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I am planning to get into sampling and know next to nothing about it, looking at the net would I be right in thinking that hardware samplers are on the way out and that software progams  such as Kontakt are the way to go?

I quite like the look of the Kurzweil K series but I don't really need another keyboard, did I really write that!?

I do need a new computer, my laptop is 8 years old so I wonder if I would be better off upgrading my computer and buying some better software. I'm using Audacity, FL Studio and a free vst sample player at present.

Any ideas?

Mark

I agree with your instincts. New computer, software to record AND assemble (Kontakt will assemble but has no actual recording capability), good i/o (plenty of multi function boxes out there), a slamming mic pre with a line level input, a good mic and time to kill and you're off. I do all my sample patch creation in Kontakt and edit my recordings right in my DAW or in Peak.  Lotsa ways to do this.



fritz

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From: mellotronmadness <markpringnz@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 11:50 pm
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Off Topic Samplers


  
    
                  
I am planning to get into sampling and know next to nothing about it, looking at the net would I be right in thinking that hardware samplers are on the way out and that software progams  such as Kontakt are the way to go?

I quite like the look of the Kurzweil K series but I don't really need another keyboard, did I really write that!?

I do need a new computer, my laptop is 8 years old so I wonder if I would be better off upgrading my computer and buying some better software. I'm using Audacity, FL Studio and a free vst sample player at present.

Any ideas?

Mark

I don't know anything about hardware samplers, but if you decide to get a new computer, check out ADK Pro Audio. Audio is their specialty and their computers are built like tanks.

http://www.adkproaudio.com/

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "mellotronmadness" <markpringnz@...> wrote:

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> I am planning to get into sampling and know next to nothing about it, looking at the net would I be right in thinking that hardware samplers are on the way out and that software progams  such as Kontakt are the way to go?
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> I quite like the look of the Kurzweil K series but I don't really need another keyboard, did I really write that!?
> 
> I do need a new computer, my laptop is 8 years old so I wonder if I would be better off upgrading my computer and buying some better software. I'm using Audacity, FL Studio and a free vst sample player at present.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Mark
>

Thanks Fritz, which DAW do you use?

Mark

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:

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>  I agree with your instincts. New computer, software to record AND assemble (Kontakt will assemble but has no actual recording capability), good i/o (plenty of multi function boxes out there), a slamming mic pre with a line level input, a good mic and time to kill and you're off. I do all my sample patch creation in Kontakt and edit my recordings right in my DAW or in Peak.  Lotsa ways to do this.
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> fritz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mellotronmadness <markpringnz@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 11:50 pm
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Off Topic Samplers
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> I am planning to get into sampling and know next to nothing about it, looking at the net would I be right in thinking that hardware samplers are on the way out and that software progams  such as Kontakt are the way to go?
> 
> I quite like the look of the Kurzweil K series but I don't really need another keyboard, did I really write that!?
> 
> I do need a new computer, my laptop is 8 years old so I wonder if I would be better off upgrading my computer and buying some better software. I'm using Audacity, FL Studio and a free vst sample player at present.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Mark
>

I use Digital Performer and Ableton Live.  DP is the more straightforward of the two, although Live feels better to me. Although I am only on Reason 5, Reason 6 integrates their two products, Reason and Recod, into one environment, AND their sampler actually samples (like an old school hardware sampler).  This could certainly be an option for you.  Reason is also very straightforward and integrates well with many hardware controllers. It could be a nice one box software solution.

I love gear talk, and my wife hates it.


fritz




 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mellotronmadness <markpringnz@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 8, 2011 8:54 pm
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Off Topic Samplers


  
    
                  
Thanks Fritz, which DAW do you use?

Mark

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:

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> 
>  I agree with your instincts. New computer, software to record AND assemble (Kontakt will assemble but has no actual recording capability), good i/o (plenty of multi function boxes out there), a slamming mic pre with a line level input, a good mic and time to kill and you're off. I do all my sample patch creation in Kontakt and edit my recordings right in my DAW or in Peak.  Lotsa ways to do this.
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> fritz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mellotronmadness <markpringnz@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 11:50 pm
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Off Topic Samplers
> 
> 
>   
>     
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> I am planning to get into sampling and know next to nothing about it, looking at the net would I be right in thinking that hardware samplers are on the way out and that software progams  such as Kontakt are the way to go?
> 
> I quite like the look of the Kurzweil K series but I don't really need another keyboard, did I really write that!?
> 
> I do need a new computer, my laptop is 8 years old so I wonder if I would be better off upgrading my computer and buying some better software. I'm using Audacity, FL Studio and a free vst sample player at present.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Mark
>

"There's just one way out babe, .Lord,  I just can't go out that door...


 


Heaven Bound 


All arrivals in heaven have to go through a bureaucratic examination to
determine whether admission will be granted. One room has a clerk who inputs
computerized records of what each applicant did on his or her last 
day of life. 

The first applicant of the day explains that his last day was not a good
one. 

"I came home early and found my wife lying naked in bed. She claimed she had
just gotten out of the shower. Well, her hair was dry and I 
checked the shower and it was completely dry too. I knew she was into some
hanky-panky and I began to look for her lover. 

I went onto the balcony of our 9th floor apartment and found the SOB
clinging to the rail by 
his finger tips. 
I was so angry that I began bashing his fingers with a flower pot. He let go
and fell, but his fall was broken by some awnings and bushes. 

On seeing he was still alive I found super human strength to drag our
antique cedar chest to the balcony and throw it over. 

It hit the man and killed him. 

At this point the stress got to me and I suffered a massive heart attack and
died.? 

The clerk thanked him and sent him on to the next office. 

The second applicant said that his last day was his worst. "I was on the
roof of an apartment building working on the AC equipment. 

I stumbled over my tools and toppled off the building. I managed to grab
onto the balcony rail of a 9th floor apartment but some idiot came rushing
out on the balcony and bashed my hands with a flower pot. I fell but hit
some awnings and bushes and survived, but as I looked up I saw a huge chest
falling
toward me. I tried to crawl out of the way but failed and was hit and killed
by the chest." 


The clerk couldn't help but chuckle as he directs the man to the next room.

 

He is still giggling when his third customer of the day enters. 

He apologizes and says "I doubt that your last day was as interesting as the
fellow in here just before you." 

"I don't know" replies the man, "picture this, I'm buck naked hiding' in
this cedar chest..."