TX16Wx – a free VST sampler instrument for Windows – has been updated to version 2.0.

According to the developer, “TX16Wx is the worlds only free, professional VSTi Sampler with a fully documented file format and active development. It’s a sampling workstation, a sound mangler and a beat slicer. And the best part – Its 100% Free!”

Features:

• Re-sizable, flexible GUIUnlimited multi-timbral operation
  • Full Undo/Redo support
  • Built-in file browser with wave preview
• 128 voice polyphony
  • 24dB resonant filters
  • Two syncable LFO:s per voice
  • Two Modulation Envelopes per voice
  • Three Step Sequence LFO:s per voice
  • Modulation matrix with 16 modulation slots per voice
  • Multiple keyboard scales
  • Multiple trigger modes
  • Mono/Poly/Legato operation
  • 8 choke groups per program
  • Per-sample loop start/end/direction modulation
  • Polyphonic glide
• Built-in sample editor
  • Automatic, Interactive Loop Slicing + slice mapping
  • Actually Samples! Record audio straight into the sampler.
  • Automatic pitch detection
  • Automatic keyboard mapping
  • Loop tools
  • Interactive Loop cross fading
  • Multiple loop definitions per wave
  • Trim, cut, duplicate
  • Pitch detection
  • Normalize
  • Reverse
  • Tempo detection
• Graphical keyboard mapping editorQuick select of sound data via MIDI
  • Automatic sample layout
  • Flexible drag & drop-based group edit
• Drag & drop of samples/programs/performances/banks
• Multiple outputs16 mappable controllers for automation
  • 4 Stereo + 8 Mono outputs
  • Individual output mapping for key groups (drums)
• 48 mappable VST parameters for automation
• Preview loaded programs and samples in your song before loading
• Reads multiple sample and bank formats
  • WAV/AIFF/AIFC
  • SoundFont 2
  • SFZ Files
  • Ogg Vorbis
  • FLAC
  • Typhoon compressed AIF files
  • Original Yamaha OS Wave files
• 100% documented XML-based sound file format.Saves data in DAW project directory
  • Anyone can write conversion tools.
• Low CPU usage
• Fully native, optimized for SSE2.
• 64-bit support
• Nice sound!

It’s available for download at tx16wx.com.