[Files] Samplitude Opus released for free | ANN.lu |
Posted on 27-Mar-2002 16:46 GMT by Teemu I. Yliselä | 20 comments View flat View list |
"Samplitude Opus FULL version can now be used free of charge. Note that there is currently NO official support - please visit our mailinglist (see Samplitude web-site for details) or ask by email and be (very) patient. A general keyfile activating all features of Samplitude Opus is this: anFq7aDFba2qq0BqCaFAa0pEa0mAqFqFqFqFqFoF" Versions for other processors can be downloaded from the aforementioned Samplitude homepage.
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 1 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Elwood on 27-Mar-2002 16:02 GMT | Wow, surprising... I just hope this doesn't mean the end of development of this good (excellent ?) software. I cross my fingers for its future... |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 2 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by xchristofferx on 27-Mar-2002 16:13 GMT | In reply to Comment 1 (Elwood): Damn.. this most likley WILL mean the end of the software :(( and that would really be too bad... |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 3 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Brent Santin on 27-Mar-2002 16:18 GMT | Maybe this means the source code can be made public? |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 4 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Teemu I. Yliselä on 27-Mar-2002 16:27 GMT | In reply to Comment 1 (Elwood): I think the development already ceased a few years ago. |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 5 of 20 | ANN.lu |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 6 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by redrumloa on 27-Mar-2002 17:36 GMT | Is this easy enough for a novice? Or is a novice better off using AHI-record? |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 7 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Don Cox on 27-Mar-2002 20:52 GMT | In reply to Comment 6 (redrumloa): Samplitude is medium hard to learn. The keyboard short cuts are
important.
It's great strength is the very clear display of the sample, with
vertical and horizontal zoom.
It doesn't support AHI. On Amithlon, it works with the Paula
emulation. A fast hard drive is desirable. |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 8 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Budda on 27-Mar-2002 21:33 GMT | No AHI support in a modern professional looking application is a bit of a let down.
At least it works on Amithlon as reported. |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 9 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by darklite on 27-Mar-2002 21:57 GMT | In reply to Comment 8 (Budda): yes, it's really odd that there's no AHI support.
But doesn't Samplitude have a driver system of it's own? Isn't it possible to write an AHI driver? |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 10 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Don Cox on 27-Mar-2002 22:08 GMT | In reply to Comment 9 (darklite): I think the reason for the lack of AHI is that Marc was working on
something better than AHI, called ARTAS. Then development on ARTAS
stopped. |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 11 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Kent Seaton on 27-Mar-2002 22:16 GMT | In reply to Comment 8 (Budda): I believe no AHI support was done for a reason. If you recall ACT originally had a type of sound layer similar to AHI (ARTAS iirc) but instead of doing a retargeting of audio it was to do a "shanghai" of the audio allowing all programs that didn't support RTA to work on the more expensive sound cards. On top of that, their sound system wasn't a replacement to AHI but an enhancement of what you could find in AHI. (I'm sure Marc would have a better explination but that's it in a nut shell). The original intention of their efforts was to have it included with OS3.5 et al but lack of interest from the parent company (a.k.a. Gateway) turned ACT shy to the offering which led to proposed pending litigations. With lack of support from the parent company and lack of sales on their products such as SamplitudeOpus, ACT pulled quite a bit of their efforts out of the Amiga development. This is the first I've seen of their efforts in over 2 years with Samplitude, hopefully they are willing to look at what Amiga is doing with their efforts. SamplitudeOpus is a real gem and has helped me rebuild horrid sound samples as well as clean up the pops in some MP3s. So the lack of AHI for a professional quality product shouldn't be blamed by the creator of the software, rather point the blame directly at Gateway for their lack of proper efforts to support the development community.
<rant>
When Gateway had the Amiga, they didn't do anything for the developers, only hope to recoop any of the installed user base. Now that Amiga is their own entity and that Amiga is trying to do something for the developers willing to participate some of the installed userbase complains about their efforts.
</rant>
Hope that answers your ... question? |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 12 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by redrumloa on 27-Mar-2002 22:58 GMT | In reply to Comment 11 (Kent Seaton): If there is no AHI, will I be unable to use this with my Delfina sound card? I am
definatley not a expert in sound, I'd just like to be able to be able to grab some
music with the input on my Delfina sound card and maybe clean it up a bit(grabbing
sound off a record player). |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 13 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Warren on 28-Mar-2002 04:06 GMT | I downloaded the file Samplitude and I am not able to enter the code. I get the
about window, yet every time I click in it, it goes away??
So, how does one go about entering the code? |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 14 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Paul Gallant on 28-Mar-2002 04:48 GMT | I've used this program on my Amiga 4000/060 and it is really A pleasure to use. I've been using cool edit pro on my windoze 2000 machine for awhile now and I really miss Samplitude opus on my amiga. Samplitude used with octamed is still my favorite way to write music hands down. |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 15 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Don Cox on 28-Mar-2002 08:49 GMT | In reply to Comment 14 (Paul Gallant): There is a version of Samplitude for Windows which does a lot more
than the Amiga version - but it's expensive.
The last thing to be added to Amiga Samplitude was a facilty for
making CDs from vinyl. This part is still buggy, but works well if you
click exactly the right buttons.
TO MAKE A CD WITH SAMPLITUDE
1. Mark out the tracks by making ranges and clicking on "Create CD Track/Index" button. This must be done in the correct track order.
2. Save an AIFF-CD file to disk.
3. Go to "SCSI Read-Write" (file menu).
4. Set up the Config for Reading and writing.
5. Click on "Write AIFF-CD Image". You should get an error message. Click on OK.
6. Now a new panel appears. On this, select the AIFF file that you just wrote.
7. Click on "GO! - Write CD"
8. After a pause, the CD will be written, at maximum speed.
You can alternatively use the AIFF-CD file in MakeCD. |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 16 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Don Cox on 28-Mar-2002 09:12 GMT | In reply to Comment 15 (Don Cox): Supported sound cards:
Draco
Toccata
Prelude
Concierto
Maestro Pro
If your card has a Toccata emulation library, it may work. Otherwise,
record with some other program (such as Audio Evolution) and use
Samplitude as an editor and processor of the sound files. You can
monitor via the Paula output. Maybe the AHI utility Nulle Puh (grabs
the Paula output) might work, as the Amithlon version of it does. |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 17 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Viktor Schöneberg on 28-Mar-2002 12:15 GMT | In reply to Comment 16 (Don Cox): Hi Don!
Maybe it is possible to write a toccata.libray
emulation which is an interface for AHI, this
would be a good solution to the problem.
I don't know the technical side of AHI exactly,
so I can't say if that is possible or not.
Regards, Viktor |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 18 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Brent Santin on 28-Mar-2002 13:41 GMT | I use samplitude all the time with my Repulse. At the moment its virtual memory is more stable the SoundFX (but I'm hoping the next version of SoundFX out soon will change this). Also, I find Samplitude a little easier to use for 'quick' jobs like normalising and putting fade-ins and fade-outs at the beginning and ends of songs, whereas SoundFX is more complicated, and takes more time, but is more powerful and versatile.
Anyway, I've made a little wire that takes the Paula audio from the output jacks of my Amiga and connects to one of the (many) audio-ins on the Repulse (either the ones on the backplate of the card, or the 'internal' ones on the card circuit board will work). This way, I can hear the Paula audio through my Repluse (don't need two sets of speakers, as ALL Amiga audio now exits the computer through a single output on the back of the Repulse).
It's a lo-fi 8-bit solution, but it's perfectly fine for just simple monitoring of the audio signal. The programme still loads/saves the file in full 16-bit resolution. |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 19 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Elrond Hubbard on 28-Mar-2002 17:15 GMT | In reply to Comment 17 (Viktor Schöneberg): "Maybe it is possible to write a toccata.libray
emulation which is an interface for AHI, this
would be a good solution to the problem.
I don't know the technical side of AHI exactly,
so I can't say if that is possible or not."
That would be great, especially with the Repulse. The toccata.library
included with that card doesn't record, unfortunately (yet).
For some reason I'm only getting even channels to play with
Samplitude, which is odd as the demo worked fine - however, that was
with my old Prelude 1200, which was integrated into Samplitude. More
testing required... |
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Samplitude Opus released for free : Comment 20 of 20 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Don Cox on 28-Mar-2002 19:41 GMT | In reply to Comment 13 (Warren): That suggests that you already have a "Samplitude.defs" prefs file. If
so, try renaming it.
Then you should see the registration requester, and if you saved the
40-character code as a text file you can "Get" it. It writes the key |
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