Decent Sampler
AUv3 & Standalone App
Free · In-App Purchases
Did you ever wish you could use professional quality sample libraries on your mobile device? Now you can! The Decent Samples plugin is a sample player that allows you to use your favorite Decent Samples sample libraries on the go. Many of the most popular Decent Samples releases are available through the app with more being added every week.
Because it's also an AUv3 plugin, you can use it from within GarageBand or with AUM.
more Many changes to make the Sample Store more efficient. Some of you experienced slowness after pressing the BROWSE button, this should hugely cut down on those wait times.
1.18.1 6 Apr
1.15.2
- Adds a brand new pluck synthesis oscillator. Use waveform=”pluck1″.
- Adds support for specifying a release trigger’s decay. For example, releaseTriggerDecay="3dB"
- Optimization: When no sound is coming into the reverb/convolution/chorus effects, we now turn the effects off temporarily
- If MPE is not enabled, MPE timbre and MPE pressure modulators should be turned off
- Fixed a bug that was causing crackles when an oscillator note was repeated
- Fixed a bug that was preventing global effects from processing the output of oscillators
1.15.1
- Adds support for MTS-ESP. Make sure to report any bugs using the contact form on this site.
1.15.0
- Adds support for native oscillators (build your own synthesizer without samples). See related blog post here.
- Adds support for drawing lines. See related blog post here.
- Adds support for drawing rectangles. See related blog post here.
1.14.2
This version contains a system of built-in oscillators
Fixed a bug that was preventing modBehavior=”add” from working with binding that use velocity to change filter cutoff
Added midiCC modulator
Added midiVelocity modulator
1.14.1
- Adds the ability to delay the start of a sample by a certain amount of time (calculated in samples, seconds, or beats relative to the host BPM) (000027
- Adds the ability to retrigger samples infinitely (as long as the key is pressed) after a certain amount of time (calculated in samples, seconds, or beats relative to the host BPM)
- Fixed the following bug: “Delay Time Control only works with integer values when ‘Sync’ is disabled”
1.15.2 25 Jan
- Samplists: Added support for customized drop-down menu colors
- Fixed a bug that was causing some sample libraries that contain always-on or continuous samples to sometimes go silent
1.14.0 14/11/2025
- Sample Creators: There is now a random number modulator.
- Sample Creators: We’ve added the ability to have continuous background sounds (useful for vinyl crackle, tape hiss, etc.). Check out the explanatory blog post here.
- Sample Creators: We’ve added the possibility of selecting between states using knobs and sliders. Check out the explanatory blog post here.
- Added an old-school pitch-shift effect (0000235)
- Improved cross-platform sample library loading compatibility (0000260)
- Fixed a bug that was causing excessive expression pedal messages to crash large sample libraries (0000253)
- Fixed a crash when loading/reloading/unloading a preset after a 1st loading of a preset (0000246)
- Fix for a bug that was causing a crash during parameter update (0000252)
- More fixes to address a bug that was causing the plugin to crash when switching presets in Logic Pro (0000236)
- Addressed a bug that was causing the plugin to crash when switching presets in Logic Pro (0000236)
- Fixed a bug that prevented the `pitch_shift` effect from producing sound when its `pitch_shift` value was initially set to 0. (0000237)
- Fixed a bug that was causing the X-Y Pad User Control to disappear upon user interaction (Reason DAW only) (0000238)
- Fixed a bug that was preventing DecentSampler from responding to MIDI messages on channel 16 (0000239)
- Fixed a timing bug that was causing some presets with large sample sets to crash on 1.13.0 and 1.13.1 (0000234)
1.13.11 22/09/2025
- Fixed a bug that was causing UI labels to be set to the wrong value when they were programmatically turned off or turned on.
- It is now possible to correctly sort products on the BROWSE screen by price
- It is now possible to set MPE timbre and pressure curves, save user profiles for MPE timbre and pressure curve settings, as well as set MIN and MAX values for MPE timbre and pressure curves
- It is now to set MIDI channel for the plug-in (see the MIDI Input Settings… menu)
- Sample Developers: It is now possible to set a smoothing curve for MPE Pressure and Timbre modulation
- Upgraded some of the underlying libraries used by the plugin
1.13.2 04/08/2025
- Improved the reliability of sample-reloading within DAW sessions
- Fixed a bug that was causing the plugin to crash when a UI knob was automated
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the one-pole filter from being modulatable
1.12.17 02/07/2025
- Fixed a File Browser bug that was preventing renamed sample from showing up correctly in the tree
- Upgraded the iOS/iPadOS in-app purchase system to be more flexible
1.12.14 29/04/2025
Fixed a bug that was preventing DS from preserving microtonal scale that was used.
Fixed a bug that was preventing disabled buttons from staying disabled on initial load
Samplists: It is is now possible to programmatically turn CC bindings on and off.
Samplists: Added a debug menu option that allows me to see the current internal preset.
Samplists: Ability to enable and disable user controls (including knobs and sliders).
Samplists: It’s now possible to manipulate UI elements such as knobs, keyboard colors, etc. using tags.
Samplists: Ability to prevent buttons from being grayed out when they are disabled.
Samplists: Ability to trigger bindings on note-off.
1.12.13 10/04/2025
Re-added support for AUv3 (oops!)
1.12.12 31/03/2025
- Ability to have labels show vertical text
- BUG FIX: File menu’s RELOAD command sometimes reloads the wrong preset
- Ability to programmatically change the opacity of image controls
- Expand %USERPROFILE% on Windows and ~ on Mac in sample library location
1.12.11 29/03/2025
- Added support for basic animations. Sample library developers should check the documentation for information about this.
- Images and labels no longer respond to mouse clicks. This means they can be put in front of other controls and those controls will still work.
- Fixed a bug that was causing imported EXS files to have the wrong crossfade amounts
- Fixed a bug that was preventing imported EXS files from correctly setting seqMode=”round_robin”
- Fixed a bug that was causing loop points to be off by one when importing EXS files
- Fixed a bug that was preventing filters from being disabled on initial preset load
- Fixed a bug that was causing note sequences to sometimes fall out of sync with tempo
1.12.10 22/02/2025
- Fixed a bug that was causing DS to sometimes crash if network is disabled
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the returning of A440 from working correctly
- Samplists: It’s now possible to change the background image of a preset programmatically
- Samplists: It’s now possible to specify a snapping mode for UI parameters
- Samplists: It’s now possible to have note sequence that are not tied to project or DAW tempo
1.12.6 05/02/2025
Fixed a bug that was preventing DS from working as an AUv3
1.12.4 07/11/2024
- Support for audio buses that contain effects.
- Support for additional audio outputs.
- Fixed a bug that was causing delay time control in free mode to be broken since v1.11.12
- Fixed buggy behavior when changing keyboard color based on a UI control
1.12.3 06/11/2024
- Added a menu in the top-right corner of the sample browser detail view that allows users to delete sample libraries
- Fixed an issue that was causing strange keyboard resizing behaviour
1.11.19 05/10/2024
Fixed a bug that was causing the global volume to not be 100% accurate
Fixed a bug that was preventing automation from working in REAPER
Added a developer feature that allows you to export screenshots of your sample libraries–both regular and with transparent background. (Exporting screenshots with transparent background is very useful for creating graphic design templates.)
1.11.18 05/09/2024
- Added support for custom tooltips
1.11.17 24/07/2024
- Fixed a bug: All effects are on by default even when enabled=”false”
- Added a brand new XY pad UI control
- It’s now possible to automate main volume and main tuning using DAW automation
- Fixed a bug that was causing some presets to crash the sampler
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the top menu from re-populating correctly when a UI window was reopened
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the left and right arrows at the top from cycling through the internal presets in a library
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the left and right arrows from returning to the previous sample library
1.11.14 02/07/2024
- Fixed a bug that was preventing knob images from loading if their paths used backslashes
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the menu from updating when selected via note
- Fixed a bug that was preventing text labels from being updated correctly when targeted using “TEXT” parameter
- Fixed a bug that was preventing mono samples from being panned correctly when certain group level effects are used
1.11.7 15/04/2024
- Fixed a bug that was sometimes preventing the top menu and preset arrows from showing up.
- Sample Creators: It is now possible to turn off the amplitude envelope (for drum samples).
- Sample Creators: It is now possible to modulate effect parameters based on MPE timbre and pressure.
1.11.5 28/03/2024
Fixed a bug preventing note sequence from rendering out correctly
1.11.3 16/03/2024
Fixed bugs related to note sequences support added in 1.11.1
1.11.2 16/03/2024
- Under-the-hood support for note sequences
1.11.1 06/03/2024
- Added under-the-hood support for tempo-synced delay
- It's now possible for sample libraries to define a default value for a control. Once this has been specified, if a user double-clicks on the control, it will return to the default value.
- Add explicit support for non fractional (integer) values to knobs/controls
- Support for FLAC files (experimental)
- Support for specifying playback engine for specific samples within a library (samplists looked for playbackMode in the docs)
- Support for changing start, end, and loop points using UI controls.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the WaveShaper effect form working when in high quality mode
1.10.0 22/02/2024
- Improved integration with the Decent Samples website. Now, if you click any of the buttons within the My Account screen, you will be automatically logged into the Decent Samples website.
1.9.16 19/01/2024
Many changes to make the Sample Store more efficient. Some of you experienced slowness after pressing the BROWSE button, this should hugely cut down on those wait times.
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