Pro X4 now supports CPUs with up to 32 cores, so this kind of power shouldn't go to waste (and more on that later). Samplitude comes in three versions: Pro X ($399), which includes 17 virtual instruments and all of the program's main features Pro X Suite ($599), which adds a complete copy of the excellent Sound Forge Pro 11 audio editor, DDP master support, five additional VSTs, the full 70GB soundset for the Independence instrument, and a cleaning and restoration suite and Pro X365 ($12.49 per month to $14.99 per month), a subscription-based version that includes all of the above plus SpectraLayers Pro 5, a visual audio editor that offers comprehensive spectral analysis.įor this review, I tested Samplitude Pro X4 on a custom-built, high-end Core i7-6900K PC with eight physical cores, a Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming motherboard, 16GB DDR4 RAM, and a 1TB Intel NVMe SSD. Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test (Opens in a new window). Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. Still, Samplitude is a veteran in the space. Maybe that's slightly newer than Digital Performer, Cubase, Pro Tools, and Logic (or at least for Logic's Notator roots on the Atari ST (Opens in a new window)), all of which date to the 1980s. It began life in 1992 on the Commodore Amiga the first Windows version appeared in 1995.

Setup and InstallationĬontrary to what some articles around the web say, Samplitude is not new nor even relatively so. More so than competing programs like the Editors' Choice Pro Tools and Logic Pro X, and to its credit, Samplitude resembles a digital recording and mastering studio. The long-running, PC-only Samplitude, now in its Pro X4 ($599 as tested) incarnation, soldiers on as the company's excellent mid-priced digital audio workstation (DAW). Berlin-based Magix is one of the lone holdouts. I thought it would be a cold day in hell before Digital Performer made it to the PC and FL Studio made it to the Mac, yet both these things have happened. Most audio editing programs these days have gone cross-platform.

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