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Get SampleX V3 for $19 in the Black Friday sale, 72% off until Nov 25, 2026. It's a vintage sampler emulator plugin from BeatSkillz, listed under bit crusher plugins, that runs in the box as VST3, AU or AAX.
The maker says it started with the actual circuitry. BeatSkillz studied each stage of the old hardware, from the A/D converters and preamps to the analog and digital filters, and rebuilt those steps. The aim is a plugin that covers several samplers and lets you design your own sampler or vintage chip.
It degrades and colours audio the way vintage samplers did. The maker lists 6 iconic vintage samplers, and Version 3 adds 2 new sampler models.
The Beatskillz Dynamic Convolution System uses samples taken from real vintage samplers at various levels. You can switch the IR Machine on or off.
The Bits control runs from 24 bit down to 4 bits. The SR control runs from 96 kHz (your DAW sample rate) down to 2 kHz. Double-click either display to type a value.
Shift dials in the aliased, ringing sound that old samplers got by lowering sample pitch. Here you get the effect without changing the pitch of the sample.
Drive has its own on/off switch. It recreates the overloaded preamp before the A/D converter, with saturation taken from the S900 sampler.
Version 3 adds LP/HP ladder resonant filters. The analog filter emulation is a 24 dB/oct low pass with resonance, modelled on a popular vintage analog mono synth. Push the resonance (0 to 1.0) far enough and it self-oscillates into a pitched tone.
The maker pitches that filter at warm, dark Lo-fi and Hip-Hop tones.
Width works as a fixed stereo expander and collapser. It moves from mono, through the original stereo field, out to M/S expanded space.
Wet/Dry blends the processed and clean signal. In and Out set the gain before and after processing.
On Mac you need macOS 10.14 Mojave or later (64-bit only), with Catalina and Big Sur supported. Formats are VST3, AU and AAX.
On Windows you need Windows 10 or later (64-bit only), in VST3 and AAX.
Both platforms call for an Intel i5 or later, or an AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent. They also need a 1024×768 screen, 2 GB RAM and 300 MB of disk space.
Yes. The SampleX V3 Black Friday deal takes 72% off, bringing the plugin to $19. The offer ends Nov 25, 2026. SampleX V3 is BeatSkillz' vintage sampler emulator and is listed among the bit crusher plugins.
On Mac it comes as VST3, AU and AAX, and macOS 10.14 Mojave or later is required, in 64-bit only. On Windows it comes as VST3 and AAX, and Windows 10 or later is required, also 64-bit only.
It emulates vintage samplers. Bits run from 24 down to 4 and sample rate from 96 kHz down to 2 kHz. A Shift control adds aliasing, Drive overloads the preamp, and a 24 dB/oct resonant filter and a Width control shape the result.
The maker lists new LP/HP ladder resonant filters, a stereo width control, the Beatskillz Dynamic Convolution System and 2 new sampler models. It also adds an IR Machine on/off feature, popup value displays, new presets and a new GUI.
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