Unity DS-1 and Retro AS-1 from BitHeadz are professional software synthesizers that turn your Mac OS or Windows 95/98 computer into high quality MIDI sound modules. Unlike other MIDI software that merely CONTROL an external hardware MIDI sound source, these products make your computer BECOME THE SOUND SOURCE!
You can play these 'onboard' sound modules 'live' using a MIDI controller (or use the included on-screen keyboards, no MIDI hardware is required), or you can control it with MIDI software (such as a sequencer) running simultaneously on the same CPU, enabling a complete integration solution.
Unity DS-1 and Retro AS-1 offer amazing sound quality, stacks of cool features, an easy to use interface (no more tiny LCD’s!) and a cost that is a fraction of their hardware equivalents.
Unity DS-1 and Retro AS-1 both offer these powerful features:
• Fantastic 24-bit, 48kHz sound quality
• Realtime playback and editing from MIDI controller and/or MIDI application
• Up to 64 note polyphonic
• 16 MIDI channel multitimbral
• Totally programmable
• Realtime MIDI continuous control
• Powerful synthesis engine
• 2 polyphonic filters per voice
• 13 filter types
• 2 insert effects processors per voice
• 2 global (parallel) effects processors
• 10 effect types
• Modulation matrix, up to 24 routings per voice
• Option to output directly to disk file (up to 24-bit)
• Performance mode with layers, splits, and arppegiator
• OMS, FreeMIDI, and Windows device drivers
• Fun!
Unity DS-1 Digital Sampler
The Unity DS-1 Digital Sampler plays stereo multisamples (digital audio recordings mapped across a keyboard), resulting in the stunning realism only digital sample playback can provide.
• True phase-locked stereo signal path throughout
• Imports many digital audio file formats including 24-bit Sound Designer I / II, SoundFont 2.0, AIFF, CD-Audio, DLS, WAVE, SampleCell I / II, AKAI S-1000, & ‘live’ audio
• 2 stereo oscillators (multisamples) per voice
• Cross-switch up to 128 samples per MIDI note with velocity or continuous controllers
• Includes over 250MB of sounds, with solo instruments, drum loops, construction kits, & a General MIDI bank
• Simultaneously loads banks from disk while sounds are playing
• Built in digital audio editor
• $449.00 suggested retail price
Retro AS-1 Analog Synthesizer
The Retro AS-1 Analog Synthesizer transforms your computer into one of the most powerful analog synthesizers ever devised. Recreate the great sounds of all the classic analog synths, or create amazing new soundscapes of your own!
• 3 oscillators per voice (not counting LFO’s)
• 9 oscillator waveform types
• Continuously variable waveforms
• Sync any oscillator or filter to any other oscillator or filter
• Frequency Modulation
• Cutoff Modulation (‘poly mod’)
• Realtime control of every parameter simultaneously with MIDI via NRPN’s
• Includes 1,000 classic analog patches
• $259.00 suggested retail price
Who is BitHeadz?
BitHeadz is a software technology company specializing in the design and development of high quality software solutions for the computer and professional music industries. Our focus is to provide advanced software synthesis, professional quality sound sets, custom interactive content, and audio applications and tools for the PC and Macintosh environments. With our established expertise in these areas, BitHeadz is committed to providing the best sounding software in the industry.
BitHeadz long-range goal is to develop interactive music applications that will target two related markets; the computer industry and the professional electronic music industry. Current industry data shows that over the next five years, as a result of the convergence of these two markets, a significant increase of professional musicians and hobbyists alike will rely on computer technology to listen, play, enjoy, and create music of all types.
