It’s starting to drive me nuts that I can’t make perfect loops (from something like a pad sound) on my SP-404 mkii. I don’t get why crossfade for loops isn’t a more common feature on samplers since most genres would benefit from it. Does anyone know of one that has this? It looks like Digitakt doesn’t have it from what I can see.
MPCs let you crossfade samples to form loops. My MPC Live does it easily.
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M8 (full sentence)
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AKAI MPC Live, Force… it’s called “X-Fade”.
In general, “why doesn’t gear A or B have this or that?”, well because hardware is limited by definition. Cause engineers have limited time to develop the OS too, so they have to prioritize the core functions.
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I’m pretty sure Elektron makes a sampler with a crossfader 
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Yeah, I’ve heard of it.
What a pity this crossfader hasn’t made it to every box, becoming Elektron’s iconic workflow for scenes to complete their awesome sequencer.
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I think anything with more than one track and a precise enough control of LFOs and their routing destinations could approximate it, though I wouldn’t expect perfection when it’s a workaround and not a feature.
Thanks for the replies. Looks I like I need to re-examine the MPC’s. I get that developers have limited resources and all that. Although it is interesting that a tiny operation like Dirtywave and a behemoth like Akai can both implement it. Typically I embrace limitations, hell I even defend the Timbre Wolf! But a simple crossfade is all I ask!
I’ll be honest I’ve been pretty baffled why it isn’t considered a standard requirement in designing sampler hardware.
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There are even a few loopers out there that don’t have a crossfade option. So it’s no wonder that not all samplers have it on board. But i agree, it should be standard nowadays.
Especially when it was pretty much standard fare years ago
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Octatrack 
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EDIT: Looks like there is a way
OP-1 Field has it.
Maschine+
Best crossfader ever is the Octatrack.