Trigger Device that'll Play Samples

[geeseaplenty]

I'm looking to start a two-man band (drummer and bassist). I want to trigger sections of music ( for example a synth riff) to play over the drums and bass, and I'd like to just hit a pad with my drumstick to accomplish this. And there any devices like this that have sufficient memory to handle this task?

[TonyBy]

A sampler ??
(seriously)
Just about any sampler can do that.
Are you using a PC live ? or hardware ??

[geeseaplenty]

Hardware. What's inexpensive and contains enough memory capacity to be able to handle this task?

[hollowsun]

I'm looking to start a two-man band (drummer and bassist). I want to trigger sections of music ( for example a synth riff) to play over the drums and bass, and I'd like to just hit a pad with my drumstick to accomplish this. And there any devices like this that have sufficient memory to handle this task?

As TonyBy said... a sampler.

Given the two-man operation, I would recommend a hardware sampler (your act is gonna look pretty lame if the PC/Mac crashes or plays up during your gig ).

My recommendeation would be an Akai S5000 or S6000, maybe even a Z4/Z8, as these have functions in them optimised specifically for this application such as LOOP UNTIL RE-TRIGGERED which would allow you to hit your pad, have the riff play over and over until such time as you hit the pad again to stop it.

The S5/6000 allows 256Mb of memory whilst the Z4/8 allows 500Mb. However, the S5/6000 is easier to use and more robustly built for life on the road. The S5/6000 also has a MIDI song file player should you consider using sequenced backing tracks in your set.

Another option, of course, is something like an MPC which samples and sequences. You wouldn't be triggering samples/phrases from your pads but playing along to sequences. The samples being triggered by the backing sequence could be musical riffs. An MPC1000 would probably fit the bill.

Hope this helps.



Steve

[Sascha Franck]

Then there's also those little Roland boxes (sorry, forgot the model name), coming with a trigger pad allready (actually, the thing is build around a trigger pad).
If memory serves me right, they can use smart media cards, which would allow memory sizes up to 2 GB.
In addition, they got a small build in mic - don't laugh, just recently I've seen a stunning live performance where the drummer was using such a thing. All of a sudden he stopped playing his hat but it continued to groove on, because he's been sampling it with the build in mic. He then continued to filter and mangle the recorded loop.

As said, don't know the model name anymore, but it looked like quite some fun.

[dirtnap]

Hmm... Hollowsun, are you suggesting he repeatedly smash a S5000 with a piece of wood? I usually just used my fist... ;D