NEW: PAM – 8-cell Sampler with very deep feature set

[Jonathan Shepherd]

Yeah, PAM's innovative. I feel like the whole song could be done through it, if sample mayhem is your bag. You can also go very subtle with it. So many neat ways of getting things done.
Innovation, and not so much emulation, though that will always run strong. An exciting time indeed to be doing electronic music!

[bermudagold]

I took the plunge! This will replace several other plugs and workflows im using...once I get a hang of all the features Its so freaking badass that it has a tracker

couldn't you do all of this in redux for 1/3 the price?...no shade against pam...looks like a fun passion project

[hey212]

The code DASH-20 works until the end of July for 20% off.

[CinningBao]

In the last few days an extensive collection of drum synths has been added (which can be layered with a sample), alongside a Grain Cloud function to completely destroy your drums or to add sonic/harmonic complexity to any melodic sample, all of which can be randomised.

And finally out of experimental-mode is the visualiser. Load in videos, 3d models, images.. and apply multiple layers of effects, dynamically (working _with_ the music!) and statically to the visual material.

So, yeah, if there's an opportunity to get it cheaper than full price, before August with that code is the way!

I wonder how many passion projects (born from the love of wanting to make a better tool) become more popular, while reaping the benefits of a learned eye and mind (complex ideas presented simply), than the original tool.

[CinningBao]

I took the plunge! This will replace several other plugs and workflows im using...once I get a hang of all the features Its so freaking badass that it has a tracker

couldn't you do all of this in redux for 1/3 the price?...no shade against pam...looks like a fun passion project

Quite possibly, but PAM does 8 trillion things I'm pretty sure Redux goes nowhere near

And although I did use Octamed on my old Amiga (making Redux a very UI-familiar experience), and had a sh!tload of fun entering hex numbers really quickly, there is an equal amount of fun to be had here with PAM's modulation systems, some of a type you'll never seen before!

Are you worried you'll want to buy it if you try it?

[Jonathan Shepherd]

Sorry, I have to correct you. It's really more like 9 trillion. This thing is beyond just a sampler, it's the biggest playground for sample nuttery you'll ever find. I balked at the price at the very first, so I went with the RTO option. But after not very long I just said fuggit and bought it outright. It's so worth it.

[VOODOO U]

It states it supports Windows but doesn't specify which versions. I assume it works on Windows 10? It installs but standalone won't execute and plugins will not load.
I'm on Win 10 version 1607.

[bermudagold]

I took the plunge! This will replace several other plugs and workflows im using...once I get a hang of all the features Its so freaking badass that it has a tracker

couldn't you do all of this in redux for 1/3 the price?...no shade against pam...looks like a fun passion project

Quite possibly, but PAM does 8 trillion things I'm pretty sure Redux goes nowhere near

holy hyperbole batman! lol...I'll have to take ur word for it...haven't seen enough of that in the videos so far...redux allows micro editing of samples and high rate modulation and micro editing of sequences using a tracker...and performance from launching multiple micro edited sequences from multiple trackers...sample mangling from high rate modulation is interesting as an academic exercise but you end up listening to envelopes and filter resonance not timbre...u end up with synth sounds you could have just got from a synth to start with...i understand they have started adding some resynthesis too...but that you can get anywhere including from every flagship and dozens of hybrids, and it all sounds the same...so is it the sum of the parts and the way it's strung together?...where is the new and novel part, or what do you find the most appealing?

Are you worried you'll want to buy it if you try it?

there is rarely anything that compelling anymore lol...I'm tracking development and videos until I have time to demo it

[CinningBao]

where is the new and novel part, or what do you find the most appealing?

As an experienced synthesist who loves the concept of modulation, it's the modulation potential. Literally anything can be modulated by either regular LFOs (of which there are 6), sequencers (every knob as its own), the envelope of the signal, or the simple triggering of another cell (called VARY in PAM). Each knob can have 4 mod sources, each one of the above.

The drum synths can be stacked on top of your sample and processed through a chain of effects, while also (at the most extreme) modulating every single knob of the drum synth and sampler.

For those who like 'a little bit more' there is also cell-to-cell FM (for samples) which adds another timbre to the users' palette.

I needn't even mention the Grain Cloud feedback, the insane depth of randomisation, AI-generated samples (if you fancy) or the the VX visual performance stuff..

I think that highlights enough of the features for you to understand why it has so much appeal to certain subsections of the sample/audio-making/mangling community.

There are some more videos coming soon which should give you more information about the depths of PAM, and hopefully one of those will pique your interest

[bermudagold]

where is the new and novel part, or what do you find the most appealing?

As an experienced synthesist who loves the concept of modulation, it's the modulation potential. Literally anything can be modulated by either regular LFOs (of which there are 6), sequencers (every knob as its own), the envelope of the signal, or the simple triggering of another cell (called VARY in PAM). Each knob can have 4 mod sources, each one of the above.

The drum synths can be stacked on top of your sample and processed through a chain of effects, while also (at the most extreme) modulating every single knob of the drum synth and sampler.

For those who like 'a little bit more' there is also cell-to-cell FM (for samples) which adds another timbre to the users' palette.

I needn't even mention the Grain Cloud feedback, the insane depth of randomisation, AI-generated samples (if you fancy) or the the VX visual performance stuff..

I think that highlights enough of the features for you to understand why it has so much appeal to certain subsections of the sample/audio-making/mangling community.

There are some more videos coming soon which should give you more information about the depths of PAM, and hopefully one of those will pique your interest

that's a lot...he must be adding more stuff everyday...i wonder if these were feature requests or always in his roadmap...looks like a cool rabbit hole when you want that

[3lu5iv3]

[wagtunes]

Okay, this thing is amazing but I have one HUGE problem with it. After working with this thing for quite some time, the only thing I can do is load presets. I can't even figure out how to initialize a blank preset and load my own samples into a cell. The 75 minute supposedly "complete" tutorial doesn't show you how to do this one simple thing, unless I'm just blind and stupid and missed it.

I even went to Google and typed in "How do you load a sample into PAM"

This is what it gave me.

Drag-and-Drop: Locate the audio file (e.g., .wav or .mp3) in your computer’s file system and drag it directly into one of the 8 sample cells on the PAM interface.

Internal Browser: Click on the built-in browser within the VST to search for your samples by name, tags, or folder location, and then drag the chosen file into a cell.

Not a clue how to do this. I have tried everything I know to load a sample and can't.

So as much as I'd love to grab this, to pay $150 for what, for me, would simple be a preset player, it's pointless.

Someone needs to put together a simple tutorial for idiots to show how to do the basic things like loading a sample.

[wagtunes]

Okay, I reloaded the plugin and got a different screen and now it's clear how to load samples. So I went ahead and got it but now I can't activate it after activating the trial. There is no option anywhere to activate this if you activated the trial, I even tried reinstalling. User account shows 0 of 3 devices activated, According to Google, all I need to do is log in.

So I'm stuck on the trial. I'm hoping after the trial ends a screen will pop up altering me and then give me a chance to activate this for good.

In the meantime, I've sent a support request.

[CinningBao]

Right-click holds a LOT of power in PAM. Right-click in the preset bar to reveal a drop-down with a 'Create New Preset' option. That clears all samples/synths, seqs and modulations.

More vids are coming, but I think in that 75-min vid I did say a few times that right-clicking is where a lot of the power is. Also, stop relying on GoogAI to know what to do. It doesn't. You're much better off posting in the threads or going to support to get an actual human response.

[wagtunes]

Right-click holds a LOT of power in PAM. Right-click in the preset bar to reveal a drop-down with a 'Create New Preset' option. That clears all samples/synths, seqs and modulations.

More vids are coming, but I think in that 75-min vid I did say a few times that right-clicking is where a lot of the power is. Also, stop relying on GoogAI to know what to do. It doesn't. You're much better off posting in the threads or going to support to get an actual human response.

Thanks. But I'm still trying t figure out how to activate this thing.