Pro Superior sample editing Lots of options to edit samples on the fly with direct offline processing you can apply effects without sacrificing performance. Obviously 'old dogs can't learn neu triks' so I am aware new DAW would mean more trouble and more calls I'd need to handle. Sophisticated recording Samplitude Pro X6 stands for the highest level of audio quality and stability, even in complex recording sessions. Pro Great for Sound Design Excellent time stretching, editing and bundled plug ins as well as powerful software instruments for creative synthesis. Take a look in these places, I use an old style of menu, which, IMHO, is much more intuitive. me being happy Reaper user, former Samplitude (and Sonar) user and somewhat-hater-of-Windows-10, I think Reaper makes most sense as worthy alternative (+price difference gives nice headroom to buy fancy plugins to compensate some stock Reaper plugins), but I'm not at all saying new up-to-date Samplitude would be a bad DAW either, In the Samplitude's default style, I believe that you will find this feature under 'File' > 'Program Preferences' OR in in the menu 'File' > Program Settings' > 'External Tools'. So, some friends of mine need to either buy full Pro X6 or consider different DAW One of main reasons I'm starting this thread is, original Samplitude Pro X (1) basically reached end of life now, when it's no longer possible to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 on Windows 10, which sadly is a mandatory dependency for old Samplitude Pro X functionality,

I am well aware of very similar thread from January 2018 here, but 3 years later I wouldn't hesitate to say Samplitude Pro X doesn't seem to evolve as much as Reaper has done,

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