Bliss
1.8.0
Overview
Bliss is a new generation sampler with VSTi plug-in sampling. It can also host VST2 plugins in AU DAW.
Overview
- 64-bit VST / VST3 / Audio Units compatibility.
- Built-in VST host / VSTi sampling (freezing). Record your favourite VST without any sound quality loss!
- Built-in wave editor.
- Scalable and themeable GUI.
- Morphable scheme / automatable zone parameters.
- 128 Programs with unlimited zones.
- 32-bit floating point based wavetables.
- Full MIDI Input triggering control.
Playback engine
- Up to 64 voices polyphony (multilayered zone sampling engine).
- Oversampling voice generation: up to 4X oversample factor.
- Selectable interpolation engines: up to 512 points SINC interpolation.
- Full mono / poly / legato operation.
- Glide w/ autoswitch control.
- 4 voices Unison with detuning.
Filters
- Dual Zero-Delay Feedback filters.
- 24dB / Oct filter modes: Lowpass / Hipass / Bandpass 1 / Bandpass 2 / Notch / Peaking / Disabled. Stepping free Cutoff / Resonance and Drive parameters.
- Velocity and Keyboard tracking to Cutoff parameter.
Modulation
- 8 assignable Macro knobs.
- Independent envelope amplitude / modulation envelope / LFO and filter settings.
- 2 syncable LFO with configurable Phase.
- Stepping free modulation sends / pitch bend / modulation to morphing wheels.
- ADSR amplitude envelope.
- ADSR envelope filter / pitch assignable (both bipolar).
Effects
- Wow effect: Rock Da Disco.
- Soft clipper to tame the output.
- Stereo rotation effect.
- High quality chorus / delay / reverb.
- Selectable Pre Post Effects: Bit reducer, Phaser, Distortion.
- Chorus / Delay / Reverb sends per zone.
Sample Editor
- Built-in wave editor with full undo history.
- Zoom up to 1:1 resolution.
- Independent Left - Right - Stereo selections.
- 7 Loop types (one shoot / forward / bidirectional / backward / forward w/sustain / crossfade / static).
- Clipboard: Cut / copy / paste / mix paste / sample / trim.
- Amplitude: Fade in / out / normalization / mute / insert silence.
- Effects: Reverse / Invert polarity / Swap channels / Remove DC.
- Cues / Loop edit / Autoslice to tempo / transients.
- Automatable zone parameters / cue / loop points.
- Automatable start / end / loop points.
Import formats
- Auto / drum mapping when multiple files are opened at once.
- Internal new program/bank formats with lossless encoding.
- LUA scripting engine for program loading: add new file formats easily.
- Samples: .WAV / .BWF / .AIFF / .AIF / .FLAC / .OGG / .MP2 / .AMR / .AC3 / .QT / .ADTS / .MP3 / .M4R / .3GP / .MPA / .SD2 / .MPEG / .M4A / .MP4 / .MOV / .SND / .AIFC / .CAF / .M4B / .3G2 / .MP1 / .AAC / .AU.
- Programs: .AKP (AKAI S5000-S6000) / .EXS / .SFZ / .DLS / .SF2 (SoundFont2) / .XRNI (Renoise Instruments)
Export formats
- Programs: .SFZ / ZBP programs and ZBB banks (24-bit lossless FLAC).
- Samples: 16-bit / 24-bit WAV.
What's new in Bliss
Version 1.8.0:
Note: Now requires OS X 10.9 or later
Enhancements
- Added Export Program to mapped WAV files.
- Added Linux JACK support for standalone.
- Added Windows ASIO support for standalone.
- Auto glide mode enabled by default.
- Delay default value SYNC SYNC 3 ticks.
- Delay FX synced to host tempo by default.
- Dialog warning after selecting Extreme Mastering.
- Full width character display on Program and Zone LCD.
- Improved Unison speed.
- Max polyphony changed to 64 voices.
- More musical Chorus FX default value.
- New voice Legato and Mono handling.
- RAM memory per instance reduced to 7.7x.
- Redistributed VST sampling menu.
- Removed Linux WebKit component for extra distro compatibility.
- Updated LUA import scripts.
Fixes
- Bliss asked replacing current program with empty slots on file drag & drop.
- Crash exporting as SFZ using Windows Build 1909.
- Note and velocity weren't displayed to main ZONE drop down.
- SFZ import added .wav extension to zone name.
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