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- From: neil@spence-n.demon.co.uk (neil)
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- Subject: Amiga as a Sampler: Any Ideas
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 16:43:25 GMT
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- I want to use an Amiga as a sampler in a Midi Setup ie the Amiga will
- be used to record and play samples and be controlled by an external
- sequencer (Cakewalk on a PC) in a larger midi setup. The current
- project I am working on requires the use of Cakewalk, so using the
- Amiga as sequencer and sample player is not an option.
-
- I am looking for software that will allow me to send midi data to the
- Amiga and 'play it' like any other midi module. I have tried a number
- of packages but with little success:
-
- QuadraComposer 2.1 (Aminet) the help files tell me it has exactly
- this feature I require, but no matter what I do I cannot get it to
- play samples in response to midi in. The midi interface is fine and
- works with other packages.
-
- ProjectMidi (Aminet) allows you to assign samples to individual keys
- and midi channels and will play them however, it simply fires a
- sample file on request, it does not have facilities for tunning
- samples. It is fine for playing percussion samples but unless a
- seperate sample is produced for each note (not realistic) it cannot
- play melodic samples.
-
- Octamed V5. The Midi in facility here only replaces the use of the
- keypad when entering data, playing a single note at a time, it is
- neither multi-timbral nor polyphonic.
-
- My only option to-date is to sequence the sample sections on the Amiga
- (Octamed) and the synth sections on the PC and the sync the two
- machines toghether. As I am also have to sync tape machines, this is a
- real bind, as is swaping between the two software packages.
-
- Anyone got any ideas or know of a suitable package (low cost !) to
- make this easier.
-
-