How do you sample your HW synths ?

Staffan · 2012-03-31, 15:37

To be able to use the old HW synths on many tracks at the same time there are a couple of programs availabile that help you to sample the sounds of your HW synth. I'm planning to sample my HW synths and also the SQ8L as it is quite instable with the later version of Cubase. Before I start to sample my synths I would like to hear if some of you have experience of that. I prefer to have the samples in Kontakt format.

Here is a free tool called Synth Catcher that help you to sample your synths:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaa0OvkyO80

Synths like MKS-70, Juno-106, etc seems to have many useful sounds and instead of buying a couple of synths of the same model it feels better to sample the sounds to be able to use them on many tracks.

Ruslan · 2012-04-01, 9:34

Good idea. Good for drum machines, digital ROMplers, old samplers, but not for analog synth...

Because the oscillators of the analog synthesizers (no matter - DCO or VCO) working in the "free run" mode, every note is different (when you press key and when VCA and VCF envelopes is starting, osc phase every time is different; as result - every time different sound) . I tried to sample my MKS-70, but... but... the result is not good. It sounds like a cheap PCM-synth (xp80, trinity, motif or something like), but not real MKS70!!!

Good way - sample every note for three or four times, and then set up a random playback in sampler (or different samples for different velocity, and use different velocity every time for notes in the arrange).

Wavestation · 2012-04-01, 10:24

hi!
i agree with ruslan, but some nice old vst plugs (without new updates) dont work with 64bit and so you have to sample it*

i think that SampleRobot is the best way to sample it.
on the newest keys.de cd ist a samplerobot with 6ms limited - but it sounds good !
http://www.samplerobot.de/
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