CWI Technology has released v0.9 beta of TX16Wx, a freeware sampler instrument plug-in for Windows.

After several years of on/off development, I finally got my act together (somewhat) during July of 2011 and fixed the few remaining features I wanted to add before publishing the plugin. The result is the first public beta release of the TX16Wx VSTi Software Sampler.

It is a 100% free VSTi Sampler with professional features and an easy to use graphical interface – and – one of the few sampler instruments, free or commercial, with a fully documented file format. Not a preset-player or disk-streaming library engine, this is a plugin for you to make your own sounds, tweak and experiment. Bring back the fun of the old hardware samplers – in software.

TX16Wx features

  • Unlimited multi-timbral operation.
  • 128 voice polyphony.
  • 16 modulation slots per voice.
  • 24dB resonant filter.
  • Two LFO + Two modulation envelopes per voice.
  • Polyphonic glide.
  • Built-in sample editor.
  • Actually samples! Record waves straight into the sampler.
  • Graphical keyboard mapping editor.
  • 4 Stereo + 8 Mono outputs.
  • 16 mappable controllers for automation.
  • Multiple loop definitions per wave.
  • Individual outs for keyboard groups (drums).
  • Multiple keyboard scales.
  • Multiple trigger modes.
  • Mono/Poly/Legato operation.
  • Preview loaded programs and samples in your song before loading.
  • WAV/AIFF/AIFC/SoundFont 2 support.
  • Reads Typhoon compressed AIF files.
  • 100% documented XML-based sound file format. Anyone can write conversion tools.
  • Low CPU usage.
  • Fully native, optimized for SSE2.
  • 64-bit support.
  • Nice sound!

TX16Wx beta for Windows (VST) is available as freeware.

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