--- Ryan Gallagher <ruinaudio@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. I've got a Kurzweil K2000R. I haven't used it beyound testing but it's a sophisticated machine. I looked at them on e-bay recall seeing one for about $500.00 U.S. It's alot of synthesis, MIDI function controling, sampling and basic sequencing for that price. It's got eight analog outputs and a stereo paired digital output. You gotta love digital outputs. ron > -ry > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
