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Purchasing sample packs/loops/etc
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:22 pm
by 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?
Re: Purchasing sample packs/loops/etc
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:25 pm
by 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
Re: Purchasing sample packs/loops/etc
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:41 am
by arachnaut
ARDJ wrote:...i can convert to rex or slice to midi as i need
How do you do this?
Re: Purchasing sample packs/loops/etc
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:47 am
by ramangill
arachnaut wrote:ARDJ wrote:...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?
Re: Purchasing sample packs/loops/etc
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:46 am
by ARDJ
arachnaut wrote:ARDJ wrote:...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
Re: Purchasing sample packs/loops/etc
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:59 pm
by 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.