aside from Nord Wave, Kronos what synth plays user samples?

[chimney chop]

looking for a synth on which you can load and play your own samples.

I'm considering the synths already mentioned but was wondering if there are other options I'm unaware of.

thanks!

[chimney chop]

ps: looking for relatively modern options rather than vintage samplers

[Cybercardinal]

Roland V-Synth

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thanks cardinal.

are there any other you (or anyone else) can suggest that have knobby interfaces with a lot of immediate control akin to the Nord Wave or is the Wave alone in this regard?

[Cumulus]

Casio SK-1.

Done.

[chimney chop]

Casio SK-1.

Done.

ha, 1 user sample through the onboard mic.

what else could I want?

[musden]

I think you can think of either Octatrack (but it is without keys) or Blofeld (with keys) as well

[bluntedcircuit]

Blofeld is a personal favorite, I second that...

[Black Tomorrow]

Roland V-Synth

IF you have an older operating system. I don't know about Mac, but as for Windows if you have anything later than XP, you'll need to either get a V-Synth XT/GT to load samples. You can still hook up a mic and record samples directly to a V-Synth.

Personally, I prefer to load samples, and this has been impossible since I switched to 7.

[Z]

Roland Fantom series.

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octatrack: can you keymap different samples to different keys?

blofeld: I've heard the sampling process on the Blofeld is a real headache. anyone have any input on that?

in my searching I've just found the Korg Microsampler. looks promising

[mpa1104]

Korg Triton Studio and Triton Le (with the EXB sample board) allow for user samples. I presume the other Triton models can do the same (they're not particularly knobby though)

[Hugo76]

Roland V-Synth

IF you have an older operating system. I don't know about Mac, but as for Windows if you have anything later than XP, you'll need to either get a V-Synth XT/GT to load samples. You can still hook up a mic and record samples directly to a V-Synth.

Personally, I prefer to load samples, and this has been impossible since I switched to 7.

Just load samples to the CF card, no problem whatsoever. That's what I've always done.

Also; Yamaha Motif series can load samples, the older Yamaha EX5, Yamaha cs6x, the new Roland FA series

[Hugo76]

btw: if manipulating the samples a lot is important to you, making strange and creative sounds, nothing beats the V-Synth. Highly recommended.

[chimney chop]

Roland V-Synth

IF you have an older operating system. I don't know about Mac, but as for Windows if you have anything later than XP, you'll need to either get a V-Synth XT/GT to load samples. You can still hook up a mic and record samples directly to a V-Synth.

Personally, I prefer to load samples, and this has been impossible since I switched to 7.

aha, i see.
i too prefer to load samples rather than record direct to synth.
i'm running Windows8 so if i got one it would need to be the XT/GT
still, the V-Synth's interface doesn't quite appeal to me.