FREE MIDI Sampling Bundle

CHANGES in 1.1.0

-reMIDI 2 Trial and reChannel are now M1 Compatible
-Added SW Bass - 808

BREAKING CHANGES :
-Removed ‘SW Bass - Sub’ due to clicks in sample performance
-Adjusted Attack on ‘SW Violin - Vibrato’ to resolve the off-beat feel due to the previous slow attack
-Adjusted Attack on ‘SW Flute - Vibrato’ to resolve the off-beat feel due to the previous slow attack

Welcome to the FREE MIDI Sampling Bundle.

We've set out to assemble all the plugins and instruments necessary for a true MIDI sampling workflow. Starring our flagship MIDI Sampler, reMIDI 2.

WHAT YOU GET IN THE BUNDLE:

FL Studio 20 / Cubase 11  - Free Templates

In this completely free bundle you get an FL Studio 20 and a Cubase 11 template that features the reMIDI 2 Free Trial, which can later be replaced by your paid copy of reMIDI 2, should you decide to delve deeper.

One reMIDI to rule them all:  

In the template projects, (more DAWs supported in the future) reMIDI 2 appears only once. This is because all the MIDI tracks and channels in reMIDI 2 are filtered and redirected by reChannel to the VSTs of your choice; in this case, SW Instruments.

The supporting actor, or middle-man in this setup is reChannel. A MIDI effect VST that filters, transposes, and re-assigns notes in MIDI channels. Let's use examples to illustrate the signal flow:

Assume we want to sync up notes from a MIDI file to play on two separate instruments at the same time.

Consider this counter-example -- the motivation for this MIDI sampling bundle.

1. Load two reMIDI 2's; name them appropriately, and load them with the same Hymn MIDI file from reMIDI 2's Factory MIDI collection.
2. Load a Piano and a Bass VST instrument on two more tracks in your DAW.
3. Use the DAWs MIDI routing mechanism to connect the reMIDI 2's to their respective VSTi's.
4. In each reMIDI 2 instance, filter out the unneeded MIDI notes for each instrument in the Channel Filter.
5. Everything armed. Sample away.

Recap. Use Multiple reMIDI 2 instances, all loaded with the same content, and then filter the MIDI by channels in each of the reMIDI 2 instances based on which instruments they're targeting. In other words:  say the piano gets all the high pitch MIDI note channels (in this case channels 1, 2, and 3). The bass instruments gets only channel 4 (the channel with the lowest pitch MIDI note content.. free bass line? Yes please!). But this requires two reMIDI's. Even worse, change one reMIDI and the other becomes stale.
 
Although it's not a terrible approach, this setup with multiple reMIDI 2's violates the DRY axiom, "Don't Repeat Yourself". So that said, how can we improve this setup? Well why not use a single reMIDI 2 instance with the necessary MIDI content, send out the MIDI on all channels (1,2,3,4), and trust the MIDI will find it's way to the target instruments? Well reChannel is that way, and it's reMIDI 2's good friend for such fancy MIDI channeling reasons.

reMIDI 2 Free Trial

Introducing reMIDI 2, the follow up to reMIDI that allows you to take MIDI sampling to the next level with its new features. reMIDI 2 is a MIDI effect plugin that samples musical notes from MIDI files that allows you to quickly find, chop, key shift and time-stretch samples and map them to a controller.

reMIDI 2 is a plugin instrument capable of outputting MIDI as well as audio. A simple sine wave synth sound is built in for scratch work, so you can quickly find a loop for export as a MIDI file entirely within it.
 
The idea is to trigger other instruments via reMIDI, and how this is set up depends on the host DAW. For VST hosts (ie, Ableton Live), reMIDI loads as an instrument plugin onto a MIDI track, the output of which is sent to a second track (hosting the target instrument) using the DAW’s routing system.

For Audio Unit hosts (ie, Logic Pro), the included reMIDI_MFX MIDI effect plugin is loaded up instead. This is identical to the regular reMIDI, but it sits in front of the target instrument on the same track, outputting MIDI directly. It’s certainly the more elegant of the two approaches, although it only captures the raw triggering notes to the track, not the chords output by the plugin.

Each pad is assignable to have its own selected slice from the MIDI file loaded into the pad. You can combine different MIDI files (for melodic/drum MIDI) or record MIDI into pads from reMIDI MIDI input/output.

Now Included with reMIDI 2: SW Jazz Complete MIDI Pack
The complete set contains over 1000 files in 11 volumes. Each volume contains 100 Jazz block chord progressions in MIDI format.

These MIDI files can be dragged into any DAW, but why not just use SongWish’s reMIDI 2, a MIDI sampler VST. reMIDI 2 can load these MIDI files with some convenient features to play and edit them with.

You can animate these block chords with other MIDI utilities such as arpeggiators. Or get your jazz hands-on editing these progressions in your favourite DAW by modifying, adding/removing notes, or even changing the timing.

Features
·       Sample from over 1700 complete compositions with masterfully chosen chords, progressions, and melodies

·       Go beyond robotic arpeggiators by triggering natural MIDI sequences

·       Use reMIDI 2 with any MIDI Controller and create custom MIDI note bindings

·       A grid layout of 120 total pads, effectively giving you 120 reMIDIs

·       Easily audition automatically sampled slices of MIDI that loop perfectly at the touch of a key

·       Drag sampled chords and progressions out to your DAW

·       Easily work with MIDI without using a piano roll/note editor

·       Trust the musical wisdom of master composers – they offer timeless hooks, motifs, themes, and variations – all waiting to be discovered by sampling

·       Over 150 composers (Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Gershwin, etc)

·       8 different genres (Baroque, Classical, Folk, Hymn, Jazz, March, Renaissance, and Romantic)

·       Save your own sample sets to the preset bank for later use

·       Easily cut the tempo in half or multiply it by any factor while staying in sync with your DAW

·       Assign any VST / AU instrument to reMIDI to control your favourite synths

·       Once you find a loop or a chord progression from a MIDI file you can keep searching the same file or other files for variations

·       Instantly transpose all the notes for endless remixing possibilities

·       No tedious manual slicing. Just set your starting point and slice size and reMIDI chops up the entire file into even parts

·       Use multiple instances of reMIDI to build a complete band of virtual instruments (drums, bass, keys, and leads). With this setup, you can conduct a whole band with one finger!

·       The built-in MIDI file browser makes it a breeze to instantly preview sections of full compositions or MIDI loop packs. Find inspiration in a flash

·       Browse the factory MIDI containing hundreds of high-quality files organized by style and composer

·       Expand the MIDI library by favouriting your own organized files and folders. Limitless sampling!

reMIDI 2 Trial has the following permissions:

1. Complete reMIDI 2 Factory MIDI Library - 1700 complete compositions. SW Jazz Complete (volume 1 of 11).

2. State saving/loading works. Except any saving/loading coming from the Preset Manager.

reMIDI 2 Trial has the following limitations:

1. The preset manager is disabled. So no saving/loading presets

2. State clears after 20 minutes and plugin must be reloaded, or project reloaded.

3. All MIDI exporting is disabled. Global MIDI Exporting such as "Combined Slices" and "Separate Slices" are disabled. This includes click dragging the drag icon of a Pad (top left) to extract a MIDI Slice.

reChannel and SW Instruments have no limitations, and they are free.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Mac

- OS X 10.7 and later (64-bit compatible only)
- Audio Units (AU)
- VST

Windows

- Windows 7 and later (32 and 64-bit compatible)
- VST

Please note: reMIDI is not currently compatible with NI Maschine and Reason 11.

View installation instructions

reChannel - also available separately here

A MIDI effect plugin that offers you greater control over incoming MIDI notes separated into 16 channels. 

Control MIDI channels:

• Filter notes by channel
• Transpose notes in each channel
• Re-assign notes from a channel to another

Ideal for routing multiple unique software instruments from a single instance of reMIDI 2 MIDI sampler.

SW Instruments

5 FREE Instruments (Decent Sampler format)

(Note: These sound libraries require the free Decent Sampler VST)
https://www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/

• Bass - Sub
• Keys - Grand Piano
• Flute - Vibrato
• Violin - Vibrato
• Ukelele - Swarm

Bass - Sub

This is a beefy somewhat growly sub bass. Good for most genres such as hip hop trap and pop.

Keys - Grand Piano

This piano is derived from the "The Whisper", an intimate felt sounding piano.

Thanks and credit to the public domain samples to bigcat instruments: https://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/2015/09/all-keyboard-instruments.html

Flute - Vibrato

Flute sounds downloaded from Freesound
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This pack of sounds contains sounds by the following user:
 - Carlos_Vaquero ( https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/ )

Violin - Vibrato

Violin sounds downloaded from Freesound
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This pack of sounds contains sounds by the following user:
 - Carlos_Vaquero ( https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/ )

Ukelele - Swarm

UkeSwarm — ukulele with swarm (fast pluck) articulation

The modest sound of this Ukulele plucked with the swarm articulation is outstanding for Trap, Hip-Hop, or cinematic compositions.