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mcnelson · Post by **mcnelson** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 7:17 pm

awerds wrote:its a reaktor ens but I really like it. http://twistedtools.com/shop/reaktor/ultraloop

Very cool ensemble, but not really a loop slicer; more of a loop mangler.

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 7:46 pm

bungle wrote: No, there are a ton of free samplers, pretty much all the free samplers have as good if not better features than slicing plugins when combined with a Recycle Export

Are there any in the first 2 posts you like as a 2nd choice after Recycle?

bungle · Post by **bungle** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:49 am

No not really, i find slicers a pointless enterprise to be honest, a good sampler plugin is nearly always better, I have owned or tried pretty much all of them and always went back to manual slicing.

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:02 am

Thanks for the info. I have a couple of slicers, so I'm interested in how others get on with them.

Recycle is too spendy for me at the moment.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:51 am

Recycle was an essential tool in the early 1990s. I used it all the time back then, chopping up samples extracted from loop library CDs and using Alchemy (not the Camel Audio/Apple one) to slowly upload slices to my Emax over an RS422 serial cable.

Now, that same functionality is built directly into a lot of DAWs, or at least the ones I use the most- Sonar and Live. And Geist can do everything Recycle does and a whole lot more, without first needing to export your editing and importing to a different instrument. I really can't see any advantages of using Recycle I the modern world, unless you're making REX files for Reason.

backagain · Post by **backagain** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:43 pm

bungle wrote:there are a ton of free samplers, pretty much all the free samplers have as good if not better features than slicing plugins when combined with a Recycle Export

Cool! Can you give me the best examples for Mac?

ValliSoftware · Post by **ValliSoftware** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:44 am

backagain wrote:I'm looking for a slicer plugin for keyboard assignment of slices. I'm on Logic Pro X.

Did you know that Logic Pro X already does this.

Convert To New Sampler Track.png

tooneba · Post by **tooneba** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:11 pm

I thought "slicer" is expected to do that thing.

LFO8 · Post by **LFO8** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:45 pm

ValliSoftware wrote:
backagain wrote:I'm looking for a slicer plugin for keyboard assignment of slices. I'm on Logic Pro X.
Did you know that Logic Pro X already does this.

Convert To New Sampler Track.png

Indeed. Ctrl + E on and audio loop and hey presto

backagain · Post by **backagain** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:35 pm

ValliSoftware wrote:
backagain wrote:I'm looking for a slicer plugin for keyboard assignment of slices. I'm on Logic Pro X.
Did you know that Logic Pro X already does this.

bungle wrote:I find slicers a pointless enterprise to be honest, a good sampler plugin is nearly always better, I have owned or tried pretty much all of them and always went back to manual slicing.

Yes, a YouTube video ( below ) explains how to get slices into Logic 's EXS24 sampler quite easily ( takes 30 seconds ) which now begs a comparison of slicers/samplers vs EXS24, comparing ease of workflow in applying effects to the individual slices, and also determine what features exceed Logic Pro X's offerings.

I have yet to explore EXS24. I see that I can set up multi-timbral and multi-out channel config to add my own plugin effects.

That discussion would add value to this thread. You've all made this a great thread so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BIXclMgpP0

bungle · Post by **bungle** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 4:58 am

Personally i like a step sequencer over a piano roll for drum editing, so i always plump for Maschine or MPC myself.

Loop Slicers - Comparison Please