Recommendation: Software Sampler

[confusedhelp]

Hey,

Looking for some kinda software sampler to store all my MPC drums that I've accumulated over the years. Really the only thing that comes to my mind is Native Instruments Battery and Avid Structure (yeah I'm really behind). It would be nice to see the waveform of the sample and length (numbers) of how long it is. I'm on a Mac with Pro Tools. Something simple and does the job. Recommendations?

[Stereo Missile]

Kontakt is the best all purpose sampler. Stacker is great for drums specifically if you want a 1 sound per instance type of drum sampler.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by confusedhelp

Hey,

Looking for some kinda software sampler to store all my MPC drums that I've accumulated over the years. Really the only thing that comes to my mind is Native Instruments Battery and Avid Structure (yeah I'm really behind). It would be nice to see the waveform of the sample and length (numbers) of how long it is. I'm on a Mac with Pro Tools. Something simple and does the job. Recommendations?

Originally Posted by Stereo Missile

Kontakt is the best all purpose sampler. Stacker is great for drums specifically if you want a 1 sound per instance type of drum sampler.

Kontakt is a great sampler but not for drum work. Clunky at best for bringing in your own samples; for what the op wants to do Battery would be better. You could have up to 128 samples on call at one time. Probably the most flexible for the purposes at hand. Demo available at this page: https://www.native-instruments.com/e...y-4/downloads/

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Spark by Arturia is ok for drums, but I wouldn't use it for any other type of sampling.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by TonyFlyingSquirrel

Spark by Arturia is ok for drums, but I wouldn't use it for any other type of sampling.

But only for 16 samples at a time. If the OP is looking for more than that then Spark isn't it. Besides it hasn't had an update in a long time; I think Arturia has given up on it.

[confusedhelp]

Originally Posted by musicman691

Kontakt is a great sampler but not for drum work. Clunky at best for bringing in your own samples; for what the op wants to do Battery would be better. You could have up to 128 samples on call at one time. Probably the most flexible for the purposes at hand. Demo available at this page: https://www.native-instruments.com/e...y-4/downloads/

Awesome. Thank you. I see Battery 4 can be sold by itself instead of buying the whole Komplete for $199. That's all I need. Kind of a silly question, but would buying a used Battery 3 be worth it?

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by confusedhelp

Awesome. Thank you. I see Battery 4 can be sold by itself instead of buying the whole Komplete for $199. That's all I need. Kind of a silly question, but would buying a used Battery 3 be worth it?

Not really. Go for the newer version. One question I have to ask - what PT version are you on? The reason I ask is NI dropped support for RTAS a couple of revisions ago in all their plugins. PT10 is the last version to support RTAS but it also supports aax32 format as well.

[confusedhelp]

Originally Posted by musicman691

Not really. Go for the newer version. One question I have to ask - what PT version are you on? The reason I ask is NI dropped support for RTAS a couple of revisions ago in all their plugins. PT10 is the last version to support RTAS but it also supports aax32 format as well.

Still on Pro Tools LE 8, but looking to upgrade to a newer version so I get on the Waves SSL bundle. So Battery 4 is the final answer? I still do all my sequencing and sampling with my MPC 3000 (so hard to let it go). It's just the small memory (32mb max) gets to me when I need to find that one or a few drum sounds. I've been using Workspace in Pro Tools but having a nice controller to audition and tap out the drum sounds while the loop of my MPC is going would be much better.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by confusedhelp

Still on Pro Tools LE 8, but looking to upgrade to a newer version so I get on the Waves SSL bundle. So Battery 4 is the final answer? I still do all my sequencing and sampling with my MPC 3000 (so hard to let it go). It's just the small memory (32mb max) gets to me when I need to find that one or a few drum sounds. I've been using Workspace in Pro Tools but having a nice controller to audition and tap out the drum sounds while the loop of my MPC is going would be much better.

Being you're still on PT8 you'll need RTAS support and the last full version to support that was Battery 3. Early Battery 4 versions supported RTAS but that changed and there's no way to tell what revision you'll get to download from NI. That's the hard question only you can answer.

As to the Waves SSL bundle it's killer at the price it's on sale for and if you're a member over at Audio Deluxe (it's free) you can get it for $198 US for the duration of the sale.

[confusedhelp]

Originally Posted by musicman691

Being you're still on PT8 you'll need RTAS support and the last full version to support that was Battery 3. Early Battery 4 versions supported RTAS but that changed and there's no way to tell what revision you'll get to download from NI. That's the hard question only you can answer.

As to the Waves SSL bundle it's killer at the price it's on sale for and if you're a member over at Audio Deluxe (it's free) you can get it for $198 US for the duration of the sale.

Forgot to ask but does Battery 4 show the numeric length of the waveform?