discoDSP has announced the release of Bliss, a next generation sampler with VST plug-in sampling for Windows, Mac & Linux.
Welcome to Bliss, our next generation sampler! It’s currently in Beta, so we’re offering a 50% price discount until it finishes.
Demo version has some features disabled like sample exporting and purchasing is required to enable those.
Bliss features
- 32 / 64-bit VSTi / Audio Units compatibility.
- Built-in VST host / VSTi sampling (freezing). Record your favourite VST without any sound quality loss!
- Built-in wave editor.
- Scalable and themeable GUI.
- Morphable scheme / automatable zone parameters.
- 128 Programs with unlimited zones.
- 32-bit floating point based wavetables.
- Full MIDI Input triggering control.
- Playback engine
- Up to 64 voices polyphony (multilayered zone sampling engine).
- Oversampling voice generation: up to 4X oversample factor.
- Selectable interpolation engines: up to 512 points SINC interpolation.
- Full mono / poly / legato operation.
- Glide w/ autoswitch control.
- 4 voices Unison with detuning.
- Filters
- Dual Zero-Delay Feedback filters.
- 24dB / Oct filter modes: Lowpass / Hipass / Bandpass 1 / Bandpass 2 / Notch / Peaking / Disabled. Stepping free Cutoff / Resonance and Drive parameters.
- Velocity and Keyboard tracking to Cutoff parameter.
- Modulation
- 8 assignable Macro knobs.
- Independent envelope amplitude / modulation envelope / LFO and filter settings.
- 2 syncable LFO with configurable Phase.
- Stepping free modulation sends / pitch bend / modulation to morphing wheels.
- ADSR amplitude envelope.
- ADSR envelope filter / pitch assignable (both bipolar).
- Effects
- Wow effect: Rock Da Disco.
- Soft clipper to tame the output.
- Stereo rotation effect.
- High quality chorus / delay / reverb.
- Selectable Pre Post Effects: Bit reducer, Phaser, Distortion.
- Chorus / Delay / Reverb sends per zone.
- Sample Editor
- Built-in wave editor with full undo history.
- Zoom up to 1:1 resolution.
- Independent Left – Right – Stereo selections.
- 7 Loop types (one shoot / forward / bidirectional / backward / forward w/sustain / crossfade / static).
- Clipboard: Cut / copy / paste / mix paste / sample / trim.
- Amplitude: Fade in / out / normalization / mute / insert silence.
- Effects: Reverse / Invert polarity / Swap channels / Remove DC.
- Cues / Loop edit / Autoslice to tempo / transients.
- Automatable zone parameters / cue / loop points.
- Automatable start / end / loop points.
- Import formats
- Auto / drum mapping when multiple files are opened at once.
- Internal new program/bank formats with lossless encoding.
- LUA scripting engine for program loading: add new file formats easily.
- Samples: .FLAC / .WAV / .MP3 / .RAW / .OGG.
- Programs: .AKP (AKAI S5000-S6000) / .SFZ / .DLS / .SF2 (SoundFont2) / .XRNI (Renoise Instruments)
- Export formats
- Programs: .SFZ / ZBP programs and ZBB banks (24-bit lossless FLAC) / Encrypted ZBP and ZBB for 3rd party soundware.
- Samples: 16-bit WAV.
Bliss is available for purchase for 44.50 EUR / $49.50 USD while in public beta (regular 89 EUR / $99 USD).