Re: Software question

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Petri Lahtinen
<kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Per! I noticed that too, that it is NOT Live he's working on.
> The exact software was in question, but maybe it really is the Sampler
> http://www.ableton.com/sampler


For what he does it really is not important what sampler and what
sample editor he is using. Setting up a multi sampled patch is basic
and any decent sampler will let you do that. More important is how you
adjust the instrument when creating it, but that's up to your own
taste. And the process is "magical" just as he says in the video. I
have created multi sample virtual instruments from my tenor sax, my
alto flute and my Fender Stratocaster with tube top and two Marshal 1"
cabinets and I too have experienced that my acoustic instruments
become a bit different while still keeping their own personality in
the digital domain. For the Strat I recorded every note both as a
plucked attack and as a screaming air feedback overtone (the full
process, like ten second's overtone birth process) and both these
samples are layered on the appropriate MIDI note. For the tenor sax I
also made two recordings of each note; one with a soft "Ben
Webster-ish" tone and one with singing behind the bamboo reed to
create overtones (Sander's style). Well, all I can say is that
sampling is truly amazing, you will see when you get going with it...
:-)

One last cool thing I have to mention is the option you get with
Live's Sampler to have the sample played back in different directions.
This was common in the early days of sampling - then because it
provided "longer pads" with a shorter sampled note, as RAM/sampler
memory still was an issue - and sadly this functionality disappeared
from many modern samplers (like the Akai S+ series, that I worked a
lot with in the nineties). But Live' Sampler does that. Some may think
it is good that Sampler is so integrated in Live while others find it
a limitation. Over here I have Sampler but I tend to use Kontakt more.
Kontakt is more advanced but I imagine very few really needs that
extra stuff, but some folks needs some of the sample libraries
available on the market for Kontakt. Especially if you want to do
symphonic orchestra mock-ups "in the box" Kontakt is the way to go if
you want to also sample. The sampler I use the most though is the
EXS24; it comes free as part of Logic/Mainstage and is very fast and
easy to work with.

Per