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Use "Slice to single Sampler" - then you can easily hot-swap the sample like you would with Dr. Rex

Oh yeah, I saw that - but I'm unsure how to hot-swap the sample like you suggest. That would be really close to perfect.

After "Slice to Single Sampler" it seems that I can either replace ...

I'm demoing M4L and going through maxforlive.com but I'm unable to find something like Dr.Rex/Dr.OctoRex in Reason. I'm trying to get off Reason but it's the one thing I cannot really replace.

Specifically, I need the functionality where I can map arbitrary slices of an audio file (typically a loop ...

What's the shortest path to writing music? The one with the fewest hassles? For me that is Live, but there are a lot of other options depending on the musician. Bitwig might be yet another option, eventually.

One path that is absolutely not short is the Linux path. I spend plenty of time with it ...