One of my most successful approaches to drums is to layer samples to create interesting sounds. I used Ableton live in the past and now I’m looking for a hardware approach to do similar with a straightforward workflow. What samplers do you use for sample layering?
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Digitakt and then resample is pretty ok now it has EQ
guess any MPC will work well too.
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Korg ESX 1, resampling. I don’t own this anymore, but it was my first sampler.
Octatrack, same.
TR8S, layering samples with synthesis. (Not really a sampler, but makes cools sounds, with sample layers)
MPC. Four layers per drum hit and then you can flatten a pad and start again. 
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Octatrack works very well for this as you can use play and record trigs to easily sync stuff up just right and resample. A good selection of effects and LFO capabilities for shaping the sound too. You can use the CUE as a mixbus separate from the main outputs so you can set up a sound in context of the rest of the track and resample straight away.
SP-404MK2 will be good for this too, just a bit of a different workflow.
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…the rytm…synth layered with samples…
samples layered with samples?..any other hw sampler…
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Korg Drumlogue, 2x 32bit, 48khz sample slots together with the analog kick and sometimes the HT and LT… Tuning the samples on a Drumlogue is grazy…
SP-404MKII can do this well! I use the pad link feature to try out different samples together and resample as needed.
MPC also had a nice sample layering feature!
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Yeah good one, too.
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What can you do to those 4 layers? Individual eq etc. of each sample?
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Drums? D16 Punchbox is interesting for that as it layers but uses specific parts for things such as the click, top end, other part, and then the main body. There’s a few fx in there too. It also exports to a wav too.
From the top of my head: Volume, offset, sample start, pan, velocity layering (at which velocity it triggers.
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Akai MPC has 4 layers per pad but you can also link up to 4 pads if you need more control/effects on each layer. I think that should be enough layering for anyone’s needs.
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You can layer 2 samples per sound with Deluge
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I think from the responses, basically any sampler with layering, haha.
And the M+, by selecting multiple samples to a pad and you can then resample if you wish.
Probably the most straightforward workflow, which I guess is the aim.