KVR Audio

donquixote · Post by **donquixote** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:34 pm

just curious, if you stop using shorcircuit sampler wich sampler you end up with? i went form shortcircuit v1 to shorcircuit v2, its the one i use, even if it stop being developed, i think i already tried all the alternatives out there but .. can´t let go shorcircuit, pitty v2 didn´t reach a little little more "life time".
Remember reading a post about a opensource kontakt alternative not so long ago here, do you know the name of it, can´t find it

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:37 pm

So far I have yet to find a replacement

TX16Wx is just not the same, and Kontakt is far too bloated

lilyyy · Post by **lilyyy** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:39 pm

donquixote wrote: Remember reading a post about a opensource kontakt alternative not so long ago here, do you know the name of it, can´t find it

HISE - http://www.kvraudio.com/product/hise--- ... ts/details

Winstontaneous · Post by **Winstontaneous** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:44 pm

Have you checked out Bitwig Studio? IIRC one of the devs used to work on Shortcircuit. No idea if any SC features made it in.

Perhaps you were thinking of TX16WX?
Also new Sonic Arts Nuance is worth checking out but isn't free.

Honestly for "Kontakt alternative without spending extra $$$" I go with whatever's built in to the DAW I use (Ableton, Logic, Reason). Also you may own a "drum sampler" that'll do just as well with melodic material, like Geist or Battery.

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:46 pm

What the pros of Shortcircuit apart from the price?

donquixote · Post by **donquixote** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:48 pm

thanks lilyyy it was HISE.

"So far I have yet to find a replacement

TX16Wx is just not the same, and Kontakt is far too bloated"

i feel the same Numanoid, even if didn´t actually tried kontakt, i thinki just know its not for me!

reusenoise · Post by **reusenoise** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:49 pm

Free Grace sampler,Win only,32/64 bit,SFZ import
http://www.onesmallclue.com/plugin/grace/

not free but really cheap

Redux
http://www.renoise.com/products/redux

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:52 pm

donquixote wrote: Remember reading a post about a opensource kontakt alternative not so long ago here, do you know the name of it, can´t find it

Oh yeah... that serious Kontakt alternative... never read anything about it anymore either since the thread was active for a couple of days.

donquixote · Post by **donquixote** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:00 pm

ere2learn wrote:What the pros of Shortcircuit apart from the price?

dificult to say, for me its more "immediate" tool , "easy" , with a comfortable number of options to sample mangling, all this its subjective since we end up using a sampler for diferent reasons

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:06 pm

ere2learn wrote:What the pros of Shortcircuit apart from the price?

Old school sampler ez-ness I guess

So quick and easy to load up wav files.

Load a folder and wav files will be mapped from C1 to ... in a flash.

Easy to quickly assign a wav file to the whole keyboard, and also stacking several wav samples in that way, to build monster pads fast.

Easy to quickly assign start and end points to a sample, or if to be played in reverse, looped, with effects, or any bells or whistle a user may desire

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:08 pm

TAL not as quick or less features?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:10 pm

ere2learn wrote:TAL not as quick or less features?

It better be as it costs $60

Also TAL got it's own sampler format, which is a downer

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:13 pm

Winstontaneous wrote:Have you checked out Bitwig Studio? IIRC one of the devs used to work on Shortcircuit. No idea if any SC features made it in.

I haven't tried Bitwig, apart from the 8-track version, but, i'd be damned if there isn't some stuff from Shortcircuit in it, AFAIK, the developer of it is the head developer of Bitwig. The synth in Bitwig has some Surge DNA in it too, as far as i read.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:16 pm

Shortcircuit + Analog 2 Digital 1/2

Then you have secured your fun for the next couple of years or so

http://www.zero-g.co.uk/store/analogue- ... v-p239.php
http://www.zero-g.co.uk/store/analogue- ... v-p240.php

donquixote · Post by **donquixote** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:18 pm

( TAL is one that i will keep an eye on it, i like it, its not the same, maybe one day.. )

how did you replace shortcircuit?