112dB has released Morgana, an authentic representation of a vintage digital sampler, designed to be musical rather than accurate.

Morgana doesn’t try to boast the most impressive spec sheet, or the most transparent sound. By returning to a simpler architecture, Morgana actually transcends the limitations of typical software samplers, creating an experience that sounds and feels like an actual instrument–one that is inspiring and with a sound all its own.

Morgana features

• 16 voice digital sampler.
• Two part multitimbrality.
• 8-bit sampling rate.
• Variable sample rate from 10.1KHz to 29.41KHz.
• Two APDSR envelopes for filter and amplitude.
• Two sample oscillators per voice.
• 4-pole analog modeled filter per voice with cutoff and resonance controls.
• Keytracking generator for filter cutoff.
• Relative level, cutoff, transpose, and detune per sample.
• Non-destructive input modeling with antialias filter, mic preamp, and gain control.
• LFO with MIDI clock sync.
• Flexible MIDI learn system.
• SampLink technology for full-featured realtime sampling capabilities.
• Support for WAVE, AIFF, and ReCycle (.REX/.RX2) sample formats.
• Support for different tunings through .SCL tuning files.

Morgana is currently available for Windows (VST) as a download version (30.5 MB) for the price of 169 EUR. (This price includes the upcoming RTAS version for Windows and RTAS/VST/AU version for Mac OSX, which will be made available as a free download for all registered users when they become available).

Visit 112dB for more information and to listen to some demo tracks.