Hello!
Does anybody have any experience with Sample Wrench (for Windows)?
http://www.dissidents.com/products.htm# ... e%20Wrench
It seems to have a great HW Sampler integration which is what I am after but I couldn't find any in deep review.
I use the following HW Samplers:
Ensoniq Mirage
Ensoniq ASR-10
AKAI S-612
Sequential Prophet 2002
E-MU Emax (I)
E-MU EIII
Dynacord ADD-ONE with ADD-Drive
Please share any experience/comments/suggestion.
For Windows and for OSX.
Thanks to everybody
Edo
Sample Wrench and best editor for HW Samplers
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 28 Apr, 2012
Hey,
I use Sample Wrench on the Amiga. It's a great program ... you have to read the docs though. Its user interface was created in the 1980s before a lot of interface standards were created, so to do a lot of things which you expect to be able to do (highlight parts of the sample, etc.), you have to do it in ways other than what Microsoft/Apple have trained us to do. Sometimes the way Wrench does it is more intuitive, sometimes not.
I've used the Windows version a couple of times, but not as intensely as the Amiga version.
I guess it could be kind of frustrating sometimes, especially when you create a new sample and it defaults to no keyzone and not C4 (#60) as center key, so every time you cut & paste into a new editor window you have to redefine the keyzone & center point. Maybe I'm doing something wrong or this is fixed in the Windows version. Wrench can also be extensively scripted, which is pretty amazing, and great for doing repetitive tasks.
- t
I use Sample Wrench on the Amiga. It's a great program ... you have to read the docs though. Its user interface was created in the 1980s before a lot of interface standards were created, so to do a lot of things which you expect to be able to do (highlight parts of the sample, etc.), you have to do it in ways other than what Microsoft/Apple have trained us to do. Sometimes the way Wrench does it is more intuitive, sometimes not.
I've used the Windows version a couple of times, but not as intensely as the Amiga version.
I guess it could be kind of frustrating sometimes, especially when you create a new sample and it defaults to no keyzone and not C4 (#60) as center key, so every time you cut & paste into a new editor window you have to redefine the keyzone & center point. Maybe I'm doing something wrong or this is fixed in the Windows version. Wrench can also be extensively scripted, which is pretty amazing, and great for doing repetitive tasks.
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 28 Apr, 2012
Oh -- I [have] use[d] it successfully with an Akai S-612, a Roland DJ-70mkii & S-750 & S-760, and a Peavey SP.
Had medium success with ASR-X Pro SCSI dump, where it only worked one way -- but that could easy be the Amiga's fault, or a problem with the ASR-X's last released version of its OS.
Also Wrench (on the Amiga) requires two-way (active) sample dump, so one-way (passive) transfers don't work -- so, for instance, it can't be used to SDS to MSSIAH on C64 which is passive.
Had medium success with ASR-X Pro SCSI dump, where it only worked one way -- but that could easy be the Amiga's fault, or a problem with the ASR-X's last released version of its OS.
Also Wrench (on the Amiga) requires two-way (active) sample dump, so one-way (passive) transfers don't work -- so, for instance, it can't be used to SDS to MSSIAH on C64 which is passive.
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- KVRist
- 257 posts since 25 Apr, 2004
You did try recycle, right? In my book that is the best for hw-samplers. Better than wavelab.edoosx wrote: It seems to have a great HW Sampler integration which is what I am after
You're my son, dude!
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 28 Apr, 2012
Recycle dropped SCSI support after version 2.0 (at least on the Mac).efluon wrote:You did try recycle, right? In my book that is the best for hw-samplers. Better than wavelab.edoosx wrote: It seems to have a great HW Sampler integration which is what I am after
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- KVRist
- 257 posts since 25 Apr, 2004
didn't know that. i still use 2.1 on pc, and that has scsi and works especially well with my emax. (i'm not using my a3000 any more, but that worked ok as well.. )
You're my son, dude!
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 28 Apr, 2012
Good to know, thanks.efluon wrote:didn't know that. i still use 2.1 on pc, and that has scsi and works especially well with my emax. (i'm not using my a3000 any more, but that worked ok as well.. )