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New Lower-Price Version of Unity DS-1
June 22, 2000
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BitHeadz Inc. has released Unity Player, a 24-bit, 96kHz sample playback software suite. Based on the Unity DS-1 Digital Sampler, Unity Player is designed for musicians and producers who don't need advanced editing features, but do require professional quality sample playback. Unity Player offers all of the playback features of Unity DS-1 at a very competitive price. Features like fast load times and a large capacity for sample storage are now available for users who want to use their computers for playback of high quality samples and instruments. Unity Player provides up to 128 phase-locked stereo voices and up to 128 MIDI channels for playback, the most of any professional class sampler. Other features include fast response times for live play, library management tools for organization of sample banks, and the ability to automatically publish program names to a MIDI sequencer. Unity Player can be integrated into a wide variety of computer-based music setups. Support for audio streaming between the Unity sample engine and an audio sequencer has been implemented for applications such as MOTU's Digital Performer, Digidesign's Pro Tools, Steinberg's Cubase VST, and Emagic's Logic Audio. With this kind of seamless integration, Unity Player can take advantage of the many DSP plug-ins these companies have to offer, as well as the convenience of automated mixing. Unity Player also functions as an expandable sound module for laptop users interested in taking their sample libraries on the road. "It's exciting to be able to offer customers a pro-quality sample player at such a low price" says Director of Sales & Marketing Earl Sondreal. "The sound quality of the 24-bit, 96kHz Unity sample engine rivals hardware based solutions costing thousands of dollars more. Plus, your sounds stay in the digital realm where you can record your sampled MIDI tracks to your sequencer with no loss of fidelity from D/A & A/D conversions". Unity Player is compatible with Unity DS-1 format programs. Akai and Roland sample libraries can be imported with the addition of the Osmosis Sample Conversion Utility, also available from BitHeadz. The Unity Player suite includes an on-screen keyboard application for previewing samples, a MIDI processor for assigning splits, layers and arpeggios, and an on-screen mixer for easy loading and saving of multi-timbral set-ups. Unity Player comes complete with over 300 megabytes of sample content, including a 12 megabyte General MIDI bank, several construction kits, and many samples of traditional acoustic instruments. Unity Player ($199 MSRP) supports ASIO, Direct I/O, DirectConnect, MAS 2.0, ReWire, and Sound Manager. An upgrade to the Unity DS-1 Digital Sampler is available for registered owners of Unity Player. A Windows version of Unity Player is expected to ship in Q3 2000. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.bitheadz.com/.Recent BitHeadz headlines
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