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NationalSandwic
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Hello
What is a sampler? What can it do?
Thanks
What is a sampler? What can it do?
Thanks
giaschel
Hello.
Is this a trick question?
If not, well, a sampler is a device or a software that records and plays samples with features to edit and store the samples. A sample is any short segment of audio.
If not, well, a sampler is a device or a software that records and plays samples with features to edit and store the samples. A sample is any short segment of audio.
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eclips1
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One of the biggest +'s of a sampler is that it allows you to make your own sound programs, and create your own sound module.
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NationalSandwic
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hmmm.....
well.
want I actually want is something that I can use to create/edit short audio that I can use as my own 'soundfonts'... basically playing custom audio through a keyboard. I don't know if something like this exists. Does it?
I have Cool Edit Pro, but it is a mission to adjust pitch for every not I want to create.
cheers
NS
well.
want I actually want is something that I can use to create/edit short audio that I can use as my own 'soundfonts'... basically playing custom audio through a keyboard. I don't know if something like this exists. Does it?
I have Cool Edit Pro, but it is a mission to adjust pitch for every not I want to create.
cheers
NS
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F_cksia
New member
Yeah I would also like to know if there's such a thing.
I know there are synthesizers who can play a sound which changes pitch if you push another key, but is there also a machine that you can just plug your keyboard in and play a tune with your own recorded sample?
If so, I can play a nice saxophone-part on the keys if I've just recorded one note with the real sax.
That would be great
I know there are synthesizers who can play a sound which changes pitch if you push another key, but is there also a machine that you can just plug your keyboard in and play a tune with your own recorded sample?
If so, I can play a nice saxophone-part on the keys if I've just recorded one note with the real sax.
That would be great
giaschel
Hello.
I once owned an Akai S1000KB, which was a keyboard version of the S1000. It was very easy to use. I found it used for USD $225 and sold it for the same price. It's a great sampler if you're not looking for too much memory.
You can find more info here or here. Maybe some more info and reviews on Harmony Central too.
You can find more info here or here. Maybe some more info and reviews on Harmony Central too.
AlChuck
Well-known member
NationalSandwic and F_cksia,
Yeah, there are such things, that's what samplers are exactly. There are a number of hybrid beasts, like so-called "sampling synthesizers" or "sampling workstations," and you also mentioned Sound Fonts, which are a standard sampling format for Creative Labs cards (among others). There are also software samplers, that are applications that run on a standard PC or Mac and use its audio hardware to make the computer a full-featured sampler. Gigasampler/GigaStudio is a well-known example.
F_cksia, son't hold your hopes too high that sampling one note from a real sax is going to do you much good. In reality pitch-shifting a single sample only sounds reasonable for a couple of half-steps above or below; beyond that, it starts to sound unlike the instrument that was sampled. Sample sound sets usually use at least one (or several) samples every couple of notes to minimize this effect. There are a million other issues of acoustics and human perception that conspire to make it difficult to create a really good sample set from your own recordings.
Yeah, there are such things, that's what samplers are exactly. There are a number of hybrid beasts, like so-called "sampling synthesizers" or "sampling workstations," and you also mentioned Sound Fonts, which are a standard sampling format for Creative Labs cards (among others). There are also software samplers, that are applications that run on a standard PC or Mac and use its audio hardware to make the computer a full-featured sampler. Gigasampler/GigaStudio is a well-known example.
F_cksia, son't hold your hopes too high that sampling one note from a real sax is going to do you much good. In reality pitch-shifting a single sample only sounds reasonable for a couple of half-steps above or below; beyond that, it starts to sound unlike the instrument that was sampled. Sample sound sets usually use at least one (or several) samples every couple of notes to minimize this effect. There are a million other issues of acoustics and human perception that conspire to make it difficult to create a really good sample set from your own recordings.