Purchasing sample packs/loops/etc

[ramangill]

Is there a favorite format that people get usually? WAV, REX2, Apple Loops, etc, etc?

I normally get WAV's or Live Packs, but someone told me to use REX2 files over WAV's? Why would that be? Any ideas?

What is the "real" difference?

[ARDJ]

just depends on how you work but ableton really is a dream to work w/ samples in any format, i prefer wav's but that doesn't stop me from using rex or alp files. A lot of sample CD's come in multiformat but if they don't i use wav's as i can convert to rex or slice to midi as i need

[arachnaut]

...i can convert to rex or slice to midi as i need

How do you do this?

[ramangill]

...i can convert to rex or slice to midi as i need

How do you do this?

I was going to ask the same.

So what is the point of a REX2 file?

What about AIFF files?

Maybe the question I need to ask is what are the differences between WAV, REX2 and AIFF?

ALP is just a live pack that I know.

Is one better than the other?

[ARDJ]

...i can convert to rex or slice to midi as i need

How do you do this?

recycle but i just typically slice to midi now

[Basic Waveform]

I prefer REX-files. The reason is simple — they are universal. I could bring them to Logic (which I mostly use in the studio) and there's a lot of options — I could have them automatically mapped in the EXS24 or chopped to slices on an audio track, or simply bounced as an audio loop. Ableton Live also supports REX-files very well. There's a fly in the ointment though — ReCycle. I hate it's workflow. But it does the job.