Sampler with Trigger inputs????

Forefatherss · Post by **Forefatherss** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:18 pm

Basically I am looking for a sampler that has some trigger inputs. I have no idea if this even exist!! Basically I want to sample my own loops from records and my keyboards onto a sampler then play them on separate drum pads. Which brings up my next thought which is could a midi controller pad like an Alesis Control Pad or Roland SPD that has midi be plugged into a sampler with midi and be controlled that way?? I am guessing it can but I would want to make sure I could have control over what sound is on all 8 pads and not just one sound at a time. Anyways this may sound amateur as I am a drummer trying to incorporate samples into my set but any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

piRoN · Post by **piRoN** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:43 pm

The Akai S900 had 8 trigger inputs as an option, with velocity sensing and all that. I've got a drummer mate with one in his rig and it seems to work pretty well.

As to your second question; yep, that's easy. Drum signals over MIDI are just normal MIDI notes, so you just need to set up the keyboard range for each sample to whatever key each pad is sending.

gcoudert · Post by **gcoudert** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:43 am

According to the Akai S2800i manual, an audio/MIDI drum trigger interface called ME35T (it's a single-rack unit) can be used in conjunction with the sampler, and probably with any other S3000-series machine.

Have a look here: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2006/12 ... igger.html

Gilles

Altitude · Post by **Altitude** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:05 pm

any drum brain will work also. a sampler allows you to assign any sample to a single key or key range and it can be triggered by any type of midi controller

tyrannosaurus mark · Post by **tyrannosaurus mark** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:58 pm

what you need is a sampler, and a midi controller to trigger it. I do this live, I use an alesis control pad and an MPC 1000 midi'd together. They work well together:

sleestack · Post by **sleestack** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:03 am

Midi is a bit sluggish. I think trigger inputs would have tighter and more accurate timing. Check out the Dynacord ADD One Drum sampler

Analog Freak · Post by **Analog Freak** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:50 am

The Kurzweil K2500 can use its sample inputs as triggers, but I don't know which other Kurzweil models, if any, can do this.