Fastest sampler—in either hardware or software?

[jdaddyaz]

I love using the Blackbox for sampling duties. Ive gotten really quick with it and have the most fun using it. Of all the samplers I’ve used, it’s been the most straight forward.

[schoolbabyboy]

when it comes to one shots under 20 seconds long, the ep-133 is crazy fast. you can sample 48 different sounds to 48 different pads as fast as it takes to play them.

[aether]

That’s a little of a philosophical question.

Where does just sampling stop and Sounddesign start. And is sound design part of the music making process?

A recorder is not an instrument. Is the sampling part of a sampler an instrument? Or just the sequencer?
If I sit down with a digitakt to record percussion samples an afternoon, I also don’t use it as an instrument I’d argue, but it is part of a music making process since I’m preparing the sounds I will.

Edit: mind you I’m not disagreeing with you inherently, I’m interested when on the process of sampling it becomes that. Some do use rather raw samples and just sequence them, but are maticulous in how they record them, or they are ready to be used as is (often when sampling other instruments)

[neilbaldwin]

@shigginpit

rather than burning out on sampling, resampling, editing and loading etc.

I feel you here.

[Mistercharlie]

@dzyndzel

I definitely don’t disagree, just saying, the question asked in the way I understand it was the fastest way to get samples in the broadest type of situation coverage.

I was thinking more of a fast sampler, where you can get sounds in, but also play them immediately. Or easily drag/record them into a DAW or other instrument. For quick field recordings I just use my phone as it’s good enough and always ready.

@everbong

Nobody wants to hear this but the OP-XY is the answer if you’re not counting smartphones. Instant sampling, multisampler, has a mic, usb audio, super long battery life, ultra portable, solidly built, and has a keyboard

All true, and it’s amazing, but if you’re already on a sample track, it overwrites/replaces the sample you’re using.

@jdaddyaz

I love using the Blackbox for sampling duties. Ive gotten really quick with it and have the most fun using it.

If only it had a battery!

[Dibek]

Apart from the threshold sampling Ableton Move does all of it and much more.

[Mistercharlie]

The move looks like it’s ideal for this, especially with one project reserved just for sampling. With 4 drum racks, and 16-pitches mode, that’s a lot of material, and it also syncs via Ableton link if needed.

[muied_lumens]

I think there is quite a simple (simlistic?) answer to this: just like music only exists in the mind of the listener, the instrument exists in the hands of the musician.

[captain8]

does the move detect root notes and keys of samples?

[Mistercharlie]

It does not.

[captain8]

thanks

[tha_man]

SP-404 MKII as an audio interface (or on master bus of a hardware setup). Skipback FTW!

Have batteries inside and microphone at hand if you need to sample stuff around the house.

[ATLVS]

Rolling sampler is the GOAT

[everbong]

@Mistercharlie

All true, and it’s amazing, but if you’re already on a sample track, it overwrites/replaces the sample you’re using.

Drum sampler: 24 twenty second samples x8 tracks, but that’s not what I was referring to- the sample button literally records and files away the recording automatically and repeatedly. That’s what I meant by instant sampling. It’s one button press to get into sampling and you can just keep hitting record. There’s no “name? Save? Are you sure?” It just does the thing.