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What the HELL is a Hardware Sampler? Posted by Joe (from: 24.14.123.119) on March 31, 2000 at 23:53:42: Im confused here. I just got my Sam Ash music catalog, and I've been eying at some of the hardware samplers, like the Akai SM3000 (i think thats what its called) and what not. Anyway, the only sampler Im aware of is GigaSampler, which is a software based sampler. You load in a .gig file, which can be anything after you convert it and map the regions etc, like a soundfont. But its terribly slow, HUGE latency problems when recording, and its buggy. So is a Hardware sampler like the Akai (which seem to be very popular) better than Gigasampler? And is it worth the buy? Also, does anyone have any experience with a Korg Trinity Workstation synth? I played it once at a music store, and it was pretty rad. But for a few months, I've been eying the Trinity due to its ease of use, and I've read some pretty harsh reviews about the Xp-60, not being easy and cumborsome. Anyone have any suggestions on a good, affordable, RELIABLE, synth that has both very realistic sounds, but the ability to add user made samples and KMFDM-like stuff? Alesis? Kurzweil? Korg? Roland? who what when where? oh yeah, someone here I think said they had a Shure SM-58 microphone or some professional mic hooked up to their SBlive. Can who ever said that PLEASE make a sample of them talking or playing guitar through it? I REALLY am interested in getting one, but I aint gonna get it till I hear what it would sound like before I do (of course I'll need an adapter etc). 1 more thing, anyone know of a forum where you can talk about Synths and samplers and crap like that? Follow Ups: 17:40:34 2/26/02 (0) Good Site for you: Me the Dumb III 15:50:50 4/09/00 (0) Re: What the HELL is a Hardware Sampler? Steve 07:21:10 4/03/00 (0) Re: What the HELL is a Hardware Sampler? Alf 22:15:15 4/01/00 (1) Re: What the HELL is a Hardware Sampler? Joe 04:33:13 4/02/00 (0) Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : Im confused here. I just got my Sam Ash music catalog, and I've been eying at some of the hardware samplers, like the Akai SM3000 (i think thats what its called) and what not. Anyway, the only sampler Im aware of is GigaSampler, which is a software based sampler. You load in a .gig file, which can be anything after you convert it and map the regions etc, like a soundfont. But its terribly slow, HUGE latency problems when recording, and its buggy. : So is a Hardware sampler like the Akai (which seem to be very popular) better than Gigasampler? And is it worth the buy? : Also, does anyone have any experience with a Korg Trinity Workstation synth? I played it once at a music store, and it was pretty rad. But for a few months, I've been eying the Trinity due to its ease of use, and I've read some pretty harsh reviews about the Xp-60, not being easy and cumborsome. Anyone have any suggestions on a good, affordable, RELIABLE, synth that has both very realistic sounds, but the ability to add user made samples and KMFDM-like stuff? Alesis? Kurzweil? Korg? Roland? who what when where? : oh yeah, someone here I think said they had a Shure SM-58 microphone or some professional mic hooked up to their SBlive. Can who ever said that PLEASE make a sample of them talking or playing guitar through it? I REALLY am interested in getting one, but I aint gonna get it till I hear what it would sound like before I do (of course I'll need an adapter etc). : 1 more thing, anyone know of a forum where you can talk about Synths and samplers and crap like that? Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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