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Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:51 am

Lance Vance wrote:i heard something about the creator of phatmatik were mention something about phatmatik 2 being the Sascha Franck's dream sampler/slicer thing..

We'll see if I can sue his ass then!

soulata · Post by **soulata** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:13 pm

hi

just bought MicroDicer. It's not bad, although its slicing is not optimal.

It's great for using rex1&2 files in it (apparently recycle does a much better job at slicing).

I guess I could hand-correct the slice positions and add new slices (which it can do) but I'm lazy.

k

(looking for downloadable rex files now, anybody know of some good ones?)

elv · Post by **elv** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:28 pm

soulata wrote:hi
It's great for using rex1&2 files in it (apparently recycle does a much better job at slicing).

Why on earth do you say that, the only "reason"(sorry for the bad pun) I use Recycle is just so I can use the compression that rex2 format gives, all rex file I load up in MD I cut up again with MD.
Have you used Recycle ?

steffensen · Post by **steffensen** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:53 pm

exactly.

soulata · Post by **soulata** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:37 pm

Oh,

what I meant was, it takes some time to slice it exactly right in MicroDicer, and rex loops are usually already well sliced and play fine in MD.

no offense.

k

Andywanders · Post by **Andywanders** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:48 am

All you beat-slicing, groove-chopping, sample-twistin' guys really ought to check out this company...

http://www.squarecircle.com/

The make a couple of apps which I'm sure some of you will love...

To be honest, I'm surprised they're not mentioned that often here at KVR...

Bigg John · Post by **Bigg John** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:13 am

Sascha Franck wrote:Isn't it frustrating none of the slicing or drum sampler apps is getting the job done ALL IN ONE?

What about vsampler 3 ???? it has a slicer, does anyone know how well it works ????

Green Red Brownell · Post by **Green Red Brownell** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:17 am

Sascha Franck wrote:
Lance Vance wrote:i heard something about the creator of phatmatik were mention something about phatmatik 2 being the Sascha Franck's dream sampler/slicer thing..
We'll see if I can sue his ass then!

Yep, I saw that too. He said he couldnt' reveal a feature list yet, but that we should read Sascha's "dream slicer" post....

If he backs up those words with deeds, then PP2 ought to be very nice indeed. I'm also looking forward to Drum9, but that'll be more toward the high end of the price spectrum, I believe.

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:10 am

Bigg John wrote: What about vsampler 3 ???? it has a slicer, does anyone know how well it works ????

Well, for a slicer alone it's too expensive.
And as a full sampler I didn't like it at all whenever I tried it.
Btw, Kontakt has a slicer as well, which is working not too bad - but the dedicated tools just get the job done better.

And, as far as my dream drum machine goes - well, none of the existing "full" samplers is coming even halfway close.
IMO there's quite a few good reasons why there's dedicated drum samplers. Such as easier access to zones/cells, more flexibility when tweaking them, perhaps some synthesizer features per zone/cell, etc.

Need a Slicer