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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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