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TS-12 · Post by **TS-12** » Fri May 22, 2020 4:37 pm

looking for a Semi-Auto Sampler for sampling Hardware Synths and Keyboards.

Which one have you used and what are the pros/cons of those you used ?

the ones I found online are Samplerobot, Samplit and Extreme Sample Converter.
SampleRobot there are Multi-X vs Pro, but the feature comparison i snot clear enough on their website.
I'm looking for one that:
- creates loop points automatically
- at-least 4 velocity layers
- can sample every single key of 88 keys

JeffLearman · Post by **JeffLearman** » Fri May 22, 2020 6:03 pm

I'm thinking of creating one of these myself as an open source project, which would run in any DAW as a VST. (Running as a VST means that a lot of hard stuff is handled by the DAW, so I could focus on the workflow.) My primary use case is sampling digital pianos so that we can use them in a DAW without having the piano attached. Velocity layers, max sample length, and notes to sample would be configurable. I have other projects on deck at the moment, but that could change.

I'll be interested to hear if anyone knows of auto-looping that works well. Whenever I've tried it, it's used a cross-fade, which is unacceptable for the things I was sampling (piano, Rhodes, where a clear even tone is critical.) I would not attempt auto-looping myself, but if a good DSP guy wanted to code it I'd be delighted.

I didn't realize that EXSC would do auto-sampling. I'll have to give it a try. Sadly, the current download won't accept my license key, and they didn't reply to my email, so I only currently have the demo. At the price I wouldn't mind just buying it again, as I got my money out of it when I first got it back in 2006 or so.

Samplerobot is too expensive for my budget.

george · Post by **george** » Fri May 22, 2020 6:09 pm

Requires a Mac dongle.

TS-12 · Post by **TS-12** » Fri May 22, 2020 9:19 pm

forgot to mention. I switched from Mac to PC few years ago

TS-12 · Post by **TS-12** » Fri May 22, 2020 9:38 pm

are there any other ones for windows, besides these 4 :
Samplit 2.1,
Extreme Sample Converter
ChickenSystems Translator
and
SampleRobot Multi-X

also what are exact differences between SampleRobot Multi-X and and Pro ?

yellowmix · Post by **yellowmix** » Fri May 22, 2020 10:10 pm

I'm using Translator's auto-sampler but doing the looping manually via Sound Forge's loop tuner. I don't trust an algorithm to do it.

Blaster · Post by **Blaster** » Sat May 23, 2020 2:45 pm