Hardware samplers... - The Unofficial Access Virus & Virus TI Forum

LivePsy · #1 29.04.2008, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Hollowcell

@ LivePsy, I have tried a few softies for samplng as well, but I always head back to the hardware. I think as I have a set of outputs routed to the Emu at all time, it's just natural to bounce things to it - and something happens when you record into the analogue ins (probably quality loss

) that I like. Then there's the filters etc. Hey what version of Live are you using?

Hi Hollowcell,

I know its hypocritical of me to talk up software when I have virus

but its surprising how close the sound is if you take the time to match Live's drum racks with a hardware sampler. New to live 7, the drum racks give you complete control over drum samples including putting the effects inside the rack. A portable instrument you can move from project to project. No need for a third party plugin. Plusses - its enormously powerful and can copy 99% of the character of hardware. You can stick in synth generators instead of samples. Minusses - a ton of parameters to control all by mouse and the way it hides and shows sections is a tad confusing.

The MPC was programmed in around 30 minutes. The copy in drum racks is almost complete after 2 days

Oh, I guess that is another minus...

If you sequence in software, perhaps sampling can be software as well. I don't think a TI can be done in software, of course!

Cheers,
B

ehasting · #2 22.09.2008, 12:59 PM

I would have voted for the emu e6400 classic/ultra any day when it comes to filtering. It has a diffrent flavor then the akai, and the akai is probably a very good instrument for playback of original source. I find the emu coloring the sound a bit more.. and the filters does more with the sound. But that is what i love with the emu. The emu acts more like a synth with its extensive routing matrix. but it also miss out easy features like ping-pong loop (it can be achived with copy and past, so no big loss). and there is no sample choping features to map up drum samples quickly (like recycle).. i realy hate that

But the emu is a sampler synth which realy can alter the sound into another world!

http://www.higen.org/wp-content/uplo...tter_taste.mp3 <-- drums and bass from emu.
http://www.higen.org/wp-content/uplo...always_win.mp3 <-- same again.. drums and bass from emu.