<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
three	O
years	O
later	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
are	O
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X5	O
,	O
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X5	O
Suite	O
and	O
Sequoia	O
16	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
(	O
DAW	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
is	O
like	O
most	O
DAWs	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
that	O
separates	O
Samplitude	B-Device
from	O
other	O
DAWs	O
is	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
"	O
object-oriented	O
editing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Samplitude	B-Device
,	O
an	O
"	O
object	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
graphical	O
representation	O
of	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
audio	O
or	O
MIDI	O
data	O
that	O
appears	O
on	O
a	O
Track	O
in	O
the	O
Arranger	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
Object	O
Editor	O
,	O
various	O
controls	O
and	O
effects	O
(	O
Pan	O
,	O
Volume	O
,	O
Invert	O
Phase	O
,	O
Timestretch	O
,	O
Pitchshift	O
,	O
VST	B-Application
plugins	I-Application
,	O
Magix	O
Plugins	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Objects	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
in	O
Samplitude	B-Device
either	O
by	O
importing	O
them	O
or	O
by	O
recording	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X2	O
Suite	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
high-quality	O
built-in	O
effects	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
AM-munition	O
Compressor/Limiter	O
,	O
the	O
AM-Suite	O
(	O
Analogue	O
Modeling	O
Suite	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Vandal	O
(	O
Guitar	O
and	O
Bass	O
Amp	O
simulator	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
also	O
includes	O
the	O
essentialFX	O
Suite	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
10	O
plug-ins	O
using	O
high	O
quality	O
algorithms	O
that	O
have	O
low	O
resource	O
demands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X2	O
Suite	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
Independence	O
Sampler	O
Workstation	O
that	O
includes	O
70GB	O
of	O
content	O
(	O
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X2	O
only	O
12GB	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Samplitude	B-Device
,	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
,	O
was	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
II	O
came	O
with	O
hard	O
disk	O
recording	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
Samplitude	B-Device
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
3.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
Samplitude	B-Device
2496	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
owned	O
by	O
German	O
audio	O
company	O
SEK	O
'D	O
(	O
formerly	O
Hohner	O
Midia	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
was	O
unique	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
record	O
audio	O
to	O
hard	O
disk	O
and	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simultaneously	O
less	O
expensive	O
but	O
limited	O
versions	O
of	O
Samplitude	B-Device
called	O
Red	B-Device
Roaster	I-Device
and	O
Samplitude	B-Device
Studio	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
95/98	O
and	O
NT4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	B-Device
Roaster	I-Device
's	O
name	O
being	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Red	O
Book	O
standard	O
to	O
which	O
it	O
conforms	O
,	O
included	O
only	O
the	O
CD-burning	O
features	O
of	O
Samplitude	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
releases	O
still	O
in	O
version	O
5	O
were	O
in	O
June	O
1999	O
after	O
which	O
SEK	O
'D	O
sold	O
the	O
Samplitude	B-Device
line	O
to	O
MAGIX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
Professional	O
7.0	O
was	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
ASIO	B-Library
drivers	O
,	O
VST	B-Application
plug-ins	I-Application
(	O
including	O
VST	B-Application
Instruments	I-Application
)	O
with	O
plug-in	O
delay	O
compensation	O
,	O
and	O
hardware	O
control	O
surfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
ReWire	B-Architecture
host	O
,	O
5.1	O
surround	O
mixing	O
,	O
analogue-style	O
processors	O
,	O
a	O
virtual	O
drum	O
machine	O
and	O
an	O
Acid-style	O
beat-mapping	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
MAGIX	O
presented	O
Samplitude	B-Device
9.0	O
with	O
advanced	O
dual	B-Architecture
CPU	I-Architecture
support	O
,	O
VSTi	O
manager	O
,	O
de-esser	B-Application
and	O
more	O
ergonomic	O
track	O
handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
Summer	O
2011	O
,	O
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X	O
made	O
the	O
hardware	O
dongle	O
optional	O
,	O
switched	O
to	O
64-bit	O
operation	O
,	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
soft	O
sampler	O
,	O
introduced	O
window	O
docking	O
and	O
introduced	O
spectral	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X2	O
introduced	O
VCA	O
faders	O
,	O
routing	O
single	O
tracks	O
to	O
multiple	O
outputs	O
,	O
zPlane	O
Elastique	O
time-stretching	O
algorithms	O
were	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X3	O
updated	O
Samplitude	B-Device
's	O
tempo	O
warp	O
functionality	O
,	O
introduced	O
Melodyne	O
support	O
via	O
the	O
ARA	O
plugin	O
format	O
which	O
provides	O
deep	O
integration	O
in	O
Samplitude	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samplitude	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
X4	O
comes	O
bundled	O
with	O
Sound	O
Forge	O
Pro	O
11	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Izotope	O
's	O
Mastering	O
and	O
Repair	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
