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Posted on Mar 16, 2005 10:00 am
philthyone
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Member Since: Jul 25, 2004
I have been searching for a good, easy to use sampler and so far it's looking like Halion may be the one. Has anyone any opinions on this or recommendations on another sampler?
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flame...bringing sexy backMember
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Mar 16, 2005 12:58 pm thers an awesome free one here www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Helios/ although itll only load one sample at a time.
personally having used halion for about 4 years and right up to the latest version, i find it does weird things and can be a bit frustrating. like, it wont put out sound for some reason, then it will. its kooky.
Mar 17, 2005 04:05 pm I really need a polyphonic capable sampler. I intend to use it for drums, triggered by a Roland V-drums kit.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 17, 2005 04:54 pm Are you looking to use it strictly for drums, or do you want it to be more versitile?
Mar 17, 2005 06:13 pm Well, I would probably use it for other things, but my driving force at the moment is drums.
Mar 17, 2005 06:27 pm I would not use halion for drums. I find it not to be user friendly. I use it for piano, clavenet,and bass but only in song development, later I replace the tracks with real instruments. I almost always use native instruments battery for drums it is so user friendly anyone can use it. It's fast and versitile to add or change instrument maps. I think it easily beats halion for drums. Sampletank also offers up some realy good drum samples but it's not very programable.
Good luck!
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 17, 2005 06:40 pm Ya, dB is liking Battery as well. But both he and I are beta testing a program called DrumCore and I am like that as well right now. And I do have tons of drum sounds at my disposal but I can see this app taking a big part in my drum programing real soon.
Mar 18, 2005 01:15 pm Cool. I downloaded the demo last night. While the demo sounds are not what I'm looking for, it's usability and flexability is awesome. Thanks for the tip.
Where can I find information on DrumCore?
Mar 18, 2005 01:16 pm www.drumcore.com
The Windows version won't be released for a few weeks yet. It is currently in beta testing...it's looking great, I like it, Noize2u is loving it up...great app.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 19, 2005 12:28 am Indeed I am!!! I think it is going to be my drum app of choice for the most part. And I have more then enough drum samples and synths then I could ever use. But DC is a bit faster and more flexable so far from what I have seen.
GeoffSM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic'sContributor
Since: Jun 20, 2002
Mar 19, 2005 12:49 am and orange ..can't forget that
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 19, 2005 01:06 am HUH???
Mar 21, 2005 10:17 am oh for the love of God it is orange! However, if I didn't have Battery, DrumCore would be my next option. Drum 9+ gigs of samples are phenominal, even if you have another drum machine you like, the samples alone packaged with DrumCore are awesome. I have thought about using DC's samples to build a kit for Battery.
To be clear, the only reason I prefer battery is because of the extra control offered over each pad, such as adding compression and/or other effects which DrumCore does not have...yet...
My three favorite drum machines are Battery, DrumCore and Velocity (bundled with Project5 from Cakewalk). I'd take any of those three over anything I have seen to date...
Mar 21, 2005 06:36 pm I just slapped down the cash for a copy of Battery 2. Thanks for the recommendation. This is easily the best drum sampling software I have seen thus far. It's ease of use is far beyond ANYTHING else i have tried. The configurability is awesome. Thanks again guys!.
Mar 21, 2005 09:01 pm ah, very cool, glad you like it, and I agree, it's the best I have seen.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 21, 2005 11:52 pm I know its Orange, I was being a twit.
Ya, Dc has some really great sounds. And an awe inspiring collection of loops and what ever else you might need. I am however a bit bummed as some of the drum sounds I would love to yank out and use in Velocity, but alas, they are compressed in what must be a proprietary format for DC. I can however export a wave of a loop and just hack them out myself. But that seems a bit lengthy.
