Now, Im not a big guy into loops and such. This is not intended to be a compositon tool, but an engineering tool. All I need is simple sample playing. Not many extra features necassary. I did a little ditty myself, but I couldnt get it to open all wav formats properly. Just midi->plugin->sound is all I need. Anything else would be a bonus, but keep in mind I work almost entirely with acoustic sounds (not electronica). This will be used for triggering, vocal harmonies and various other things where a specific sound needs to be played at a variable time etc.. that would be easier to do via midi than sequencing.

-R bert

http://webmassiva.com/cyber/

Cyber is quite a nice little sampler, does all the requisite things and its free.

on a freebie tip theres also helios2 from tobybear

otherwise youre pretty much into the big boys [kontakt / halion2] which would be overkill

the only mid-price sampler is really vsampler but even that might be too much for what you want

there seems to be a gap in the market here

slainte rob

What about Jeskola XS1 or Dyad DXi (if you have a DXi host)? Both solid, simple (compared to V Sampler) and relatively cheap mid range samplers. A recent test showed they have sound engines that are better than the bigger samplers in some respects.

Just look them up in the Instruments link.

yeah - xs1 might be the ticket [tbh - i forgot it loaded anything other than .sf2]

slainte rob

SampleTank Free could be usefull as well,and there's a collection of free samples for it as well.

Hi,
maybe this is the right thing for you:
http://www.kvr-vst.com/get.php?mode=show&id=156
3S - "simple shiny sampler"

T.

For just "play this sample here" simplicity, you might want to check out Loopazoid. Want a serious sampler? Get Kontakt.

Another low price alternative is DS404. Quite good VFM.

I do believe that energyXT has a simple sound-playback module (called Audio Part), but honestly S9, what does this have to do with FX?

I posted this in FX?

D'oh!

I meant to put it in instruments. That's what I get for posting at 1am. If someone wants to move it... that'd be nice

-R bert

Looks to me like it IS in instruments.

dkistner wrote:

Looks to me like it IS in instruments.

It is NOW.

slainte rob

pough wrote:

It is NOW.

Well, I don't know what I'm doing in here today anyway. My email and web server (transitioning to) are all screwed up, and something I've installed lately has done a major trash job on my audio stuff, too. KVR is the only thing I can pull in...which is dangerous.

I should quit while I'm ahead and get out of here. I should knuckle under and do my backup/restore number. I should listen to my new Saint-Saens CD.

But, back on the subject, yeah, XS-1! That's the one I'd go for...I use it all the time. It got very much easier to use with R6.

T. wrote:

Hi, maybe this is the right thing for you: http://www.kvr-vst.com/get.php?mode=show&id=156 3S - "simple shiny sampler"

Yep, this is the one I was gonna recommend too.
3S is a very lightweight (in terms of CPU usage) and simple....I like using it for those times when I just need to whip a quick sample into a track without any kind of frills at all (example: when I might want to use a specific sound as a click-track in SONAR).