Anyone use their sample packs? Their demos sound quite good, and they have some very interesting packs on their site, was wondering if anyone owns/have used their samples? If so, are they good quality?
Cheers!
Samplephonics anyone?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 540 posts since 8 Jul, 2015 from Canada
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- KVRAF
- 40229 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
Hit and miss.
Toby Baker Retro Keys = brilliant imho.
Simon Goulding (Bass) = Brilliant imho.
Iona Leigh (Celtic Vocals) = Kind of sh!t imho.
They have a lot of free stuff you can download and give a test run. Only you know if it's your kind of thing or not.
Toby Baker Retro Keys = brilliant imho.
Simon Goulding (Bass) = Brilliant imho.
Iona Leigh (Celtic Vocals) = Kind of sh!t imho.
They have a lot of free stuff you can download and give a test run. Only you know if it's your kind of thing or not.
Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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- KVRist
- 100 posts since 6 Apr, 2007 from USA
For the most part, I like their stuff. Lots of fodder for Maschine. Some packs are more usable than others but the quality is pretty consistent.
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- KVRist
- 211 posts since 23 Feb, 2011 from Norway
The overall quality is very good indeed. I got several packs and virtual instruments and have used them quite a lot. It's one of the best company out there, IMO.
My limit with sample packs is that I tend not to re-use a sample that gave a unique sound to a project, to avoid the same exact sound to be heard in a new one...
My limit with sample packs is that I tend not to re-use a sample that gave a unique sound to a project, to avoid the same exact sound to be heard in a new one...
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- KVRist
- 49 posts since 5 Jul, 2010
Some of this stuff is incredible. I spent days just downloading and going through all the free stuff. Interesting is the SliceMachine stuff, which I want to check out next and try to figure out how to load my own .wav's, for slicing.
BTW, can anyone tell me if there is a SliceMachine version with no samples? THat is what I want!
BTW, can anyone tell me if there is a SliceMachine version with no samples? THat is what I want!
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- KVRAF
- 3021 posts since 6 Nov, 2006
i put together a sample pack for them a few years back. 1100+ one shots. mostly from modular systems and some modified rack synths.
http://store.samplephonics.com/products ... alfunction
it's mostly experimental percussion and FX sounds. there's a lot of good fodder for sound design experiments or creating kits in your favorite sampler/drum sampler and forming something unique. the thinking was to make stuff that would inspire people to make their own kits instead of presenting a bunch of ready made construction kits.
the next thing i do will be somewhat different. probably out in a few months but self released via bandcamp which supports many file types now.. including zip files!
on samplephonics you should check out the stuff by evac. pure class.
http://store.samplephonics.com/products ... alfunction
it's mostly experimental percussion and FX sounds. there's a lot of good fodder for sound design experiments or creating kits in your favorite sampler/drum sampler and forming something unique. the thinking was to make stuff that would inspire people to make their own kits instead of presenting a bunch of ready made construction kits.
the next thing i do will be somewhat different. probably out in a few months but self released via bandcamp which supports many file types now.. including zip files!
on samplephonics you should check out the stuff by evac. pure class.
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- KVRian
- 938 posts since 29 May, 2011 from Germany
I own quite a few Samplephonics sample packs, and most of them are pretty good:
The sound quality is uniformly fine, and genre-wise, they are often spot-on.
Seeing that a pack costs roughly 50€ though, some offer not enough value for money (seeing that the "250 loops" sometimes are rather 15-20 loops in 10-15 variations). However, they tend to have 40% off-sales every few months, I usually buy the kind of "interesting, but not worth 50€" sample packs then.
Most of their loop-based libraries are available as REX files, that´s a good way to squeeze much more mileage out of them; most files are sliced quite well too.
The sound quality is uniformly fine, and genre-wise, they are often spot-on.
Seeing that a pack costs roughly 50€ though, some offer not enough value for money (seeing that the "250 loops" sometimes are rather 15-20 loops in 10-15 variations). However, they tend to have 40% off-sales every few months, I usually buy the kind of "interesting, but not worth 50€" sample packs then.
Most of their loop-based libraries are available as REX files, that´s a good way to squeeze much more mileage out of them; most files are sliced quite well too.
Fine work.dayjob wrote:i put together a sample pack for them a few years back. 1100+ one shots. mostly from modular systems and some modified rack synths.
http://store.samplephonics.com/products ... alfunction
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- KVRAF
- 3021 posts since 6 Nov, 2006
thanksepiphaneia wrote:I own quite a few Samplephonics sample packs, and most of them are pretty good:
The sound quality is uniformly fine, and genre-wise, they are often spot-on.
Seeing that a pack costs roughly 50€ though, some offer not enough value for money (seeing that the "250 loops" sometimes are rather 15-20 loops in 10-15 variations). However, they tend to have 40% off-sales every few months, I usually buy the kind of "interesting, but not worth 50€" sample packs then.
Most of their loop-based libraries are available as REX files, that´s a good way to squeeze much more mileage out of them; most files are sliced quite well too.
Fine work.dayjob wrote:i put together a sample pack for them a few years back. 1100+ one shots. mostly from modular systems and some modified rack synths.
http://store.samplephonics.com/products ... alfunction
and they do have lot's of sales and specials. i think they're focusing on smaller packs these days. low cost bundles of samples/kits more focused on particular tasks.
