FXpansion GURU
Beat Creator/Slicer/Sequencer

GURU takes the best features of hardware beatboxes, drum samplers and loop manglers, and combines them into a unique, inspirational software instrument.

Whether integrated in to your DAW or running standalone, GURU's powerful sequencer with ultra tight timing and realtime groove adjustment is an intuitive and addictive interface with which to quickly write inspiring rhythmic foundations for your tracks.

High-quality built-in effects
Including compressors, EQs, delays, reverbs are available right under your fingertips, as well as sample manipulation capabilities like reverse, bitcrusher, and resonant filters - all the power you need, whether you want to mangle your sounds or just tweak them.

GURU gives you the hands-on feel which you crave...
Record performances with a MIDI controller, mouse or laptop keyboard, fire off sequences with a single keypress, drop parts in and out, chop loops instantaneously, and switch grooves on the fly - all with sample accurate timing. GURU is a complete beat production worksation environment, ideally suited to live use or for fast, intuitive composition in the studio or on the road.

Instant loop slicing with in-context preview and automatic score detection makes reusing and reprocessing your existing loops a breeze, and even lets you cross-breed and hybridize your loops - take the feel from one loop and apply the sounds from another, then drag and drop the results to your host.

Features

• Advanced Step Sequencer - 128 steps, 16 channels, 24 memories per engine, graphical automation, MIDI remote control, tempo multipliers, real-time recording with undo
• 8 Engines, each with 16 sample pads, 24 patterns, 3 aux effects and an insert effect
• Pad Editor with comprehensive non-destructive sample editing tools
• SmartSlice: automated sample slicing, classification and pad mapping (kick, snare, hat, percussion) with manual slice-tuning capability
• High quality built-in effects suite
• Intuitive mixer view offering a convenient overview of all 8 engines
• Flexible groove/shuffle functions
• Eight stereo outputs
• Can load audio loops (WAV/AIFF/REX), MIDI loops, single-hits, complete kits, pattern banks..
• Drag & drop patterns to your sequencer arrange page or direct to a MIDI file (in compatible hosts)
• Includes library of over 2GB of professional sample content, featuring material by Yellow Tools, Wizoo, Gearshift and others.
• Stand-alone application, ReWire device, and VST, DXi, AudioUnit, RTAS plug-in formats, available for Windows and MacOSX.

Minimum System Requirements

• 800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon cpu (for Windows platform)
• 733 MHz G4 cpu (for Mac OS X platform)
• 384MB RAM (512MB recommended)
• DVD-ROM, DVD-R or DVD-RW drive (for installation)
• Windows 2000 or XP, or Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" or 10.4 "Tiger".
• 500MB free hard disk space

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