Again, more on that later.įor this review I am using the Audiounit version, in logic 10.07 and OSX Mavericks 10.9.5. Does this affect sound quality vs the larger Halion Sonic, or the massive 33GB Sampletank 3? In some cases, yes. This is the mac installer, so I can not comment on the windows version, but I dare say they would be similar in size. For what is on offer, vs other romplers on the market, this is very small, and the server download speeds are consistently fast. I had to look at that twice when i saw the price tag. Xpand is big on sound, but has a small price and download size - cost of entry is a mere $99. Please note - their entire line is 64 bit only, so you must be using a 64 bit host. It was a dedicated Pro tools only product until now, and I am absolutely delighted to see Air Music having recently made their entire range of products compatible with VST and AU (and AAX of course!). Unfortunately for some, Hypersonic was discontinued when the developers joined Avid - and thus Xpand, the "new" version of Hypersonic, was born. It was a very unique product in the virtual music making world. It was highly popular, and rightly so, as it delivered an efficient way to get a variety of ready polished sounds into a mix, in a day and age where we didn't have quad and octa core i7 processors. But overall, this is quality stuff.Īs far as I understand, the team behind this are the one behind the first VSTI rompler many years ago, called Steinberg Hypersonic. There are some exceptions which I will go into detail about as the review progresses. Fortunately with Xpand 2, there is an abundance of high quality sounds ready to use in any mix. I know they sometimes don't fall into favour with those that are into tweaking their own unique sounds endlessly, but for those of us who just want to pick a sound and press record, play away at our keyboard, and have a polished sound ready to use in the mix without any need to touch a single knob, or at most just make a few minor adjustments, they are a Godsend.Īs with any instrument of this type, they are are only as good as their included sound library. I must admit, I am a huge fan of romplers ever since I had my Korg 05RW and Roland JV2080 modules.
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