[Fmpro] soft sampler

[Tracey Larvenz]

I'm a big fan of Kontakt 2.  The guys at NI are on the ball with tech  
support and their sampler has become the standard for sample playback  
plug-ins (Stormdrum, etc.).  It supports a lot of formats and has  
pretty good support for Gigasamples, although it doesn't support all  
the sample programming for GS.  But it seems that a lot of libraries  
are supporting Kontakt2 as a file format.  It's also cross platform.   
I'd tried Mach V (the first release) and liked it a lot, but it  
crashed a great deal and I dumped it for Kontakt.  Maybe they've  
worked out the stability issue with the new release.  They're  
certainly both worth a look.

Tracey Larvenz
www.melodiousthunk.net



On Jul 30, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Scott Szabo wrote:

> I have a giga 3 orchestra setup. It works but only after 3+ weeks  
> of dealing
> with Tascam tech support. Tascam doesn't seem all that interested  
> in taking
> care of giga customers, which makes me wonder if it is a doomed  
> setup. That
> is the main reason for looking for a soft sampler. I was recently  
> reading up
> on Kontakt2. It appears to be able to import a number of other sampler
> formats. I will look at GVI VSTi as well.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott Szabo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmpro-bounces+scott=szabosoundandmusic.com at nxport.com
> [mailto:fmpro-bounces+scott=szabosoundandmusic.com at nxport.com] On  
> Behalf Of
> Chris Alpiar
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 4:41 PM
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] soft sampler
>
> I have GigaStudio 3 Orchestral, GVI, Kontakt2, EmulatorX, and  
> watered down
> version of HaliOn
>
> In my opinion the best you can get is the GVI VSTi Instrument and  
> along with
> it grab the GigaPulse VST plugin. They are the best for VST type of
> samplers. Kontakt is pretty good also but after spending some time  
> with it,
> I think the fundamental sound of Giga is better and crisper for live
> sounding sample work (like orchestra sampling)
>
> If you want a stand alone one I would say Giga 3 orchestral but  
> there are a
> LOT of bugs that go along with it. And Tascam support is like a  
> chainsaw
> enima. If you have the patience to deal with all the problems I think
> ultimately it's the most powerful stand alone sampler software  
> still but if
> you don't want the headaches I would probably recommend kontakt2
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com
> [mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of
> scott at szabosoundandmusic.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 6:32 PM
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Subject: [Fmpro] soft sampler
>
> I am looking to buy a software sampler such as Kontakt, EX24, etc. Any
> suggestions, likes, or dislikes?
>
> Scott Szabo
>
>
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