LiSa © (Live Sampling) is a real-time audio manipulation environment that runs on any Macintosh computer running OS X 10.2 or higher. It is the continued development of LiSa v2.5 for OS 8.x-9.x. This new version uses the build in CoreAudio and CoreMidi drivers for high performance audio and midi i/o. This combination turns the Mac into a versatile audio sampling machine, able to generate up to 128 voices. Complete program control is possible via Midi, thus allowing the user to work with this system in a performance environment.
The system contains one big stereo Sample Buffer (size depending on amount of memory assigned to LiSa), and the user defines so called 'Zones' which have access to some part of the sample buffer. A library of Zones can be created (more than two thousand) and each Zone can have five different functions:
- Playing back the sample buffer's data (start and length as defined by the Zone) in various ways.
- Recording audio data into the sample buffer (start and length as defined by the Zone) in various ways.
- Reading a sample file from disk into the sample buffer (start and length as defined by the Zone).
- Copying data from the 'Output' or 'Process' buffer back to the sample buffer.
- Reading saved recording data into the sample buffer (start and length as defined by the Zone).
- multichannel CoreAudio support, with automatic overload detection and panic support
- CoreMidi midi support
- very low latencies
- enhanced Midi Processors
- extended Modulators
LiSa XC
LiSa XC(ore) is a universal binary application that can open and run setups created with LiSa X v1.25.
Register for a FREE download.
System requirements
LiSa 1.25 runs on any G3 or G4 PowerMac with OS X 10.3 or higher, and a minimum of 128 MB of RAM.
For support on STEIM software, please visit the support pages.
For a list of frequently asked questions please visit the LiSa FAQ.
An online manual can be found here: LiSa v2.5 and LiSa X addendum.
Download
Download the demo for OS 10.2 or higher: Download the demo for OS 8.x and 9.x:
- LiSa 2.56 - application, manual & examples (12.3 MB)
- LiSa 2.56 - application & manual (1.7 MB)
- LiSa example setups (10.6 MB)
- Midi Processors
- Midi Snapshots
- more playback filters
- improved user interface
- enhanced modulator power
- and more
One of the more important features of LiSa is that at all times the user is able to record new samples in the Sample buffer, not only while other Zones are playing, using this part of the Sample buffer, but more than one recording Zone may be active, meaning that the samples can be recorded in different parts of the Sample buffer simultaneously!
Further more LiSa gives you the possibility to control more than thirty parameters in real-time, such as Zone start point and length, filters, playback behaviour, time stretching, pitch shifting, etc.
The real-time control can be done by direct midi access or by the internal modulators which themselves can also be controlled by midi (or other modulators).
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Subscribe to the LiSa mailinglist (User list for discussions on LiSa and junXion topics)
Subscribe to the STEIM announcements mailinglist (On this list STEIM will announce updates and new releases of STEIM software and hardware)
For links to sounds generated using LiSa, please goto the LiSa sounds page.
Buy
LiSa X / LiSa v2.56 is available for €149. It can be ordered online at the KAGI online store. Registered owners of LiSa v2.5 to v2.56 can use their existing registration code to work with LiSa X.
For more information please contact Technical support.
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LiSa XC(ore) is a universal binary application that can open and run setups created with LiSa X v1.25.
Register for a FREE download.
