DragOn Sampler
Finally, a Sampler That Edits.
Every sampler will play a sound back. None of them, until now, were built to edit it. DragOn Sampler is the only sampler on the market that puts real audio editing, not just playback and mapping, in the same window where you perform. Trim, loop, divide, and remap raw audio directly on the waveform, then play it, all without ever opening a separate editor.
Raw Audio to Real Instrument, Instantly.
Most producers have folders of unused audio sitting untouched: vinyl rips, field recordings, old sessions, downloaded one-shots. It stays unused because prepping it has always meant leaving the sampler first. DragOn strips silence, sets loop points, divides long-form audio, and maps it automatically, turning raw files into performable instruments in seconds instead of hours. Batch tools apply that same editing power across an entire session at once, not just one sample at a time.
Built to Sound Natural.
DragOn avoids aggressive time-stretching, which degrades sample quality, in favor of tempo-sync and loop-based tools that keep audio sounding like the original recording. Combined with tempo-locked looping and sample grouping for building custom, layered sounds, DragOn works as a full sound design instrument, not just a sample player.
Why It Matters.
Every other sampler needs a clean, pre-edited sound to be useful. DragOn is the only one that gets you there on its own. That's not an added feature, it's a different category of sampler, built for producers, composers, and beat-makers who sample their own audio and don't want to leave the plugin to make it usable.
Finally, a sampler that edits.
Features:
- Snip & Expand - Quickly Snip out single or multiple samples cutting out unwanted areas and Expand them back to their original form in one click
- Midi Map & Midi Copy - Organize or copy your samples with one click making menu creation fast and efficient
- Drag-and-Drop - DragOn accepts WAV, AIF, mp3, mp4 (videos), FLAC, m4a, and ogg files
- Loop Retention - DragOn reads the metadata from AIF's and WAV files with the loop information in the files metadata
- Patch Monolith Creation - DragOn allows users to pack samples into a patch for ease of recall and trading sounds
- Compatibility - DragOn works as a Stand Alone application for both Mac and PC as well as a DAW-based VST3 and AU plugin
- Free Library & Sounds - DragOn comes with a free Core Library and offers new free sounds of the week from DragOn and 3rd party libraries
- DragOn & 3rd Party Sound Libraries - DragOn's sound libraries are cultivated to cut out the fluff and there is a growing base of 3rd party sound libraries from names like Soundiron and Digital Sound Factory
- Cursor Tools - DragOn's Cursor lets you edit raw samples with multiple tools options including one click mapping to selected audio
- DIV Mode with Automap - Divide samples, navigate and edit those divisions and use Automap to instantly map all divisions to desired keys X
- Auto Strip Silence - Quickly edit single or multiple samples with a dB threshold to cut out dead audio
- Edit All - Allows you to edit all samples with multiple advanced tool options to quickly edit all samples and get you playing
- Loop Syncing - Sync your loops to you DAW for perfect beat-based looping ideal for drums and loops
- Sample Grouping - Sound design multiple samples by editing the individual samples and grouping them together to fire as one sound
Requirements:
- mac
- ram:8
- disk:4
- version:macOS 10.11
- notes:(El Capitan) and later.
- internet_required:1
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support:
- 64_bit
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plugins:
- VST-3
- AU
- STAND-ALONE
- windows
- cpu:x86_64, x86, Arm64, and Arm64EC architectures.
- ram:8
- disk:4
- version:10
- notes:(version 1607) and later
- internet_required:1
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support:
- 64_bit
-
plugins:
- VST-3
- STAND-ALONE
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