Members doctari Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 I'm looking for a keyboard that can store samples for live use. Not so interested in the perfect piano, or in rhythmic looping, but I do need to be able to map sounds across the keyboard with splits. And I need to be able to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hogger Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 An ipad/ipod touch with Bs16i will do this. The Bs16i app is a soundfont player, and you can use the free program "vienna" to build soundfonts. I've used Bs16i quite a bit live on my ipad2, basically as a sampler/player. I have a couple of 200MB soundfonts that I use quite a bit, the whole thing loads up ready to play in about 5 seconds. Unless you're willing to play the keys on the ipad screen you'd need a controller and a MIDI interface, both of which are pretty inexpensive.Or, you might consider a used Roland Fantom XR. It has a CF card slot, and you can upgrade it to 512MB RAM very cheaply. Again, you'd need a controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnotherScott Posted March 31, 2013 Members Share Posted March 31, 2013 Another possibility is the Waldorf Blofeld, available in a well priced module version if you have a keyboard to drive it. Full synth functionality on your own loadable samples, it sounds like it could be an ideal choice. The Fantom XR is a nice piece, but slow to load samples, no easy real time access to filters and such, and just a bit hard to use in general. But if you needed full "rompler" capabilities as well as sample playback and synth functionality, it can cover it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tullsterx Posted April 1, 2013 Members Share Posted April 1, 2013 You need an Alesis Fusion. . . the 8 or 6. . . you can sometimes find them on Ebay for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cresshead Posted April 2, 2013 Members Share Posted April 2, 2013 new order's stephen morris uses a korg microsampler for his sample based synth playing live for specific effects as well as various sampled synth patches as seen on 2012 youtube videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan88z Posted April 2, 2013 Members Share Posted April 2, 2013 I picked up a Roland Fantom XA for $500 recently, it has expandable memory (I had an extra 256mb chip laying around that popped right in). I haven't messed with it too much but it can map samples to keys or to the keypads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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