The one thing that Tonverk made me realize is how fun multisampling can be.
As for now, Tonverk is not doing a great job at it (MIDI delays, no looping), I was wondering (before starting on creating my own tool in Max MSP), what tools exist for automated multisampling on a computer ?
(I’m using a Mac and Ableton).
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i usually make a scale clip in ableton , each note being same length , with 8 / 16 / 64 steps(notes) (to easily fit digitakt requirements).
send that to a vst and use another channel that is resampling it.
use quantized record / end playback / end record on the transport of abletone.
its basic … but works .
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I multisampled my moog once in ableton years ago.
It took me all fucking day. Swore Id never do it and again.
And I never have.
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Tangerine/Blackbox/Bento make this process really easy but loops can’t be autoconfigured on-board. So a computer is needed for that kind of editing. Endless WAV can do multi-sample editing quite well, even if it looks vanilla. Otherwise, vendors ask daw-like money for this: sample robot, wavelab, soundforge, etc.
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Logic Pro has a really good Autosampler with autolooping (Apple absorbed it from Redmatica). But you don’t need Logic. It’s also in the $30 Mainstage product - which is really good in its own right for live stuff.
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I’ve used the autosampler in Maschine. It works pretty good, although it doesnt find as good loop points as a skilled samplist can find manually
I believe the free MPC software for mac and PC can also autosample
I use the MPC autosampler, works quiete well, also the Stem Splitter is surprisingly good. (Works as VST in the DAW.)
To be clear, I want then to use the samples in Ableton. So any proprietary instrument will not suite my needs. Just want to spit out cleanly sampled and properly named to load them in any multi sampler.
I think both Maschine’s and MPC softwares autosamplers do that. They name the samples according to note and so on, you can then ignore the metadata file and just import the samples in some other sampler
I would suggest running in tandem then with ConvertWithMoss.
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Naive question, can you use them without owning the hardware?
Yes, as plugin in the DAW, also the MPC price will soon be very low, when the new Hardware hits the market - it will be flooded with the old ones, the sw bundle alone is very competent. (subfactory, is cool, the FM synth is very nice, lots of distortion fx, which are very good and characterful.)
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Thanks. I don’t use plugins so I’ll see if it’s worth it !
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yes to both. MPC is free, so I suggest you take a look at that one first.
Maschine can be bought without the hardware, but it does cost a bit… cant remember the exact price, google knows the answer…
Ableton ? Sampler ? That rings a bell 
I should have started with the basics. Nice tutorial, thanks ! (I’m still some sort of expert noob)
Never tried, but there is a plugin for Max called Resampler Pro.
Has anyone tried this? I’m curious to know if it’s worth it.
Btw, I love your music, Chapelier.
Thanks (for the link and the kind words), I’ll check this out !
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