Samplers, samplers, samplers....

however i do agree with you on stareing at the damn thigns all day at work and then all night ...

if your going to use a computer to do all your sampling then at least you need a really good audio interface , my sampler has very high rated analogue to digital converters and for this reason i will allways sample into that.

i use a aardvark 24/96 -
can use a balanced mic (xlr) or balanced/unbalanced inputs (line) via 1/4 inch as well - ive had no probs -

Humm I've heard very good things about that brand! :)

Z

ok forgive my ignorance here but i just wanted to clear something up...
when i load an 8 bar phrase or sound effect from my synth into sound forge and tweak the sound to my tastes thats sampling right?
and when/if i take a loop from my synth and load it into a hardware sampler that hardware can shape the sound with built in effects? or do i have to go out and by a bunch of fx modules just do to what my computer already does?....

-hiro

Hey,


when i load an 8 bar phrase or sound effect from my synth into sound forge and tweak the sound to my tastes thats sampling right?



I think that would qualify mostly as tweaking, synthesizing
Think simple, if u some how do an audio recording then u r sampling!
So if u are recording audio from yer sint into sound forge, then u r sampling !



and when/if i take a loop from my synth and load it into a hardware sampler that hardware can shape the sound with built in effects?




It can, but the amount of the 2shaping2 depend on the type of efects it has, most samplers are also very resonable sintesizers, i.e. U'll find EGs, LFOs, Filters....



or do i have to go out and by a bunch of fx modules just do to what my computer already does?....



Not necessarily, if yer sampler as all the means then u need nothing else 'till u feel u need something else 4 real. The PC is more and more a ALL in 1 Solution, u can have a all virtual studio in it , with virtual instruments, efx processors, dynamic processors, multi-track, audio mixer, mastering suite, sample editor, etc...

Z

awesome thanks so much for clearing that up :clap: