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The magazine for producers, engineers & recording musicians | 04 July 2009


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Power Sampling

Today’s software sampler is one on the most versatile and powerful tools in your studio. Mark Cousins looks at the sampler in action…



Even in a world overflowing with plug-ins and virtual instruments, there are few software elements more useful and dependable than the software sampler. The chameleon of the studio, the sampler can slide effortlessly from mocking up a full-scale orchestral performance, to dicing and slicing the most extreme forms of electronica. Put simply, nothing rivals the versatility and practicality of the software sampler. However, the scope of what today’s sampler can achieve means it has grown to be something of a complicated beast: hungry for data, and with an almost endless amount of mapping and articulation options, synthesis parameters and a sound processing engine that puts some DAWs to shame.

This feature first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 42
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