Samplers.
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- letterhead0
an mpc would be the way to go if you are serious about hardware samplers. if you are on a budget and want to learn what they are all about and how they work, I'd recommend a boss. If you are on an even tighter budget, go used and your golden.
- sublocked0
^ I bought my mpc1000 used on ebay. $500ish. But if you want the super cheap route, snag a trial copy of FL Studio, or Ableton Live.
- autoflavour0
they are somewhat redundant now days.. the MPC-xxxx are still pretty cool, but the days of requiring hardware to playback audio samples are long gone.
I have had 2 EMU samplers, a yamaha A4000, an Akai MPC-2000XL..
All amazing machines in their own right, and at the time, killer..
but yep, What would take me 10 minutes to do on make happen on a MPC it takes about 2 minutes in Ableton.NI Maschine are pretty cool.. I played with one the other week.
but yep, its more of a hardware interface for the software.. not really a sampler per se
- autoflavour0
Just remember, if you buy a sampler, you need a mixer..
unless you are planning on running it straight into your computer..then you have to deal with latency issues.. both from midi and from audio playback.
honestly, unless you are planning on playing live with it regularly, i would seriously recommend spending the money either on some decent software, or perhaps a little monosynth or something
the Dave Smith Mopho is pretty fucking dope..
- i was going to get this today but my local dealer is sold out. this thing is a lil' monster.prophetone
- check out novamusik.com
the cheapest place online i have found for anything, anywhereautoflavour - although, it seems to be offline at the moment.. but i have have purchased about 4 things from there... goodautoflavour
- thanks!prophetone
- abettertomorrow0
Bottom line is what will you use it for...the old hardware samplers are really just another means of doing what you can do in something like Ableton (or any number of programs really). Which is triggering and looping sounds and applying various envelopes and effects to them (this may be overly obvious but hey:).
Nowadays with the predominance of electronic music even a lot of rock bands are using these techniques, hence the use of samplers by the bands like the ones you mentioned. But there's not a whole lot more to it than that, and when you get down to the actual sounds they are recording there's nothing unique about what you would get out of a hardware sampler other than perhaps the tactile physical interface which some people prefer. You can also get a MIDI controller of some kind to trigger software that does the actual "sampling" work.
- brains0
- As mentioned, AC all switched to the 555, which I will do in time. Once this album is done..brains
- TB 303 or MC303?autoflavour
- oh, you mean SP303.. doh..autoflavour
- autoflavour0
that said, the limitations on these devices can sometimes be the best aspect to them.. I know i have often thought about how easy it used to be to write music when all i used was outboard gear.. mainly as i knew the limitations of the hardware, and it was just a matter of finding new and interesting combinations of sounds and setups..
but software, the possibilities are endless.
you will find tho, alot of bands who use samplers when performing, do so more for the ability to be playing something that resembles an actual instrument instead of a laptop..
- prophetone0
i just picked up an atari 1040st to keep things old skool with my akai S950. this guy is my hero on youtube at the moment...
- welcome to 1992autoflavour
- exactlyprophetone
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- neue75_bold0
- Wicked, I'm going go listen to Endtroducing now. THANKS!Andrew_D
- prophetone0
- ha, used to have a QY-20, this thing is fucking hugekingsteven