A Couple Of Suggestions For Collective

[JWParenteau]

I still have to puruse Collective more intimately. After a quick poke around following some sessions awhile ago, I have a couple suggestions.

Multiple outputs to DAW:
Maybe I missed the right version, can't find the right control, or Collective is suppose to be a monotimbral instrument (IMO layering doesn't count as multitimbral) but, having drumkits in a sampler without multiple outputs to DAW for post processing renders them unusable for me.

Sort by sample bank size:
I generally look for velocity splits when it comes to multi-samples, this tends to go hand in hand with file sizes. Possibly include the file sizes in descriptions or have a read-out.

I took a peek into the "Reveal Public Inst" but the filenames don't seem to specifically correlate with preset names in Collective.

Viewing velocity splits:
Many samplers have a view where one can see velocity splits, taking the guess work out of where to target input dynamics.

Overall Collective appears to be a solid sampler with plenty of functionality from the few times I've given it a poke.

Looking at the sample sizes in the "Reveal Public Inst" folders, some the factory content can be usable in compositions. Specifically, that massive "Grand Piano J Wolfe dyn.collsample" weighing in at 460.599 MB; next is the E-Piano then Vibraphone. Unfortunately, it's hard to tell which "preset" uses these samples.

Looking at the smallest sample in the folder, "E-Guitar 2 Muted.collsample", weighing in at 89KB, leads me to believe it's just one sample stretched across all the keys. Poked around and loaded the "Muted Strat EM" preset and at least there is some keytracking on a low pass dampening partials when dipping into the low velocity ranges.

There is a good chance I'll be leaving Waveform Pro, I'm trying to justify the purchase I made by looking at it's only apparent "take away".