Sampling in general.

[Sol]

I know that sampling is overly limited on the Motif.. so how does it work on other synths? I mean, what kinds of inputs, the recording process, do you just copy *.wav files directly..? Enlighten me :D

[Over The Edge]

On the Kurz. you get into sampling mode, select lo or hi z input, set your sampling frequency/maximize your sampling time, hit the sample button, review your sample and truncate accordingly. Assign sample to a key. Assign the key to a keymap. Assign the keymap to a program, and there it is in short.


FL
www.franklucas.net

[Mike Martin]

What makes you say that sampling is overly limited on the Motif? RAM capacity?

[Sol]

I don't know. I kind of have a limited perspective, as the MOTIF is the only sampler I've dealt with. Two things, I think I need to learn the sampling better than I do now (as I've had next to no use with it), and that judgement went according to comparisons I've heard. From what Frank posted, it sounds like it's generally the same on a Kurz. I probably heard what I did from inaccurate source. *Shrugs*

[Over The Edge]

I'm getting a Motif ES really soon and I'm going to be in the same boat as you Sol. It'll take some time, I know, to learn the piece just like with any other. I think it helps to put the learning situation in a practical application. For me, I'm going to have to prepare samples for live use that will be extracted from the master tapes of guitarist, Neil Zaza's latest album. I'm not a Motif owner yet but I still visit the www.motifator.com website to get as much info as possible. Maybe you should go that route too?


FL
www.franklucas.net

[Drusillus]

I don't have one, but I know you can hook a Roland Fantom-S up to your computer via USB, and drag WAV and AIFF files over to it in Windows Explorer as if it was an external drive. :)

In addition to the audio inputs, you can also sample from within the synth (e.g. record yourself playing as a sample, mix down several (or all) tracks from a sequence as a sample, ...) It also has Skipback Sampling, which means the synth is ALWAYS in active sampling mode... if you are jamming along and play something you really liked, hit Skipback Sampling and the Fantom will have saved the last 40 seconds of your playing automatically :)

Yeah I want a Fantom-S ASAP :)

[Mike Martin]

I don't know. I kind of have a limited perspective, as the MOTIF is the only sampler I've dealt with. Two things, I think I need to learn the sampling better than I do now (as I've had next to no use with it), and that judgement went according to comparisons I've heard. From what Frank posted, it sounds like it's generally the same on a Kurz. I probably heard what I did from inaccurate source. *Shrugs*

Thats probably the case. Comparing the original Motif to a K2600, sample RAM is the only major difference. The process of sampling is essentially the same. The Motif actually has many features like beat slicing that the K2600 can not do. This allows you to take a drum loop or other sample material and use it at any tempo. The Motif ES takes this a step further with a feature called Real Time Loop Remix.

[Sol]

Well, I know that one thing I love about sampling is that since I have the 64 mb upgrade, I can record entire songs as wave files and save them to my SM card... problem is, I don't know how to save the files. I read the BTM guide about it, but if I got from song-sampling mode to file mode, I lose the sample, it's gone from the RAM... that's where the majority of my personal problems are coming from...