I am very much enjoying the OPxy and my iPhone. It’s a really great combo to take you places.
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M8 does all this except the buffer and set length, but it’s slightly fiddly to get to the sampling screen. Not the worst, though - boots up and navigates fast and it’d be easy to make a “template” instrument for this job.
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If the M8 were (proverbially) written in a language that I could already read and write then I would already own one. I’ve been on the fence about it for quite a long time because the investment necessary to be fluid with that device is beyond just learning what it’s capabilities are and how to access them.
I don’t want to take this off topic here, but if the M8 had an alternate firmware which were meant for normal people I would be completely sold and might get rid of something else in order to focus on it. By normal people I mean people who read numbers not hexadecimal, and people who do not typically use tracker format devices.
As it stands, the commitment to learning and using alien technology feels like it may exceed the amount of motivation that I have to make music in general, and I’m not saying I’m proud of that but I’m just trying to be pragmatic in my approach to utilization of both mental and monetary resources.
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I want to say it’s not that bad, but I’ve been one of those tracker nerds for years. I’m sure you’ve heard it a million times, but conceptually it really is just an Elektron without knobs, and the learning curve is not as bad as it looks.
The sampling is definitely a small fraction of what it’s about, but within the “camera you already have” paradigm of portable/travel music making, it can also be the sequencer you already have and the synth you already have, and it does it well. I had a couple jams where I set it on top of my Hydrasynth Explorer and was both sequencing and sampling it, and by golly it is pretty neat having something so small and reliable doing both of those jobs for it, like a little techno symbiosis.
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Digitakt - fast sampling, auto naming, quick editing and sequencing
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Sampling on the Digitakt would be great if they made normalization optional. As it stands, I never use DT’s sampling and resampling capabilities because I don’t like how it changes the sound. It doesn’t seem to bother everybody but anything dynamic which goes straight into the inputs or through the internal routing for resampling of tracks comes out sounding a little off when A/B’d to the source.
I really think that the mpc is the best sampling portion of a device available but it’s not a perfect solution. The size is not conducive to portability and I have gripes with the interface. The sampler itself is very good though.
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Not the highest sample quality, but is around $100, has mic and battery powered.
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I’ll have to keep an eye on this thread.
Still on the lookout for
-recording during noodling or spontaneous ideas
To then - cut up the recorded
And later browse and arrange
Digitakt seem close, but no stereo (yes, DT 2, but the price hurts), no normalisation ?), not sure about cutting a sample up, and sampling limitations (30 seconds).
I further and further get the vibe that the sp404 is the way… But from videos seems that I would hate the interface…
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And midi as far as i know
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I have no problem with the PO-33 but it’s design and functionality place the focus in the wrong areas. The price is correct, but for one click audio recording my zoom H1 that I already own is probably a better option. I’d want something that was an upgrade beyond what’s already available to me. My interest in the M8 is more as a whole device and not as a dedicated sample recorder, so I would consider that separate to this issue at hand.
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Samplers I use:
Koala
Ableton
SP-404
Digitakt
Octatrack
Various POs
OP-Z
OP-1f
EP-133
Microgranny
M8
Answer: Koala on a phone. No contest.
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I will echo the 1010music blackbox sentiment.
this is where all my loop jams from different maschines are sampled to.
no brainer, this is the best device - with its size, midi, stereo ins and outs + card - at least for me.
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After using many samplers, both hardware and software, I would have to say Koala and the SP-404 MKII are the fastest. Especially Koala. Can’t really get much faster than that.
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That is probably the best answer for most…
I has many options, but I don’t like the interface. Export samples? Only all or none.
I can’t use it as a work ground and mark the samples that I want to export. I can easily drag samples in… But not move then back when recorded or resampled.
Also not happy with touch when cutting and editing samples, encoders just feel better… (Op-1 is so much easier to scrub and cut with button combos)
And biggest problem: meh mic of phone + no line in meaning if I want to proper sample, I need to have external gear.
H1 is great in that, fine microphones, stereo, no length limit, and a line in, but can’t cut, organise, normalise etc. So hq-> onto phone to edit via koala → out to other storage to actually use with other gear (I tried, my phone is not reliable working with gear)
I’d like something with the recording capabilities of H1 (or better, mic/instrument in + line, high storage), the editing possibilities of koala and the physical interface of digitakt, while still being portable and not cost 4 figures. Bonus if I can record line in and instrument in at the same time and only route line in to the output. (Recording dry signal and wet effects signal separately)
Word. PO-33 is the one in my personal collection which is one of the fastest to sample with, followed by Roland P6. Battery powered and onboard mic = instant samples
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I use the front screen voice recorder on my flip phone… if I know I’m sampling I use a ko2, it is one button then record.
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I’m thinking that the Move is also a very fast sampler, with very long sample times, and cloud sync to Live. Plus it syncs with Note.
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Wavelab
you cats sampling from your phones it’s not in stereo is it?
Some are. Voice Notes is now in stereo on the iPhone
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