Make ideas a reality. Shape your sound.
Recording
Samplitude works using full bit transparency for absolute sound neutrality.
The consistent use of floating point calculations ensures that your sound retains its character, even after extensive digital processing. The result – transparency, neutrality, retention of transients and spatiality.
Sophisticated recording
Samplitude Pro X5 stands for the highest level of audio quality and stability, even in complex recording sessions.
With a total of 999 tracks and up to 256 physical inputs and outputs, working on large projects is no problem at all. Use common audio formats from 16-bit to 32-bit floating point as well as sample rates up to 384 kHz.
Take Composer
The Take Composer clearly displays all the recordings of a passage.
This feature offers a specially optimized cutting tool to combine the takes in the context of the arrangement to get a perfect end result.
Editing
Editing is one of the core competencies in Samplitude. With time-saving workflows, flexible docking options and ultra-precise tools, users can work in a production environment that's perfectly customized to their needs so they can concentrate fully on projects.
Edit objects in the arranger
In addition to standard options for track-related editing, Samplitude also features object-based editing options. Set fades with customized curves, decrease or increase volume using the mouse, and trim or stretch sections.
For detailed editing options, you can double-click to open the object editor to discover even more possibilities for modifying your sound.
Object Editor
Focus on the object level and integrate individual clips in the mix. This way, you don't need to create new tracks for short sections that are in projects with complex arrangements and longer duration.
Apply effects or route objects to AUX and Surround buses. From fades to effect and pitch editing, all edits you make are non-destructive and are calculated during playback – so there's plenty of room for experimentation.
New! ARA2 support
Edit projects on a whole new level of musicality.
ARA supports integration of Celemony Melodyne and others and enables the direct transfer of tempo and pitch values as well as volume and intonation. The new ARA2 lets you work faster and more efficiently in realtime, for simultaneous editing of multiple tracks and clean transitions between clips without crossfades.
Celemony Melodyne essential
Melodyne essential allows for pitch correction at the top level of quality.
Specialized algorithms enable you to manipulate acoustic character, timing, duration and pitch for individual notes within your recordings.
New! Automation Shapes
Set curve types to simplify your workflow further.
Use Automation Shapes to build gradual transitions between two points in an automation. Are there still issues with the audio? Not any more with Samplitude.
zplane algorithm
Use the latest zplane algorithm, élastique Pro v3, for time stretching and pitch shifting.
This algorithm uses the latest findings from signal processing theory and combines these with psycho-acoustic models. Higher, wider or faster – great sound is always the result.
Copy & paste content across projects
Easily copy tracks, even across projects. Switch between tabs for open projects and start copying content.
Simply use the checklist to choose which settings you want to transfer – for instance VST plug-ins, AUX busses, or submix busses. This makes your arranging and editing workflow much more streamlined.
Custom modifications
You can customize the interface in Samplitude to suit your own workflow.
For instance, VST instruments can now be renamed to simplify your workflow, regardless of manufacturer specifications. You can now also select multiple tracks at once and adjust their height simultaneously.
Music creation
Discover a source of creative inspiration that never runs dry – with practical aids for composition, plus a huge range of tools for creating and modulating sound.
Extensive options for producing scores and MIDI editing as well as numerous virtual instruments: There's plenty here to inspire your productions.
Virtual instruments in Samplitude Pro X5
Samplitude Pro X5 includes a huge range of modern and classic software instruments that can be used to create professional arrangements and offer whole new creative possibilities. Produce music with groove boxes, synthesizers and authentic sampler instruments from a variety of countries and eras.
New! Cello
The cello is a gentle string instrument that features a wide tonal range and is capable of playing warm basslines as well as higher, making it one of the most popular instruments for solo performances.
New! Jazz Guitar
Smoothly played jazz strings with the unique ability to nestle into harmonically complete songs seamlessly, driving them along softly without sacrificing complexity.
New! Wooden Clarinet
A full bodied and organic sound with huskiness gives this instrument its familiar flavor, with a wide tonal range from tenor to soprano and the definition and bite of a trumpet.
New! Handchimes, Bells and Glass
Laid-back styles such as ambient or orchestral music can benefit from the understated acoustic space created by these instruments. But chimes or bells sound great and can really add character when added to a house or trap track too.
New! Vintage Lead Trumpets
Create pure jazz nostalgia with Vintage Lead Trumpets. A range of trumpet sounds with a playful character are perfect for making any song sound one-of-a-kind.
New! Vintage Mid and Low Brass
Vintage Mid and Low Brass instruments deliver brass music at its best. If you're looking to add a classic touch to your songs, this virtual brass selection offers the perfect accompaniment.
New! Vintage Cornets
Whether for the next big symphony, a laid-back summer hit or a lively big band composition, Vintage Cornets always delivers the goods.
New! Bongos
Fire up your DAW with some Caribbean flair. Let the bongos swirl through all pitches and sounds without the need to play them yourself.
Analog Synth 2
This virtual synthesizer has been forged from the best synths of the previous decades. It enhances any production with its characteristic sound aesthetics and offers an extremely diverse range of styles.
Century Keys
Century Keys: From classic pianos to modern electro piano sounds, this VST instrument contains outstanding sounds for pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop, soul, RnB, house and other genres.
Orchestral Ensemble
This virtual instrument is based on a recorded ensemble of a symphony orchestra. With its authentic, impressive sound, it can be easily used in compositions in all kinds of genres.
Upright Bass
A sound that takes you to a warm acoustic space with deep, captivating rhythms and always the right level of gentleness.
Electric Piano
Create jazzy echoes, melodic blue notes or funky riffs packed with overdrive: The organic character of the Electric Piano can be easily molded using effect modules.
Jazz Drums
Jazz Drums in Samplitude help you recreate the groovy swing of a smoky jazz club. Authentic samples and delicate parameter settings create an incredibly realistic feel when this instrument is played.
Power Guitar
(exclusively in the Suite version)
High-quality guitar sounds with energy-laden slides, aggressive power chords and screeching overdrives. This tool combines various playing techniques with a huge library of sounds.
Cinematic Soundscapes
(exclusively in the Suite version)
Weave a colorful tapestry of sound or create atmospheric background music. Cinematic Soundscapes adds a sense of depth and tension to your productions.
Soundtrack Percussion
(exclusively in the Suite version)
Create dynamic rhythm sections for songs or movie scores with a collection of cymbals, drums and other percussion.
String Ensemble
(exclusively in the Suite version)
The String Ensemble guarantees an authentic sound – but it can also be used to create dance songs, soundtracks and pop arrangements, thanks to various features such as the noise controller, editable play styles and electronic distortion.
Urban Drums
(exclusively in the Suite version)
This virtual instrument is based on the typical structure of legendary hardware samplers. 16 pads fire up individual elements of the drum kit and combine them to create the beat.
DN-e1
With virtual analog architecture and a gigantic sound library for impressive bass, house-heavy chords and even 808 drums, the DN-e1 synthesizer is a real sound experience.
Vita 2
A production wizard for music with real instrument sound: VITA 2 is a long-established high quality sample player with a huge sound library.
Vita Sampler
Mash up your sound! Vita sampler hacks up sounds, samples and even entire tracks into individual parts and adds them to 8 brightly colored pads.
Revolta
The beast of the polyphonic synthesizers. The warm sound of the Revolta can be manipulated in any direction thanks to its unique modulation engine.
Robota
The Robota virtual synthesizer contains everything you need to give your track the finishing kick. Adding audio effects and unusual sounds is simple.
BeatBox 2
The BeatBox 2 Plus drum machine offers a range of refined drum kits, high-quality percussion effects and tons of options for custom beat programming.
Loop Designer
Crunching beats and pulsing basslines. With the Loop Designer you can create authentic drum'n'bass sounds without any specialized knowledge.
Independence Sampler
A one-of-a-kind sampler workstation with a vast sound library, optimized live performance mode and a virtual effects rack.
Included in Samplitude Pro X5: Independence (12 GB Premium Sound Library)
Included in Samplitude Pro X5 Suite: Independence (70 GB Premium Sound Library)
MIDI in Samplitude
A combination of extensive MIDI functionality and smooth workflows enables you to bring musical ideas to life on a professional level.
New! MIDI Polyphonic Expression
Add expression: MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE for short) transmits only a single note per channel, but with all parameters.
This way, compatible controllers such as the ROLI seaboard can output their full potential. Want to create a more rhythmic solo, or lower harmonies with sustain? MPE makes it easy.
MIDI Velocity Dynamics
Use velocity dynamics as a real-time effect for MIDI tracks to adjust velocity sensitivity for all the notes used.
Adjust the transmitted velocity values from the connected controller by compressing or expanding the velocity data of the selected MIDI event.
MIDI editor
The MIDI editor integrates various applications, views, ranges, and tools.
The MIDI parameter editing tool can be accessed here at all times: Selected events (e.g. velocity or pitch bend) can be moved, stretched or compressed and scaled in relation to each other in various ways. MIDI quantization is also possible without any additional steps.
Music notation
From initial idea to finished score: Music notation in Samplitude Pro X5 displays MIDI data as notes in realtime.
Your edits are transferred directly to the MIDI editor. Notations can be edited using the parameters pitch, velocity and length. When you're finished, you can publish the data as sheet music. If you import a MIDI file with lyric markers, the text is displayed in the score.
Drum Editor
This alternative to the classic piano roll view has been specially designed for programming drums.
Transfer note settings to other channel strips and quantize individual elements or assign them a new output channel if necessary. The editor can be displayed in Matrix mode with conventional parameters or in cell mode. This way, quantization for note length and snapping to grid can be implemented more easily.
Mixing
Intuitive mixing, flexible routing and new automation functions for complex recording tasks – on up to 999 tracks.
Practical for all productions, ideal for larger arrangements.
New! Monitoring Section
A central hardware controller with a plethora of cables are now a thing of the past. The new Monitoring Section in Samplitude Pro X5 offers unprecedented flexibility.
You can now access multiple monitoring paths, with or without additional effects. Play back your configurations and integrate talkback if you want – this can be done easily using the mouse or shortcuts.
New! Tempo Track
Tempo now has its own track and offers extra functions.
You can automate tempo in a free and uninhibited way, whether to create a wild transition between a slow introduction passage and a faster verse, or build sound throughout a symphony in an inspiring way. Buttons above act as helpful markers for beat and tempo change.
Automation lanes
Track automation in Samplitude Pro X5 can now be displayed across several sub-tracks, known as "lanes".
You can display and edit any number of track parameters such as volume, panorama or effect settings simultaneously. The control elements in the track header offer lots of of options for operating and switching the parameters. Automation lanes can be faded in an out of any track.
Plug-in browser
Discover fast and easy access to all your effect and instrument plug-ins.
Category-based sorting in the plug-in browser dialog and the filter function enables streamlined organization and lets you find the application you need quickly, even if your plug-in collection is large. Use the Favorites function to mark effects and instruments you use regularly so that you can access them easily and quickly.
New! Convology XT Complete
Convology XT Complete contains 2965 impulse responses (4.6 GB) impulse responses from classic reverb units and other devices. The bandwidth of synths included ranges from vintage amps to tape echoes.
Amplitude, waveform length, decay – Convology XT lets you build upon basic convolution with a wide number of parameters which can otherwise only be used for digitally created reverb.
Vandal
A virtual guitar & bass amplifier includes 24 stomp boxes, 70 different presets and three different microphone arrangements.
Every component of the amplifier, from the tube to the speaker coils, is virtualized right down to the last detail. Physical modeling technology guarantees great sound without compromise.
Analogue Modelling Suite Plus
In the tonal tradition of analog compressors, am|track can be used to add tape saturation.
Samplitude Pro X5 Suite extras: The am|phibia tube pre-amp, the am|pulse transient designer for influencing the signal envelope of percussive audio material, plus the am|munition dynamics tool with compressor, limiter, clipper and M/S editing are all included.
essentialFX Suite
The essentialFX Suite contains a collection of 11 professional mixing plug-ins for modulation and dynamic effects.
This collection contains both standard effects, such as flanger, tremolo and chorus, as well as special plug-ins for optimizing speech and vocal recordings, and a high-quality compressor.
Vintage Effects Suite
The Vintage Effects Suite offer a trinity of components: Filtox is an Oberheim filter and controls the frequency response of a modulation source. This allows you to create effects like the wah-wah effect. Ecox realistically emulates echoes from analog tape devices, which are caused by tracking fluctuations. The Corvex plug-in modulates analog-sounding chorus and flanger effects.
Cleaning effects
Exclusive in Samplitude Pro X5 Suite: Samplitude Pro X5 Suite includes a track-level frequency-based cleaning tool in the form of spectral editing. Remove unwanted sounds like coughing or clapping, without affecting the original signal audibly. Noise interference is now displayed in color, so it can be quickly located and removed right away.
Additional cleaning effects include the DeHisser, DeClipper and DeNoiser plug-ins. These can also be found in Samplitude Pro X5 (Classic).
Mastering
Mastering is where Samplitude really comes into its own as a high-quality and reliable audio toolkit. All effects included in the program have been specially optimized for mastering tasks.
Easily visualize important signal properties such as peak, loudness, frequency response and phase coherence. Meters can be customized for the task you use them for.
New! WaveColor
WaveColor tool enables you to make a frequency curve visible by using colors to depict its waveform.
This way you can identify pitch and sound characteristics according to their color and saturation level. Unwanted noise and other anomalies can even be located even before previewing the track.
Visualizations
Samplitude Pro X5 offers a variety of precision meters and analyzers that provide optimal support during production and the mastering process.
Browse visualizations such as bit meter, tuner spectrogram or mono compatibility tool to find the one you need. You can also combine them to set up your own custom interface for more detailed examination of frequencies or the stereo and Surround distribution. You can choose between different arrangements or your own customized layouts and save them for later use.
Exclusive in Samplitude Pro X5 Suite: Monitor the loudness of your signals according to EBU R128 standard.
EQ and multiband stereo enhancer
The 6-band EQ can be used seamlessly in mixing as well as in mastering. Phase linear filters ensure clarity and a balanced stability in the mix and avoid phase smear.
The multiband stereo enhancer allows users to precisely modify the stereo image during mastering for an individual frequency range or for the entire mix. Accurate stereo localization is also possible using this tool.
sMax11 brickwall limiter
Take your mix to the limit.
Select how aggressive limiting should be with a variety of modes.
Exclusive in Samplitude Pro X5 Suite: Inter-sample peaks are now taken into account during the limiting of the signal.
Mastering & authoring
With Samplitude Pro X5, create masters according to the Red Book standard and burn them directly from the arrangement into all formats – uncompressed (linear PCM) or in compressed formats and on all forms of blank disc.
Exclusive in Samplitude Pro X5 Suite: In addition to physical mastering, you can create a bit-precise digital DDP master for transferring your master to the pressing plant.
MP3/AAC audition plug-in
Exclusive in Samplitude Pro X5 Suite: The preview plug-in enables you to hear the results before export.
You can use this to check for compression artifacts or loss of highs and adjust parameters to fix them. The encoder plug-in enable you to fulfil all requirements for export, for instance "Mastered for iTunes" requirements.
Samplitude Pro X5 Suite
For the very first take to the final master, the Suite includes all Samplitude Pro X5 features, as well as the legendary audio editor SOUND FORGE Pro 13 and tons more exclusive content.
Suite highlights
- New! Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 plus Version 7 upgrade
- NEW! coreFX Suite with high-quality essential effects
- New! 5 additional virtual instruments (22 total, 11 of which new)
- iZotope RX 7 Elements & Ozone 9 Elements for premium restoration & mastering
- New! SOUND FORGE Pro 13, the full version of the legendary editor
SOUND FORGE Pro 13
SOUND FORGE Pro 13 is the ideal companion software to Samplitude Pro X5 Suite. This powerful audio editor works on a detailed, sample-based level and offers a premium selection of tools for precise tasks and for mastering audio material in stereo and Surround.
5 extra virtual instruments
5 additional VST instruments are also included: Soundtrack Percussion, String Ensemble, Power Guitar, Cinematic Soundscapes and Urban Drums.
Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 + 7
Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro is one of the most advanced spectral editors worldwide. SpectraLayers Pro transforms sound into a visual world of multidimensional audio data. Its concept, based on frequency selection, enables sounds to be extracted, optimized or rearranged in ways previously thought unimaginable.
Thanks to ARA2 support, Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro is now more seamlessly integrated into Samplitude Pro X5.
coreFX Suite
Essential tools for mixing and mastering can be found in coreFX Suite. Access nine sophisticated components for sound creation: Three delay effects for creating echo and reverb, five plug-ins for precise dynamic control, plus a rhythm effect for modern production.
When it comes to the fundamental stages of editing a production, the coreFX Suite is with you every step of the way.
iZotope RX 7 Elements
iZotope RX Elements includes a stand-alone editor and plug-ins for resolving common issues with recordings such as clipping, humming and clicks. Unwanted background noise can be easily removed.
iZotope RX 7 Elements offers everything needed to perfect an audio production.
iZotope Ozone 9 Elements
iZotope Ozone Elements contains a wide range of presets and macro controls that make the mastering process an absolute pleasure. The Mastering Wizard analyzes your mix and suggests signal chains and processor settings that you can preview before applying.
Customize the sound depending on the kind of master you want – from radio play to streaming, you can get results easily and in next to no time.
Samplitude Pro X5 fulfils the highest demands in quality for each and every audio production, from first take to final master.
Samplitude Pro X5 fulfils the highest demands in quality for each and every audio production, from first take to final master.
Samplitude Pro X5 fulfils the highest demands in quality for each and every audio production, from first take to final master.
Samplitude Pro X5 fulfils the highest demands in quality for each and every audio production, from first take to final master.
Samplitude Pro X5 fulfils the highest demands in quality for each and every audio production, from first take to final master.
For the very first take to the final master, the Suite includes all Samplitude Pro X5 features, as well as the legendary audio editor SOUND FORGE Pro 13 and additional impressive bundles.
For the very first take to the final master, the Suite includes all Samplitude Pro X5 features, as well as the legendary audio editor SOUND FORGE Pro 13 and additional impressive bundles.
For the very first take to the final master, the Suite includes all Samplitude Pro X5 features, as well as the legendary audio editor SOUND FORGE Pro 13 and additional impressive bundles.
For the very first take to the final master, the Suite includes all Samplitude Pro X5 features, as well as the legendary audio editor SOUND FORGE Pro 13 and additional impressive bundles.
For the very first take to the final master, the Suite includes all Samplitude Pro X5 features, as well as the legendary audio editor SOUND FORGE Pro 13 and additional impressive bundles.