Audio Insider
Online Monthly Pass

Register for an Account Forgot your Password?

Most Popular


The EM Poll


This is not a scientific poll but a tabulation of readers responses and is purely just for fun!

See Past Poll Results

pop_quiz_button

browse back issues

Newsletters

emusicianXtra icon
EMSoftware update icon
MET Extra icon
eDeals Newsletter icon


Subscribe to newsletters here...

Flying High with FL Studio 6

Dec 1, 2005 6:37 PM, Advertorial by Duncan Crockett



         Subscribe in NewsGator Online   Subscribe in Bloglines

CURRENT NEWSSTAND ISSUE

Read the full Table of Contents for the issue on sale now! Click here

Subscribe for only $1.84 an issue!

Please tell us about yourself so we can better serve you. Click here to take our user survey.

Personal Studio Series

Mastering Steinberg's Cubase™

This special issue is not only a must-read for users of Cubase™ software, but it also delivers essential information for anyone recording/producing music in a personal-studio.

Click for more
EM Podcasts

Listen to these latest podcasts and more:
Engineer Chuck Ainlay on his mixing techniques. Go

What's New: Sony Creative sound library, Expanse Refill for Reason, more. Go

eDeals Newsletter for Discounts on Gear

Get First Dibs on Hot Gear Discounts, Manufacturer Close-Outs and Job Opportunities when you sign up to receive eDeals E-newsletter, sent twice a month. Check out an issue get advertising info or subscribe

DirectWave

FL Studio has always done sample playback. But up until now, creating a multisample (a keyboard layout containing numerous samples) has been something of a chore. DirectWave changes all that. This full-featured multisampler is just the ticket, whether you need realistic horns and strings or a full drum kit that you can play from a MIDI keyboard. DirectWave's factory library includes choir, guitar, piano, organ, ethnic percussion, and much more.

FIG. 3: The DirectWave sampler maps samples across the keyboard (top) and has a full set of voicing parameters for each sample zone (bottom).

With DirectWave's intuitive user interface (see Fig. 3), you can map samples across the keyboard and even give each its own upper and lower Velocity limits for more expressive playback from a keyboard. Sample loading is drag-and-drop. Each sample can have its own settings for two filters, two LFOs, and other useful modules. DirectWave has both sample-level effects (ring mod, decimator, quantizer, and phaser) and global effects (delay, reverb, and chorus). Furthermore, it can import WAV, SF2, Battery, Giga, Akai S-5000, EXS24, Amiga Mod, ReCycle, and Kontakt samples, giving you access to an abundance of sample libraries.

Get Copyright ClearanceWant to use this article? Click here for options!
© 2008 Penton Media, Inc.

Back to Top