I tried Reaktor, DS-1, and Gigasampler. It seems like Giga has lowest latency,
but you have to get a sound card that is supported by Giga. Giga also supports
directsound (directx), which it means you can use any sound card that supported
by directx, but even good Directsound card could have latency up to
50ms in Giga. Right now, in my personal studio, I am using Gigasampler with
Sound Forge. Sound Forge with DirectX & VST give you unbelievable editing power.
My opinion, dumping through SCSI is too much work. By the time you make the sample,
and dump it through sampler, you might have forgotten your song idea.
I got rid of my Akai.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jake B
To: AN1x-list@egroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] OT: sampler or computer
I plan on using it for both playing back phrases and as a drum module and
playing notes keyed off with my akai ax73. Yeah i was somewhat worried
about the latency issue. But I am planning on getting a faily beefy machine
if I go that way.
What are some decent samplers...sequencers...hardware wise
thanks again
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil" <accession@...>
To: <AN1x-list@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 4:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] OT: sampler or computer
> Hi Jake,
>
> Do you want to use the sampler to play back vocal phrases and drum loops,
or
> as a synth playing individual notes?
>
> For the former, a computer may prove easier to work with as it's visual
> although the filters in hardware samplers may prove better sounding.
Editing
> samples on a 17" computer monitor beats a miniture LCD any day!
>
> If it's the latter, then a hardware sampler may prove to be more reliable.
>
> For live use: Well for a start, playing sampled notes from a computer via
a
> MIDI keyboard often results in a slightly delayed reaction known as
latency.
> Also streaming multiple audio channels from a computer in a live situation
> can be tempting fate a little too much due to a crash.
>
> You may find the best compromise is a sampler that uses a computer for
> editing and managing samples, that are then dumped back into the hardware
> sampler via SCSI for playback.
>
> Hope this helps. I look forward to hearing other people's thoughts.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
> From: "Jake B" <drummer@...>
> Reply-To: AN1x-list@egroups.com
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:25:03 -0500
> To: <AN1x-list@egroups.com>
> Subject: [AN1x-list] sampler or computer
>
>
> Well I rarely post to the list but I am always reading and what not. This
> post really isn't about my wonderful AN1X but it might have some impact on
> it. I am looking into getting a sampler and debating between getting an
> actual hardware sampler. Thinking of a esi 4000 or 2000, something along
> those lines. Or if I should just build a computer dedicated to audio.
And
> use some sampling programs and also use it to sequence. I will most
likely
> and hopefully be using this set up live and it will have the An1x, a akai
> ax73 and in time a drum pad system running in/out of it. I think a
computer
> would be a more useful way to go but I really do like hardware
> better...easier to use, less crashes....more buttons... but also more
money
> which I don't have.
>
> So if any of you have any suggestions...I am open for ideas.
>
> TIA,
> Jake
>
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