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Lionstracs
releases Groove X-R Hardware Sampler and Plug-in Host
Workstation-in-a-Rack
Lionstracs
and distributor Corcyra Global are now shipping the long
anticipated Groove X-R
hardware sampler and plug-in host workstation-in-a-rack to
customers who pre-ordered. It retails at €1,850 (plus shipping
from Italy at cost) plus applicable purchase taxes.
Unique features
include the ability to add the user's favorite sampled sounds
to a factory library of over 20 GB sounds, and to mix and
layer these sampled sounds together with sounds and effects
from the musician's own plug-ins. Up to 10 layers may be
created in a Combi, and the unit offers over 512 notes of
stereo polyphony.
The Groove X-R
ships with the fully licensed version of the popular
Sonic Projects OP-X Pro II plug-in. Also, Lionstracs,
Corcyra Global and XT Software have formed a new partnership
in which the Energy XT audio and MIDI
sequencer is integrated within the Groove X-R and will be
onward developed in a close collaboration between the
respective companies. A license fee of €59 is payable for
those who wish to use the full editing capabilities of Energy
XT. Existing Energy XT customers will be able to use their
existing license on the Groove X-R.
Groove X-R On
Stage - Key Features:
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Easy to
transport, 7.4 Kg portable unit.
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Unlimited
number of plug-ins.
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Groove Sampler
with 756 multi-layer factory sounds, 20 GB.
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Unlimited user
sampled sounds may be loaded.
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Combi sounds
with up to 10 layers.
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Combi sound
layers include plug-ins and sampled sounds.
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Arp and
sequenced backings with Energy XT and Groove Player.
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Sonic Labs
"OP-X Pro II" plug-in included.
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No external
monitor or computer needed on stage.
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TouchScreen
display and external MIDI control.
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Connect to any
MIDI keyboard available at your gig.
Groove X-R In the
Studio - Key Features:
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Use an external
monitor, mouse and qwerty keyboard for editing.
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Create backing
tracks and arps with Energy XT (59 Euro license).
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Create and edit
new sounds, install new plug-ins.
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Complex plug-in
routings supported.
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Up to 10
simultaneous desktop canvasses for plug-ins.
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Lifetime free
Groove OS updates may be downloaded.
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Configurations
can be saved ready for stage use.
Sonic
Projects OP-X Pro II
The full licensed version of the Sonic Projects OP-X Pro II
synthesizer is included as standard. There is an included
library of more than 1500 OP-X Pro II presets including many
of the most famous '80s-hits sounds and well-known presets
from vintage synths. These are fully integrated into the
Lionstracs menu system and are available as named patches for
inclusion into Combis and for selection in Energy XT. Arp mode
is included so you can easily build syncopated synth backings
for your performances.
Groove
Sampler
Groove Sampler plays samples direct from hard disk via a
dynamically managed RAM buffer. You can issue MIDI Program
Changes in the middle of a song, and the appropriate samples
will be dynamically loaded in just a few milliseconds. Or if
you are using a MIDI sequence that can't wait that long
between notes, you can preload a set of sounds to make them
PERSISTENT before playing the MIDI sequence.
The Groove OS
screen navigation system displays 12 sounds per page on an
external monitor, with an unlimited number of pages. There is
a complete GM/GS and XG/XS map of sounds ready to use. You can
import your own samples in SF2 and SFZ format, and the Groove
Sampler allows you to create your own multi-layered sounds in
a User Memory bank of unlimited size, for use on the Groove
X-R.
Sequencing & Recording
Energy XT is a slot-based sequencing and recording system, the
read-only version provided free and the editable version is
available on a license basis issued by XT Software in Norway.
MIDI notes and audio clips may be stored in tracks and slotted
patterns within tracks. A slot is defined by a start and end
bar number. You can have an unlimited number of slots and an
unlimited number of tracks in each slot. Each slot can be
looped and may be triggered by an external controller. You can
put MIDI arpeggio patterns into a slot.
Audio
Connection Manager
JACK audio connection manager is an audio patch bay of
unlimited size. You can connect and chain one plug-in to
another, so that a synth plug-in output can be connected to
the input of a guitar amp model or a plug-in effects unit. You
can also connect the output from the Linux Sampler to the
input of another plug-in, for example providing Leslie speaker
emulation. So, if the standard facilities in the Groove X-R
are not enough for you, then you can extend its capabilities
by loading additional plug-in synthesizers and effects when
you need them. Windows based plug-ins run on the Groove X-R
using the WinE environment, and they provide a compatibility
list of tested plug-ins to all users.
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Different environments for configuring complex plug-in
routings
The Groove X-R runs ten VSTi and ASIO host engine canvasses
simultaneously and in each host engine an (almost)
unlimited number of plug-ins may be run. The Groove X-R is
limited by available RAM and CPU power of course. More than
ten OP-X Pro II presets may run simultaneously giving a total
of more than 120 voices (12 voices per preset).
Windows-based
plug-ins run on the Groove X-R using the WinE environment. The
Groove X-R is compatible with the Native Instruments product
family.
NOTE: Some
plug-in manufacturers use USB security systems e.g. Pace/iLok
and Steinberg/e-licenser. The user must check with the plug-in
manufacturer that there is full support provided by the
plug-in manufacturer for Linux systems. Pace and Steinberg do
not offer Linux support currently.
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