Re: Taking VSTs out on the road

[S V G <vsyevolod@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Ruelle Benoit <benoitruelle@yahoo.fr> 
wrote:
> If really sampled sounds is important then waldorf blofeld or clavia
> nordwave (+expensive) are solutions too.
> At least you still have some synthesis power when needed which might not 
>be
> the case whith a sp555 for instance.
> The blofeld seems a bargain but I haven't tried it yet.
>
> Ben.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer Straschill"
> <moinsound@googlemail.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 5:49 PM
> Subject: AW: Taking VSTs out on the road
>
>
>> so whats would you be looking at now if you had a budget of £400 - $600 
>go
>
> ebaying for old stuff or look at something like the korg microsampler?
>
> So that's a budget of $600-$660 ;)? I will now assume you meant to type
> $400-$600...
>
>> i cant get my head around the specs, i live in a world where my nintendo
>
> DS has a 16 GB micro SD card in it , yet many of the samplers im looking 
>at
>>
>> surely someone in the tech world is still making this kind of stuff?
>
> Let's face it: the high-quality hardware sampler has (almost) vanished 
>from
> the market. People who had been using something like an Akai S series, 
>E-Mu
> Emulator or similar in a studio setting in the past use a computer today.
> Example: NI Kontakt 4. People who used one onstage use a synth 
>workstation
> where you can load samples (those devices don't have a sampling option,
> because - yes, you guessed right - people use a computer for this). 
>Example:
> Roland Fantom XR.
> The only hardware samplers (being things that not only can playback but 
>also
> record samples) seem to be aimed at the more beat-oriented/DJ crowd - 
>apart
> frm things like a Roland SP-555, there' still the Akai MPC series.
>
>> the irony is, i think i know the answer and its.....yup.on a laptop!!!!
>
> Here, you said it yourself...
>
> Ah, and if that weren't enough, storing and transferring data with those
> older devices is often a hassle. The standard for this used to be SCSI
> (which means SCSI harddisk and SCSI interface for your computer).
>
> Perhaps the simple solution really IS to use a sound module with sounds 
>you
> like, and go with that...;)
>
>