Has anyone ditched there hardware sampler....

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Calamansi
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Has anyone ditched there hardware sampler....

Post by Calamansi » Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:25 pm

for Live?

Any regrets?

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Re: Has anyone ditched there hardware sampler....

Post by dm_hawk » Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:28 pm

Calamansi wrote:for Live? yes

Any regrets?
no
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Post by henry ford » Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:31 am

i wouldnt ditch your hardware sampler if i was you....


besides getting another laptop running live, im working on:

getting a second-hand akai 2000xl/or/korg electribe sampler so that i can work on one set in live , then run a suitable sequence from either sampler in sync.....and then change the set on my laptop.


im still browsing through different forum threads on topics that relate to this (syncing etc) ...
but essentially , i believe your hardware sampler is in no way useless because of your new found love in ableton live......it still has a use as a bridge between set-changes

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Post by atomic » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:26 am

sold mine and dont ever miss it
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Post by ishimaru » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:58 am

Same here ... used it to my current rig. lol
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Post by dm_hawk » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:16 pm

actually, mine's in storage. i wouldn't sell it, because it may be fun for future projects - i keep forgetting i have it, though. imho -most samplers wouldn't have enough resale value to be worth getting rid of, unless you could get enough for it to buy a laptop,moniters, or some other serious piece of kit.
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Post by hacktheplanet » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:06 pm

I sometimes regret getting rid of my old Akai S2000. It sounded so unique with the drums, and IMO sounded a lot better than Impulse. Something with Impulse is just... Lacking, I dunno.

But I had to get rid of it because compared to software, it was pretty tedious to use, and it was hindering the creative process. I think I just need to get an actual drum machine of some sort.
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Post by Komplex » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:22 pm

I have ditched my A4000 sampler for live but whenever I fire it up it just gives me so much DEPTH and creativity that Live seems to lack.

But its tedious to use I guess and rarely gets turned on.

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Post by yekker » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:04 am

i wouldn't mind buying an akai mpc 2000 one of these days, for writing betas on

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Post by FaX-01 » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:11 am

Depends on the type of sampler used IMHO.
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Post by Calamansi » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:17 am

Well, I'm pretty much using an ASR10 keyboard as a midi controller...but occasionally sample and chop with it since it's so intuitive for that task. But.... I can also follow the same workflow in Live...yet with more precision.

sidenote: I do find a difference in favor of the ASR regarding the character and quality of bass and lower frequency sounds.

So as soon as I find a midi controller that I like, then I'm afraid I might not have any use for the ASR anymore. It would seem too redundant to me...

It would be great if some Live users can share their workflow using both a hardware sampler and Live together in a cohesive and efficient way. Or do most people work and freak it "in-the-box" (the hardware sampler) and then export it into Live?

thanks for all your responses!

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Post by metaforensics » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:07 am

I produce DnB & Hip Hop. I'm still rocking the ASr, and mpc1k, and do not plan on getting rid of them anytime soon. they are the heart of my beats. I got live basically so that I could drop my beats in there, so that I can perform without having to lugg around and ASR, adn a bunch of other gear.

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Post by vertigo » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:27 pm

I ditched my sp 303 and bought a Trigger Finger, great investment!

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Post by moneyclip » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:42 pm

i just picked up an mpc4000 and i couldn't be happier with it. Making beats just works for me so much better on the akai. to me, it's a tremendouse difference in sound character and feeling i can achieve that i really like. but also there are many things I love doing with live that i can't do with the mpc. Splicing, rearranging, and editing samples can be done in a very easy and extremely creative way in live. So often i sync them together. If i'm sampling old soul or disco records i often prepare the loops in live and send them over usb to the akai. it's a snap. the two get along together quite well.

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Post by spiderprod » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:43 pm

i sold all my sampler a few month after buying live 1.5 ,
the only thing i miss is the filter sound from the akai s3000 .

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