On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 06:25, Dave Griffiths wrote: > On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:34:18 -0800, Florin Andrei wrote > > Well, there's little or no point in buying a hardware sampler if you > > wanna create new sounds; i currently own an Alesis QS6.2 and, while it's > > an excellent sampler on its own (high praise to Alesis for creating > > an instrument that's robust, straightforward and appealing), it's > > not appropriate for creating new sounds (well, no sampler is, by > > definition). Some people appreciate a sampler (those who want to > > play existing sounds) > > To just be pedantic - but I don't get this at all, a sampler is far better for > making unique sounds surely? > > You can do what you want with sounds from any source - ok, so you need a > source to begin with, but a synth is actually more restrictive as you can only > make the sounds it's capable of (even a modular), with a sampler you can make > an entire track from the sound of someone sneezing - if you have enough > creativity and time... :) > > dave Absolutely true. Samplers are very misunderstood. Samplers can be far more "abstract" and creative in sound synthesis IMHO. Also most samplers (hardware ones anyway) include basic oscillators and filters and LFO's. All of the samplers I've owned could make synth noises without ever sampling anything or loading any samples. -ry
