Sampler advice!

[mementus]

I am looking for a sampler. Kontakt 5 is out of my range and I am using Groove Agent SE.
GAse is nice but I'd like to check something else, if any.

One that allows me to chop, pitch and play with a filter and amp envelope.

Any stuff around?

[Robmobius]

I am looking for a sampler. Kontakt 5 is out of my range and I am using Groove Agent SE.
GAse is nice but I'd like to check something else, if any.

One that allows me to chop, pitch and play with a filter and amp envelope.

Any stuff around?

Tal Sampler?

[mholloway]

I am looking for a sampler. Kontakt 5 is out of my range and I am using Groove Agent SE.
GAse is nice but I'd like to check something else, if any.

One that allows me to chop, pitch and play with a filter and amp envelope.

Any stuff around?

Tal Sampler?

TAL Sampler is fantastic, but it does not offer the chop / slicing that the OP has requested.

Otherwise, yeah, TAL.... but for slicing, hmmm. Wait, does kontakt even do slicing, now that I think on it? I know it has timestretch, but I don't remember there being slicing on the inside...

Anyway, frankly for OP's needs the best I can think of is Ableton's Simpler, the 9.5 update to it was amazing (slicing, timestretching, awesome glide functionality) but that's not going to help you in Cubase

[Robmobius]

TAL Sampler is fantastic, but it does not offer the chop / slicing that the OP has requested.

Agh, your right, Thanks.... Go my big brain.

[thecontrolcentre]

Specifications (v1.1.1)

User interface
•Streamlined user interface for fast editing at the sample-zone level.
•Fast editing of multiple zones.
•"In context"-sample preview.
•Extensive drag & drop support (onto the keyrange-view or the list-view).

Sample/Intrument import
•RIFF wave-files (.wav) (8/16/24/32-bit & 32-bit float, mono/stereo at any sample rate)
•AKAI S5000/S6000/Z4/Z8 .akp banks (partial)
•NI battery kits (partial)
•Soundfont 2.00 (partial)
•Propellerhead Recycle 1 & 2

Sampler engine
•High-quality sinc interpolation
•Oversampling used when needed to prevent aliasing
•Double-precision float math (64-bit) used where it matters (IIR-filters).
•Single-precision float math (32-bit) used elsewhere.
•Supports any sample-rate.
•Max polyphony per instance: 256 voices
•Multiple outputs. (max 16 mono AND 8 stereo-pairs per instance)
•Supported sample-playback modes:
playback modes:
forward
forward loop
forward loop with crossfading
forward loop until release
forward loop bidirectional
forward shot
sliced (maps slices accross the keyboard)
on release
reverse
reverse shot

•2 filters / voice
Filter algorithms:
Lowpass 2-pole (2 types)
Lowpass 1/2/3/4-pole ladder-filter
Lowpass 1/2/3/4-pole ladder-filter with saturation
Highpass 2-pole
Bandpass
Peak
Notch
Dual bandpass
Dual peak
Comb filter
2-band parameric EQ (2 types)
graphic EQ
morphEQ
mörder OD (overdrive)
Bitf*cker
Distortion
Clipper
Gate
Limiter
Slewer
Microgate (does glitch/loop style effects when the gate is open)
Ring modulation
Phase modulation (equivalent to FM)
Frequency shifting
Pulse oscillator
Pulse oscillator (with sync)
Sawtooth oscillator (with 1-16 voices in unison)
Sinus oscillator


•3 stepLFOs / voice. Doubles as 32-step stepsequencer and wavetable LFO.
•2 AHDSR envelopes / voice
•Powerful modulation system with the ability to modulate itself. Destinations include envelope-times, loop-points in addition to traditional destinations.
•Group LFO
•Group modulation routing.
•Group effects. (2 effects / group)
Effect types:
digidelay (feedback, filtering & optional midi-sync)
freqshift delay
chorus
freqshift flange
digidist
stereo width
MS decoder


System requirements
•Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or newer.
•Processor with SSE-support (includes Intel Pentium 3 and newer, AMD Athlon XP and newer)
•Software capable of hosting VST-instruments.

http://vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit.php

[ere2learn]

TAL Sampler is fantastic, but it does not offer the chop / slicing that the OP has requested.

TAL-Sampler slices

[planetearth]

The free TX16wx sampler is a real sampler (it can sample if your DAW will pass audio to it), and has a ton of features, including slicing: http://www.tx16wx.com/features/

Steve

[tha_man]

Personally I love Renoise Redux for chopping/slicing and every other general sampler stuff. I also have Kontakt, but use it only for playing sample libraries.

Just today I've been comparing slicing in TAL Sampler (which is a very nice sampler) with Redux, but found Redux easier and faster to use, while also being more powerful. Integrated wave editor helps a lot and it has a bunch of effects and modulation possibilities. It also have integrated phrase sequencer, just don't be scared of the tracker interface. You don't have to use this at all, since you can of course sequence directly from your DAW, but if you take the time to learn this feature, it can be very powerful for mangling samples and making cool stutter/reverse/pitch/etc. effects. Or you can simply use it to sequence loops (aka phrases) directly in sampler and trigger them from your keyboard/DAW.

[shidostrife]

AIR Structure is $20 in Audiodeluxe. I haven't used it that much, but at only 5% the price of kontakt...

It also plays old kontakt libraries.

It's the holidays deal, so it could end anytime now.

[audio/fault]

Wait, does kontakt even do slicing, now that I think on it? I know it has timestretch, but I don't remember there being slicing on the inside...

of course, it does. it's even pretty comprehensive...