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Re: Korg Microsampler

Hi
 
To clarify things a bit:
 
For each bank, you have 2 "layers", each one on its own midi channel.
 
The first one  called "sample" holds one sample per key. This is the classic drum machine/loops/fx use.
The second one called "keyboard" takes one of the sample of the first layer and transpose it. base key="C" and one octave down, 2 octaves up. It is not great with all the sounds as said. It's ok for synthy sound, but awfull with piano or instrument with a different harmonic content for each key.
 
Now there's a trick. You can use the first layer to multisample. Either one sample per key, thats' something you can do on all sampler or with a few samples only and then it transposes down the sample to all empty key on its left. So you can well made a piano bank with just 5 samples if you don't have the time to sample everything. 
 
You can't transpose at all, you are limited to the 3 octaves. What I sometimes do if i know i'll stay in a given key or with a limited amount of chords is sample only the notes I need (in this key/chords) an put them on all the physical keys. With 32 key (3*12=36), I can store (36/7) 5 octaves.
I sometimes even invert notes on the keyboard to break bad habits :-).  You can also directly sample your left hand chords.
 
The editor is OK to put wav files in the sampler, but I more often sample other keyboards.
 
I don't know about the "resolution" problem. I like it's sound. I like the FX (the feedback on the delays goes over 100%), you can create new textures with the ring modulator (FM like sounds). It's retro sounding, it rermember me the sounds of band like the cranes (using akai Sx000 think).
 
Ben
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: RP Collier


On May 22, 2011, at 5:13 AM, Louie Angulo wrote:

so lets say i want to sample my piano sounds,vintage organs or string
sounds all across the keyboard and switch octaves if i need to
would this be a tidious thing to do? hows the editor?


You can take a single sample and spread it across the keyboard automatically but I find that only works well for certain types of sound. It is not an ESX style sampler, I'm not sure the right terminology but it does not seem to have the resolution. So you might want a bank with each key preloaded with your string/organ sounds.

I think the editor is pretty good but I can only speak for Mac version.