Like the title asks, which ones are actually samplers?
Not just sample import player/synths, but samplers.
Seems like most making the claim are just sample players and romplers.
And while we're on the subject, what really differentiates the two -
- rompler and sample player?
What samplers actually sample?
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Dean Aka Nekro Dean Aka Nekro https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=162100 - KVRAF
- 6178 posts since 4 Oct, 2007 from Escaped At Last
Morgana by 112db http://www.112db.com/vintage/morgana/ is one that comes to mind instantly
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- KVRAF
- 4801 posts since 1 Aug, 2005 from Warszawa, Poland
DirectWave, I remember it also has automated system of sampling vst instruments, you could load a dll into it and dump a preset to samples.
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Arrested Developer Arrested Developer https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=278287
- KVRian
- 677 posts since 8 Apr, 2012
For my own samples/sample based sounds, i use either EXS24, Ultrabeat (if it's for drums) or Kontakt.
Creating my own sampled instruments is a regular part of working for me, since it gives you the possibility to work with sounds that only you have...
I don't create my own sampled sounds very often; let's say 2-5 times a year; but usually i use them for years...
Creating my own sampled instruments is a regular part of working for me, since it gives you the possibility to work with sounds that only you have...
I don't create my own sampled sounds very often; let's say 2-5 times a year; but usually i use them for years...
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 37261 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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- Banned
- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head
A "rompler" is a sample player with a certain (not change-able) amount of integrated, ready-to-use samples.
A sampler is a plugin where you can add your own samples or you can buy extensions (KONTAKT, for example).
In contrary, many DSK plugins are "romplers" ("Guitar Acoustic" etc.)...
A sampler is a plugin where you can add your own samples or you can buy extensions (KONTAKT, for example).
In contrary, many DSK plugins are "romplers" ("Guitar Acoustic" etc.)...
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- KVRAF
- 2696 posts since 19 Apr, 2005 from The City Beneath the Sea
ESC, with the VSTi Convertor option...
Set up your instrument of choice that can load samples, setup FX chains, set the notes you want to record and go to it.... (use something like EnergyXT as a wrapper for this...)
That is just the beginning....
Set up your instrument of choice that can load samples, setup FX chains, set the notes you want to record and go to it.... (use something like EnergyXT as a wrapper for this...)
That is just the beginning....
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Funkybot's Evil Twin Funkybot's Evil Twin https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=116627
- KVRAF
- 12437 posts since 16 Aug, 2006
Was going to say Geist also. Also, I definitely consider it a sampler, in the more traditional Akai MPC sens of the word sampler. In that regard, it's closer to an old-school sampler than something like Kontakt is.pdxindy wrote:It is not a sampler as such, but Geist samples... I use it all the time...
unlike that glorified sample player Kontakt
I think it's just our definition of "sampler" that's changed a bit over the years.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9099 posts since 28 Apr, 2013
Are any of these still being actively developed though?
I know customers have been complaining for years on a couple of these and getting no real feedback from the developers (ESC & DirectWave especially).
(After contacting ESC and getting no reply, I opted for Chicken Systems).
Begging the question of whether or not they're effectively dead?
I know customers have been complaining for years on a couple of these and getting no real feedback from the developers (ESC & DirectWave especially).
(After contacting ESC and getting no reply, I opted for Chicken Systems).
Begging the question of whether or not they're effectively dead?
AAS;Camel Audio;Korg;Modartt;Native Instruments;Roland;Sonar;Steinberg;U-he;Yamaha
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- KVRAF
- 24402 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
TX16Wx is actively developed.
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- KVRian
- 833 posts since 29 Jul, 2006
Geist is being actively developed. A beta (no bugs that I can detect) came out earlier this year. Now granted, FX tends to have loooong beta cycles, but by no means is it abandonware.
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- KVRAF
- 8413 posts since 4 Jul, 2012 from Alesia
~Pd~ wrote:Geist is being actively developed. A beta (no bugs that I can detect) came out earlier this year. Now granted, FX tends to have loooong beta cycles, but by no means is it abandonware.
This is the best news i heard today!
