The XpressO and XO-mini offer all of the playing techniques and sounds that are shown in the older XPression videos plus new features like e.g. octave overblowing and much more . . .

Watch these videos to find out about the unique expressive quality of the XpressO & XO-mini.

Sound Engine As opposed to other popular sound generators, the sound engine has been developed by a wind instrument player. Most others are made by keyboard players. Hence, those are usually intended for keyboard playing. They will typically not sound very natural unless they are treated by extensive and time-consuming MIDI editing. Many playing techniques are not even available when playing them intuitively in real-time with a wind controller. Key switches (invented by keyboard players) are NOT the way to go! Even then you cannot change e.g. the attack sound quality or type spontaneously note by note . . . . . . those modules always use the same attack from the same sample on each of the same note. Then another repeating (but different) attack on another note, etc. This kind of exact repetition of attacks and legato transitions makes an instrument sound quite static and boring. While keyboard keyswitches give you at least a few more articulation options, these are still totally rigid. Keyboard players do not really know what a saxophone, flute or oboe, etc. can do! So they sample one or several articulations without actually giving you the control for varying them - as you can do on the acoustic counterpart. Not so here! You get perfect control over dynamics/sound, articulations, vibrato, additional techniques like growl, multiphonics or overblowing and much more. This allows you to play in real-time as you would on an acoustic horn. Everything you hear in the demos (including the vast number of variations in articulations) is played mostly with only with breath and pitchbend. The vibrato works perfectly with breath the same way it works on acoustic winds. Flutter tongue is naturally executed with your tongue. False fingerings can be done easily by using pitchbend. Other necessary controls can be remapped from any of the available controls on your instrument, like e.g. bite control, or anything else that is available on your controller. This is possible per patch, since a trumpet patch needs different controls than a violin. The modules use real-time sample manipulations that are reproducing what is happening during acoustic sound production. Then they are translated to low level sample manipulations in the same "acoustic like" way. The user interface lets you even edit the behavior to your personal liking! The DynaSample sound modules are the only ones that use this type of an "acoustic" approach - while using samples which simply sound better than physical modeling. This makes their playability absolutely unique. Of course, playing like this requires practicing (like any instrument). But it also demands different and new playing techniques compared to how acoustic woodwinds, brass or string instruments play. Most of these techniques work only with the DynaSample sound modules. Once you know them and have practiced them, playing feels naturally like an acoustic instrument and no longer like a limited MIDI sax toy. Now it's your turn to make music with it!

The DynaSample XpressO and XO-mini are the only sound modules on the market that were built from the ground up for wind controllers. The software uses extensive techniques that had not been used before and these ground breaking possibilities are still not implemented by any other manufacturer. They use the same excellent sound engine of their big brother XPression (discontinued) and include the same outstanding original sample library, including the great sounding and responsive analog modeling synthesizer that can be played on its own or combined with the samples for added sonic richness and hybrid sounds. Both, the software and sound library are continously being further developed and expanded with new sampled instruments and advanced software. Now playing top quality instruments is more affordable than ever! The limitation of the XpressO / XO-mini in comparison to the XPression is only in the voice count (2 plus 6 aux voices) and the IN/OUT options (1 stereo out, no line in, 2 foot pedal, 4 foot switches). All functions (including the graphical patch editor) of the XPression are available in a facelifted version - now even with the outstanding polyphonic power of the XPression . The XO-mini has no digital SPDIF out or microphone control input.

Overview DynaSample produces sound modules that are made especially for wind controllers. They go far beyond what other sound libraries, internal instruments of wind controllers or computer plugins can do. You can play a great sounding vibrato with your breath only - just how pretty much all wind players can play vibrato on their acoustic instruments! (*Without* the artefacts that other plugin instruments get, when they are trying to do this!) Listen to the vibrato sound and control in our audio and video demos. Not only that it feels and sounds better, you also save one of the few control options on your wind controller! Example - this cello uses only breath and pitchbend (plus once a sustain-pedal for the two double stops): https://dynasample.com/index_htm_files/XO_Cello-Impression.mp3 The modules need absolutely NO keyswitches. Everything is controlled with your breath, a few CCs and pitchbend. Foot pedal and footswitch inputs for sending more CCs than your controller can send, are already built in. There are many special and unique playing techniques like e.g. string position changes, string releases or freely playable brass shakes, falls, squeezes, trombone slides, etc. Almost all of these playing techniques do NOT exist on any other sound generator! You can assign things like growl, multiphonics, overblowing, eq frequencies and much more per patch by remapping incoming CCs from your wind controller. This means that, once your controller is set up, there are no more changes necessary. Even if you need different control CCs for different instruments. The DynaSample modules come with the most playable and responsive patches that you can get for your EWI, etc. as of now. No need to start editing patches before you can start playing! Check the DynaSample DEMO tab for more audio and video demos! Listen to how smoothly and differentiated legato notes connect and how many attack variations you can achieve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yezhoK3XmXA Or listen to the other cello videos for smooth legato, string releases and much more . . . On top of dozens of perfectly sampled instruments you get also a great sounding virtual analog synth that can be played on its own or in combination with the sampled instruments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWsSCxZF1w All of this in one small box! Easy to transport and quick to set up! Always without the need of an extra computer! While still being able to edit everything with an attached Full HD HDMI monitor and a USB mouse!