I woud agree and say the filters make it worthwhile, not to mention hardly no latency for playing those complex patterns. I on the otherhand have sold my hardware sampler simply because of how much time it would consume, setting up presets backing them up, losing things here and there etc. I guess if I shelled out a grand or more on a workhorse it would be a bit easier, but I find soft samplers to be extremely easy to use, allowing me to get on with the creative flow and not pulling my hair out pushing buttons. That's saying a lot from a knob twiddler ; ) PC hardware these days is so cheap and there are some extremely good soft samplers out on the market right now that are leaps ahead of what we had last year. EXS24, Halion, Battery etc. The only thing lacking is decent filters. It's going to be interesting to see what happens in the year to come...
-v- :: paradigm shift :: www.junkfeed.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "michelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 7:18 AM Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: sampler needed? > > is it because the a4000 is such a bad sampler or are there others here > > that think of selling their (considered as being state-of-the-art) emu > > ultra sampler and switch to software? so what do u guys think? is a > > hardware sampler still needed for drum'n'bass production? what are the > > pros and cons of hardware samplers in comparison to software solutions? > > what makes you stick on to your hardware samplers? > > alot of it may be personal preference to some, i suppose.. i was a software > junkie for a long time until i got my e4 platinum. i'll tell you one thing, > i have never seen any software filters that will ever compare. if there are > any, i'd like to get my hands on them, heh.. > > the e4 platinum also comes with the rfx32 card which also makes it > worthwhile.. and the beatmunger does make certain things easier... > > i run a small emu users group and we sit around and talk about production > with emu samplers.. trading information back and forth, tips and tricks and > whatnot.. > > personally, i prefer my sampler.. and i have used most of the software on > the market.. i will tell you this though.. something that can come slightly > close and is the choice of a miami based producer that is making rounds in > the UK right now is using rewire and reason's sampler while hooking it up > with cubase... > > i am partial to my e-mu and logic audio platinum :) > > -- > michelle [severina] > frequencies live! w/ severina - powered by bassdrive - www.bassdrive.com > tuesdays 6-8PM EST / sundays 2-4PM EST > > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
