Binyamin Friedman released Just a Sample, a free and open-source audio sampler.
The plugin is a macOS, Windows, and Linux release for VST3 and AU formats.
Friedman describes Just a Sample as a modern sampler focused on simplicity and ease of use.
Just a Sample integrates an effects chain with verb, chorus, distortion, and EQ for spicing things up with some sound design.
The plugin allows you to seamlessly zoom in to the level of individual samples so you can set the bounds as accurately as you wish.
The controls are set up to easily browse the waveforms with a mouse or touchpad.
Just a Sample integrates Kupix’s Bungee time stretcher, allowing you to modulate time and pitch individually.
Users can create unique sounds by setting the slow down to extreme levels, such as 0.01x.
You can also turn Just a Sample into a tone generator with Waveform Mode, which activates when small bounds are set and loops the waveform like a wavetable synth.
Equal power crossfade looping is included, with separate attack and release sample portions.
It’s easy to mod the attack and release curves, and the plugin also supports pitch bend and fine-tuning.
Other features include the ability to get a gritty lo-fi effect by disabling antialiasing, record samples directly into the sampler, store samples directly in the plugin state to remove dependencies, and auto-tune to A440, which is an experimental feature that works best on a simple source.
So, all in all, it’s quite a feature-packed freebie.
When I read through the specs, Just a Sample doesn’t seem all that simple, but when you look at the interface, then it is indeed easy to get a feel for how it all works at a glance.
Friedman has provided links to downloading the plugin for all three OSs on the Itch.io product page, and you can make your way to downloading the zips in three clicks, with no personal information required.
Hats off to the developer, as I always appreciate a nice, simple download process like that.
The downloads won’t take long either, as the biggest file is the macOS installer, which comes in at a svelte 6.7 MB.
The plugin can be downloaded without any expense, but Friedman does present it in a ‘name your price’ model, which gives the option of supporting his work.
If you fancy a gander at the source code, then you can check it out on Friedman’s GitHub.
Download: Just a Sample (FREE / Name-your-price)
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Last Updated on December 31, 2024 by Tomislav Zlatic.
