Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test (Opens in a new window). Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. Still, Samplitude is a veteran in the space. Maybe that's slightly newer than Digital Performer, Cubase, Pro Tools, and Logic (or at least for Logic's Notator roots on the Atari ST (Opens in a new window)), all of which date to the 1980s. It began life in 1992 on the Commodore Amiga the first Windows version appeared in 1995. Setup and InstallationĬontrary to what some articles around the web say, Samplitude is not new nor even relatively so. More so than competing programs like the Editors' Choice Pro Tools and Logic Pro X, and to its credit, Samplitude resembles a digital recording and mastering studio. The long-running, PC-only Samplitude, now in its Pro X4 ($599 as tested) incarnation, soldiers on as the company's excellent mid-priced digital audio workstation (DAW). Berlin-based Magix is one of the lone holdouts. I thought it would be a cold day in hell before Digital Performer made it to the PC and FL Studio made it to the Mac, yet both these things have happened.

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