Stylus RMX is a groove-based virtual instrument plug-in for Macintosh and Windows. This powerful loop based drum machine comes with a massive 7.4 gigabyte of sounds, expansion options, and an innovative "Chaos Designer" mode that facilitates new groove variations. It is designed for live performance use, although it can be used in a studio.

Features

• First product using new S.A.G.E. technology (Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine)
• Realtime auto-sync to the beat so grooves are always in time, even when performed live! Groove Control is always active for optimum sound quality at virtually any tempo.
• Massive 7.4gb Core Library, with nearly triple the sounds of the original Stylus.
  (the original Stylus core library also included)
• Expandable - Add more grooves with new series of “S.A.G.E. Xpanders,” expandable with Groove Control® activated sample libraries and expandable with Propellerheads REX files, which allow a user to import their own audio loops via ReCycle™.
• Thousands and thousands of grooves, sounds, patches and interchangeable “Kit modules” for building grooves
• 500 Multi Grooves
• 250 Kits
• New multipage user interface design with fully integrated Browser for easily auditioning & organizing grooves
• World-Class integrated FX Racks w/27 professional effects: Tube Limiter, Tape Slammer, Modern and Vintage Compressors, Wah-Wah, Power Filter, 6 different Vintage/Parametric/Graphic Equalizers, Flame Distortion, Valve Radio, PRO-Verb, EZ-Verb, Spring Verb, Gate Expander, Stereo Imager, Flanger, 2 different Phasers, 3 BPM Delays, Retroplex Tape Delay and Radio Delay
• Easy MIDI Control of all 20,000 parameters with MIDI learn: simply grab the parameter and the hardware control
• Hardware Controller Templates provided for Popular models by Korg, Behringer and M-Audio
• 8 hours of professional Video Tutorials are included a visual way to quickly learn about Stylus RMX!
• Integrated Documentation - A 68,000 word Reference Guide is accessible directly from the plug-in Help menu
• New multipage user interface design with fully integrated Browser for easily auditioning & organizing grooves
• Innovative Chaos Designer™ adds musical variations and “improvising” within stereo audio grooves!
• 8-part Multitimbral, each part can have dozens of grooves and samples
• Multiple stereo outputs (with supported software)
• Edit Groups offer unique control of individual beats within an audio loop: add ambience to just the backbeat, control the pitch of the snare inside a stereo loop, reverse only specific slices in the loop…non-destructively
• Favorites Menu creation of user defined suites of grooves, perfect for project-by-project work
• Built-in Mixer w/ 8 channels, mute/solo, level, meters, 4 Aux sends, output assignments
• Drag and Drop MIDI files into host sequencer
• User Kit building from core library, User Remixes, cross-platform/cross-host patch compatibility
• Groove Menu mode allows any suite of multiple grooves to be played live from the keyboard on a single MIDI channel
• Grooves can be instantly auditioned at Half Time / Double Time
• Build Multitrack Grooves in realtime!
• Real-time Jamming in sync!
• Powerful sound design features include: New multi-mode Power Filter, 3 syncable LFOs,
  3 AHDR envelopes, Reverse and more
• Edit Templates to browse and audition grooves using custom sets of parameter edits
• Easy Edit page with Big Knobs for simple, yet powerful control of key parameters

Purchase Information

Requirements

Because the Stylus RMX plug-in is extremely versatile, the manufacturer has listed two sets of System Recommendations: one for using a single part (which can have up to 60 grooves on a single channel), and another for using RMX as a multitimbral module which allows hundreds of grooves on multiple channels, multiple simultaneous effects, access to multi patches and the use of the special Kit Mode.

SINGLE-TIMBRAL (1 Part) System Recommendations

640mb RAM, 8GB free hard disc space for core library, DVD-ROM drive

Macintosh:
OSX 10.2.6 or higher, 500mHz G3 or better CPU Audio Unit, RTAS, or VST host
e.g., Pro Tools 6.4, Logic 6.x, Digital Performer 4.12,
Cubase SX 2.2.0

Windows PC:
Windows 2000/XP, 600mHz Pentium III or better CPU, sound card
VST host
Cubase SX 2.2.0, Abelton Live 4.0.4, Project5 1.5 and
Sonar 2.2(with Cakewalk VST wrapper, not included),
Fruity Loops Studio 4.5.2, Acid Pro 4.0f (Build 446)

MULTI-TIMBRAL (8 Parts) System Recommendations

1GB RAM, 8GB free hard disc space for core library, DVD-ROM drive

Macintosh:
OSX 10.2.6 or higher, 1gHz G4/G5 or better CPU
Audio Unit, RTAS or VST host
e.g., Pro Tools 6.4, Logic 6.x, Digital Performer 4.12,
Cubase SX 2.2.0

Windows PC:
Windows 2000/XP, 1ghz Pentium IV or better CPU, sound card
VST host
Cubase SX 2.2.0, Abelton Live 4.0.4, Project5 1.5 and
Sonar 2.2(with Cakewalk VST wrapper, not included),
Fruity Loops Studio 4.5.2, Acid Pro 4.0f (Build 446)