Intakt

now wait! intakt is not as bad as some would have you believe. it may not have the highest fidelity around (like, say, stylus rmx), but it's not the worst either! now i lean more to the synthetic side of soundz and i certainly wouldn't apply intakt to symphonics, but for the glitchy takno type stuff i do, intakt does the job it seems to be built for: loop syncing multiple beat files in a number of different formats. in fact, i'd say it does this in a more seamless fashion than kontakt. the effects are ok too. if you're looking to cook up some deviant beats, they'll do the job. my problem with the effects is that they are, simply, too limited. but, what do you expect for the price of intakt? what i find intakt particularly useful for is mixing and matching loop files from different libraries that don't support multiple loop playback. i use intakt in fl studio, live 6, cubase sx 3, and others. i haven't had any stability issues with it. now, if i need a realtime sampler, i use acid or my k2500rs. however, most of the time i simply want to cobble together loops from different libraries and put a heavy dose of effects on em. intakt does this quite well, thank you. (box or not.)