpolation quality, monophonic mode parameters.
Jun 24th, 2003
New version (R5) released:
- Maximum polyphony increased to 1000
- .sf2/.wav to .xs1 converter integrated to XS-1 (right-click on the background)
- Sample-not-found crash fixed
May 24th, 2003
New version (R4) released:
- A bug that caused random octave shifting in some hosts fixed
- Sample offset control
- Optional soft clip mode using a tube amp physical model
- Default skin simplified to reduce file size
Apr 14th, 2003
A new XS-1 skin by Raul Reales available. It’s a
little smaller and different looking so you might prefer it.
Apr 4th, 2003
New version (R3) released:
Full specifications:
- Loads XS-1 samples (.XS1), Soundfont 2 files (.SF2), PCM Waves (.WAV)
- Full support for SoundFonts
- 16 parts, keyboard splits / part layering possible
Synthesis features:
- Super Dooper sound quality
- SSE acceleration using XDSP technology
- Unlimited number of key/velocity zones per voice
- Volume and Modulation envelopes with attack, hold, decay, sustain, release
key to hold and key to decay parameters. Modulation envelope can modulate pitch
and filter cutoff.
- Vibrato and Modulation LFOs with delay, frequency and depth parameters. Modulation
envelope can modulate pitch, filter cutoff and volume.
- Four filter types: 12dB/oct and 24dB/oct lowpass, 12dB/oct and 24dB/oct highpass
- Reverb/chorus send level
- High quality / extra high quality interpolation
- Monophonic mode with retrig switch and portamento time control.
- Tuning, volume, pan, key range, transpose, pitch wheel range controls for
each part
- MIDI Velocity to volume, velocity to filter cutoff
- MIDI support: note on/off, sustain pedal, pitch bend, modulation wheel, channel
volume
Global settings:
- Master volume, polyphony (max 127), master tune
- Effects: Reverb, chorus, delay, eq, distortion, degrader
- Supported output samplerates: 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96KHz
Full list of supported SF2 features:
- Instruments zones, global/normal
- Preset zones, global/normal
- Generators: start address offset, end address offset, startloop address offset,
end loop address offset, start address coarse offset, modulation lfo to pitch,
vibrato lfo to pitch, modulation envelope pitch, initial filter cutoff, initial
filter q, modulation lfo to filter cutoff, modulation envelope to filter cutoff,
end address coarse offset, modulation lfo to volume, chorus send, reverb send,
pan, modulation lfo delay, modulation lfo frequency, vibrato lfo delay, vibrato
lfo frequency, modulation envelope attack, modulation envelope hold, modulation
envelope decay, modulation envelope sustain, modulation envelope release, key
number to modulation envelope hold, key number to modulation envelope decay, volume
envelope decay, volume envelope attack, volume envelope hold, volume envelope
decay, volume envelope sustain, volume envelope release, key number to volume
envelope hold, key number to volume envelope decay, key range, velocity range,
start loop address coarse offset, force key number, force velocity, initial attenuation,
end loop address coarse offset, coarse tune, fine tune, loop mode, exclusive class
(=mute group), overriding root key
VSTi Version specs:
- Full midi support
- All parameters can be automated
Buzz Version specs:
- Full midi support
- 8 Buzz parameters assignable to any of the xs1 parameters
- Tracker commands: volume slide up/down, portamento up/down, tone portamento,
pan offset, arpeggio, note cut, note delay, note retrig
Free XS-1 samples:
XS-1 Skins and how to make them
wav2xs1. A commandline tool for converting WAV and SF2
files to XS1. XS1 files use less diskspace because of a lossless compression algorithm
used.
