Can anybody tell me....

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Can anybody tell me what kind of sampler these guys are using in their music in the link below? or could you tell me a sampler that you know of that could do this stuff? I'd rather it not include the computer because mine sucks. Thanks in advance for your replies.

http://www.myspace.com/stilllifedecay
 
Well, any kind of sampler made in the past 10 years can do what is on the audio snippets I heard. To save money you could get the older akai3000 to 6000 range. The akai OS is easy to use and the newer version come with the MESA software. Sample editing on a computer does not take much power at all. It's sample playback that needs the power. As for modern products, akai still pretty much has the market. The MPC series is where its at. Roland makes some units as well. These are desktop units. Most top tier keyboards offer some srt of sampling capability also. Triton, Fantom, MotifES, Fusion.
It all depends on what your budget is and what you want to do.
It seems like everyone has switched to soft samplers. Ensoniq has dropped out of the game(in name anyway) after EMU/Creative bought them. EMU has their emulator in soft form now.
If you needs are simple, you may even get away with some older Ensoniq and EMU gear.
Start your search at American Musical Supply. I have bought my gear from them for the past 6 years and they are great. (I dont work for them)
And as always, this is my opinion, YMMV.
HTH and good luck,
Prana
 
anybody else? I forgot to mention, I have no experience at all with these things and will be using them constantly in my music. Please, I'd like to get as many suggestions as possible. Thanks.
 
you could get an old emu, i have an ESI32 with 128megs and a zip drive i'll sell you.

there's definately better stuff out there these days though, way better. try an akai mpc, even the less expensive models are great. or a korg electribe sampler. seriously dude, it's just a sampler, do some research, they're not THAT complicated.
 
ok, I've read up some (probably not enough) and I like the electribe series. But, it was difficult for me to understand which one did the duties of both a sampler and a drum machine because I think I read on the EA-1 and ER-1 that you have to use them together. Does anybody know which one will do both things? Also, I'm extremely open to other suggestions. Ok, back to my research, haha.
 
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