vst's/vsti's i'm clueless.. help? - erutufon|nofuture

22nd November 2002

i'm looking for some good software for making drumkits. just wondering what would be good for this? i was just using hardware sampler for this task, but i just bought a titanium powerbook and had to sell the sampler to afford the laptop, and i'm very unfamiliar with software instruments in general. any input would help.

euterke · 22nd November 2002

Hi,

You should look at Fruity loop http://www.fruityloops.com/ or Reason http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/main.html or try for free as first audiomulch http://www.audiomulch.com/
have fun!

22nd November 2002

isn't fruityloops like acid? i'm not looking for something to make loops.. more of something to mold drumkits out of and trigger via midi. i'm basically looking to turn my laptop into a highly controllable drum machine. i was also under the assumption that reason is kind of like the nord modular, which i've already got.. but i don't know for sure so i'll check that out. thanks for the input

zongkong · 22nd November 2002

well, I think there's a lot of software samplers out there, however only three actually springs to mind:
- NI Battery
- NI Kontakt
- Steinberg Halion

_JM · 22nd November 2002

Waldorf Attack is a VSTi drum synthesizer, you build your kits from the oscillators up like you would on the Nord Modular.

NI Battery is a software sampler designed for drumkit use - it maps one-shot samples to single keys instead of pitching the sample up and down the keyboard. I've found it to be buggy on the Mac if you're working it hard.

The Steinberg LM4 is the same thing, drumkit oriented sampler. I haven't used it much.

pille'ocheoni · 23rd November 2002

yeah halion is good.battery is for the programming type.its more logic involved like flowcharting sounds

c s · 23rd November 2002

hmm yes but i wonder if not all the software listed here is for pc only ? for pc & drumsamples battery is the choice. it hasn't got the sampler features of kontakt but more than enough parameters for 'semi-static' samples.

reason is definetely not like nord modular - or like reaktor or max/msp etc. i don't think you can work on a really basic level with it.

Django · 23rd November 2002

klick for information

kvr is one of the largest sites about vst/ dx plug ins for different systems.

25th November 2002

maybe you wanna check out ableton's live....

http://www.ableton.com

lucid rinehead · 27th November 2002

Waldorf Attack is quite nice, and it runs on mac or pc, same CD, same licence.

but it is just a drum synth, nothing else - no sampling

22nd November 2002	#1
piscaries Posts: n/a	vst's/vsti's i'm clueless.. help? i'm looking for some good software for making drumkits. just wondering what would be good for this? i was just using hardware sampler for this task, but i just bought a titanium powerbook and had to sell the sampler to afford the laptop, and i'm very unfamiliar with software instruments in general. any input would help.
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22nd November 2002	#2
euterke Xpekt di unXPekted Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Montreal-Canada Posts: 663	Hi, You should look at Fruity loop http://www.fruityloops.com/ or Reason http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/main.html or try for free as first audiomulch http://www.audiomulch.com/ have fun!
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22nd November 2002	#3
piscaries Posts: n/a	isn't fruityloops like acid? i'm not looking for something to make loops.. more of something to mold drumkits out of and trigger via midi. i'm basically looking to turn my laptop into a highly controllable drum machine. i was also under the assumption that reason is kind of like the nord modular, which i've already got.. but i don't know for sure so i'll check that out. thanks for the input
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22nd November 2002	#4
zongkong supersuper Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 450	well, I think there's a lot of software samplers out there, however only three actually springs to mind: - NI Battery - NI Kontakt - Steinberg Halion
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22nd November 2002	#5
_JM Registered Erutufon Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 162	Waldorf Attack is a VSTi drum synthesizer, you build your kits from the oscillators up like you would on the Nord Modular. NI Battery is a software sampler designed for drumkit use - it maps one-shot samples to single keys instead of pitching the sample up and down the keyboard. I've found it to be buggy on the Mac if you're working it hard. The Steinberg LM4 is the same thing, drumkit oriented sampler. I haven't used it much.
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23rd November 2002	#6
pille'ocheoni Just add a gabber kick Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 7,220	yeah halion is good.battery is for the programming type.its more logic involved like flowcharting sounds
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23rd November 2002	#7
c s rotorikTET Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: hh Posts: 2,033	hmm yes but i wonder if not all the software listed here is for pc only ? for pc & drumsamples battery is the choice. it hasn't got the sampler features of kontakt but more than enough parameters for 'semi-static' samples. reason is definetely not like nord modular - or like reaktor or max/msp etc. i don't think you can work on a really basic level with it. Last edited by c s : 23rd November 2002 at 02:17.
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23rd November 2002	#8
Django bananish member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: bavaria Posts: 291	klick for information kvr is one of the largest sites about vst/ dx plug ins for different systems.
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25th November 2002	#9
ischo Posts: n/a	maybe you wanna check out ableton's live.... http://www.ableton.com
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27th November 2002	#10
lucid rinehead um... Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: glasgow Posts: 328	Waldorf Attack is quite nice, and it runs on mac or pc, same CD, same licence. but it is just a drum synth, nothing else - no sampling
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