how is the sampling feature in Xtreme?

[JL22]

Hi, everybody

I basically make sample-based music.. and now I am looking for a keyboard/smapler

I am wondering if I can do works in Triton just like what I do in MPC( Chop, pitch-shift, time-strech, and recording from Cd or Vinyls)

how is the sampling feature in Triton Xtreme?

can someone give me some suggestion? anything will be helpful since I am new to synthesizer/work station...thx everyone!

[shrike]

Extreme has excellent sampler with all those functions you mentioned, but probably not as excellent as dedicated sampler such as AKAI.

You may find it's 96 MB of RAM somewhat limiting if your music is based on triggering prerecorded samples, especially if use long samples and many of them.

Your best shot would be trying it out somewhere, to be sure does it meet your needs.

[JL22]

Thank you Shirke!


your answer is helpful to me!

I am actually torn between Korg M3 and Triton Xtreme

do u know which one has better sampling feature? ( function, sampling time, and etc.)


and which one has better sequencer?

anyone who has tried them both and would like to help me out would be appreciated!

[RVNOak]

I can't tell you if the M3 is better than the Extreme for sampling and so forth. I do know that the sounds of the M3 are supposed to be really nice.

I use an Extreme for all of my sampling. I found it much easier than Cubase even!! It may sound like 96mb isn't that much for samples but, I have loaded tons of samples and haven't run out of memory. That said, I load my samples for sets so I don't know if I would max it if I loaded them all (I'm pretty sure I would but then I don't use all the sample I have for each set).

I'm thinking, however, that the M3 would be a better choice as it is a newer unit and still has support from Korg.

[shrike]

JL22, your choice would probably be M3. I don't think it has better sampler, probably the same as Extreme, but M3's sequencer is somewhat upgraded than Extreme's, for one instance in resolution. And as RVNOak said, it's new product.

Your best shot would be to try both of them.

Extreme is way faster in sound and combi changing than M3 and that's one of the reasons it's more valuable to me than M3, but I need my board for live giging.

Do some browsing in M3 section of this forum so you can get better picture.

[JL22]

Thank you guys for helping! I really like this forum..ppl here are very nice and resourceful!


I recently pay attention to Kurzweil K2661 , which also got a sampler.

I heard lots good thing about it( sound, function, and etc) , but how come it seems that most people got favor for Korg, Roland, and Yamaha.

Is any body familiar with that machine? how is it? does it have great ease of use?

[RVNOak]

I picked Korg for ease of use and it's incredible drums sounds. I think Korg also has some of the best support.

Kurzweil is an outstanding company with a very nice reputation. Jordan Rudess of Dream Theatre played Kurzweil almost exclusively for many years. He traded for Korg when the Studio and Extreme came out and then, as he put it, was able to get rid of most of his rig when the OASYS hit the market.

Bottom line - you have to buy what feel is right for you. Research is one thing but playing the boards at a music store and deciding for yourself is most important. I'm just partial to Korg as I have been able to create what I want with little fuss. I tried Yamaha and thought they were a little more difficult to work with (but they sound great). I think I had to high of thoughts for Roland and wasn't impressed with the overall package (but what do I know - Geddy Lee made these things sing). I own some Kurzweil rack effects for our vocals and have to say that they are built very well.

There are a lot of nice keyboards out on the market that people don't talk about too much. For example:

http://www.openlabs.com/timba-overview-neko.html

There is Moog, Alesis, Nord, Access, etc. Some have good and bad boards but mostly good.

I think it's best to decide what you want to do. Are you performing in a band, writing for yourself and composing, writing jingles for TV, making music for games - then decide on the best tool for the job. The keyboard is the first step. Just wait until you start wanting more equipment!!