It’s worth pausing for a moment here to mention the additional effort that’s gone into making setup easier for less experienced users. A full list of instruments and effects can be found on the website. Featuring de-esser, gate, reverb, limiter and more, it’s a great selection for everyday mixing tasks. Effects are plentiful too, with the new essentialFX suite bringing 11 core effects with a unified design to your productions. Vita is Samplitude’s native sample-based instrument and you now get three new takes on it: Orchestral Ensemble, Grand Piano and Sansula, which is a kalimba instrument that’s great for scoring tasks. There’s a good selection of VSTs supplied including several completely new models. You are now able to use up to 32 instruments in a project (twice as many as before) which isn’t as many as some might like, but you can always render tracks down to free up slots. There’s a new 64-bit architecture, multicore support and 24-bit, 96kHz multitrack recording, all of which are essential for a modern music system. This version has got a new look, with a “carbon” style applied across the app which is functional and easy enough on the eye.

While it does have some limitations compared to higher-end DAWs, it’s also much more affordable and many of those features are things that producers working at a more intermediate level won’t miss. Samplitude Music Studio is a Windows-only DAW that offers pretty much everything you need to record, mix and edit audio and MIDI.

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