NemeSys Releases GigaSampler Version
1.6More soundcard manufacturers announce support for award-winning streaming software sampler.
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August 4, 1999
NemeSys Music Technology, Inc. today announced availability
of Version 1.6 of the revolutionary GigaSampler, featuring enhancements to the
GSIF ultra-low latency audio interface and increased functionality. This upgrade
will be offered free to registered GigaSampler owners via the NemeSys web site
(www.nemesysmusic.com).
Based on Conexant's (formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems) patented EndlessWave™
technology, GigaSampler has won awards and accolades from nearly every musical
instrument industry publication - including Keyboard magazine's prestigious KeyBuy
award.
Version 1.6 provides new features and expanded compatibility, allowing GigaSampler
to be smoothly integrated into an even wider variety of PC configurations.
New features include:
- Sixteen 24-bit output channels (four more than version 1.52)
- Ability to save/load multiple instruments to a specified MIDI channel
- Ultra-smooth crossfading and mixing for use with controllers and layers
- Auto-loading MIDI files in conjunction with Conexant's 500MB General MIDI
library
- Ability to load multiple performances via drag-and-drop
- Improved voice-allocation algorithm
Also included in this release is full integration with NemeSys' GSIF audio
interface. This interface is designed to support the extremely fast (5 - 8ms)
MIDI-to-audio latency requirements of the professional sampler and sound module
market. With its extremely robust and easily implemented architecture, GSIF facilitates
the patented EndlessWave™ streaming engine that serves as the basis for GigaSampler
and has been embraced by leading soundcard manufacturers such as Frontier Design
Group, Soundscape, Aardvark, Event Electronics, Ego, Guillemot, and others.
Soundscape Releases Updated Mixtreme Drivers
With the release of free V1.05 software for Mixtreme
16-channel PCI card, Soundscape now includes direct low-latency drivers for
GigaSampler in native GSIF format, plus the addition of Surround mixing and panning
elements to support the new Dolby Surround Encoder/Decoder plug-in. These drivers
can be found on the web at www.soundscape-digital.com.
Mixtreme V1.05 drivers are multi-client, which means that different applications
using a combination of the GSIF, ASIO and MME devices can share the 16 channels
of I/O provided by Mixtreme. Multiple cards can be installed in the PC and they
happily share IRQ's, so there's a multiple card solution even when PC resources
are tight.
Soundscape's Technical Director Chris Wright emphasizes, "Mixtreme and
GigaSampler together provide a great combination of the best samples available,
top quality real-time effects and multiple digital or analog I/O's. This system
can rival or beat the performance of hardware samplers that are several times
the cost and with a software based solution, this will continue to improve with
new features."
Frontier Design Group Announces Native Dakota Support
Frontier Design Group's highly integrated Dakota
PCI soundcard, combining multi-channel digital audio, MIDI, and synchronization
all on a single PCI card. Supporting both 16-bit and 24-bit operation, Dakota
uses industry-standard ADAT and S/PDIF I/O, so you can connect with digital mixers,
ADAT and DAT tape machines, and professional A/D-D/A converters like Zulu and
Tango24 (also from Frontier Design Group). The integrated MIDI interface means
that you can connect your keyboard and start playing, without having to install
a separate MIDI interface. Jim Roseberry at Studio Cat Productions says, "Dakota
works GREAT with GigaSampler! I've had GigaSampler running for about 24hrs over
the last couple of days... and not a single hiccup."
Version 2.03 of the Dakota device drivers introduces native support for GSIF,
and is downloadable from the Frontier Design Group web site (www.frontierdesign.com).
Barry Braksick, software developer at Frontier Design Group, notes "We're
always seeking to improve the performance of our products. Including the GigaSampler
Interface with our Dakota card has provided a way to take it to a much higher
and more integrated level. What I'm most excited about are the multi-channel output
capability and the 24-bit sampling - features that you used to be able to find
only in the most expensive dedicated samplers. Now with GigaSampler and Dakota,
these capabilities are available to anyone with a PC-based audio workstation!"
For more information and
to download the upgrade, visit NemeSys Music Technology's web site at www.nemesysmusic.com. | 
